7 Best Ad Networks for Indian Traffic (Small Publishers)- Best CPM Rates

Let me be honest with you. You can not simply make big money with a small blog, especially if you are getting traffic from India or other Asian countries. Except for a few good advertising networks like Adsense, all the advertising companies pay the worst CPM/PPC rates for traffic from Asian countries. If you are a small publisher and want to make good money out of your blog, there are 2 ways –

1. Get Your Adsense or Media.net Account Approved OR
2. Be ready to irritate your visitors by displaying pop-up and pop-under ads

There are a lot of ad networks out there and it really hard to find out the best. Keeping minimum traffic requirements and Good CPM/PPC/CTR in mind, I have compiled a list of the best ad networks for Indian/Asian Traffic small publishers.

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Even if you are approved with Adsense, you should join other networks because you never know when Google will terminate your Adsense account and you might need other approved ad networks as a backup plan.

Best Ad Networks for Indian Traffic Blogs

List of Best Ad Networks for Indian/Asian Low Traffic Blogs – 

1. Google Adsense

Adsense is undoubtedly the best ad network I have ever used. Even Adsense was one of the major reasons I started blogging. Whether you have just started blogging or you have an old blog, Adsense performs the best when it comes to monetizing a blog.

Founded in 2003, with millions of publishers Google Adsense is the world’s largest and best online advertising network. It serves both CPC(Cost Per Click) and CPM(Cost Per Mille) ads mean you get money even if your users are not clicking on the ads.

Good About Adsense

• Multiple Ad Types: Display Ads, Text Ads Rich Media Ads, Link Units, Responsive Ads, and Matched Content
• High Payouts – According to my experience, no ad network can beat Adsense CPM rates. It shares 68% revenue with the publishers.
• No Minimum Traffic Requirement – You don’t need to have a lot of traffic to apply for Adsense.
• Relevant and High-Quality Ads – Adsense shows contextual ads so more are the chances that your visitors will find the ads relevant and click on ads.

Bad About Adsense

• Hard to Get Approved – Getting approved from Adsense has never been easy. There are a lot of policies and guidelines your website must comply with.
• Poor Customer Service
• Easy to Get Banned – You must maintain the required quality. If they find that your blog is violating their policies at any time, they might ban your account.
• High Minimum Payout – It might take months to reach the minimum withdrawal threshold i.e. $100

Read How I solved the “Site does not comply with Google policies” Problem when my Application was rejected again and again.

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Payout: $100
• Payment Term: Net-30
• Payment Methods: Electronic Funds Transfer, Check, Western Union, Wire Transfer
• Minimum Traffic Requirement– None

Join Adsense

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2. Media.net

After Google Adsense, Media.net is the best and largest contextual ad network operated by Yahoo and Bing. If you are not getting approved by Adsense, you should go for Media.net. My blog was accepted on the second try. It’s a little easier to get approved by Media.net than Adsense. All you need is a blog with quality content and good design.

Many big publishers, like Forbes, NY Times, are using Media.net ads. If you are searching for the best Adsense alternative, apply to Media.net.

Good About Media.net

• Various Ad Types: Contextual Ads, Display Ads, Desktop Interstitial Ads, Mobile Docked Ads, In-Content Ads
• No Minimum Traffic Requirements – Your blog need not have a lot of visitors in order to get approved by Media.net
• Real-Time Reporting – You can check how ads are performing with real-time reporting in your Media.net account dashboard.
• Good Customer Support
• Contextual Ads with High Payouts – Media.net gives a good RPM (Revenue Per Thousand Impressions) rate.

Bad About Media.net

• Some Ads Require Double Click 
• High Minimum Payout

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Payout Threshold: $100
• Payment Term: Net-30
• Payment Method: Paypal and Wire Transfer.
• Minimum Traffic Requirement– None

Join Media.net

 3. PopAds

Established in 2010, the amazingly popular PopAds Ad network exclusively offers pop-up and pop-under ads. It is one of the best ad networks for small publishers and getting approval is very easy. After submission, their team will review your blog within 24 hours.  PopAds is a CPV (Cost per View)  ad network and you get money even if your visitors don’t click on ads.

The good thing is that you can withdraw your money as soon as you reach $5 and payments are made quickly within a few hours usually. Start using PopAds if you want to see some money in your account from the first day on.

Good About PopAds

• Best CPM and CPV rates – If I compare with other ad networks, PopAds much more money per 1000 ad views.
• Lower Minimum Payout and Automatic Transfer – PopAds automatically sends your money as soon as your balance reaches the minimum payment required i.e. $5.
• No minimum Traffic requirement and Accept all Types of Websites 
• Real-Time Reporting

Bad About PopAds

• Annoying and Non-Relevant Ads

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Withdrawal Threshold: $5
• Payment Term: Payments are made on the same day.
• Minimum Traffic Requirement – None
• Payment Method: Paypal and Payoneer.

Join PopAds

4. Revenuehits

Just sign up for Revenuhits publisher account and your blog is approved. I used Revenuehit on this Blog when my Adsense account was not approved. In fact, this was the first Ad network I received a payment from. It can match Adsense in terms of revenue if you don’t mind annoying your readers with pop-up and pop-under ads. Don’t judge it in the first 2-3 days. It takes little time to offer relevant and optimized ads.

Good About Revenuehits

• Lots of Ad Formats: Display & Rich Media, Pop-Ups/Unders, Apps, Widgets, XML Feeds, CPA, CPM, Shadowbox, Slider, Interstitial ads.
• Good Customer Support
• Great eCPM Rates – Revenuehits can make you good money if you use their pop-under and interstitial ads.
• Instant Approval Without Any Traffic 

Bad About Revenehits

• Poor eCPM rates for Banner ads 
• Annoying and Irrelevant Ads – Most ads just contain a plain Download or Play button. It does not make any sense.

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Withdrawal Threshold: $20
• Payment Term: Net-30
• Minimum Traffic Requirement – None
• Payment Method: Paypal, Wire Transfer, and Payoneer.

Join Revenuehits

5. PropellerAds

Recently they upgraded their Adblock Bypass Technology and that means ad blocking plugins would not be able to steal your ad revenue. PropellerAds works better when used for a longer time. This UK-based ad network pays typically between $0.50 to $5 for every 1000 ad impressions. Their pop-under ads give high CPM(up to $10). If you have a gaming website, you can make a lot of money with this PropellerAds. The account is activated instantly.

Good About Propeller Ads

• Easy to Get Started With – Blogs are accepted easily irrespective of traffic.
• Shares 80% of their ad revenue with publishers
• Multiple Ad Formats – Mobile Dialog Ads, Mobile Interstitial Ads, OnClick PopUnder Ads, Banner Ads, Layer Ads, and Slider Ads.

Bad About Propeller Ads

• Annoying Ads – Your user might not like full-screen and pop-under ads.

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Payment: $500 for Wire, $20 for Payoneer, and $5 for others including PayPal
• Payment Method: PayPal, Wire, Webmoney, Wire Transfer, Skrill, Payoneer
• Payment Terms: Weekly
• Minimum Traffic Required – None

Join Propeller Ads

6. Infolinks

Infolinks is considered the best inText Advertising network for small publishers. It finds relevant text in the content and converts them into ad links. Since it offers completely different types of ads, I recommend you to use it with other ad networks like Adsense, Revenuehits, etc. You do not need to have a lot of visitors on your blog to get approval from Infolinks. Usually, they take 2 days to review and approve a blog.

Good About Infolinks

• Unique Ad Types: In-article, Infold, In-screen, Intext, Intag, Inframe.
• No Traffic Required for Approval
• Publishers get 70% of the Revenue
• Easy to Implement Ads

Bad About Infolinks

• Irrelevant Ads and Poor User Experience 

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Payment: $50
• Payment Method: PayPal, wire, eCheck, Western Union, ACH, and Payoneer
• Payment Terms: Net-45
• Minimum Traffic Required – None

Join Infolinks

7. PopCash

The pop-under ad network PopCash is very much similar to PopAds in terms of the approval process, publisher’s dashboard, and eCPM rates. Many people find PopAds better while others like PopCash. I would suggest you try both at the same time to increase overall revenue. Give the same opportunities(ad placements) to both the ad networks for 10-15 days and find out which performs the best. Stick with the best.

Good About PopCash

• Good CPM Rates – $0.50-$3 average
• Lower Minimum Payout- You can withdraw your money as soon as you reach $10.
• No minimum Traffic requirement
• Fast Approval – Websites are approved quickly. (Usually within minutes)

Bad About PopCash

• Visitors may find pop-under ads irritating 

Traffic Requirements and Withdrawal

• Minimum Withdrawal Threshold: $10
• Payment Term: Payment Requests are processed daily (Can take up to 7 days max)
• Minimum Traffic Requirement – None
• Payment Method: Paypal, Payza, Paxum, Payoneer, and Webmoney

Join PopCash

Conclusion  

An ad network working for one might not work for another. You would never know what CPM rates an ad network really gives until you try it on your own blog. In my opinion, you should try each network at least 7 days before you can say – it’s not working for me.

If you are approved with Adsense and Media.net then it’s good otherwise you should try any of the above 2 networks in combination like pop-up/under ads from one network and banner ads from other ad networks. It would take some time to figure out the best but it’s worth trying.

You can share your experience with different ad networks via comments.