How I Made My First $10 Using Chitika
I am sure, you must have heard about Chitika, which is one of the best alternatives for Google Adsense in the US, Canada, and other countries. You must be surprised to know that the name “Chitika” (pronounced Chih-tih-ka) is taken from Telegu (a South Indian Language) Language and means “snap of the fingers“, and represents the speed at which Chitika online ads display on a website. This website monetization ad network company usually is good for U.S., Canada traffic, though Indian and all other country publishers are allowed to join the program.
What is Chitika?
[UPDATE]: Chitika is now closed
As per my understanding, Chitika is an Ad network company that gives advertisers a platform to show their product and get traffic to there websites and give publishers a chance to earn money by showing ads on their website. Formed in 2003, now Chitika has gained new height and success with offices in the U.S. and India. Chitika is lead by CEO Venkat Kolluri and CTO Alden DoRosario.
My Success Story with Chitika.com
Though I should have not called it as a success story for Chitika, as I have only got payment of $10 from them and have some cent in balance but sharing our Online earning is always an inspiration to new Bloggers.
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When I started using Chitika ads code in my site (not this one), I was having very low traffic from US and Canada region, which I thought is the main reason for low earning from Chitika as for the same amount of traffic I was making good with Google Adsense.
After using Chitika for many months, I got a little frustrated as Chitika ads were not making any money for me, so I removed them from my site.
If you see my earning report of Chitika below, you will find that I have $0.0 earning in some months, this is the period I removed ads from my site.
Again in the month of May 2012, I thought to give Chitika again a try and was happy to see some progress in Chitika revenue, though not big, as I implemented it only on 1 site with 500-600 traffic per day. And soon in the month of December, I received my first earning through Chitika of $10 and I like their fast payment system through PayPal. They can also send your cheque if you want but for that minimum payout is $50 and you will have to wait longer.
Let me tell you that this is not my first online income, I have already earned thousands of $$ form other networks like Adsense, Infolinks and through sponsored posts but it always feel good when you receive your payment.
Bottom Line
Chitika is a good network and you can really earn well if you have good traffic from countries like the US, Canada, Australia, etc. If you don’t have Google Adsense account then Chitika with Infolinks can be the best alternative for you and can really boost your online income. If you have signed-up with Chitika and earning from it, then do share your views about it, as some may be earning $1000’s from Chitika per month.
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Thanks for sharing……….
Chitika Never works for me, It making almost 10 times less amount as compared to the Google adsense. Dont you experienced that?
You are right Tushar. I think Chitika is only good for US traffic.
Hi Pawan, Thank you for visiting my site and the suggestion.
I was also used Chitika for a while, but got frustrated after 3 months. I dont know why there was no earnings as there was enough proof for the ad clicks.
Tushar Thakur said it right. Compared to Chitika, Google Adsense is much better.
Sreelal Chitika is only good for US traffic. Adsense always rocks.
What is the placement of the Chitika ad on your website which fetched you $10. I am also using Chitika along with Google Ads but Chitika earnings are very low. I must find a good placement on my site for Chitika. Would you please suggest me a good placement where I can get more clicks?
Hi Hariharan,
Thanks for stopping by. I placed a Chitika ad just below my post but it took many months to make $10 and traffic was also from US. For earning from Chitika, you should have good traffic from US, UK, Canada etc.
Thanks for your suggestions. Anyways Chitika ads dont look appealing to eyes. You should be premium publisher to get appealing ads.
Hi,Recently my adsense account banned.how can i reopen it
Thanks for sharing your experiences, its really helpful. I think i like chitika, and am looking forward to earn few bucks from it. Thanks again!
Thanks for Liking Prince. Its very good that Chitika is working good for you. Keep earning.
I am also using Chitika in my new blog. Yes It’s working very well. But CPC is very low. Good thing is that I can earn from every page impression too if there is any CPI based ads. I hope I shall recieve $10 within one month.
Thanks a lot for your sharing.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for posting your review about Chitika. For Indian traffic their CPC is very low. Hope you get your $10 soon.
Can u tell me how receive my chitika payout in paypal.
Just put your paypal email in payment settings.
Congrats! Well, yes I agree with Tushar, chtika earnings are very less compared to Google and as mentioned by you, chtika is good for U.S traffic. BTW thanks for the post 🙂
Hi,
Thanks for sharing ur knowledge on chitika. I am a new blogger… just 2 months old… have some ads of chitika in my blog last week…. lets c how it works…. do they pay for impressions also?… coz i can c in my report that i have some impressions but nil revenue…
I placed chitika ads on my blog since 5th of dec and till now it gave me nothing even with 4k impressions.
Azman, I think you don’t have traffic from US, Canada etc. Chitika is only good if you have that traffic, otherwise waste of AD space.
Does chitika provide responsive add banners? Is it any good if the traffic is Non US.. can u suggest me an alternative.. apart from chitika / infolinks (already using).
I think AdClickMedia is better than Chitika, after Getting banned from Adsense.
Thanks for sharing your views Manoj. Chitika works well for US, Canada traffic.
I am also using chitika, i have added ads on my new blog and i have earned $2.61 in 2 days.
Hi Ravin,
That is very good that you have earned $2.61 in 2 days. You must be having good traffic from U.S.
Thanks pawan bro, dear admin of this site,,, would you tell me how can i increase traffic … And how can i earn much more …if you have some knowledge please share to me … And guide me please..
if you want to earn more with chitika then you have to update your site daily with chitika adds. i earn 1-5$ a day with around 10 clicks. no need to get high traffic. 100 visits per day is enough.
Thanks Saurabh for your valuable suggestion to our readers. But traffic from US, Canada etc. makes really good difference.
yes you are right. but updating site daily with chitika adds will also very helpfull. this help me a lot.
Hi,
Thanks for useful info. I have an account with chitika, in reports section, I can view impressions as 85 for today but still it shows $0.00 in revenue. Is it took time to update the revenue?
Thanks
Yes, it takes time to update the revenue. Also earning don’t just depends on impressions.
I also tried click-shore and chitika on one of my Blog (But i dont update it now), have traffic about 50-60 visitors daily, in last two year my overall revenue could not cross $1, Clickshore’s revenue is good but makes your website and destroy user experience. Both are not good..
Chitika is very good sometimes its rather than Google Adsense.
At what time does chitika update its reports? I have an Adsense account approved for YouTube. I configured adsense for my blog which is on the same Gmail Id but I am not ble to see any ads. I can see a blank space in the place of my adsense widget that was added automatically after adsense configuration of the blog. When i try to see the preview of the blog it says " adsense content is not available over secure connections" in the place of adsense widget. Can you please tell me how to configure my blog(hosted account ) for the adsense account approved for youtube (hosted accounts).
currently we are not using Chitika so cannot comment on their latest report updates.
Adsense account approved from YouTube cannot be connected with blogs and you will not be shown ads from your account. I will suggest to get Google Adsense approved from your Blog.
chitika shows its report after 12 noon every day. and sometimes it shows on 8 pm. I use chitika on my site.
Thanks for information Saurabh. Hope you are earning good with Chitika.
Plz share the name of Adsense alternatives for earning money for websites having good traffic from India.
If you are thinking to earn money with Indian traffic, I will suggest you to use some affiliate programs and direct advertizing. You can use Flipkart, Cuelinks, OMG affiliate programs.
You can use chitika. I earn around 10-15$ every month with approx 50 visiters daily.
From which countries you are getting traffic Saurabh ?
50% India, 40% US, and 10% other countries. (approx)
With 50 visitors daily I am not earning even a cent….most of the traffic is from India. I placed ads around 1 week back…what might be the reason for no revenue?
You wont be able to earn from Chitika from Indian traffic.
Thanks for sharing your earning report of Chitkia ads. I am a new blogger and I will it a try.
Yes, it was in the beginning. Thanks for reading our blog.