PTC (Paid2Click, Paid To Click) Ads

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What Are PTC Ads?

Paid to click ads are advertising links listed in your site's ptc section. Users get credited for clicking on the link and viewing the advertised page until te timer expires.

Commonly a PTC ad is linked to a banner image, but it may as well be a text link.


How To Create a Paid To Click Ad

To create an email add go to Main menu -> Ad Management -> Paid2Click Ads

Insert desired details to the fields under "Create New PTC Advertisement"

OptionDescription

Username

The advertiser's username

Ad Description

Description of the ad

Ad Group

You can create a new group by inserting the group's name to the field manually or you can choose existing ad group from the dropdown menu.

Duration Type

Choose how the PTC ad will expire. You have four options to choose from:

  • Never Expire
  • Expire by certain date
  • Expire after so many clicks
  • Expire after so many exposures

Duration

Duration value, set the value depending the duration type option chosen:

  • Never Expire: Leave blanc
  • Expire by certain date: Set the date and time in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format, for example 20080831000000
  • Expire after so many clicks: Insert a numeral value, for example 1000
  • Expire after so many exposures: Insert a numeral value, for example 100

Cheat Link

Set to yes if the ad created is a cheat link. See Cheat Links For more details.

Value

The amount an user will receive for clicking the paid link and viewing the advertised page until the time expires. Remember to choose if the ad is a point or cash PTC.

Timer

How long a member must view the page advertised before the account is credited. Insert the value in seconds, for example 15 for 15 seconds.

Hours to lock the PTC after it is clicked

How often repeated clicks for the ad are allowed. For example 12 means user must wait 12 hours before he can click the ad again and receive credit for it.

Choose if you want to create a Banner/Text Advertisement or HTML Advertisement. The common choise is "Banner Advertisement". You may also want to notice that HTML Ads can not be tracked as easily and require the use of a javascript popup to track the clicks not to mention the use of a timer is pointless as they could still close the advertisers page and get the points anyway.

Banner Advertisement, Banner image URL

Direct url to the banner image.

For example: http://youdomain/images/banner.gif

Banner Advertisement, Image width

Insert image width. This setting is optional and does not have to be used unles you want to change the image width.

Banner Advertisement, Image height

Insert image height. This setting is optional and does not have to be used unles you want to change the image height.

Banner Advertisement, Site URL

URL of the website advertised. The url must be completed and include the http:// part.

For example: http://example.com

To place the username in the url put #USERNAME# where you would like it to appear

Banner Advertisement, Image Alt Text

Alternative text for the image. This is optional, but recommended

Banner Advertisement, Text Ad

If you are not using a banner image insert the link text here.

Targeting

You can target your PTC ads to users from certain countries only.

Choose between Everyone, pre determined targetting group or select countries manually. See further details below.

Click on "Save Ad", Please notice that it will take until the next cron before the ad appears on the ptc page.


PTC Country targeting

Starting from version 2.11 possibility to target PTC ads to certain countries has been added.

Targeting can be done either by using predetermined target groups.

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