Yesterday, you may have noticed news stories on All Things Digital and CNET that alluded to a new HubPages advertising program. Before that, some of you noticed changes in our Terms of Service that alluded to that very same change. Why did we not officially announce something on the site until now? It was a bit of a secret program until now! We wanted to give these reporters a scoop on the story, and it’s not really a scoop if we’ve already spilled the beans on our site.
But at long last, we can say it loud and clear: HubPages is launching an entirely new channel through which you can earn an income on the site: the HubPages Ad Program!
About the Program
We are introducing this option to make it possible for you to earn as much as possible by offering an optimized mix of premium ads from multiple ad partners that will run alongside the Google AdSense ads on your Hubs, as well as any Amazon or eBay capsules you use.
You might be wondering how the HubPages Ad Program will impact your earnings from HubPages. To give you an idea of its effectiveness, nine beta tester Hubbers who had the program turned on for their accounts in January and February experienced an average earnings increase of over 50%! Not bad, huh?
Opting In
You’re probably wondering how you can activate the HubPages Ad Program on your own account. As the program is new, we are inviting Hubbers to use it in waves, with the first wave of invites going out tomorrow, March 3rd. If all goes according to plan, the HubPages Ad Program will be available to all Hubbers by June of this year.
Once you are invited to become a part of the HubPages Ad Program, you will have a choice to opt in or keep things the way they are. Once you have opted in to the program, your earnings through the program can begin! Payment is through PayPal, and your first payout will take place once you’ve reached a $50 payment threshold.
Whether you choose to use it or not, the HubPages Ad Program was created by HubPages to make your experience as an online author better than ever. We hope you enjoy it!
UPDATE:
To respond to some of your comments and questions below:
The traditional ad format looks like the layout to the left; the HubPages Ad Program format looks like the layout to the right.
More Details:
- Invitations will be sent out in waves to Hubbers – there will be a bit of randomness involved, but a priority will be given to those who are active on the site. We are simply trying to bring this major program to scale gradually, to make sure that everything works perfectly.
- You must have a valid AdSense account to qualify for the HubPages Ad Program. They are designed to be complimentary.
- The other affiliate programs already available on HubPages (e.g. Amazon, etc.) work along with the HubPages Ad Program.
- You must have a valid PayPal account in order to receive payments from the HubPages Ad Program.
- The process for opting into and signing up for the HubPages Ad Program is very simple, so once you get an invite, just follow the directions 😀
For more information, check out our Learning Center guide to the HubPages Ad Program. To ask questions and discuss the HubPages Ad Program with the HubPages community, visit the official forum thread.
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Well I already added my ‘awesome’ to the thread in the forum, but glad I read this because it answers the question I asked, relating to how the ads will look, so thanks for that too 🙂
Looking forward to the day when I can say ‘thanks for the additonal income’ too!
It sounds great. I am in!!!!
I think this is great news! Having additional options to make money is never a bad thing. Could you use the HubPages Ad program as your exclusive source of revenue on HubPages?
Awesome! I hope I am among those in the first waves. I am really excited to hear about this!
Great idea, will be another incentive to do more quality Hubs.
Better info always helps everyone!
Hi,
This is an amazing concept. I am very very happy to hear about it. Hope to be part of it soon!
Thanks a lot for the wonderful application and its implementation.
Regards,
Palak
This is exciting news. I’ve only been writing on HubPages for about three weeks, but so far it has been a wonderful experience. The prospect of added revenue is a major plus.
It sounds great! Having the payment direct to Paypal is really a good option.. I would also love to be among those in the first wave.. Ha ha!
I think this is fantastic!! Thank you so much for caring about us in this way. I look forward to my invitation, whenever it comes.
We are so blessed on hubpages!
Sign me up, Like the Idea, the more the merrier.
This is exciting. I am eager to turn on this option. Pick me for the first wave please. This extra revenue option makes it even more appealing to be a Hubpages member.
Thank you. I stayed up until 4 AM last night trying to figure out the big ‘secret’ that was being hinted at. I think it’s marvelous and will hopefully counter the new Google algorithm problem.
Oh,wow.Its a really a great news. I think with this all will also get new additional option to make more money.Good enough.Thanks
I can’t wait to test drive this new thing! Let me say right now, it’s been an unalloyed pleasure to be with Hubpages! No matter how concientious my publishers have been, there has always been something I would have done differently, and to be my own publisher is a dream come true… sign me up!
i would like to join the ad program.
*Starts swimming out to catch the first wave…*
I have read this before but I’m bit confused. Does that mean the current ads programs (adsense, amazon, ebay and kontera) will come to end, which everything will be switched to hub ads program?
Excellent. Pick me please!
I am interested to have such a program for my account o hubpages please. I appreciate it as I have no adsense program working for me for the time being. Thanks, I would like it through paypal and would be more active here.
this is great , i made a mistake applying for adsense , so they turned me down, so i need this.
joe
This is good news and timely, with the Google algorithm changes.
It should encourage us to write more here at HP.
Sounds great, would also love to be in the first wave but with only 500 invites going out now I may have to hold my breath til June!
I hope this comes in effect as soon as possible, for everyone!
Hey this is sooo great!
Just hope to be part of the newbie.
Please increase the invites to 1,500 to allow for greater opportunity for authors.
This is wonderful news. I look forward to using this whether I am in the first 500 or this coming June.
This is excellent news; I can hardly wait to become part of it!
Awesome addition. HubPages is on the move. Count me in please. The very best of luck. So glad to one of your Hubbers.
So happy to be a Hubber and look forward to joining this new program in June. Consider it a birthday present for me.
HubPages is the best !
This is great, HubPages! I cannot wait to see this thing work. I am ALL about additional revenue streams, especially from one as reliable as the HubPages product.
Wow… This is great.. Hopefully I can earn more with this. Thanks..
This is what I have been waiting for long time.
It will make more hubber to write more in order to make money from their articles.
Great news,I think i’m lucky. Nice Earning concept for regular hubber.
WOW! This is great news! I am looking forward to this and hope to see more earnings from my hubs in the future. Also I hope I can get an invite for this program as well. Thank you HP!
Great, maybe I can also get google adsense linked at this time!
Very exciting. It’s a great incentive to write more hubs to the best of our ability.
Happy to hear this. First or second wave , I am in the seashore. Hope the waves is going to touch me sooner or later. Thank u.
I hope that I am among the first invited, very exciting.
I’m eager to try this out.I
I would like to be included in this please.
But a request – please could you make the application a simple step by step process- attempting to apply to amazon nearly reduced me to tears..
I’ve been accepted by ad sense but have not made any money yet…but am enjoying writing hub pages nevertheless…and live in hope!
sounds fantastic cant wait to give it a try…..jimmy
That is wonderful.A new program that will generate money us, infact your idea is welcome.I am looking forward to be among the beneficiaries.More grease to your elbow hubpages.
Waiting to hear more about it
So the invites are randomly given?
wow sounds cool
50 % increase in earning is realy good
This really great news! Please count me in 🙂
Hey y’all! I updated the post with more details to answer your questions – hope that helps!
Extra revenue is always an appealing option! Thanks for sharing about this new opportunity.
Sounds exciting and interesting – can’t wait to see it in action!
Hi all!!
I was the one who was alluding around in the forums about some suspicious changes in the TOS of HP. Later I thought I was imagining thingz from the shock waves of my traffic drop!! Haa.. nice to hear im not mad..
I got excited for a bit then saw you need a Adsense account? So much for that! I think google is good but their support SUCKS! This just shows how much they have control over the whole online ad space.