10 Best Ad Networks For Publishers (Updated for 2018)

1. Adsterra NetworkAdsterra is a premium advertising network serving over 10 billion geo-targeted ad impression per month. They support publishers from all verticals and guarantee 100% monetization of their ad inventory.Adsterra offers a vast variety of effective ad formats in all popular sizes for both web and mobile including: Pushup, interstitial, display banners, popunders, sliders, and direct links. Publishers can enjoy on-time payments made bi-weekly via major payment systems, as well as a personal account manager and real-time statistics. They also offer a 5% referral program.Model: CPM, CPC, CPAMinimum traffic: 50,000
2. Media.netNote:If yousign up for media.net using our partner link, Media.net will pay you 10% over your base revenue for the first three months.)Media.netserves ads from the Yahoo! Bing contextual ad network, which comprises of a large pool of national and local advertisers, ensuring a 100% fill rate across all verticals and ad formats.Some of Media.net’s publishers include Forbes, Elle, Reuters, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, and more. The network supports standard IAB sizes and has access to high quality ads from all major DSPs. In addition to display units, Media.net also supports desktop interstitial, in-content native, and mobile docked ads.Model: CPM, CPC, CPAMinimum traffic: None .

3. Ad MavenIn the past year Ad Maven has positioned itself as one of the top alternatives to Google Adsense. Offering their publishers a wide range of monetization methods such as Banners, Popunder, Lightbox, Interstitial, Slider ads and more – they serve over 500 million full page ad impressions per day.Once you register you will be immediately approved and receive access to Ad Maven’s user friendly platform. Ad Maven identifies your website type and presents toyour users ads that are most likely to convert, thereby increasing your revenues for all GEO’s.Ad Maven also supplies a unique Adblock bypass solution allowing you to present adsto 100% of your users, increasing your revenues by up to 50%. The Ad-Maven products including Lightbox and Interstitial ads are fully compliant with Google Adblock scheduled to launch in January 2018 and will not be blocked.

4. AdbuffAdbuff is the ultimate AdSense Alternative ad network due to their ability to outperform AdSense for many publishers. Because Adbuff is a Real Time Bidding (RTB) platform, AdSense is competing directly with other advertisers to monetize your site through Adbuff. As a result publishers earn some of the highest page RPMs available in the industry. Their ads are also fully compliant to run along-side AdSense, so you can even double your pageRPM by running AdSense and Adbuff together.Adbuff is an AdSense Alternative ad network that has strict approval guidelines for publishers and advertisers. They are currently accepting publishers who have English sites with a majority of the traffic coming from USA, Canada, Australia and the UK. Publisher sites require at least 2,000 unique visitors per day. Approval times can take between 5 – 7 days and every approved site will receive a $25 welcome bonus for signing up.For premium publishers who are looking forthe best AdSense Alternative ad network, Adbuff is the first ad network you should look at.

5. InfolinksTraditional banner ads have one big problem that results in big revenue losses: many users either consciously or subconsciously ignore them because ads are usually viewed as an intrusion.Infolinks is a great ad network that gets around this problem by offering an innovative set of free to use and profitable ad units: InFold (overlay ads), InText (text links ads), InTag (tag cloud ads), InFrame (banner ads in margins and frames) and InScreen (smart interstitial ads). That resultin better SEO, less intrusion to your users, increased relevance and better space utilization.Infolinks generate high monthly revenue for over 200,000 publishers in more than 130 countries today, and they work with the biggest advertisers in the world such as Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Ebay. Their platform is very simple to integrate into your site and is open to any publisher, with no setup fees and no minimum requirements for page views or visitors.Model: CPM, CPC, CPA, CPV, CPI, AuctionMinimum traffic: None.

6. Revenue HitsRevenue Hits uses contextual and geo-targeted ad serving technology to deliver better revenue for their publishers across different types of properties such aswebsites, mobile sites, add-ons, widgets, toolbar, and many more.It serves over two billion ad impressions each day with a promise of 100% fill rate across all geographic regions.Other than display ads, Revenue Hits also lets publishers monetize their website usingtext ads, pop ups, apps, widgets, XML feeds, and other custom formats.Model: CPM, CPC, CPA, CPV, AuctionMinimum traffic: None

7. RevcontentRevcontent is one of the biggest content recommendation platforms on the internet, currently serving 100 billion content recommendations a month across the globe with a growth rate of 900% last year.Revcontent is notoriously difficult to join asit rejects almost 98% of websites that apply– focusing more on the quality of its publisher network rather than the quantity. This strategy has helped Revcontent generate higher revenues, better engagement rates, and loyal audiences for their partners.As part of product improvement efforts, they’ve just launched Revcontent v2, which features an intuitive user interface that enables transparent reporting and easier customization of widgets.Model: CPCMinimum traffic: N/A.

8. AdBladeAdBlade is a premium, brand-safe ad network with a focus on quality over quantity. Fox News, Hearst Corporation, Yahoo!, and ABC are among the 1,000 or so publishers that comprise the network. AdBlade supports standard IAB units, as well as proprietary NewsBullets® units that claim to deliver up to 3x better performance.Model: CPM, CPCMinimum traffic: 500,000 monthly impressions

9. UndertoneUndertone specializes in providing several high-impact ad formats in addition to standard IAB—including IAB rising stars, several video formats, and its own range of flagship display formats designed for higheruser engagement.This coupled with the fact that many of Undertone’s proprietary ad units use your ad inventory in non-traditional ways, ensuring there’s no cannibalization of existing ad products, means that Undertonecan offer CPMs 100%-1500% higher than traditional display ads.Model: CPM, CPC, CPA, CPVMinimum traffic: 500,000

10. BidVertiserThough your mileage may vary, Bidvertiser is an ad network with an interesting monetization model: In addition to earning money for each ad that is clicked, the publisher also earns additional revenue when the click leads to a conversion (i.e. sale) for the advertiser.BidVertiser supports multiple ad formats including banners, skyscrapers, rectangles, and mobile. You can use the provided point-and-click tool to customize the layoutof these units to match your website’s look.A bidding system ensures that publishers always get the highest possible revenue from each unit. Using the reporting interface, you can easily monitor your ads performance, clicks, click-through rate, and the total amount you’ve earned.Model: CPM, CPCMinimum traffic: None