Comparison: The 13 Twitter Advertising Networks (Update)
Make Money by Tweeting Adverts
1. MyLikes – So Far I’ve made $65.90
MyLikes is a new advertising network created by two ex-Google employees as an advertising alternative to Google’s AdSense. MyLikes allows you to create “Likes” of certain products. Advertisers can then allow publishers to
post “Sponsored Likes” on to their twitter account as a tweet (as well as Blogger blogs posts). MyLikes is currently the best advertising network for those with a low number of followers, as the payout amount is an industry-low of just $2. Instead of trying to reach $50 or even $100 just to cash out to PayPal, any small publishers can rely on MyLikes. The payments are also automatic, meaning that you won’t have to manually request a payout. The average cost per click is $0.48 – this means you only need 5 clicks per ad to cash out to PayPal! That’s amazingly easy.
Recommended for Twitter accounts with low number of followers.
2. Sponsored Tweets – So far I’ve made $552.13
Sponsored Tweets is IZEA’s brand new advertising network. IZEA is a social media marketing company and the world leader in sponsored conversations. IZEA operates a network of over 250000 bloggers and 25000 advertisers. Izea has numerous sponsored advertising networks prior to SponsoredTweets, including PayPerPost and SocialSpark. This being said, SponsoredTweets is geared more towards Web Celebrities like John Chow and Shoemoney, although smaller tweeters will still get opportunities.
Recommended for those with high number of followers (ie. 10,000+).
3. ad.ly – S0 far I’ve made $750.62
ad.ly, not to be confused with adf.ly below, is the latest Twitter Advertising network, having just launched on the 22nd of September. Again, similar to Sponsored Tweets above, this service mostly caters to high
end advertisers (my two advertisers were Microsoft and NBC) wanting to connect with celebrities and other high-end Twitter users. In fact, founder and CEO Sean Rad says that he wants Ad.ly to be the Federated Media for Twitter. They have an impressive list of high-profile celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, Brooke Burke, Nicole Richie, Brody Jenner, Dr. Drew and Samantha Ronson. ad.ly also allows you to donate a portion of your earnings to a charity of your choice (similar to AdCause).
Recommended for those with high number of followers (ie. 10,000+).
4. TwittAd – So far I’ve made $407.96
TwittAd is the original (and the first) Twitter advertising network. Currently, the payment system 
is “Pay Per Opportunity”,where you sell your background and allow 3 advertising tweet on your twitter account for a sett time (usually 7 days). Although there aren’t many opportunities, once in a while an opportunity once pop up, and it can be quite high paying too (one was $100! for just 7 days).
Recommended for those with a medium number of followers (ie. in the thousands).
5. RevTwt - So far I’ve made $121.51
Although RevTwt‘s website does look like a scam, I’ll admit it’s not a scam. RevTwt advertising are placed as a tweet, which is displaye
d on your Twitter Profile. There are no disclaimers for the ads, so your followers may find it hard to distinguish between ads and real tweets. Unlike Magpie though, RevTwt pays per click, not per view (a.k.a. Pay-Per-Tweet). This allows the system to be more open to click fraud, similar to Google AdSense, although their system in place seems to be able to detect fraud pretty well, by looking at RevTwt’s Twitter profile. If you have over 8,000 followers, you become part of RevTwt‘s Elite program, with higher paying ads up to $0.20 per click. Normal adverts pays around $0.05 per click.
Update: MyLikes’ average is $0.48 per click. You can earn 5 times more with MyLikes compared with RevTwt.
6. Be-A-Magpie – So far I’ve made $429.70
Be-A-Magpie, a company located in Germany, places relevant advert “tweets” which are placed along with your existing tweets. They pay according to 4 different models: pay per view, pay per click, pay per lead and pay per sale. Just like any other Entrepreneurial Teenager would do, I signed up for this service (with a sub account) to experiment with it. At first, the adverts were about Magpie itself, or Magpie’s parent company’s other product called Stock Pilot. And then I discovered they paid an extremely high €20-30 per pay-per-view tweet. You can cash out after you reach €50. Now, simple maths can tell you that with only 2 magpie tweets, you can get up to €50 in your PayPal already! So you might be asking, I made $429.70 (or €323.90) from something as simple as this? Well, it’s the truth. Read the blog post about Magpie, with the PayPal payment proof.
Update: Seems pretty inactive now. I’m not receiving any more ads from Magpie.
7. PayMeTweets
PayMeTweets pays you to retweet sponsors. In my opinion, they pay so ridiculously low (less than $0.100 CPM per retweet, or less than $0.10 per 1000 followers) it’s not even worth it. With my @joshlam account (with 45,000+ followers), the ads pay $0.20-$0.80, which is really low when compared to Sponsored Tweets ($110 per tweet) or Magpie (€32/$46 per tweet).
8. TweetROI
Unlike PayMeTweets, the payment terms are more reasonable. The highest tweet pays $2.5, and with a $50 payout, this isn’t too bad. Similarly to the other smaller advertising networks, there doesn’t seem like many opportunities available.
9. AdCause
AdCause is a Twitter advertising network with a twist. They allow you to donate a portion (or all of) your earnings to a specific charity of your choice. While this seems like a good idea, there doesn’t seem like a load of advertisers on this network once again.
10. twivert
Twivert is a Pay Per Click advertising network, similar to RevTwt above. On average, the payment terms is $0.01 per click. Sign up though this promotional link to get a $5 bonus. Overall, the payout is one of the lowest compared to the other networks, although the earning potential seems quite low.
Make money by Shortening URL’s
11. adf.ly
Adf.ly or “AdFly” is a Pay-Per-Impression advertising network. Unlike other networks, adf.ly shows an ad while your visitor is being transfer to their link – which might be an annoyance to your followers. Payment is based on CPM, with up to $1.5CPM for US visitors to $0.50CPM for International Visitors. View this sample shortened link http://adf.ly/59/joshlam where an ad (in my case this was simply adf.ly‘s website) is shown before being redirected to joshlam.com. Notice the “Skip Ad” button at the top right.
12. Tweetbucks
Tweetbucks allow you to make money via affiliate links, abet Tweetbucks will take a portion of the affiliate earnings per sale. To 
be honest, this is really a lazy man’s way to not signing up to ClickBank, Commission Junction or Amazon Associates and just create the links yourself. By signing up to these networks yourself, no third-party will take a portion of your earnings, which will mean more money for you.
13. adjix.com
Those shortened URL’s contain an iFrame which contains ads. The payouts are quite low compared to the two other service I mentioned above. I only suggest using Adjix if you have a large base of followers, otherwise you’ll find it quite hard to monetize this service. Personally, I don’t actually like this service much.
(14. Revtwt)
Revtwt has been previously mentioned above as a Pay-Per-Click network, but they also allow you to make money by Shortening Links.
Scams
As much as I’ll like to promote some of these companies, I have to shame some companies as well. These companies are unlikely to pay you any money, even though you’ve tweeted their ads. Do not sign up for these networks. Here’s the list:
YakBurst
YakBurst is a scam. They will not pay you any requested funds from your account. It states that payments will be made from the 1st to the 15th every month. I’ve still haven’t received a singly payment from them yet from a request made 2 months ago. www.yakburst.com
| Network | Advertisting Model | Disclourse | Referral Program? | Mininium Payout | Payment Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MyLikes | Pay Per Click | Required, Shown as: #ad | Yes | $2 | PayPal |
| Sponsored Tweets | Pay Per Tweet | Required, Customizeable | No | $50 | PayPal |
| Ad.ly | Pay Per Tweet | Required, Shown as: (Ad) | Yes | $50 | PayPal, check |
| RevTwt | Pay Per Click | None | Yes | $20 | PayPal, check at $100 |
| TwittAd | Pay Per "Opportunity" (usually 3 tweets and your background) | Required | Yes | $30 | PayPal |
| Be-a-Magpie | Pay Per Lead and Pay Per Tweet | Required, but Custom | Yes | 50 | PayPal |
| AdCause | Pay Per "Opportunity" | None | No | $25 | PayPal |
| Pay Me Tweets | Pay Per Tweet | None | No | $50 | PayPal |
| TweetROI | Pay Per Tweet | None | No | $50 | PayPal |
| twivert | Pay Per Click | None | No | $30 | PayPal |
| adf.ly | Pay Per Impression | None | Yes | $25 | PayPal |
| tweetbucks | Pay Per Lead | None | Yes | $25 | PayPal |
| adjix | Pay Per Impression | None | No | $25 | Cheque |
Changelog:
18/04 Update 2: Added MyLikes, new jQuery sortable table and updated earnings amount
20/10 Update 1: Added ad.ly and updated new earnings amount
Wow, what an impressive list!
Fantastic list! I really like Sponsored Tweets
I like.
WOW! and for you what is the best one for twitterers? For money gained and for not to lose followers?
thank you
SponsoredTweets is high paying, and it allows you to choose your own disclaimers to help your followers to distinguish an advert.
Visit http://joshlam.com/recommends/spontwts to sign up.
thank u josh for the repay!
Could you explain in simple words how it works -egs. if I have costs as a twetterer-?
Replay to me when you can! no Harry!
PS. Keep in mind that i’ve about 600 followers…maybe with my account i can’t earn money.
Stand by! have a nice day!
Alright, how about RevTwt then? They have a Pay-Per-Click model.
HI!
you can make money by Shortening URL’s with LinkTurtle ( http://linkturtle.com/r/902 )!
thanks for the comparison! I’m in stand by for a reply for the previous post
bye
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Don’t forget ad.ly http://twitter.com/TwitterDispatch/statuses/4316212875
Thanks! An updated post will include ad.ly
There’s also a new Twitter advertising network called Luvz.It. It’s pay-per-click and tweeters keep full control of their accounts – we give links and you can place them however you want in your tweets, whenever you want!
Check it out at http://luvz.it.
Thanks, I’l be checking it out.
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?
Yes Sure. Please link back.
A small offtopic comment on this, Im using the google chrome webbrowser, but it looks like your blog is not displaying correctly… Just to let you know. Regards.
Hi, I fixed it! Thanks!
I have been working on my Twitter followers, trying to build them up. Is this worthwhile down the road if I want to make money by marketing to them?
Well how many followers do you currently have? If you have followers in the range in a couple thousand, I would say yes. If it’s only a few hundred, then no.
Hi Josh,
great post but how much followers do you have?
thanks
yas-n
Hi, you could try RevTwt. It doesn’t require a lot of followers to earn money.
thanks for the answer but I would like to know how much followers you got on twitter?
thanks
yas-n
Sorry. I have 83,000 with my @joshlam account, and another 30,000 followers on another account.
Hope that helps!
woow lol, ok thanks for the answer!
You’re welcome!
You can follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joshlam.
wow interesting list!
Thanks!
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Thanks for listing. Appreciate it (:
You’re welcome!
Hi, I’ve been a lurker around your blog for a few months. I love this article and your entire site! Looking forward to reading more!
Even though i am using nearly all of the above services,my income is low. May be, its because of not having huge following
Hi Shann, please check out the newest one, MyLikes. You get $0.48 per click. Ridiculously high I know.
Cheers, hope that helps.
Your blog keeps getting better and better!
I’ve been following your posts for a couple of weeks now and I have to say that your older posts don’t offer as much insight as the newer articles. You have a lot more ideas and originality now, your writing is constantly improving.
Keep it up!
I like the information that you wrote here. Keep up the good work.
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Keep posting stuff like this i really like it
Great blog post dude, thanks for sharing.
I like the way your site is laid out and how you have the information on it. Awesome!
Marketing isn’t hard on twitter. I earn around $200 with just MyLikes. Great network
Very good post. Will you please write much more about this subject.
Funny you forgot one of the biggest Twitter Ad Networks, YakBurst.
Hey it’s not that big, but I’m currently experimenting with YakBurst and it seems alright. I’ll add it to the next update.
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hii bro,
fabulous blog and keep going on
you have any idea about facebook advertising networks
Yes, but most Facebook advertising networks are for developers to make money, and not for general Facebook users. That’s why I would be blogging about them. Cheers.
Nice list but I am amazed to find Twtbuck missing from the website. Have a look at it.
John
Twtbuck.com