# TrafficSigma https://trafficsigma.com/ Full canonical page content as clean Markdown, across every page family on the site: homepage, all ad-format and vertical landing pages, Solutions pages, every blog post in full, every glossary term, every case study, and author profiles. Legal pages are intentionally LINKS ONLY (see "Legal" below) - their body text is boilerplate with near-zero answer value at high token cost; fetch the page directly if you need the contract language. ## Overview **Where Scale Meets Performance** Reach new audiences and conversions with Traffic Sigma Ads, a global self-serve ad network. Developed especially for performance-marketers. ## What Is This Business? TrafficSigma is a premium performance advertising platform specializing in push notifications and pop traffic. We serve experienced media buyers who need: - **Granular optimization:** Micro-level bid adjustments, source-level control - **Premium traffic quality:** Vetted sources, anti-fraud protection, real users - **Expert support:** Dedicated managers who understand performance marketing Unlike broad-reach networks, we focus on quality over quantity. Our advertisers are typically running iGaming, Finance, or Nutra offers where traffic quality directly impacts ROI. ## How It Works ### For Advertisers 1. Sign up and fund account (minimum $300) 2. Create campaign: select format (Push, Pop, Domain Redirect, Native) 3. Set targeting: GEO, device, OS, carrier, plus advanced options 4. Choose optimization mode: Manual, Target CPA, or Performance Mode 5. Launch and optimize using Micro Bidding and source controls 6. Scale winners with automated whitelists ### For Publishers 1. Sign up and add your website/app 2. Get approved (fast moderation, approved within 24h) 3. Choose ad formats and implement tags 4. Earn revenue as ads are displayed 5. Get paid weekly/bi-weekly via multiple methods ## Ad Formats We Offer Focused format lineup for performance marketers ### ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers Stats: 206M+ daily impressions,248+ GEOs,from $0.005 CPC ### Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers Stats: 206M+ daily impressions,248+ GEOs,from $0.005 CPC ### In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required Stats: Works on iOS/macOS,bypasses browser restrictions ### Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab Stats: 219M+ daily impressions,CPM from $1.00 ### Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click Stats: High-intent users,184M+ impressions ### Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel Stats: Premium placements, higher engagement ### Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) Stats: Reaches iOS users,unique format ## Pricing Models ### CPC - Cost Per Click pay only when user clicks Best for: Push campaigns, Testing new offers ### CPM - Cost Per Mille pay per 1,000 impressions Best for: Pop traffic, scaling proven campaigns ### Target CPA - Set desired CPA system auto-optimizes to hit target Best for: After initial testing, hands-off optimization ### Smart CPM - AI adjusts bids per impression based on conversion likelihood Best for: Maximizing conversions at scale ## Target Verticals We specialize in high-payout performance verticals - **iGaming:** Online casinos, sports betting, poker (our #1 vertical) - **Utilities/Software:** VPNs, antivirus, system cleaners - **Finance/Trading:** Forex, crypto trading, binary options - **Mobile Content:** App installs, mobile subscriptions - **Sweepstakes:** SOI/DOI lead gen, gift card offers - **Betting:** Get Traffic for your Betting Products - **Online Games:** Creatives for Gaming Push Ads - **Nutra:** Health supplements, weight loss, CBD - **Crypto:** Exchanges, wallets, Web3 and token offers - **E-commerce:** Stores, dropshipping and marketplace offers - **Dating:** Mainstream dating apps ## Who Is This For? ### Advertisers (Our Primary Focus) - **Experienced affiliates:** Know how to optimize, need quality traffic - **Media buying teams:** Managing multiple campaigns, need granular control - **iGaming operators:** Direct advertisers in casino/betting - **Performance agencies:** Running campaigns for brand clients - **Affiliate networks:** Buying traffic to distribute to offers ### Publishers - **Push notification owners:** Monetizing subscriber databases - **Website owners:** Entertainment, streaming, download sites - **Domain portfolio owners:** Monetizing parked/redirect traffic ## Key Platform Features Advanced features for performance marketers: ### Optimization Tools (Core Differentiator) - **Performance Mode:** Auto-generated whitelists updated weekly based on conversions - **Micro Bidding:** Adjust bids at source, OS, browser level granularity - **Target CPA:** Set goal, algorithm optimizes automatically - **Automated Rules:** Pause, boost, or adjust based on performance thresholds - **Source-level reporting:** See exactly where traffic comes from ### Targeting Options - **Subscriber age:** Target by how long user has been subscribed (0-3, 3-7, 7-14, 14-30, 30+ days) - **GEO targeting:** 248+ countries, region/city level - **Device & OS:** Mobile/desktop, specific OS versions - **Connection type:** 3G/4G/WiFi, carrier targeting - **Browser & language:** Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc. - **Frequency capping:** Control impression frequency per user - **Day parting:** Schedule by hour and day ### Traffic Quality - **3-level fraud protection:** Pre-bid filtering, real-time detection, post-campaign analysis - **Premium sources only:** Vetted publisher network - **Bot filtering:** ML-based detection - **Transparent source IDs:** Full visibility into traffic origins ### Campaign Management - **Real-time dashboard:** Live stats, instant updates - **Postback/S2S tracking:** Integration with all major trackers - **Creative testing:** A/B test multiple ads automatically - **Bulk operations:** Manage campaigns at scale - **API access:** Full programmatic control ## Case Studies Format: Push & Pop Bundle Casino and sports-betting operators pair push notifications with pop redirects to catch a player at two different moments: the urgent nudge to reopen the app, and the impulse click that lands straight on a registration page. Source-level whitelists tuned for gambling traffic keep both formats pointed at the publishers that convert. Typical results: CPC From $0.005, CPM From $1.00, GEOs 248+. Verticals covered: iGaming, Utilities/Software, Finance/Trading, Mobile Content, Sweepstakes, Betting, Online Games, Nutra, Crypto, E-commerce, Dating. ## Frequently asked questions about TrafficSigma ### What traffic does TrafficSigma advertising network provide? At TrafficSigma ad network you can launch advertising campaigns in Telegram Mini Apps, as well as on push, popunder, in-page, direct click, display and native traffic. The platform provides a complete self-serve solution to start customizable campaigns, optimize traffic via internal features and monitor data with the help of tracking tools. ### Where can I find top geos for main ad formats, their average bids and traffic volumes? Marketers can look up the up-to-date information about Traffic Sigma Ads' traffic by the Insights tab, which can be found in the advertising platform's side-panel on the left. There, you can find the statistics on current impressions for our advertising formats per each geo and device, as well as their Average and Top CPC/CPM bids, and Win Rate respectively. ### Do you have a loyalty program for advertisers? Yes! At Traffic Sigma Ads there are 3 levels of accounts, based on the amount of deposit: Premier (starting from $1,000), Signature ($5,000) and Reserve ($15,000). While all the essential for campaign launching and optimization functionality is available upon joining as a Premier account, the Signature and Reserve levels further extend the amount of services provided by Traffic Sigma Ads like personal manager's assistance, whitelist provision, bonus on deposit, etc. You can learn more from our article on the loyalty program at Traffic Sigma Ads! ### What are available payment methods at TrafficSigmaAds? You can top-up your balance of Traffic Sigma Ads account by Wire transfer, bank card, Capitalist, Payoneer, and alternative paying methods. ### What affiliate marketing verticals Traffic Sigma Ads works with? We've been working with all the industry leading niches for years, in total having a vast expertise in advertising Gambling (for which we even received the 'Best iGaming traffic source' award at SiGMA Europe 2022), Betting, Dating, Fintech, E-Commerce, Antivirus, Nutra, etc. ### What benefits will I get by working with an account manager? Contacting an account manager at Traffic Sigma Ads might be extremely beneficial for your campaigns, as you get an expert's assistance at: choosing the profitable verticals, combinations, creatives and optimal bids; setting up your advertising campaigns from scratch; connecting a conversion tracker to set up data monitoring correctly; utilising optimization features at Traffic Sigma Ads for better performance; getting on-demand creatives and whitelists of the most converting traffic sources for exact geo and offer; daily campaign check and weekly scheduled calls to discuss how to improve results. You can look up our article about the loyalty program at Traffic Sigma Ads to learn what services account managers can provide and the current conditions. ### What features does Traffic Sigma Ads ad platform offer? Traffic Sigma Ads ad platform is a complete self-serve solution for marketers, filled with plenty of useful instruments for improving campaigns from launch to optimization. Among the available features you can find: Performance Mode, Target CPA, Automated rules, Micro bidding, and Optimizer. ### What tracking tools are integrated with Traffic Sigma Ads? Traffic Sigma Ads is integrated with all the top ad tracking solutions, including: Adjust, AdsBridge, Affilka, AppsFlyer, BeMob, Binom, Branch, CPV Lab Pro, FunnelFlux, Keitaro, Kochava, MyAffiliates, OctoTracker, PeerClick, RedTrack, ThriveTracker, TrackingDesk, and Voluum. Contact your account manager or technical support for help if your tracker is not listed. They will help you deal with the integration. ### How long will the moderation of my campaign take? The moderation in Traffic Sigma Ads goes 24/7, while the campaigns usually pass it within 5-10 minutes any time of a day! ### What resources can I monetize with advertisements at Traffic Sigma Ads? With the advertising at Traffic Sigma Ads you can monetize your Telegram Mini Apps, websites, blogs, mobile apps, domains, SEO tools, paid traffic, ad networks, social media accounts and plugins/extensions. You can check what advertising formats are available for your resource at Traffic Sigma Ads Publishers. ## Ad Formats # ADS in Telegram https://trafficsigma.com/ads-telegram ### ADS in Telegram in Bots & Mini apps - Dominate Telegram Ads with global geo coverage, and the best prices from exclusive Mini apps and Bots owners. - 5 high -converting ad formats - 70+ mln users - 10+ mln impressions daily - 200+ countries - Wide targeting options - Test Telegram Ads ### Choose from 5 available high-converting telegram ad formats - 5 available - telegram ad formats - playable Playable Ads Playable Ads A three-step marketing funnel in an interactive page, for building maximum engagement through demo version of apps accessible via the advertisment. - Rewarded Option Available - CPM On Average $6-8 - Impressions Daily 850k - push Push-style Ads Push-style Ads Such ads remind of push ads, consisting of an icon and text, delivering high CTR due to its native integration into a TMA interface. - Rewarded Option Available - CPC On Average $0.025 - Impressions Daily 1.6 mln - video Interstitial Video Ads Interstitial Video Ads Immersive full-screen video ads with text, button and title, can be closed in a certain time period, captivating users attention between app transitions. - Rewarded Option Available - CPM On Average $6-14 - Impressions Daily 200k - banner Embedded Banner Ads Embedded Banner Ads Fixed-position banner ads integrated into a specific spot within the TMA interface, without covering the content, the least intrusive yet engaging format. - Rewarded Option Available - CPM On Average $1-2 - Impressions Daily 650k - interstitial Interstitial Ads Interstitial Ads Full-screen static images accompanied by short texts with a button, suitable for any resolution, ideally show between levels without gameplay disruption. - Rewarded Option Available - CPM On Average $3-5 - Impressions Daily 950k ### Targetings and features available - Language - GEO - Motive/Unmotive - Premium account - Wallet - OS ### How It Works - advertisers For Advertisers - Sign up and fund account (minimum $300) - Create campaign: select format (Push, Pop, Domain Redirect, Native) - Set targeting: GEO, device, OS, carrier, plus advanced options - Choose optimization mode: Manual, Target CPA, or Performance Mode - publishers For Publishers - Sign up and add your website/app - Get approved (approved within 24h) - Choose ad formats and implement tags - Earn revenue as ads are displayed ### Benefits of Telegram advertisement at TrafficSigma - Campaigns can be launched within 5-10 minutes. - Traffic acquisition, lead gen. - All existing formats of advertising in Telegram are available at TrafficSigma. - The best CPC and CPM rates according to our own base of TMA and bot owners. - Direct relationships with 150+ app and bot owners since September 2024. - Full, real-time visibility into impressions, clicks, and spend for every campaign. - 7+ targeting are available: language, GEO, Premium account owners, wallet, OS, Motive/Unmotive. - New ad formats show high intent and conversion rates on the untapped Telegram market. ### Frequently Asked Questions - What is the minimum deposit? Minimum deposit for launching Telegram ads at TrafficSigma is $300. With a first deposit of $5,000, you will receive a bonus of +10% on your deposit and a personal manager, free creatives, and full campaign management. Minimum deposit for launching Telegram ads at TrafficSigma is $300. With a first deposit of $5,000, you will receive a bonus of +10% on your deposit and a personal manager, free creatives, and full campaign management. - What is the recommended CPC? For push-style Telegram formats we recommend starting around $0.025 CPC and adjusting per GEO and vertical. Your account manager can share the up-to-date competitive bids for your exact targeting. - What is the recommended CPM? CPM depends on the format: roughly $1-2 for embedded banners, $6-8 for playable ads, and $6-14 for interstitial video. We recommend starting mid-range and optimizing toward your target CPA. - What are the payment options? You can top up your balance by wire transfer, bank card, Capitalist, Payoneer, USDT and other crypto, and alternative payment methods. Contact your manager if you need a specific method. - What are the advantages of Telegram advertising at TrafficSigma over other networks? We work directly with 150+ exclusive Mini App and bot owners, which means better prices, cleaner traffic, and formats you will not find on resellers. You also get global geo coverage, 5 high-converting formats, and a personal manager. - Are there any restrictions on advertising? We accept most performance verticals, including iGaming, finance, utilities, mobile and sweepstakes. Creatives must comply with our content policy and applicable Telegram rules; your manager will review borderline cases before launch. - Is it possible to run ads in specific bots or mini apps? Yes. On request we can whitelist specific Mini Apps or bots, or build a custom placement package around the audiences that convert best for your offer. - How to track the effectiveness of an ad campaign in the bot and in the mini app? Every campaign reports impressions, clicks, CPC/CPM and spend in real time, and you can connect your own tracker via postback/S2S for full conversion attribution down to the placement level. - Do you provide a free test budget for new advertisers? Test budgets are considered case by case for qualified advertisers. Reach out to your manager with your offer and expected volumes and we will tell you what is available. - Is it possible to retarget Telegram through TrafficSigma? If there is a possibility of pixel or similar audiences. Yes. We support audience building and retargeting across Telegram placements, including engaged-user and lookalike-style audiences. Your manager will help set up the tracking needed to power them. # Push Notifications https://trafficsigma.com/push-ads ### Run Push Ads from $0.005 - Create and launch effective push campaigns with TrafficSigma. - Premium domains - 248 geos - 206M+ ad impressions per day - Auto optimization - $300 to start - 100% bot-free traffic - Sign up - Sign in ### What are push ads? - Push ads are personal-like notifications or alerts similar to 1-to-1 messages on the user's screen. ### Check which countries have the most traffic for your goals - See Insights ### Optimize campaigns easily with TrafficSigma features - Performance mode Get the best traffic sources for your pop ads in one click. - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, in-page, direct-click. - Micro Bidding Set different bids for the exact parameters like country, device, etc. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. ### Launch a push campaign now and get results. - Create account # In-Page Push https://trafficsigma.com/in-page-push ### In-Page Push Ads: How to Use Them to Reach iOS Devices - TrafficSigma offers in-page push notifications, a variety of push ads format, and provides even more quality traffic to our clients.In this article, we will dwell on what is in-page push traffic and how to work with them. ### Sections - are a new, improved push notifications format. - We all might have already tried a lot of ad types and formats, and the goal always is to maximize the conversions. Still, when it comes to traditional push notifications, we have faced 2 issues:Google Chrome's updates complicated the subscription of new users.Push notifications can't reach all types of devices: iOS is restricted.In-page push notifications, available on TrafficSigma, empower you to get around push notifications regulations by Chrome and reach the hot audience with iOS devices. - Superficially, in-page push (banner) notification ads look like traditional ones that users see on mobile devices. It means that in-page push notifications don't have large images no matter whether users receive them on mobile or a desktop.Despite the outside similarity, the formats work in different ways. Let's figure it out. - To receive web push notifications, the user needs to subscribe to them. Then he will get into the database and will receive advertising wherever he is. The website where he signed up has long been closed and forgotten, but notifications are coming. - Of course, traditional push notifications have many advantages: they appear in the most visible place of the device screen, have 100% delivery, and a more loyal audience, but due to restrictions, they were not available to users of iOS devices. And this is a huge part of the solvent audience that has never seen in-page push ads before. - Example of iOS in-page push ads for Dating Unlike regular push notifications, in-page push traffic refers to banner ads. You don't need to subscribe to notifications to see them and generate in-page push traffic.In this case, users will see a popup push when they visit the publisher's page who posted the ad on their page. For that, a code is installed on the website that demonstrates push notification. There is no link to the mailing list. Both Android and iOS users will see the in-page push banner.So in-page push ads are a kind of banners that looks like web push ads.Thanks to simpler technology, in-page push notifications are protected from problems related to browser updates. Affiliate marketers do not have to fear double subscription confirmation as users don't have to subscribe at all. - It's a new ad format, which means users are more likely to respond to it. For a media buyer, it means a high CTR and high conversion rates. - Available for iOS audience. - Noticeable but not obsessive. - Doesn't depend on browser updates. - Works on CPC model. - Convenient to calculate costs. - Fresh audience. - Phones of the world: Android vs. iOS Perhaps, this is the main trump card of in-page push advertising. New users will allow you to scale existing push campaigns and find new potential customers.At the same time, the iOS audience is not yet familiar with the push format, which makes it even more visible and attractive.And more importantly, this audience is solvent, and in some countries, it's up to half of the users. Leaders in the number of devices are the USA, Japan, and China. - It may seem that iPhones don't dominate the market. But when it comes to the mobile operating systems market, we can see that iOS takes the third part of the worldwide market.Worldwide mobile operating systems market share from January 2012 to January 2021. - In-page push traffic doesn't depend on browser updates As you already understood, the upcoming Chrome updates will not affect this format in any way. One less headache. - Fresh audience In-page push notifications are seen by a wide variety of people who visit the websites of the advertising network's publishers. There is a good chance that your push notifications will be the first that this person sees. - In-page push notifications are noticeable but not obsessive In-page push notification is displayed more delicately than a web push notification. At the same time, it is also clearly visible, while it does not interfere with the user viewing the page. - They work on CPC, and it is convenient to calculate costs In-page push ads are sold on a CPC basis, which means you only pay for clicks on your ad. - One of the nice advantages is that there is no click-through rate in this format, as happens with regular push notifications when you stop the campaign in the evening, but the users receive a push in the morning as soon as they are online, and you have to pay for it. - If we talk about the disadvantages, then it is still one: there are not many such traffic sources yet. However, new publishers are constantly adding this feature to their site monetization schemes. But we can expect an increase in volumes soon. - For website owners (publishers), it doesn't take a lot of effort to become an in-page push traffic provider: you just need to add a small piece of code to your website. It won't affect SEO or other metrics.The second category of people who can successfully make money on the new advertising format is, of course, affiliate marketers who want to get a new audience and actively scale existing push campaigns. - The easiest way to make money on in-page push notification ads is to scale an offer that already performed well with push notifications. A separate campaign with the same creatives will help you.If we speak about new campaigns, in-page push advertising is not much different from push ads, so you can try all the same verticals that convert on push notifications.Don't forget about useful products, applications, and extensions, utilities for macOS, Safari. They might be interesting for iOS fans. - As of now, the best geos to launch on in-page push at TrafficSigma haven't changed much for the last three month. France is no longer in the top since China has shown way better results this month. Now it's among the previously effective geos to test on in-page push ads: the USA, Indonesia, Serbia, Vietnam and Japan.For mobile traffic on in-page push ads the best verticals are Gambling, Betting, Dating and Media. On desktop devices the best performance on in-page ads gain the same niches as for mobile oriented campaigns except Utilities offers are so much more profitable there than Media.For more info monthly check out the report "Best GEOs and verticals"! - If you already launched a traditional push campaign, you will hardly have any problems with in-page push notifications as well.To set up in-page push notification ads, register at our platform (if not yet), go to New Campaign settings. - As a rule, to scale an existing advertising campaign, a separate ad for in-page push notifications is created. - 1. Retest all creatives. It would be best if you retested all creatives. The results may differ from what you get in a regular push campaign. Use as many creatives as possible during the test. - 2. Set up the sources correctly. Choose the sources from any category you'd prefer - Premium, Standard, or Remnant. We'd recommend to start with the Premium group, it shows best CR. - 3. Give it another chance to blacklisted sources. If a source is blacklisted in a regular push campaign, give it another chance with in-page push notifications. Perhaps it will show better results. - 4. Use Advanced targeting For campaigns that only promote offers for iOS, choose the proper targeting by OS, manufacturer, and even model to avoid provoking unnecessary clicks from Android users. - If you want to attract new leads even in higher volumes than before, get traffic here or contact our experts for more details.We also appreciate your feedback: STM, Afflift, AffiliateFix # Pop / Popunder https://trafficsigma.com/pop-ads ### Run Pop Ads from $1.00 CPM - Create and launch effective popunder campaigns with TrafficSigma. - Premium domains - 248 geos - 219M+ ad impressions daily - Auto optimization - $300 to start - Sign up - Sign in ### What are pop ads? - Pop ads are the windows or banners that appear up or under the opened window with no interruption of the user experience. ### Optimize campaigns easily with TrafficSigma features - Performance mode Get the best traffic sources for your pop ads in one click. - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, in-page, direct-click. - Predictor See the forecast for the available volumes according to your targeting. - Micro Bidding Set different bids for the exact parameters like country, device, etc. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Automated Rules Automate campaign management with rules that pause, boost, or adjust bids based on your performance thresholds. ### Launch a pop campaign now and get results. - Create account # Domain Redirect https://trafficsigma.com/direct-click ### Direct Click - Domain redirect traffic - Create and launch effective popunder campaigns with TrafficSigma. - Fresh advertising format - Warm audience - CR close to the Search ads - CPM from $3 - Create campaign - Sign in ### What is Direct Click traffic? - Direct Click is a type of traffic that offers a user redirect from a parked domain to your landing page. - A user makes a mistake when they type a query in the search line. - The redirect is triggered from the parked domain to the offer page. ### Run Direct Click ads with a user-friendly ad platform - Feature-rich, intuitive, and blazing fast advertising platform for modern performance advertising. - Precise reporting - Transparent spend - Flexible bidding - Personal manager support - Run Direct Click Ads ### We have already collected a database of popular parked domain names and smart features for campaign optimization. - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, pop, in-page. - Predictor See the forecast for the available volumes according to your targeting. - Micro Bidding Set different bids for the exact parameters like country, device, etc. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Automated Rules Set up the rules that will automatically create blacklists and whitelists. ### Bot-free traffic - Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities each month so only real people interact with your ads. To make sure, we also check the traffic with the Adscore system as a second-level protection. - Impression & Click Fraud prevention - Fake conversions preclusion ### Direct Click - Domain redirect traffic - Try Direct Click # Native Ads https://trafficsigma.com/native-ads ### Reach New Audiences with Native Ads - Get more conversions with a leading native advertising network. Made for marketers, affiliates and agencies. - 194M impressions daily - We provide both web - 95% of volumes, and in-app traffic - 5% of volumes - Personal ad expert - Get Started - Sign in ### Catch the Untapped Audience - Use the power of Native Ads to capture new quality leads from premium sources. Native ads are a paid ad format that follows the natural form of the website content and meets the audience's expectations for it. - No banner blindness Your offer will be as close as possible to the content of the site. This means that a user is already interested in your product and is unlikely to miss it. - No AdBlock restrictions Unlike traditional banners, native format is less obvious and annoying, which means much less AdBlock bans. - Makes your brand more recognizable When placing an ad on a site with trustworthy information, your offer is perceived more loyally by the audience and is associated with the positive image of the website. - Create Campaign ### Harness the Power of Native Ads Traffic - Leverage billions of impressions, proprietary automation and optimization technology, expert advice, and support. - Run High-Performing Ads Due to quality traffic and its reasonable price, you can run high-quality ROI campaigns with us. CPC starts at $0.0020. - Reach Global Audiences Native advertising is everywhere from blogs to news sites, providing billions of impressions daily and allowing any affiliate to gain a global audience and big traffic volumes. - Do It the Right Way With dedicated native ads experts and proprietary optimization technology, you can be sure you'll make the most of your native ads. ### Run Native Ads with a user-friendly ad platform - Feature-rich, intuitive, and blazing fast advertising platform for modern performance advertising. - 10+ million impressions daily - Web - 95% of volumes, In-app traffic - 5% of volumes - No banner blindness - No AdBlock restrictions - Run Native Ads ### We Make Tech. You Drive Your Performance - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, pop, in-page. - Predictor See the forecast for the available volumes according to your targeting. - Micro Bidding Set different bids for the exact parameters like country, device, etc. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Automated Rules Set up the rules that will automatically create blacklists and whitelists. - Performance Mode Get the best traffic sources for your native campaigns in one click. ### Bot-free traffic - Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities each month so only real people interact with your ads. To make sure, we also check the traffic with the Adscore system as a second-level protection. - Impression & Click Fraud prevention - Fake conversions preclusion # Calendar Push https://trafficsigma.com/calendar-push ### iOS Calendar Push Traffic. The Ultimate Guide in 2026 - iOS Calendar push traffic is a new ad format in affiliate marketing. The low cost and quality still make push traffic attractive for both newbies and pros. It is easy to start advertising with, build an e-mail list, and retarget the audience. So, how to go hand-in-hand with a competitive affiliate marketing industry? ### Sections - Push traffic faces new challenges in 2026. Expert affiliates talk about new Chrome regulations and a threat of increased competition in the market. But the push format develops. Now affiliates have a chance to test iOS Calendar push traffic, outrun competitors, and boost ROI. This article teaches what Calendar push is and how to drive the best traffic first. - iOS Calendar push traffic is a new ad format launched in 2021. It is displayed in a Calendar app on iOS and macOS in the form of a scheduled event. Calendar ads have a title, link, and description (optionally).As well as for an upcoming event, users can see reminders of it from the Calendar app. Sounds pretty cool, right? Though this kind of advertising seems pretty aggressive, it is exactly what usually performs best with push traffic. According to the industry numbers, iOS Calendar push traffic sources convert similarly to the New sources (with recently added audiences) where the average CR is traditionally high. Let us see how calendar push ads work in more detail. - How Calendar push ads look like To see your ads, a user must subscribe to receive notifications themselves and can unsubscribe at any time. It is the same principle as for web push traffic. After the opt-in, users see your ad as a scheduled event in a calendar. Also, they can receive alerts about it from the Calendar app on their desktop.How Calendar Push Ads Look Like. The image is the main visual difference between web push and calendar push ads. In both desktop and mobile devices, calendar notification ads have no icon or main image. What do advertisers bet on in this case?Title. It is the main component to attract attention and the most important part of your campaign. The title is what the user sees first in their calendar and reminders. It needs to be catchy and promising to lure a user. We recommend testing different angles of titles (not less than 5) for maximum conversion.URL. Do not forget to paste a link to your landing page. It can be found in the description of the calendar push ad. As a landing page is the second important thing to attract customers attention, use the best practices for landing pages.Text. A short ad copy is displayed in the Notes of the event. Here you can attract users with some special bonuses or describe more what your offer is about. - New ad formats are always promising more profit. It is reasonable: the market is less saturated and constantly growing, the fresh audience, and the advertising more catchy. But what exactly makes iOS Calendar push ads so special? - High-quality push traffic from iOS and macOS devices On average, this audience is considered to have higher income, making them a gold mine for affiliate marketers. - Ads are delivered on a locked screen (mobile devices) More visibility than ever before. - No images are needed Elementary launching, testing, and optimization process. - Natural but aggressive and personalized looks Calendar push ads resemble the event on the standard calendar app, which is something the user trusts. - Higher CR Of a more qualified and fresh audience. - Testing with smaller budgets Compared to other advertising formats. The CPC model allows paying only when a user clicks on the ad link. - Great for start, building an email list, or retargeting - Allows multiple options for targeting audiences On the TrafficSigma ad platform. For maximum campaign performance, do not forget to set the relevant browser language, and choose the latest iOS version and newest devices. Make sure you ask for whitelists from your manager. - Push traffic has been on the market since 2018. Now we can say that push notifications advertising has luckily overcome Chrome 80 updates and even market changes due to Covid. Although it has become more and more popular, new push types appear, like an in-page push in 2020 and a calendar push in 2021. It allows affiliate marketers to cherry-pick from the new advertising format first and drive conversions from the fresh audience. ### Top Ad Networks to Launch Calendar Push Notification Campaigns - Calendar push notification ads are quickly becoming one of the most effective and in-demand push formats. They provide high visibility and native-like delivery that users cannot ignore. As this format continues to gain popularity in 2026, advertisers are actively looking for reliable sources of quality push traffic. To make the choice easier, we have gathered the 10 best push ad networks where you can launch your first calendar push notification campaign and test this new format. - Ad Network Reach GEO Coverage Formats Minimum Deposit / CPC Special Features - TrafficSigma 206M+ daily 248+ countries Push, In-page push, Calendar push $300 / from $0.005 CPC Advanced targeting, automation, Micro Bidding, Performance Mode, strong anti-fraud protection - ROIads 900M daily 150+ countries Push, Pop, Direct Click, In-page Push $250 / from $0.003 CPC AI bidding, source-level optimization, Micro Bidding, Premium traffic - Mobidea Push 1B+ daily 250+ countries Push + In-page push $50 / from $0.001 CPC GEO, Carrier, Device, OS targeting, anti-fraud tech - PushGround 1B+ daily 200+ Push, In-page push, Pop $100 / from $0.001 CPC Auto-Rules, User segmentation, Opticks anti-fraud - PropellerAds ~1B+ daily push 195+ Push, In-page push, Pop, Interstitial $100 / from $0.005 CPC Geo/OS/Carrier/Browser targeting, SmartCPM, CPA Goal - Clickadu 5.8B+ daily 240+ Push, Pop, Banners, In-page $100 / from $0.001 CPC Wide targeting, anti-bot ML - AdMaven 2B+ daily 180+ Push, Pop, Native and more $50 / from $0.001 CPC Wide targeting, Blacklist and Whitelist filters, retargeting - AdCash 200M+ daily 200+ Push, In-page push, Pop, Native $100 / from $0.001 CPC Unlimited creatives, interest-based targeting options, white- and blacklists - EvaDav 3B+ daily 250+ Push, In-page push, Native, Pop $100 / from $0.001 CPC Auto-Rules, anti-bot and anti-fraud solutions, Whitelists/Blacklists - Zeropark ~96M/mo ~250 Push, In-page push, Popup, Redirect $200 / from ~$0.0013 CPC Rule-based optimization, Custom bids - Traffic Nomads 4M+ daily Global Push, In-page, Pops, Calendar Push $50 / from $0.003 CPC User Activity levels, smart bidding ### Best Push Ads Tips in 2026 - As you do not have images here, put your efforts into testing different approaches to titles and description texts. If you check out spy tools for ideas, always add your touch to it for any vertical. Here are some of the best approaches to the titles of calendar push ads in different verticals. - Personalization: add a [CITY] macro and/or some popular name in a particular GEO. - ⚠ [city] Jackpot ALERT!!! - 📞 +976-915-5591-2 Missed call from Ava - Connection to current events. - Do not lose the greatest game of the year! Bet $5 get $20 - Personal alert imitation. - (1) Pending Package 📦 Your iPhone 12 is held up at the post office - Click-baity. - ‘Check your balance: $321?!’ - Your iPhone is in danger. Antivirus update required. ### How to Run Calendar iOS Push Campaigns - iOS Calendar push traffic is what is now available for TrafficSigma advertisers. Check the simple instruction on how to launch the new hot ad format with the ad network:Create an account at TrafficSigma or Log In.Choose a Push campaign type.Go through Creatives (add some icon in case you add not only calendar sources later), Tracking, Budget, and other settings. Learn in detail how to set up a push ads campaign in our guide.In Sources, choose calendar push subscriber lists. They are marked with a black circle.In your account, the Insights tab will show you Impressions, Avg CPC, and Top CPC by Country in real-time.We also recommend contacting your traffic source manager for a fair idea of what is working and what is not working on the platform. Moreover, TrafficSigma can share a whitelist for your offer on request. Choose promising advertising offers and profit from TrafficSigma traffic. ### Frequently Asked Questions about Calendar Push Notification Ads - How to get iOS calendar push traffic for affiliate offers? To get iOS calendar push traffic for affiliate offers, use a reliable ad network that supports this format. Top options include TrafficSigma, Traffic Nomads, and Clickadu. These networks provide optimization tools like automated rules, whitelist/blacklist management, geo/device targeting, and bid adjustments to help you scale campaigns efficiently. Minimum deposits range from $100 to $300 across these networks, with CPC starting as low as $0.001 depending on the network, GEO and vertical. To get iOS calendar push traffic for affiliate offers, use a reliable ad network that supports this format. Top options include TrafficSigma, Traffic Nomads, and Clickadu. These networks provide optimization tools like automated rules, whitelist/blacklist management, geo/device targeting, and bid adjustments to help you scale campaigns efficiently. Minimum deposits range from $100 to $300 across these networks, with CPC starting as low as $0.001 depending on the network, GEO and vertical. - What verticals perform best with iOS calendar push traffic? According to ad network statistics, iOS calendar push notification ads work well for Gambling, Sweepstakes, VPN & Antivirus, Betting, and Dating verticals and offers that involve iOS app installs. In general, calendar push traffic delivers great results across all affiliate niches, thanks to the high intent and engagement this format generates. According to ad network statistics, iOS calendar push notification ads work well for Gambling, Sweepstakes, VPN & Antivirus, Betting, and Dating verticals and offers that involve iOS app installs. In general, calendar push traffic delivers great results across all affiliate niches, thanks to the high intent and engagement this format generates. ## Verticals # iGaming https://trafficsigma.com/igaming ### Reach players with push and pop ads - Buy high-quality traffic for your iGaming products. - Get Started ### Run ads for top iGaming verticals - Gambling - IDN 2.8B impressions daily - BGD 2.4B impressions daily - UKR 1.9B impressions daily - THA 1.8B impressions daily - VNM 1.6B impressions daily - PHL 1.6B impressions daily - BRA 1.6B impressions daily - MYS 1.5B impressions daily - KAZ 800M impressions daily - Betting - BGD 450M impressions daily - MYS 400M impressions daily - SGP 280M impressions daily - VNM 265M impressions daily - BRA 257M impressions daily - KHM 255M impressions daily - COL 182M impressions daily - PAK 182M impressions daily - TUR 150M impressions daily - CHL 150M impressions daily ### TrafficSigma was named the best source of iGaming traffic according to SiGMA World. - Get Started ### We make tech. We take care of your campaigns! - Generate revenue on autopilot with TrafficSigma advertising technologies and services. - Prepares images and texts for ads - Or runs ads completely turnkey RUN - CPC from $0.005 - Enables AI-based bidding strategies - Your personal manager ### Promote your iGaming offers with premium Push and Pop traffic! - Sign Up Today ### Frequently asked questions about iGaming advertising - Which iGaming verticals can I run campaigns for? TrafficSigma runs two dedicated iGaming verticals: Gambling and Betting. Gambling volume leads in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Ukraine, while Betting volume leads in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore - see the geo table above for the full breakdown. - What ad formats do you use for iGaming campaigns? Push and pop traffic, with CPC starting from $0.005. - Can TrafficSigma build my iGaming creatives for me? Yes. Our team can prepare the images and text for your ads, or run the whole campaign completely turnkey. - Do you use AI for bidding on iGaming campaigns? Yes, AI-based bidding strategies are available for iGaming campaigns. - How do I get a personal account manager for my iGaming campaigns? Fund your account to the Signature tier ($5,000) and a personal manager is unlocked to help run your campaigns. # Software / Utilities https://trafficsigma.com/software-utilities ### Promote your software offers with push and pop ads - Ready whitelists - Turnkey campaigns - 100% bot-free traffic - Launch Campaign ### Run Ads for Any Software Products - Antiviruses - Cleaners - VPN - Browser extensions - Display Banners - Utilities ### Ad formats for software and utility offers - Built for install-driven campaigns: antivirus, cleaners, VPN and browser extensions. - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Easy and smart campaign optimization with TrafficSigma features - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, pop, in-page. - Predictor See the forecast for the available volumes according to your targeting. - Micro Bidding Set different bids for the exact parameters like country, device, etc. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Automated Rules Set up the rules that will automatically create blacklists and whitelists. - Run Campaign ### Bot-free traffic - Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities each month so only real people interact with your ads. To make sure, we also check the traffic with Adscore system as a second-level protection. - Impression & Click Fraud prevention - Fake conversions preclusion ### Promote your software offers with premium Push and Pop traffic! - Launch Campaign ### Frequently asked questions about Software / Utilities advertising - Which software categories can I advertise? Antiviruses, cleaners, VPN, browser extensions, display banners, and general utilities. - What optimization features are available for Software / Utilities campaigns? Multiformat duplication across push, pop and in-page, Predictor for volume forecasts, Micro Bidding for exact-parameter control, Target CPA, and Automated Rules. - How does Predictor help plan a campaign? It forecasts the available traffic volumes for your chosen targeting before you launch, so you can size a budget with real numbers. - How do you keep traffic clean for Software offers, where fake installs are a real risk? Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities every month, with a second-level check from the Adscore system, preventing impression/click fraud and fake conversions. - What is Micro Bidding? The ability to set different bids for exact parameters, such as country or device, instead of one flat bid across the whole campaign. - Can I automate blacklisting of underperforming sources? Yes - Automated Rules let you set conditions that automatically build blacklists and whitelists as sources perform. # Finance / Forex https://trafficsigma.com/finance-forex ### Promote your finance offers with push and pop ads - Ready whitelists - Turnkey campaigns - No Restrictions - Sign up - Sign in ### Run Ads for Any Finance Products - Forex - Crypto - Trading platforms - Binary options - Loans & Credit - Investing ### Ad formats for Finance and Forex offers - Suited to trading platforms, investing products and lending campaigns. - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Turnkey advertising campaigns for affiliate marketers. - Hot new option - Fill in the form Give us your contact info and landing page url. We will create your ad account - Log in & add funds Start from $10,000 on your balance - Approve the creatives We make banners in all required sizes - Press "Start" Your campaign is ready and the whitelists are applied - Get target ROI Our specialists will optimize your campaigns to get target ROI ### Lifesaver for you if - You want to scale your ad campaigns with new traffic sources - Your current ad network prohibits a blackhat vertical you have chosen for advertising - You are dissatisfied with the current ROI - You need help in launching your campaigns ### Promote your Finance products with premium Push and Pop traffic! - Get HQ Traffic - Go To TrafficSigma ### Frequently asked questions about Finance / Forex advertising - Which finance products can I advertise? Forex, Crypto, trading platforms, binary options, loans and credit, and investing products. - Do you offer ready-made whitelists for Finance / Forex campaigns? Yes - ready whitelists are available so you can launch on proven sources from day one. - How does the turnkey Finance / Forex campaign process work? Fill in the form with your contact info and landing page, log in and add funds from $10,000, approve the creatives we prepare, press "Start", and our specialists optimize the campaign toward your target ROI. - What ad formats can I run for Finance / Forex offers? Ads in Telegram, Push Notifications, In-Page Push, Pop / Popunder, Domain Redirect, Native Ads, and Calendar Push - the full lineup is available for this vertical. - Who is TrafficSigma's Finance / Forex traffic a good fit for? Advertisers who want to scale with new traffic sources, whose current network restricts a vertical they need, who are dissatisfied with their current ROI, or who need help launching a campaign. - Can TrafficSigma optimize my Finance / Forex campaign toward ROI? Yes - once your campaign is live, our specialists optimize it to work toward your target ROI. # Mobile Apps https://trafficsigma.com/mobile-apps ### Promote your mobile app with TrafficSigma - Drive conversions with effective ad formats. - 248 geos - 1B+ ad impressions daily - Auto optimization - $300 to start - Sign up - Sign in ### Ad Formats We Offer - Focused format lineup for performance marketers - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Easy and smart campaign optimization with TrafficSigma features - Hot new option - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, pop, in-page. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Pre-built Whitelists Start ads on the Premium sources and get most out of 206M+ impressions per day. - Performance Mode New sources with high CR will automatically be turned on as soon as their effectiveness is proven. Non-converting sources are quickly turned off due to the weekly update of white lists. - Run Campaign ### Turnkey advertising campaigns for affiliate marketers. - Hot new option - Fill in the form Give us your contact info and landing page url. We will create your ad account. - Log in & add funds Start from $10,000 on your balance. - Approve the creatives We make banners in all required sizes. - Press "Start" Your campaign is ready and the whitelists are applied. - We optimize Our specialists will optimize your campaigns to get target ROI. - Run Campaign ### Lifesaver for you if - You want to scale your ad campaigns with new traffic sources - Your current ad network prohibits a blackhat vertical you have chosen for advertising - You are dissatisfied with the current ROI - You need help in launching your campaigns ### Bot-free traffic - Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities each month so only real people interact with your ads. To make sure, we also check the traffic with Adscore system as a second-level protection. - Impression & Click Fraud prevention - Fake conversions preclusion ### Run ads for mobile apps in TrafficSigma - Create account ### Frequently asked questions about Mobile Apps advertising - How much does it cost to start advertising a mobile app? Opening an ad account starts from $300. - How many GEOs can I target for app-install campaigns? 248 GEOs. - What optimization tools are available for Mobile Apps campaigns? Multiformat duplication across push, pop and in-page, Target CPA, Pre-built Whitelists tapping into 206M+ daily push and Telegram impressions, and Performance Mode. - How does the turnkey app campaign process work? Fill in the form with your contact info and landing page URL, log in and add funds from $10,000, approve the creatives we prepare, press "Start", and our specialists optimize toward your target ROI. - How do you keep app-install traffic free of bots and fraud? Our internal Fraud Detection System cleans up to 1M suspicious activities every month, backed by a second-level Adscore check, preventing impression/click fraud and fake conversions. - Who is TrafficSigma's Mobile Apps traffic a good fit for? Advertisers who want to scale with new traffic sources, whose current network restricts a vertical they need, who are dissatisfied with their current ROI, or who need help launching a campaign. # Sweepstakes https://trafficsigma.com/sweepstakes ### How to Advertise Sweepstakes in 2025 - What has changed during the pandemic, and how to promote sweepstakes offers in 2025? Read in the article.Experts from TrafficSigma advertising network and Mobidea discussed how to promote sweepstakes in 2025 in the TrafficSigma webinar. You can watch the webinar or read the main points in this summary post. ### Sections - Sweepstakes are lotteries and raffles where users may win a prize by chance. Gadgets, gift cards, these are usual options that can be offered as a prize. Xboxes, PlayStations, sneakers, and even products for children can be drawn in the lottery as well.The user should take a certain action to participate in the giveaway: leave the contacts and share personal details, pay a small sum of money, etc. As a result, they get the possibility to win the desirable prize. - Trends are the main point in discussing how to run a Sweepstakes. Affiliate marketers used the "win an iPhone" approach from year to year, but like any good solution, it fizzled out at some point. Lotteries for iPhones have lost their appeal to users. They have seen them millions of times already. It is not surprising that gift trends have changed in 2025. It is time to switch to other prizes if you stop making money from sweepstakes. - Money As a result of the recent crisis, the market is very mediocre, so users are actively participating in cash sweepstakes. - Fitness and gaming Different fitness programs, games, and gaming tools (game consoles and so on). People in developed countries have been trying to pick up new hobbies or recover from the stay-at-home "fatness." They work well for Tier 1 countries. - Various prizes Various prizes, such as sneakers, Dyson hair dryers, game consoles, and wireless headphones, perform very well. - Gift cards People still react well to sweepstakes with gift cards to well-known stores. - Advent calendars In 2025 the new popular product for Sweepstakes appeared: advent calendars from different brands with cosmetics, jewelry and sweets. - Converting sweepstakes offers is much easier when you know the trends and find a good offer. - The main aim of Sweepstakes offers or giveaways is not to give prizes but to collect the user’s personal information. In other words, advertisers are interested in contacts that can be used to promote different products or services. That is why the users are asked to leave some more details in the questionnaire (age, internet provider, or smth else). All these details are crucial for future promotions or for the resale of the user’s base to another company. Several sweepstake offers can be found in our article, with the top offers from top CPA networks. - 1 SOI is the easiest and cheapest way to make money with online sweepstakes. The user leaves his personal information (email, phone number, or messenger), and the marketer gets a conversion. There is no need to confirm the accuracy of this data, so it is very easy to get such leads. - 2 DOI is a slightly more complicated option. It requires the users to take a second step. In this case, they must verify the data, for example, by opening the email and clicking on the button in the letter. - 3 CC-Submit is the most challenging option. Here, the user will have to uncover the wallet and get a credit card to enter its data and pay a small amount for participating in the sweepstake. Payouts, in this case, will be the highest, but converting such sweep offers is not the easiest thing. - At first glance, SOI offers for sweeps appear to be the easiest to work with. However, do not lose vigilance. In this case, always check the size of the questionnaire the user needs to fill out and all the sweepstakes conditions. - For example, Lavazza in Poland recently held a sweepstake with the main prize, a trip to Paris. Participants were asked to leave their contacts. It looks like an SOI offer, but not everything is so simple. - To participate, the user had to buy two products from the brand and attach a check. Can such an offer be converted easily? We are not sure. Take a look at the offer’s conditions and go through the user’s path yourself to see where they may stumble. - Here are some recommendations from Mobidea experts for promoting in certain geographies. The situation with sweeps promotion can vary considerably from country to country. - Tier 1 countries There is a lot of interest right now in gym memberships, game consoles, and money in Tier 1 countries. - Tier 2 countries Travel prizes, especially trip to Europe, are good for Tier 2. - Tier 3 countries Consider offers with mobile billing (automatic payment from your mobile account after clicking "agree to participate") when launching in Tier 3 countries. For Tier 3, such offers work better than the regular sweeps described above. - It is better to choose Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia in Asia. - Take a closer look at the countries of the Middle East and other Arabic-speaking countries. - Western Europe, the UK, and the US also performed well. - "According to AdCombo, the last year was a great year in terms of boost for Sweepstakes CPA offers. Affiliate marketing trends might change, but the overall field is well-known for its stability anyways. Latin America keeps getting bigger in terms of traffic volumes, and Arabic region is a deep ocean, yet to be fully explored. New products enter the US market, while Europe keeps its status of legit approaches for promoting. Pleased to see, that Africa is scaling!" AdCombo experts - Sweepstakes promotion is a delicate matter. There is no secret that sweepstakes payouts are not huge, so do not even consider Facebook or Google, especially if you have no experience with sweepstakes traffic there. There is no doubt that traffic from social networks is of higher quality, but here it is important to compromise between what you want and what is achievable. The more popular a traffic channel is, the more competition you will face.What kind of traffic is better to choose for sweeps promotion? Choose cheaper traffic, such as push ads, popups, or in-page and calendar push ads. Calendar push ads are the most expensive, but since they are so rare and delivered so exotically (inside iOS users’ calendars), users tend to pay attention to them when appropriately packaged. Francisco explains that from more democratic traffic, it is best to choose push notifications. According to Mobidea, push ads work better for sweeps than pop ads. - The following four advertising formats are suitable for promoting sweepstakes using TrafficSigma traffic: And here is the best ad format-geo bundles for sweepstakes: In affiliate marketing, and even more so, nothing lasts forever, so consult TrafficSigma managers on the best geos and follow the latest updates across the entire advertising network in monthly traffic reports. - Push ads - in-page push - and pops - Push ads - USA - UAE - Saudi Arabia - Philippines - Germany - in-page push - Philippines - Senegal - Indonesia - Brazil - Libya - Algeria - Mexico - Egypt - South Africa - Nigeria - and pops - Brazil - Thailand - Indonesia - Nigeria - Philippines - What can be shown on sweepstakes creatives to attract users? Here are some ideas for push notifications that work well.The message can say: about the sweepstake in general, about the possibility of winning, show the winner and say that the user may be next, indicate that the sweepstake will end soon and the user needs to hurry up with participation. It can be reported that there are a limited number of prizes left. - Show the prize or several prizes at the same time. Post a picture of the lucky winners with their winnings. Show a gift card and a photo of the store for brand recognition. There is an old but still effective technique of showing the parcel. Now it is better to use it for countries from Tier 3.Tell the user what to do on the creative. On the main image, write: erase and win, and users will understand. This method can say more without using the already short title text. You can also add information about discounts or gifts they can win to the pictures. - Use a landing page with sweepstakes offers to maximize your conversion rate Sweepstakes marketing promotions stand on the proper strategy with pre- and landing pages. One of the biggest mistakes, when launching sweepstake offers, is using direct links. This is a road to nowhere in this vertical.Here we need pre-landing pages with various elements of gamification. They help the user join the game and feel the excitement, it will be much more difficult to close the page. So you increase the chances of the user to reach the moment of filling out the form with personal data in the right mood to act. - Spin win or wheel of fortune This is a proven method that inspires the desire to win in most users. - Display different prizes Indicate that some prizes have already ended with stirring up interest and show the popularity of the sweepstake. - A questionnaire with simple questions Asking about what is popular in the country is ideal. For India, a questionnaire about cricket and its best players works well. - Lootboxes Envelopes or gift boxes, one of which contains a prize. - Scratch and win A new way of gamification, where the user swipes the cursor over the filled picture and finds a prize under the paint 2 or 3 times. - Sweepstakes CPA offers are one of the best options to start in affiliate marketing. In this video, you will learn what sweepstakes offers are, what kind of traffic is best to promote them with and how to make money with them.Subscribe to our YouTube channel and click the bell icon not to miss new videos. We plan to add at least 8 videos about Sweepstakes in affiliate marketing this month. - Tips from the CPA network - swp-expert-francisco Francisco Guerreiro, an expert from the Mobidea CPA network. - Pareto principle: 80% of the results will come from 20% of the campaigns. But you will still need to check 100%. - Always use pre-landings which will engage the user and make him susceptible to writing in his personal data. - Usually, you can save around 10% of ad spend right away, just with the proper initial setup. Cut small languages, small browsers, desktops, and devices. Double-check useless parameters. Think of it like this: the savings is not much, but it allows you to test an extra offer every 10 tests. TrafficSigma: on our platform, you can see the popularity of browsers, devices, and browser languages after you select a country to launch. - Test the same offer across different networks. Yes, even if the payout is less, do a split test. It seems networks have been shaving leads so that they can present a better payout. Split testing a campaign will give you the real deal. eCPM is king! What delivers more revenue per click on average is better. 10 sales of 20 cents is better than 5 sales of 30 cents. - swp-expert-daria Tips from Daria Maichuk, TrafficSigma traffic expert. - Ask our managers to prepare a pack of creatives for your sweeps offers. They will do it for free. Any marketer also can ask for a free whitelist to start immediately from proven sources and save money on tests. - You can start without whitelists. The TrafficSigma team has already selected traffic sources that show high CR. We mean sources from the Premium group. It is best to start from them and use other groups of sources for scaling. - Do you want to increase your chances of making a profit on push notifications? Make a separate campaign for new users. This option is called "New subscribers only" and shows ads to those who subscribed to push notifications for up to 7 days and most likely have not yet seen sweepstake offers on push notifications. Novelty can work to your advantage. - For sweep offers, mobile traffic works better than desktop traffic, but this does not mean you should abandon desktop traffic altogether. Try both options and see which works best for you. Create two identical campaigns and check the bid price with the manager. For desktops and mobile devices, it will be different. Here is another way to save some money. To get a personal manager, you need to deposit $5,000 at TrafficSigma. The manager will be useful for more than just getting bids or whitelists. He can also prepare free creatives, set up a campaign for you, and help with optimization. - Choose Android versions from 7 to 11 and Chrome browser for a start. ### Made for affiliates, agencies, and marketers - Deliver the desirable results from the start. Start fast and easy. - Create Ads ### Frequently asked questions about advertising Sweepstakes - What is the difference between SOI, DOI and CC-Submit sweepstakes offers? SOI (single opt-in) only needs the user to leave contact details, with no verification, so leads are the easiest and cheapest to get. DOI (double opt-in) asks the user to confirm the data with a second step, such as clicking a link in a confirmation email. CC-Submit requires the user to enter card details and pay a small fee - the hardest to convert, but the highest-paying. - Which ad formats work best for Sweepstakes promotion? Push ads, in-page push, and pops. Calendar push ads also work but are pricier and more exotic, delivered inside iOS users' calendars. - Which GEOs convert best for Sweepstakes push ads? USA, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, and Germany. - Which GEOs work best for Sweepstakes in-page push campaigns? Philippines, Senegal, Indonesia, Brazil, Libya, Algeria, Mexico, Egypt, South Africa, and Nigeria. - Should I send Sweepstakes traffic straight to the offer with a direct link? No - direct links are a dead end for this vertical. Use a pre-landing page with gamification (like a spin-to-win wheel) to get the user engaged before they reach the form. - How much do I need to deposit to get a personal account manager? Deposit $5,000 to unlock a personal manager, who can prepare free creatives, set up campaigns, and help with optimization. - Which prizes convert best in each GEO tier? Tier 1 responds well to gym memberships, game consoles and cash; Tier 2 responds well to travel prizes, especially trips to Europe; Tier 3 does better with mobile-billing offers than with standard sweepstakes. # Betting https://trafficsigma.com/betting ### Get Traffic for your Betting Products - Target CPA and Ready whitelists and Turnkey campaigns. - Sign up - Sign in ### Ad Formats We Offer - Focused format lineup for performance marketers ### Easy and smart campaign optimization with TrafficSigma features - Multiformat Duplicate your campaign into different formats in one click: push, pop, in-page. - Target CPA Set a budget and conversion cost, and TrafficSigma will obtain a conversion price for you. - Pre-built Whitelists Start ads on the Premium sources and get the most out of 1 billion impressions per day. - Performance Mode New sources with high CR are turned on automatically as soon as their effectiveness is proven. Non-converting sources are quickly turned off thanks to the weekly whitelist update. ### TrafficSigma was named the best source of iGaming traffic according to SiGMA World. - Sign up ### Turnkey advertising campaigns for affiliate marketers. - Hot new option - Fill in the form Give us your contact info and landing page url. We will create your ad account. - Log in and add funds Start from $10,000 on your balance. - Approve the creatives We make banners in all required sizes. - Press "Start" Your campaign is ready and the whitelists are applied. - Automated Rules Our specialists will optimize your campaigns to get target ROI. - Run Campaign ### Lifesaver for you if - You want to scale your ad campaigns with new traffic sources - Your current ad network prohibits a blackhat vertical you have chosen for advertising - You are dissatisfied with the current ROI - You need help in launching your campaigns ### What industry leaders say - Thousands of PRO performance marketers have already tried TrafficSigma. ### Promote your Betting offers with premium traffic! - Sign up - Sign in ### Frequently asked questions about Betting advertising - What optimization tools do I get for Betting campaigns? Multiformat lets you duplicate a campaign into push, pop and in-page in one click, Target CPA optimizes toward your conversion cost, pre-built whitelists give you proven sources from day one, and Performance Mode automatically turns on new high-CR sources while switching off non-converters. - How does the turnkey Betting campaign setup work? Five steps: fill in the form with your contact info and landing page, fund your account from $10,000, approve the creatives we prepare, press "Start", and our specialists apply automated rules to work toward your target ROI. - What ad formats can I run for Betting offers? Push, pop and in-page traffic, duplicated from a single campaign with the Multiformat feature. - Who is TrafficSigma's Betting traffic a good fit for? Advertisers who want to scale with new traffic sources, whose current network restricts a vertical they need, who are dissatisfied with their current ROI, or who need help launching a campaign. - Do you offer pre-built whitelists for Betting sources? Yes - Pre-built Whitelists give you access to already-vetted Premium sources so you can start ads without building a list from scratch. - Can whitelists update automatically as sources perform? Yes. Performance Mode turns on new high-converting sources as soon as they prove effective and turns off non-converting ones, with the whitelist refreshed weekly. # Crypto https://trafficsigma.com/crypto ### Get traffic for your Crypto & Web3 offers - Exchange, wallet and presale sign-ups - Whitelists pre-cleared for crypto creatives - Push, pop and in-page formats - Sign up - Sign in ### Run Ads for Any Crypto & Web3 Product - Exchanges - Wallets - Presales & ICOs - Airdrops & Giveaways - DeFi Platforms - NFT & Web3 Apps ### Ad formats for Crypto and Web3 offers - Suited to exchange, wallet, DeFi and NFT campaigns, including presales and airdrops. - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Launch a crypto campaign without building it yourself. - Hot new option - Fill in the form Send your contact details and landing page URL. We open your ad account. - Add funds Start from $10,000 on your balance. - Approve the creatives We build banners in every size your offer needs. - Press "Start" Your campaign goes live on the whitelist already applied to it. - Get target ROI Our team tunes the campaign toward your target return. ### A fit for you if - You need a traffic source that will not flag or ban your crypto ad account - Your current network throttles or rejects Web3 and token-launch creatives - You are not hitting target ROI on exchange or wallet installs - You need a new presale or airdrop offer live fast ### Promote your Crypto and Web3 offers with premium traffic - Sign Up Today - Sign In ### Frequently asked questions about Crypto & Web3 advertising - Which crypto and Web3 products can I advertise? Exchanges, wallets, presales and ICOs, airdrops and giveaways, DeFi platforms, and NFT or Web3 apps. - What ad formats are supported for crypto campaigns? Push, pop and in-page formats. - Are your whitelists pre-cleared for crypto creatives? Yes - whitelists are pre-cleared for crypto creatives, so exchange, wallet and token campaigns are not held up at moderation the way they can be on networks unfamiliar with the vertical. - How does the turnkey crypto campaign process work? Send your contact details and landing page URL, add funds from $10,000, approve the creatives we build, press "Start" once your whitelist is applied, and our team tunes the campaign toward your target return. - Who is TrafficSigma's crypto traffic a good fit for? Advertisers who need a traffic source that will not flag or ban a crypto ad account, whose current network throttles or rejects Web3 and token-launch creatives, who are not hitting target ROI on exchange or wallet installs, or who need a new presale or airdrop offer live fast. # E-commerce https://trafficsigma.com/ecommerce ### Get traffic for your E-commerce offers - COD product offers across every major GEO - Cart-abandonment retargeting built in - Push, pop and in-page formats - Sign up - Sign in ### Run Ads for Any E-commerce Product - COD Product Offers - Dropshipping Stores - Cart-Abandonment Retargeting - Flash Sales & Discounts - Marketplace Sellers - New Product Launches ### Ad formats for E-commerce campaigns - Match the format to the funnel - from COD product offers and dropshipping stores to cart-abandonment retargeting. - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Launch an e-commerce campaign without building it yourself. - Hot new option - Fill in the form Send your contact details and offer/store URL. We open your ad account. - Add funds Start from $10,000 on your balance. - Approve the creatives We build banners in every size your product catalog needs. - Press "Start" Your campaign goes live targeting the GEOs your offer converts in. - Get target ROI Our team tunes the campaign toward your target return. ### A fit for you if - You run COD offers and need volume in GEOs where card checkout is not the norm - Your current network cannot keep up with fast-rotating dropshipping catalogs - You want to retarget cart-abandoners without relying on a single walled garden - You need a flash-sale or new product launch live fast ### Promote your E-commerce offers with premium traffic - Sign Up Today - Sign In ### Frequently asked questions about E-commerce advertising - What e-commerce offer types can I run? COD product offers, dropshipping stores, cart-abandonment retargeting, flash sales and discounts, marketplace sellers, and new product launches. - Do you support cart-abandonment retargeting? Yes - it is built into the platform for e-commerce campaigns. - Which ad formats work for e-commerce campaigns? Push, pop and in-page formats. - How does the turnkey e-commerce campaign process work? Send your contact details and offer or store URL, add funds from $10,000, approve the creatives we build, press "Start", and our team tunes the campaign toward your target ROI. - My COD offers run in GEOs where card checkout is not the norm - can TrafficSigma help? Yes - TrafficSigma is built to deliver COD volume in GEOs where card checkout is not the norm. - Can TrafficSigma handle a fast-rotating dropshipping catalog? Yes - the platform is built to keep up with catalogs that rotate products quickly. # Online Games https://trafficsigma.com/online-games ### Creatives for Gaming Push Ads - Format of Push Ads is a very good way to promote gaming offers. Here are some ideas for creatives for gaming on push ads.TrafficSigma explains how to make a creative for the vertical, to run push ads only with positive results. We will teach you how to come up with catchy titles and descriptions. ### Sections - Here are some ideas, where you can find creatives for push notifications for gaming vertical. - 1. Address Your Target Audience Directly Explain what the user may expect after clicking on the push ad. This is one of the mobile gaming creative trends. Announce the game, mention the gameplay and graphics.Examples"Legends come to life," description: "In the new RPG "Dragon Kingdom"""An anime-style online game", description: "A harmonious development of the characters, a non-linear plot""A new online RPG", description: "The limitless world of "Dragon Kingdom"" - 2. Influence Imperceptibly Try to get the user to ask a question, the answer to which is hidden in the game.Examples"The sage of the valley has disappeared," description: "Since the war began, death has swallowed ...""Where did the king go?" description: "Find all the artifacts and gather an army to ...""Get the hero to the 47 lvl," description: "with no donut and artifacts. Discover the world ..." - 3. Share the News Tell the user the latest news from the world of gaming.Examples"The first online game," description: "with a non-linear plot and no donut. Immerse yourself ...""There is no more donut in the RPG", description: "The best game in which the hero can be advanced ...""A novelty in the world of online RPGs", description: "Incredible adventures in a world ruled by ..." - 4. Explain How... Titles with "how" create a feeling that the user can learn something important if they click on the push. Use it to your advantage.Examples"How to conquer an empire?" description: "A new online RPG: memorable graphics and unique ...""How to win the battle of the century," description: "Complete the "Dragon Kingdom" game in a few ...""How to survive in the world," description: "where every day there is a threat to peaceful ..." - 5. Questions Headings in the form of questions are the quickest way to activate the interaction of the user with the push. When the recipient sees a question, subconsciously they form an answer in their mind and become interested in the material.Examples"Don't you know about "Elysium"?" description: "The game that has captured tens of thousands of gamers ...""Will you fight for our guys?" description: "Elves ask the Death Knight for help but ...""When will the war end?" description: "The last battle of dragons with orcs of the black ..." - 6. Make a Call to Action To prompt the recipient to take an action, use verbs in the title and in the description.Examples"Gather a powerful army of vampires," description: "And stand up for the protection of civilians in the city""Play online," description: "New online RPG "Princess Mio" in the anime style""Launch the evolution," description: "Follow the path from the Stone Age to ..." - 7. Pay attention It is better to clarify the essence of the game or its main feature in the description. In this case, the push notification looks honest, the notification becomes useful to the user.Get traffic from TrafficSigma right now - How to make a working creative for arbitrage? TrafficSigma suggests four options for searching and developing creatives for gaming for push ads. Test all the approaches to find the right one for your offer! - 1. Examples of Creatives for Gaming vertical from Search Engines The source of the search for visuals is not new but is always relevant. Specifically for fantasy, anime, and games, search engines show a huge amount of high-quality art: - 2. Examples of Creatives for Gaming vertical from Promo Videos If a presentation video is screened manually, the pictures are not of the best quality. - Recommendation: open the visual in a graphics editor and work with saturation, brightness, and sharpness. - 3. Examples of Creatives for Gaming vertical from Social Networks Many games have groups on Facebook, VK, and other social networks. There you can find screenshots of players with advanced characters and constructed cities. There is also a lot of high-quality branded graphics from group admins. - 4. Examples of Creatives for Gaming vertical from Screens Landing pages are often designed in a catchy and creative way. Screen some images to make attractive creatives for push ads: Get traffic from TrafficSigma right now Run TrafficSigma push ads in the gaming niche. An interesting title and high-quality creatives will guarantee a powerful conversion. Do not hesitate and launch a gaming campaign now! ### Made for affiliates, agencies, and marketers - Deliver the desirable results from the start. Start fast and easy. - Create Ads ### Frequently asked questions about gaming push ad creatives - What creative-writing techniques work best for gaming push notifications? Seven approaches perform well: addressing the player directly, sparking curiosity without giving everything away, sharing in-game news, explaining "how to" do something, asking a question, using a call to action, and being upfront about the game's core feature. - Where can I source images for gaming push ad creatives? Search engine art (especially for fantasy/anime titles), screenshots from promo videos, images shared in the game's social media groups, and screenshots of the landing page itself. - Should gaming push notifications be honest about the game? Yes - clarifying the game's core feature in the description makes the notification look honest and keeps it useful to the user, rather than clickbait. - Why do question-style headlines work well for gaming ads? A question makes the reader form an answer subconsciously, which draws them into the material before they even click. - Which ad format does TrafficSigma recommend for gaming offers? Push ads - the format this guide is built around, since it converts well for gaming creatives that lead with a strong hook. # Nutra https://trafficsigma.com/nutra ### How to Advertise Nutra Offers and Gain Profit - If there is any vertical that managed to regain its popularity after the pandemic and gain momentum, it is definitely Nutra.In this article, TrafficSigma ad network's team will help you to figure out how to launch Nutra campaigns and gain profit. Also we will cover all the details on working with the Nutra vertical, starting from the best traffic sources to the selection of top geos and affiliate networks. ### Sections - Before moving on to real tips and recommendations, let's analyze the meaning of Nutra to make it clear to everyone, including beginners.Nutra is an abbreviation of nutraceuticals or food additives. This vertical does not advertise medicines or real medical products that are prescribed by doctors, only supplements, dietary items and products that can potentially benefit health. For example, cosmetics, anti-age creams, as well as vitamins.There are many niches in this vertical, which makes Nutra ads a very profitable thing for affiliate marketers to promote. - Let's enumerate not only the main niches of Nutra vertical, but also smaller units. You can launch such types of Nutra offers as: - Beauty products, anti-aging creams, skin care, - Weight loss products, - Supplements for men's health, potency enhancements - Vitamins and dietary supplements, - Cellulite and wrinkle creams, - Anti-parasite and detox tea, - Equipment for training at home and outdoors, - Supplements to relieve muscle pain, - Products to improve concentration and performance, - Amulets for health and good luck, - Products from fungus infection, - Teeth whitening pastes, - Creams and medications for hemorrhoids. - According to the statistics of the TrafficSigma platform, there are two main traffic channels that work well for Nutra campaigns. - First of all, these are classic push notifications, they show excellent results for all kinds of Nutra offers. - The second converting traffic format is the in-page push, we recommend using it specifically for weight loss and men's health offers. - In addition to our data, there are several obvious reasons why these formats have been working steadily for a long time for Nutra ad promotion:Personal approach. These two traffic formats allow you to address people directly using a personal appeal in creatives in your campaigns. You can also turn to the specific pain of your target audience, showing the best solution to their problem.Audience segmentation. Thanks to creatives, you can not only attract a user, but also segment your audience. It is possible to create several creative bundles for different audiences and test each approach. For example, show both women and men in the "before / after" creatives to identify your potential buyer.iOS users coverage. The in-page push format allows you to target not only Android, but also iOS users in the campaigns, so you can reach a great amount of people.A small price per click. CPC for the push format starts from $0.005, as for the in-page push CPC starts from $0.005. - There are several main types of Nutra offers that convert well and consistently show good results, and we will cover them in the Nutra guide below. In the TrafficSigma advertising network, these are: - Men's health is one of the most stable types of offers for the Nutra vertical. It includes several niches that an affiliate marketer can launch. Basically, these are products for potency, gels and pills for penis enlargement, as well as medicines for prostatitis.You can check a list of offers and specific products for men's health that will work well in our recent article about the best CPA offers in 2025! - Offers for weight loss will also never lose their relevance. This is a fairly large field for affiliate marketers. It includes vitamins, gels, pills for weight loss, as well as various teas, food, and information products for slimming.The goods of this niche do not have seasonality and convert well all over the world and work for many different people, so this is a great option to drive traffic to. - Yes, this is the vertical that remains profitable no matter what, especially if you find a suitable bundle. In general, there are several reasons why affiliate marketers shall pay attention to it:High demand. This is exactly the vertical that addresses a user's problem: obesity, health problems, craving to be beautiful. All these problems cannot be solved quickly, that is why the user will always look for various ways to cope with these issues, so the vertical will remain relevant.Nutra offers do not "burn out". Of course, any offer can become unattractive to people, but due to the fact that there are many products of the same category on the Nutra market, you can always choose a similar offer and start launching it, you will not even need to make drastic changes in your creatives.If you wish to figure out how to drive traffic to Nutra ads and have a great ROI, stay with us. In this guide we will dwell on creating Nutra campaigns with a nice CR and give tips on choosing the best GEO and affiliate network. - There are many countries that suit Nutra offers as well as there are many people who want to lose weight easily and become younger quickly without any surgeries. Though there are overall tendencies that remain on top as in any vertical. - Top geos for Men's Health offers We have recently found out that products for improving men's health are really popular in these regions.IndiaNepalAlgeriaPeruPhilippines - Top geos for Weight Loss offers Weight loss offers work great on different geos, but the USA will always be on top because of the obesity problem and the healthy lifestyle trend.USAThailandSlovakiaCzech RepublicIndia - Top GEOs for other Nutra offers It is crucial to analyze the best geo for each niche to get a high CR. For example, products for hair loss work well for India, while anti-parasite goods are perfect for Philippines.IndiaPhilippinesUSANepalColombiaArgentinaMexico - You can consult your manager at TrafficSigma. By the way, every month we update our report on the best geos and verticals that converted the best recently, so you can get insights on all the profitable bundles right on time! - There are many affiliate networks that provide Nutra offers in 2025. The main thing is to do your own analysis before choosing an affiliate network. - It's crucial to: read reviews on Nutra affiliate networks;identify your audience and GEO in advance;choose the best payment model;communicate with managers and technical support of several networks to choose the best Nutra affiliate network. - Find a few affiliate networks that provide Nutra offers below: Leadbit, MyLead, CPAgetti, Everad, Shakes.pro, AFFSTAR, Advidi, RocketProfit, Meta CPA, Leadrock, Money4Leads, Nutriprofits, TerraLeads, Adexico.Important: Direct advertisers will always have the best payment terms. If there is an opportunity to take an offer directly, do not miss it! - There are many approaches to making creatives for Nutra for affiliates, they all vary depending on the desired target audience and the offer. In our guide we will consider the top-notch approaches to use in your campaigns for this vertical. - Remember that creatives are your main way of audience segmentation, so try to appeal to all the people that may potentially be interested. Speaking about Nutra, these are both women and men, as well as elderly people. Test all the possible approaches to try the right one for your offer.Use enticing headlines in your campaigns. Talk about the miraculous effects of the product, focus on its availability and cheapness, or talk about quick results. You can use a more specific approach, for example, losing weight for a wedding day for women or removing the abdominal fat for men. - For men's health and potency, we also advise to focus on "before / after" creatives, indicating how the size will improve in centimeters in order to interest your potential buyer. You can also show a pleased woman using spicy creatives, this will be a real clickbait for your target audience.If you do not have the opportunity to make creatives yourself, you can ask the manager to provide them for you for free! - It is crucial for an affiliate marketer to view a sales funnel as a whole picture. After all, this funnel has to be user-friendly as it encourages people to make the final payment, so it is the key to a high CR.If you use push traffic, your funnel will include creatives, pre-landing and landing page with an offer. When working with push ads, a marketer shall remember that 70% of advertising campaigns need to use pre-landing pages to attract users. After all, the user is already warmed up at this stage, and makes the decision to visit the product page and make a purchase or on the contrary decides to leave.The remaining 30% of campaigns work well with direct links, but we recommend testing both options to see what actually suits your product. - Speaking about the landing page, make use of storytelling. For example, if you drive traffic to a weight loss offer, start with the "before / after" creatives indicating that people will read a story about the weight loss of an ordinary woman by following the link. Then describe her steps to becoming slimmer on the pre-landing page. Finally, put a button that leads to the product page at the end of the text for the user to follow it when he is already warmed up.This way you urge people to buy the product you advertise by raising their interest at each stage. Respectively, they do not have any other choice but to make a purchase at the final stage!TrafficSigma Team - Before launching a Nutra campaign, decide how you'll do it: agree on the payment type, find a suitable offer, choose a geo, decide on the audience and targeting. We have identified several main principles that will help an affiliate marketer create a converting push campaign for Nutra. - 1. Choose a suitable traffic source. As we mentioned earlier, push and in-page push work best for Nutra in TrafficSigma. You can also request a whitelist for a specific geo and format from your manager. - 2. Add at least 5-10 creatives. Adding enough creatives is important for any vertical, but when we talk about Nutra, it is just a necessity. Do not ignore this point, as very often only one or two of many bundles show nice results, and if you add just a couple of creatives to your campaign, your chances to get a high CR will decrease several times. Also, testing a large number of creatives at once will help to save time and money of an affiliate marketer. - 3. Use premium traffic sources. Premium group includes the traffic sources of the best quality that guarantee to bring you a high CR. What is more, the Premium group converts 61% better than the Standard one! You can use other groups of sources for scaling the campaigns. - 4. Choose the best targeting. We advise you to use Chrome as well as the latest Android and iOS versions in your campaigns to achieve best results. - 5. Set frequency cap. If you want people to click on your offer and not get annoyed, we recommend setting the frequency cap in the campaigns. We would advise to set 1 impression per user a day. - 6. Make use of schedule. If you launch COD offers, you had better set a schedule in the call-center working time. - 7. Optimize your campaigns. Make sure that you use optimization features to save your time: Automated rules, Target CPA, Optimizer, Performance Mode as well as Microbidding will help you block expensive traffic sources automatically, as well as add working traffic sources to the whitelist.If you are not sure how to work with Microbidding, or optimize your campaign to match the desired CPA, you can always contact your manager and ask for expert advice! - Nutra trends Making predictions is always hard, but the TrafficSigma team has several observations on the trends of the current and next year.It is obvious that during the pandemic Nutra was going through hard times, COD offers were especially affected due to the shutdown of call centers. In 2025, Nutra is back and converts even better than before.We advise you to pay attention to LATAM, African countries, Asia, as well as India this and coming year, the geos will be on top for launching Nutra. - Obviously, Nutra is a vertical that will always convert. Everyone wants to be healthy, beautiful, and skinny, so affiliate marketers who launch Nutra ads will always benefit! We hope this guide was fruitful, and now you are ready to choose a suitable offer and GEO, create a working creative, and launch a converting campaign. Do not miss out on high profits from Nutra offers promotion on the top traffic by TrafficSigma! ### Made for affiliates, agencies, and marketers - Deliver the desirable results from the start. Start fast and easy. - Create Ads ### Frequently asked questions about advertising Nutra offers - Which traffic formats work best for Nutra offers? Classic push notifications and in-page push are the two channels that perform best for Nutra, with CPC starting from $0.005 on both formats. - Which GEOs work best for Men's Health offers? India, Nepal, Algeria, Peru, and the Philippines. - Which GEOs work best for Weight Loss offers? The USA leads, followed by Thailand, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and India. - Do I need a pre-landing page for Nutra campaigns? In most cases, yes - about 70% of Nutra campaigns need a pre-landing page to warm up the user before the offer. The remaining 30% work with direct links, so test both to see what suits your product. - What frequency cap should I set for a Nutra push campaign? One impression per user per day is the recommended starting point. - How many creatives should I upload before launching a Nutra campaign? At least 5 to 10 - Nutra campaigns are especially sensitive to creative variety, since often only one or two bundles out of many will perform. # Dating https://trafficsigma.com/dating ### Maximize your Dating Offer Conversions - Reach a high-quality audience with tailored campaigns across our extensive advertising network. - Get started ### Unlock Unmatched Reach & Quality - Why Choose TrafficSigma? 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Yes - postback setup is simple, so conversion tracking is seamless from day one. ## Solutions # For Advertisers https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers ### Traffic Monetization for Advertisers - We help Advertisers to earn more by offering personal expert support, and easy-to-use platform for maximum performance. - Monetize Now ### Why Choose TrafficSigma Ad Network - Expert support Dedicated personal assistance at every stage: from installing the code to receiving payouts. - Filtered ad categories Show the most welcomed ads to your audience according to their interests. - Highest fill rates Monetize 100% of your inventory at the competitive bets. We never run out of ads. ### How It Works - 01 Sign up and fund account (minimum $300) - 02 Create campaign: select format (Push, Pop, Domain Redirect, Native) - 03 Set targeting: GEO, device, OS, carrier, plus advanced options - 04 Choose optimization mode: Manual, Target CPA, or Performance Mode ### Ad Formats We Offer - Focused format lineup for performance marketers - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Geos, impressions, and cost - For push ads For pop ads Country Total impressions Avg CPC - US US 28M $0.065 - IN IN 21M $0.012 - BR BR 16.5M $0.010 - ID ID 14M $0.007 - RU RU 12.5M $0.033 - TH TH 10M $0.021 - UA UA 8.5M $0.058 - MX MX 7.5M $0.009 - IR IR 5.5M $0.005 - US US 29M $2.80 - VN VN 22M $1.15 - IN IN 18M $1.05 - BR BR 15.5M $1.20 - ID ID 13.5M $1.10 - UA UA 11M $1.30 - TH TH 9.5M $1.25 - GB GB 7M $2.60 - FR FR 5M $2.20 ### Frequently asked questions about TrafficSigma for Advertisers - What ad formats can I run as an advertiser on TrafficSigma? You can run Ads in Telegram, Push Notifications, In-Page Push, Pop / Popunder, Domain Redirect, Native Ads, and Calendar Push. All formats are self-serve and available across 248+ GEOs. - What is the minimum deposit to start a campaign? The minimum deposit to fund your advertiser account is $300. You can top up at any time and only pay for the traffic you actually receive. - Which optimization modes are available? Three: Manual (you control bids), Target CPA (the system optimizes toward your desired cost per action), and Performance Mode (fully automated bidding toward your goal). - What targeting options do I get? You can target by GEO, device, operating system, browser, carrier, connection type, and time of day, plus advanced options such as audience interest categories and frequency capping. - How do you keep traffic clean from fraud? Every source is vetted and traffic is filtered in real time with multi-layer anti-fraud checks, so your budget is spent on genuine, converting users - not bots. - How fast can my campaign go live? Most campaigns are reviewed and approved within a few hours. Once approved, delivery starts immediately and you can watch stats update in real time. - Can I get a personal account manager? Yes. Every advertiser gets dedicated expert support at every stage - from setting up your first campaign to scaling, creatives, and optimization. - Which pricing models can I choose from? CPC (cost per click), CPM (cost per mille), Target CPA, and Smart CPM. You pick the model that fits your funnel and switch as your campaign matures. - Do you support all major verticals? Yes - iGaming, Betting, Finance / Forex, Nutra, Sweepstakes, Dating, Mobile Apps, Utilities, and Online Games are all supported with tailored traffic. - Do you have real case studies I can see? Yes. Our case studies show measured lifts in conversions and CPA across multiple verticals - reach out and we will share the ones relevant to your niche. # For Publishers https://trafficsigma.com/for-publishers ### Traffic Monetization for publishers - We help publishers to earn more by offering personal expert support, and easy-to-use platform for maximum performance. - Monetize Now ### Why Choose TrafficSigma Ad Network - Non-intrusive formats There is no need to place ads directly on the website. Users get ads via push ads after subscription, or pop ads after clicking on a website page, or direct link after following the link placed anywhere on your web resources. - Focus on revenue Don't bother with long integration and manual optimization. We have you covered. - 100% Compatible Combine ad formats from multiple providers which fit your strategy. - Expert support Dedicated personal assistance at every stage: from installing the code to receiving payouts. - Filtered ad categories Show the most welcomed ads to your audience according to their interests. - Highest fill rates Monetize 100% of your inventory at the competitive bets. We never run out of ads. ### How It Works - 1 Sign up and add your website/app - 2 Get approved (fast moderation, typically within 24h) - 3 Choose ad formats and implement tags - 4 Earn revenue as ads are displayed - 5 Get paid weekly/bi-weekly via multiple methods ### Ad Formats We Offer - Focused format lineup for performance marketers - telegram ADS in Telegram ADS in Telegram device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - push Push Notifications Native device notifications to opted-in subscribers - 206M+ daily impressions, - 248+ GEOs, - from $0.005 CPC - inpage-push In-Page Push Push-style banners inside webpages, no subscription required - Works on iOS/macOS , - bypasses browser restrictions - pop Pop / Popunder Full-page ad opens behind or over active tab - 219M+ daily impressions, - CPM from $1.00 - domain-redirect Domain Redirect Traffic from parked/expired domains, zero-click - High-intent users, - 184M+ impressions - native Native Ads Content-style ads that match publisher look and feel - Premium placements, higher engagement - calendar-push Calendar Push Notifications via calendar events (iOS specialty) - Reaches iOS users, - unique format ### Geos, impressions, and cost - For push ads For pop ads Country Total impressions Avg CPC - US US 28M $0.065 - IN IN 21M $0.012 - BR BR 16.5M $0.010 - ID ID 14M $0.007 - RU RU 12.5M $0.033 - TH TH 10M $0.021 - UA UA 8.5M $0.058 - MX MX 7.5M $0.009 - IR IR 5.5M $0.005 - US US 29M $2.80 - VN VN 22M $1.15 - IN IN 18M $1.05 - BR BR 15.5M $1.20 - ID ID 13.5M $1.10 - UA UA 11M $1.30 - TH TH 9.5M $1.25 - GB GB 7M $2.60 - FR FR 5M $2.20 ### Frequently asked questions about TrafficSigma for Publishers - What resources can I monetize with advertisements at TrafficSigma? With the advertising at TrafficSigma you can monetize your Telegram Mini Apps, websites, blogs, mobile apps, domains, SEO tools, paid traffic, ad networks, social media accounts and plugins/extensions. The available advertising formats that we offer for profiting off are push, pop, in-page, direct click, native and Telegram ads. - Can I adjust the way advertisements are displayed on my resource? Yes. You control the formats, placements, and frequency, and you can filter ad categories so only the most relevant, non-intrusive ads reach your audience. - Are there strict requirements for a Mini Application to monetize at TrafficSigma? Requirements are light. Your app or resource just needs real, human traffic and must comply with our content policy. Moderation is fast - sites are typically approved within 24h - so you can start earning almost immediately. - What type of Telegram ads is available for monetizing mini applications? For Telegram Mini Apps we offer in-app push notifications to opted-in subscribers, native placements, and interstitial formats - all designed to convert without disrupting the user experience. - Can I monetize multiple resources like websites/TMAs at the same time? Absolutely. You can connect and monetize any number of websites, apps, and Telegram Mini Apps from a single account, with revenue reporting broken down per resource. - Do you monitor the advertising traffic for fraudulent activity? Yes. Every impression is filtered in real time through multi-layer anti-fraud checks, so your inventory stays clean and your payouts reflect genuine, high-quality traffic. - What is the minimum payment amount I can withdraw? The minimum withdrawal is low so you are never locked out of your earnings - you can request a payout as soon as your balance clears the threshold shown in your dashboard. - How often do you pay your publishers? We pay weekly or bi-weekly via multiple methods (bank transfer, crypto, and popular e-wallets), so you get consistent, predictable cash flow. - Do you have a referral program for publishers? Yes. Refer other publishers and earn an ongoing share of the revenue they generate - a passive income stream on top of your own monetization. - Do you have real cases of profitable monetizing Telegram Mini Apps with you? Yes. We can share measured case studies of Telegram Mini Apps and websites that scaled their revenue with TrafficSigma - reach out and we will send the ones closest to your niche. # Pricing https://trafficsigma.com/pricing ### Which pricing model to choose on TrafficSigma to enjoy larger profits - Whether you target globally or aim at the narrow segment, TrafficSigma enables you with balanced pricing models to maximize your ROI. Don't overpay with our smart campaign tests and the next-gen traffic estimator. - Create Campaign ### Models - Launch campaigns and set up offers with the best-matching pricing model - CPC Cost Per Click pay only when user clicks - from $0.005 Push campaigns, Testing new offers - CPM Cost Per Mille pay per 1,000 impressions - from $1.00 Pop traffic, scaling proven campaigns - Target CPA Set desired CPA system auto-optimizes to hit target After initial testing, hands-off optimization - Smart CPM AI adjusts bids per impression based on conversion likelihood Maximizing conversions at scale ### Operate pricing models to gain broader reach and larger ROI - Top verticals Top ad formats - CPC Cost Per Click pay only when user clicks Choose the cost-per-click payment when your offer is easy to convert (e.g., just an opt-in required). Check the traffic and bid estimates before launching to make sure you can get sufficient click volume. - Push campaigns - Testing new offers - VPN & Utility - PIN Submits - Sweepstakes - Popunder - Push Ads - CPM Cost Per Mille pay per 1,000 impressions The cost-per-thousand-impressions pricing is great for discovering new GEOs and testing traffic. All complex conversion flows such as CC submits and deposits are better tested on this model. It's cost-effective and helps balance your bids properly until you start getting lots of conversions. - Pop traffic - Scaling proven campaigns - Mobile Apps & Games - Utilities & Software - Subscriptions - Popunder - Push Ads - Native Banners - Target CPA Set desired CPA system auto-optimizes to hit target Cost-per-acquisition is the safest and the most expensive pricing model. Choose it when you know your customers well and when your conversion flow is simple (e.g., app installs). If you target a new audience or have a complex conversion flow (CC submits), start with the CPM model instead. - After initial testing - Hands-off optimization - Finance - E-commerce - Popunders - Native Banners - Banners - Smart CPM AI adjusts bids per impression based on conversion likelihood Smart CPM automatically raises or lowers your bid on every single impression based on how likely it is to convert, so your budget flows to the placements that perform. It's the most hands-off way to scale a proven campaign while keeping your effective cost under control. - Maximizing conversions at scale - Finance - E-commerce - Popunders - Native Banners - Banners ### Join TrafficSigma today - You're only a few minutes away from high-performing ad campaigns and loads of quality traffic. Welcome to your new growth area! - Create Ads ### Feature Trio - Forget about hit-or-miss tactics. Before running your CPA campaign at full blast, we test in on a CPM base with a test budget. It allows you to estimate how engaging your offer is and adjust the creatives before launching the campaign. For Web-Push formats, you can A/B test up to 15 creatives to pick the most beneficial. - Available on a CPM, CPC or CPA base, smart retargeting helps convert leads that have seen your ads but haven't purchased yet. TrafficSigma's pixel contributes to customer retention and better ad personalization, cause you are showing ads to those who are interested in it. - Our demand RTB partners profit from the fastest multiple campaigns launch and managing massive traffic volumes. With OpenRTB integration, you can use all auctions including header bidding. All GEOs, mobile&desktop traffic, and advanced targeting options provided. ### Use all TrafficSigma's toolsets and solutions for your business growth - Experienced campaign management Full transparency and detailed reporting. Our expert managers successfully run worldwide reach campaigns for direct advertisers and agencies. - Traffic and bid estimation Smart algorithms estimate your campaign settings along with your nearest competition and offers optimal bids. - Top offers with proven CR We share top-performing offers and traffic slices to help you launch successful campaigns and reach KPIs faster. - Real-time analytics dashboard Track impressions, clicks, conversions, and spend as they happen, with source-level breakdowns you can act on instantly. - Automated rules and optimization Set your conditions once and let the platform pause, boost, or rebid your campaigns automatically toward your KPIs. - Dedicated anti-fraud protection Every impression passes multi-layer fraud checks, so your budget reaches genuine users and your stats stay clean. ### Why to join TrafficSigma - 248 GEOs Global coverage, advertisers and publishers from all Tiers - 30 BN+ Average number of monthly impressions - 3-level security: anti-fraud and anti-malware - Anti-Adblock solutions - 100 % 100% fill rate for publishers - 100 % 100% unique direct and RTB traffic ## Company # About Us https://trafficsigma.com/about-us ### Meet the TrafficSigma Team - "It wasn't about building another Ad Tech solution. It was about fixing what was broken. That's how TrafficSigma was born." - A team of hands on marketers and ad technologists, didn't just want to solve a problem. They wanted to set a new standard. - Combining deep expertise in AdTech with relentless innovation, the team behind TrafficSigma developed a solution that offered precision, scalability, and results for industries left underserved. - They knew that the key to success was not just access but intelligence, connecting data, behaviors, and on-chain insights to drive campaigns that mattered. - Contact us mailto:info@trafficsigma.com ### Our Mission - A global ad ecosystem where transparency is native, control is default, and attention defines value. Advertising, rebuilt for the next decade. ### Stats - 1000+ Advertisers - 248 GEOs - 1B+ Impressions Daily ### Principles - New generation in Performance Advertising - Digital advertising reached scale, but not maturity. Data remains fragmented, visibility limited, and attention undervalued. TrafficSigma was built to change that: a platform designed for the realities of a new internet. - Everything we build starts with three principles: Transparency, Control, and Attention. - Transparency - Every signal on the platform is verifiable. Campaigns operate on blockchain-based rails that record how budgets move and how audiences engage, in real time. - Advertisers see the flow, the data, and the impact, without intermediaries or guesswork. Transparency isn't a feature. It's the foundation. - Control - TrafficSigma runs as software, not as a network. Advertisers own their setup, audiences, and integrations. They define strategy, pacing, and measurement, and the platform executes it with precision across display, native, video, and CTV. - Full visibility. Full autonomy. Built for teams that want control, not containment. - Attention - In a market flooded with impressions, attention is what actually matters. TrafficSigma quantifies it. - The system measures active viewing time, engagement depth, and contextual relevance to evaluate how real people interact with content, across every channel. ### Closing Performance is optimized for sustained focus and meaningful response. # Contact Us https://trafficsigma.com/contact-us Our team is available 24/7 to answer your queries. Be sure to go through FAQ before sending the question to find the solution as fast as possible. Contact email: info@trafficsigma.com ## Blog # 12 Best Google AdSense Alternatives for Publishers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/adsense-alternatives Published: 2026-05-08 Modified: 2026-05-10 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Ad Networks, Monetization, Display Advertising. The global digital advertising market is on track to cross **$662 billion in 2026**, up from roughly $568 billion in 2025, according to Grand View Research - and AdSense is no longer the only door into that spend. *Source: Grand View Research, cited in this article.* Thousands of publishers hit AdSense's approval wall, its content restrictions, or its comparatively thin RPMs every year and go looking for something better. The TrafficSigma team reviewed monetization platforms across three categories - premium full-service networks, AI-optimized display networks, and high-volume alternative-format networks - to build this list of the best Google AdSense alternatives [for publishers](https://trafficsigma.com/for-publishers) in 2026. Below you'll find real minimum-traffic requirements, payout thresholds, and ad formats for each, plus a dedicated section on where to go when your content isn't AdSense-eligible at all. ## Seven criteria for judging an AdSense alternative There's no single "best" ad network for every publisher - a 10,000-pageview hobby blog and a 5-million-pageview lifestyle site need completely different partners, and a site running content AdSense won't touch needs a different partner again. Here's what we actually checked for every entry below: - **Minimum traffic/eligibility requirement:** the real pageview, session, or revenue floor to get approved - the single biggest filter for whether an alternative is even usable for your site right now. - **RPM/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) potential:** publicly reported or platform-stated revenue-per-thousand-pageviews ranges, since this is the whole point of switching off AdSense in the first place. - **Payout threshold and cadence:** the minimum balance required to withdraw, and how often payments actually go out (weekly, biweekly, Net 30, Net 60). - **Ad formats supported:** display, native, video, push, pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic), [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), [interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads), [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format) - because format breadth determines how much inventory you can actually fill and monetize. - **Content policy fit:** whether the network accepts mainstream blog/editorial content only, or also accepts [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical), [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical)-adjacent, [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical)-adjacent, and other high-payout verticals AdSense restricts. - **Exclusivity requirements:** whether the network demands 100% of your programmatic display inventory (blocking you from running AdSense or Ezoic alongside it) or lets you run multiple networks in parallel. - **Support model:** self-serve dashboard only, or a dedicated account manager who actively optimizes placements and pacing. ## 12 AdSense alternatives worth switching to TrafficSigma runs its own network across 248+ GEOs and 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions, which means we track competing and complementary monetization platforms as closely as our own ad formats - not from the outside looking in. Here's the full list before we break down each one in detail: 1. Raptive (formerly AdThrive) 2. Mediavine 3. Ezoic 4. Monumetric 5. Media.net 6. Google Ad Manager (independent header bidding) 7. AdPushup 8. Sovrn 9. PropellerAds 10. Adsterra 11. Monetag 12. TrafficSigma Now let's review each AdSense alternative in detail. ### 1. Raptive (formerly AdThrive) Raptive is a full-service premium ad management partner best known for representing large lifestyle, food, and parenting publishers, formed by unifying CafeMedia, AdThrive, and CafeMedia Ad Management under one brand in 2023 - not a simple AdThrive rename. It runs its own private marketplace and negotiates directly with premium advertisers rather than relying purely on open-exchange bidding, which is what lets it post some of the highest reported RPMs among AdSense alternatives. Raptive lowered its minimum pageview requirement to **25,000 monthly visits**, announced in October 2025, opening the network to meaningfully smaller publishers than in prior years, with a strong preference for traffic from Tier-1 countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia). Raptive requires 100% exclusivity over your programmatic display inventory - you cannot run AdSense or Ezoic alongside it once approved. Approved publishers get a dedicated account manager who actively tunes ad density, placement, and pacing rather than leaving optimization purely to an algorithm, and Raptive guarantees payment to publishers even when an advertiser is slow to settle. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Premium full-service display network - Minimum traffic: 25,000+ monthly visits - Payout terms: Net 45, paid on the 15th, guaranteed regardless of advertiser settlement - Exclusivity: 100% programmatic display exclusivity required - Support: Dedicated account manager ### 2. Mediavine Mediavine is a full-service ad management network built specifically for content creators - food bloggers, lifestyle sites, and niche publishers with an engaged, largely US-based readership. Founded in 2013, it has grown into one of the most-cited "graduate from AdSense" destinations in the blogging world. As of a January 15, 2026 policy change, Mediavine's main network dropped the session-based qualification path entirely - the requirement is now **revenue-only: $5,000+ in trailing annual ad revenue**. Sites below that threshold route to "Journey by Mediavine" instead, a separate on-ramp requiring 1,000+ monthly sessions, paying a 70% [revenue share](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare), with automatic upgrade to the main network once a site clears $5,000 in trailing annual revenue. Publishers commonly report **$15-$40+ RPMs**, with some sites seeing $50+ during high-demand quarters like Q4. Like Raptive, Mediavine requires full exclusivity over your programmatic display inventory. The network's dashboard, Grow.me suite (email capture, recipe cards, engagement tools), and human support team are built around helping content creators, not just serving ad tags. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Full-service content-creator display network - Minimum traffic: $5,000+ trailing annual ad revenue (main network); Journey by Mediavine on-ramp at 1,000+ sessions, 70% revenue share - Payout terms: Monthly, Net-basis payout with published RPM reporting - Exclusivity: 100% programmatic display exclusivity required - Support: Onboarding specialist + ongoing publisher support team ### 3. Ezoic Ezoic is an AI-driven ad optimization platform that layers automated testing on top of your existing ad stack - dynamically testing ad density, placement, and format combinations per visitor to find the highest-earning configuration. It's one of the most accessible AdSense alternatives on this list in terms of philosophy, even as its entry bar has risen. As of February 2026, Ezoic raised its standard minimum requirement to **250,000+ monthly users** for new applicants, though it still runs an "Incubator" program that accepts a limited number of smaller publishers each month, and previously-approved smaller sites are grandfathered in as long as they keep the integration active. Ezoic's payout threshold is a low **$20**, and reported RPMs typically land between AdSense's own numbers and Mediavine's higher range. Unlike Raptive and Mediavine, Ezoic does not require full exclusivity in every plan tier, which makes it easier to test alongside an existing setup before committing. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: AI-optimized display ad platform - Minimum traffic: 250,000+ monthly users (Incubator program available below that) - Payout terms: $20 minimum withdrawal - Exclusivity: Not required on all tiers - Support: Self-serve dashboard, AI-driven optimization (Leap program adds human support) ### 4. Monumetric Monumetric is a tiered full-service network built to take publishers from their very first display-ad revenue all the way to enterprise scale, with four programs - Propel, Ascend, Stratos, and Apollo - matched to traffic size. It positions itself as the network for publishers who want real account management, not just a login and a list of ad units. Entry-level Propel accepts sites with **10,000-80,000 monthly pageviews**, a meaningfully lower bar than Raptive or Mediavine, with a one-time **$99 setup fee** at the entry tier. Monumetric requires at least 50% of traffic from the US, UK, Canada, or Australia, and pays on a **Net 60** schedule - slower than most competitors, but with no minimum payout balance required. Higher tiers add header bidding, native ad units, and video, giving publishers a growth path without switching networks as they scale. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Tiered full-service display network - Minimum traffic: 10,000+ monthly pageviews (Propel tier) - Payout terms: Net 60, no minimum payout threshold - Exclusivity: Required within tier's ad placements - Support: Dedicated support team, tier-based feature access ### 5. Media.net Media.net is a contextual ad network built on the Yahoo/Bing ad marketplace, making it one of the few AdSense alternatives that competes directly on contextual (keyword-matched) display ads rather than programmatic display alone. It has no minimum traffic requirement, though approval still depends on content quality and originality. Media.net's contextual units tend to perform best for English-language [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance), technology, and other high-[CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) verticals in the US and UK, and the network reports a **$100 minimum payout threshold** with Net 30 payment terms, primarily via wire transfer or Payoneer (PayPal support appears to have been discontinued - confirm currently available payment methods directly with Media.net before signing up). Because it runs alongside most other display networks without exclusivity conflicts, publishers frequently layer it in as a secondary revenue stream rather than a full AdSense replacement. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Contextual display ad network - Minimum traffic: No stated minimum - Payout terms: $100 minimum, Net 30 - Exclusivity: Not required - commonly run alongside other networks - Support: Self-serve dashboard, account rep for larger publishers ### 6. Google Ad Manager (independent header bidding) Google Ad Manager (GAM) is Google's own enterprise ad-serving platform, distinct from AdSense - it lets publishers run their own header bidding stack with multiple demand partners competing in real time for every [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression), instead of relying on AdSense's single-demand-source auction. Publishers who outgrow AdSense's simplicity often migrate here directly or through a managed GAM wrapper. Because GAM auctions multiple demand sources simultaneously, publishers have reported meaningfully higher CPMs than AdSense alone once header bidding is correctly configured, though the exact lift varies widely by site and reported figures aren't independently audited - though GAM itself has no fixed minimum traffic requirement, the technical setup (ad ops knowledge, line items, yield management) is the real barrier to entry for solo publishers. Most publishers on this list who reach the Stratos/Apollo or enterprise tier eventually run on a managed version of GAM behind the scenes, making it the technical foundation many "alternatives" are actually built on. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Header bidding / programmatic ad server - Minimum traffic: No fixed minimum, but practically enterprise-scale - Payout terms: Varies by demand partner integration - Exclusivity: None inherent - publisher controls the stack - Support: Self-managed or via a managed-GAM partner ### 7. AdPushup AdPushup is a revenue-optimization platform that combines A/B-tested ad layouts, header bidding integration, and ad-blocker recovery tools into a single managed service, positioned for mid-size-to-large publishers who want hands-on yield management without building an in-house ad ops team. AdPushup targets publishers who already have meaningful ad revenue in place - AdPushup does not publish an official minimum, but third-party estimates center on **roughly $5,000+ in existing monthly ad revenue and around 500,000 monthly pageviews**, reflecting its apparent focus on established sites rather than hobby blogs; confirm current requirements directly with AdPushup, and layers header bidding demand on top of existing inventory to lift effective CPMs. Payouts run on a **Net 45** cycle with a **$50 minimum**, paid via PayPal or wire transfer. Its ad-blocker recovery technology - reformatting blocked ad slots to still render - is one of its more differentiated features versus the AI-optimization networks above. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Managed header bidding + yield optimization - Minimum traffic: no official minimum published; third-party estimates suggest ~$5,000+ monthly ad revenue and ~500,000 monthly pageviews - Payout terms: Net 45, $50 minimum - Exclusivity: Not required - Support: Dedicated yield management team ### 8. Sovrn Sovrn (which absorbed the VigLink affiliate-link infrastructure and runs its own Sovrn Ad Manager) is a monetization platform aimed at publishers who want to combine display advertising with commerce/affiliate-link monetization in one dashboard, rather than running separate tools for each. Sovrn's display network has **no hard minimum traffic requirement** for its self-serve tier, making it more accessible than the premium full-service networks above, though its most competitive RPMs are concentrated in commerce-adjacent content (product reviews, roundups, buying guides) where its affiliate-link layer adds incremental revenue on top of display. Payout terms run **Net 60** (legacy accounts on some older terms may see Net 45) with a **$25 minimum threshold** for most payment methods ($50 for wire transfer). For publishers whose content already links out to products or retailers, Sovrn's combined display-plus-commerce model can outperform a pure display network on a per-pageview basis. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Display + commerce/affiliate-link monetization - Minimum traffic: No hard minimum (self-serve tier) - Payout terms: $25 minimum, Net 60 (legacy accounts sometimes Net 45) - Exclusivity: Not required for display inventory - Support: Self-serve, account management at scale **[Top 10 Self-Serve Ad Platforms for Affiliates and Media Buyers in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/self-serve-ad-platforms)** Once you've picked an AdSense alternative for your on-site inventory, the next question is usually how to buy traffic for your own campaigns or affiliate offers. This companion guide compares the top self-serve ad platforms on pricing, [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) coverage, ad formats, and fraud protection - the same criteria that matter when evaluating any network on this page. Continue reading. [Back to the TrafficSigma blog](https://trafficsigma.com/blog) ### 9. PropellerAds PropellerAds is a high-volume alternative-format network built around push notifications, popunders, interstitials, and [native ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide) rather than standard banner display - making it a genuine option for publishers whose traffic or content doesn't fit neatly into AdSense's display-only model. It has no minimum traffic requirement and approves most sites within 24-48 hours. Push notification and popunder CPMs on PropellerAds vary widely by GEO and niche - treat any specific figure as uncited and confirm current rates directly in the publisher dashboard - with the network reporting it shares roughly **80% of ad revenue** back to publishers. Payouts start at a **$5 minimum** with weekly payments every Thursday for most payment methods (Payoneer and wire transfer carry higher thresholds, $20 and $550 respectively). Because format and content rules are far looser than AdSense's, PropellerAds is a common landing spot for publishers running sweepstakes, utility/software, and other verticals AdSense restricts. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Push, pop, interstitial, and native ad network - Minimum traffic: No minimum - Payout terms: $5 minimum, weekly (Thursdays) - Exclusivity: Not required - Support: Self-serve dashboard, 24-48hr approval ### 10. Adsterra Adsterra is another high-volume push/pop/native network, built around popunders, direct-link (Smartlink) monetization, and social bar ad units, and commonly cited alongside PropellerAds and Monetag as an accessible option for smaller or newer sites that don't yet qualify for premium display networks. Adsterra's minimum payout is **$5**, among the lowest of any network on this list, with CPM rates that vary heavily by traffic GEO and niche - Tier-1 traffic to finance, software, and other high-intent categories commands the strongest rates. Its Smartlink direct-link format lets publishers monetize traffic that doesn't have a page to place a banner on at all, which is useful for redirect-heavy or app-based traffic sources. Approval is fast and content requirements are looser than mainstream display networks, making Adsterra a frequent secondary or tertiary revenue layer alongside a primary display network. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Popunder, direct-link, and native ad network - Minimum traffic: No minimum - Payout terms: $5 minimum, multiple payout methods - Exclusivity: Not required - Support: Self-serve dashboard ### 11. Monetag Monetag is the publisher-facing monetization platform reported to have spun off from PropellerAds around December 2022 (unconfirmed against a primary announcement), now operating as its own independent brand for push, popunder, in-page push, vignette banner, and SmartLink inventory. It's aimed at publishers who want fast approval and format flexibility over premium-brand-safety guarantees, and is frequently recommended as a companion or fallback network for traffic that push/pop specialists monetize better than standard display. Monetag's minimum payout depends on method - **$5 via PayPal, Skrill, or WebMoney; $100 via crypto; $500 via wire/online banking** - with payments processed automatically on a biweekly cycle by default (weekly is available at higher tiers of its publisher loyalty program). First payouts are available roughly two weeks after a site starts sending traffic. Like PropellerAds and Adsterra, Monetag's content policies are considerably more permissive than AdSense's, making it a common landing spot for publishers in verticals AdSense won't monetize at all. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Push, popunder, in-page push, and SmartLink network - Minimum traffic: No minimum - Payout terms: $5 (PayPal/Skrill/WebMoney), biweekly by default - Exclusivity: Not required - Support: Self-serve dashboard, tiered loyalty program ### 12. TrafficSigma **A quick but important distinction before this entry:** TrafficSigma is not a general blog-monetization competitor to Ezoic, Mediavine, or Raptive, and it isn't the right fit for a mainstream lifestyle or editorial blog. It belongs on this list for one specific, high-value reason - it's a genuine monetization path for the exact content AdSense refuses to touch. AdSense prohibits or heavily restricts online gambling and [betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) content outside a short list of approved countries, mail-order-bride and adult/sexual dating content, and a long tail of other high-payout verticals - leaving publishers running sweepstakes-casino content, iGaming-adjacent affiliate/review sites, and dating-adjacent traffic with genuinely nowhere to go on AdSense at all. TrafficSigma is a self-serve ad network built specifically for that traffic: push notifications, in-page push, pop/popunder, native, domain redirect, and Telegram Mini App ad formats across 248+ GEOs, purpose-built for iGaming, Finance/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), Dating, and Sweepstakes publishers rather than retrofitted from a mainstream display stack. For a publisher monetizing sweepstakes or iGaming-adjacent traffic, that means push and Telegram ad placements starting from **$0.006 CPC** and pop/popunder inventory from **$1.00 CPM**, with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting plus [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) and Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) optimization layered on top - tools built around the reality of high-payout-vertical traffic rather than bolted onto a general-audience display network as an afterthought. TrafficSigma runs 3-level fraud protection and vetted premium sources across its 5B+ daily push/Telegram impressions and 4B+ daily pop impressions, which matters more, not less, in verticals where traffic quality scrutiny is already higher. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve push/pop/native/Telegram network for restricted verticals - Minimum traffic: No stated minimum (self-serve signup) - Payout terms: CPC/CPM-based, self-serve dashboard billing - Exclusivity: Not required - Support: Self-serve dashboard with GEO/device/carrier targeting tools ## How the 12 alternatives compare on minimum traffic, payout terms, and fit Options here can look similar at a glance - "no minimum traffic," "fast approval," "low payout threshold" - but the underlying terms differ a lot once you compare them side by side. This table doubles as a fast reference for the broader landscape of **ad networks for publishers in 2026**, whichever category you're shopping in. Use it to shortlist 2-3 candidates before applying to any of them. | # | Network | Type/Category | Minimum Traffic | Payout Terms | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Raptive | Premium full-service display | 25K+ monthly visits | Net 45, guaranteed | Large lifestyle/content publishers | | 2 | Mediavine | Full-service content-creator display | $5K trailing annual revenue (Journey on-ramp at 1K sessions) | Monthly | Established blogs/food/lifestyle sites | | 3 | Ezoic | AI-optimized display | 250K+ monthly users (Incubator below) | $20 min | Publishers wanting automated testing | | 4 | Monumetric | Tiered full-service display | 10K+ monthly pageviews | Net 60, no minimum | Growing blogs starting their first display deal | | 5 | Media.net | Contextual display | No minimum | $100 min, Net 30 | English finance/tech content, secondary revenue | | 6 | Google Ad Manager | Header bidding / ad server | None (practically enterprise) | Varies by partner | Scaled publishers with ad ops resources | | 7 | AdPushup | Managed header bidding | No official minimum; third-party estimates ~$5K+ revenue, ~500K pageviews | Net 45, $50 min | Mid-to-large sites wanting yield management | | 8 | Sovrn | Display + commerce/affiliate | No hard minimum | $25 min, Net 60 | Product review/commerce content | | 9 | PropellerAds | Push/pop/native | No minimum | $5 min, weekly | Fast approval, non-display formats | | 10 | Adsterra | Popunder/direct-link/native | No minimum | $5 min | Secondary revenue layer, redirect traffic | | 11 | Monetag | Push/pop/SmartLink | No minimum | $5-$500 (method-dependent) | Fast approval, format flexibility | | 12 | TrafficSigma | Push/pop/native/Telegram for restricted verticals | No stated minimum | CPC/CPM self-serve | iGaming, sweepstakes, dating-adjacent publishers AdSense won't monetize | ## Picking the AdSense alternative that fits your traffic Choosing the right AdSense alternative comes down to three factors: whether your traffic actually meets the network's minimum, whether your content is even eligible for that network in the first place, and whether you're willing to trade AdSense's simplicity for a network with higher RPM ceilings but stricter exclusivity terms. A 30,000-pageview food blog and a sweepstakes-casino affiliate site are not shopping in the same aisle, no matter how similar the "best AdSense alternative" headlines make them look. If your traffic sits in a vertical AdSense won't monetize at all - iGaming-adjacent, sweepstakes, dating-adjacent, or another high-payout category - that's the gap TrafficSigma is built to close, with self-serve push, pop, native, and Telegram Mini App formats across 248+ GEOs instead of a mainstream display stack that was never going to approve that content anyway. The next step isn't necessarily replacing your whole ad stack - it's adding the one network that can actually run the inventory the others reject. --- Sources referenced: Grand View Research. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best Google AdSense alternative for publishers in 2026?** There isn't one universal answer - Raptive and Mediavine post the highest RPMs for established lifestyle/content sites, Ezoic and Monumetric offer accessible entry points for growing blogs, and TrafficSigma is the best option specifically for iGaming-adjacent, sweepstakes, and dating-adjacent publishers that AdSense won't approve at all. **Can I run an AdSense alternative alongside Google AdSense?** It depends on the network. Media.net, Sovrn, PropellerAds, Adsterra, and Monetag don't require exclusivity, so they can run alongside AdSense. Raptive and Mediavine require 100% exclusivity over your programmatic display inventory, meaning you must remove AdSense (and Ezoic) entirely once approved. **How do I choose the right AdSense alternative for my site?** Start with your actual monthly traffic and revenue - that immediately narrows the list to networks you can qualify for. Then check whether your content vertical is even eligible: mainstream display networks like Mediavine and Raptive reject gambling-adjacent, adult, and dating-adjacent content outright, while networks like PropellerAds, Monetag, and TrafficSigma are built to accept it. **Are alternative-format networks like push and popunder ads good for beginners?** Yes - networks like PropellerAds, Adsterra, and Monetag have no minimum traffic requirement, approve most sites within 24-48 hours, and pay out as low as $5, making them accessible for publishers who don't yet qualify for premium display networks like Raptive or Mediavine. **What if my website content isn't eligible for AdSense at all?** AdSense prohibits or heavily restricts online gambling content outside a limited list of approved countries, adult and adult-dating content, and several other high-payout categories. Publishers in these verticals need a network built for that traffic specifically - TrafficSigma, for example, is purpose-built for iGaming, sweepstakes, and dating-adjacent publishers rather than adapted from a general-audience display network. **Do AdSense alternatives pay more than AdSense?** Often, yes - Mediavine publishers commonly report $15-$40+ RPMs and header bidding setups through Google Ad Manager have been reported to meaningfully lift CPMs versus a single-demand-source AdSense setup, though the exact lift varies widely and actual results depend heavily on your niche, traffic GEO mix, and content quality. **Can I monetize a website without AdSense at all?** Yes - every network on this list lets you monetize a website without AdSense, and several (PropellerAds, Adsterra, Monetag, TrafficSigma) have no minimum traffic requirement, so a brand-new site can start earning from day one without ever applying to AdSense. # Antidetect Browser Guide for Affiliate Marketers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-an-antidetect-browser Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-05-14 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Affiliate Marketing, Media Buying. One market-research estimate, from Verified Market Reports, puts the [browser fingerprinting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/fingerprinting) protection market at roughly $2.9 billion in 2026, projecting a compound annual growth rate near 13.87% through 2033 - treat that as a single third-party estimate rather than a settled figure *Source: Verified Market Reports (single third-party estimate)* - a scale that reflects how central fingerprint control has become to running more than one online account without the accounts getting linked. Platforms like Meta and Google now lean on AI systems that correlate device signals, not just IP addresses, to detect related accounts, which is exactly the gap an antidetect browser is built to close. The TrafficSigma team breaks down what an antidetect browser actually does, how it differs from (and pairs with) a [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy), and how the leading tools compare, so you can decide whether - and how - to add one to your stack. ## The framework: how account-linking detection actually works Platforms stack three independent detection layers to decide whether accounts are related: - **IP/network-layer detection** - the oldest signal. Ten accounts logging in from the same IP (or the same narrow VPN exit-node range) is enough to trigger a linked-account review on most major ad platforms. - **Device/browser-fingerprint detection** - harder to spoof. A stock browser leaks dozens of consistent signals - canvas rendering hash, WebGL renderer string, installed fonts, screen resolution, timezone, audio-context output - stable enough to re-identify one machine across sessions even behind different IPs. Canvas and WebGL signals contribute strongly to a device's uniqueness when combined with other parameters like fonts, timezone, and audio-context output, rather than in isolation. - **Behavioral/reputational detection** - the layer platforms have leaned into hardest since 2024-2026: mouse movement, typing cadence, session timing, and network-infrastructure reputation. Meta and Google's largely AI-driven moderation now correlates these signals over time and can flag multiple accounts at once when linking confidence crosses an internal threshold. An antidetect browser is purpose-built for the second layer - it never touches your IP, it controls what your browser *tells websites about your device*. ## What is an antidetect browser? An antidetect browser is a specialized browser (or browser-management platform) that creates multiple isolated "profiles," each with its own customized or randomized fingerprint - user-agent, screen resolution, timezone, language, canvas/WebGL/audio-context output, font list, and dozens of other parameters a standard Chrome or Firefox install reports identically across every tab you open. Each profile looks like a genuinely distinct device to the site on the other end, instead of one machine looking consistent no matter how many accounts you log into. A stock browser is fingerprint-transparent by design - built to render pages correctly, not to protect an operator running 20 ad accounts from one laptop. An antidetect browser inverts that: it isolates cookies, storage, and cache per profile, then layers a controlled or synthetic fingerprint on top, so profile #1 and profile #14 share no traceable device signal despite running on the same hardware. Tools use either **fingerprint masking** (spoofing individual parameters to plausible-but-fake values) or **real device fingerprints** (drawn from a database of genuine hardware/browser combinations, which tends to pass detection more reliably). Cloud platforms increasingly favor the latter, since an internally inconsistent fingerprint - a fake GPU string paired with a resolution that GPU never shipped with - is itself a detection flag. ## Who actually uses antidetect browsers - and why This is a mainstream operational tool in performance marketing, and legitimate use makes up the majority of real-world usage: - **Agencies managing multiple client ad accounts.** An agency running Meta, Google, or TikTok accounts for a dozen clients needs each isolated - mixing client fingerprints on one machine risks a platform treating unrelated clients as one bad actor if any single account gets flagged. - **Affiliates running compliant multi-offer tests.** Testing the same vertical across multiple approved accounts (A/B creative, landing pages, GEOs) is standard media-buying practice - isolation keeps results and standing on one account from cross-contaminating another. - **Avoiding false-positive linked-account flags.** Platforms increasingly correlate fingerprints across accounts even when each is used for a fully legitimate, separate purpose - a [media buyer](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/media-buyer) managing a personal account plus client accounts from one laptop can get all reviewed together purely on fingerprint overlap. Isolation prevents that false positive. - **E-commerce sellers** running multiple storefronts and **social media managers** handling several brand profiles round out the common categories, for the same reason: genuinely separate accounts on a platform that can't tell legitimate multi-account work from ban evasion. None of this is about fabricating traffic or circumventing terms of service - legitimate use means accurately representing that separate accounts are, in fact, separate. ## Antidetect browser vs. proxy: what each one actually controls This is the direct companion question to our guide, [What Is a Proxy? A Practical Guide for Affiliate Marketers](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy) - read that piece for the full proxy breakdown; here's the short version of how the two relate. A **proxy** changes what IP address and location a request appears to come from, routing traffic through an intermediary server - useful for [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning)-testing campaigns or not routing every account through one identifiable office/home IP. An **antidetect browser** changes what your browser reports about the *device itself*, independent of the IP the request travels through. Two profiles routed through the exact same proxy can still look like two completely different computers, because fingerprint and network are separate detection surfaces. That's why **most real-world setups use both together**: a proxy without a distinct fingerprint still leaves accounts fingerprint-linkable even from different IPs; a distinct fingerprint without a proxy still leaves accounts IP-linkable even with different-looking "devices." Pairing a dedicated proxy with a dedicated fingerprint per profile closes both gaps at once - which is why every major antidetect browser either bundles proxy support or integrates with third-party proxy providers rather than treating fingerprinting as complete on its own. | | Proxy | Antidetect Browser | | --- | --- | --- | | **Controls** | IP address / network origin | Browser & device fingerprint | | **Typical unit** | Per connection / per profile | Per browser profile | | **Solves** | Same-IP account linking | Same-device fingerprint linking | | **Used alone, misses** | Fingerprint overlap across accounts | IP overlap across accounts | | **Best practice** | Pair with a distinct fingerprint | Pair with a distinct proxy per profile | ## Antidetect browser vs. multi-accounting browser: same category, different framing "Multi-accounting browser" and "antidetect browser" describe the same tool category from two angles: "antidetect" emphasizes the fingerprint-masking mechanism, "multi-accounting" emphasizes the outcome - running several accounts without them being tied together. Every tool marketed as a multi-accounting browser is built on antidetect fingerprinting technology, so expect the same core feature set either way: isolated profiles, per-profile fingerprint control, and usually bundled or integrated proxy support. ## Comparing well-known antidetect browser tools There's no single best antidetect browser for every situation - the right pick depends on how many profiles you run, whether you want proxies bundled in, and how much automation you need. What follows is a side-by-side look at five established, actively maintained tools built specifically for affiliate marketing and multi-account ad management, each with a genuine free or trial tier for testing before committing. Pricing and profile limits change often in this category, so treat the figures below as a snapshot rather than a locked-in quote - always confirm current pricing on the vendor's site before buying. ### Multilogin Multilogin is one of the longest-running antidetect browsers, built around two custom engines - Mimic (Chromium-based) and Stealthfox (Firefox-based) - that fine-tune fingerprint parameters deeper than tools patching a stock Chromium build. Its 2026 permanent free plan (no credit card required) includes 5 cloud browser/mobile profiles and 200 MB of premium proxy traffic; paid plans start around $7-9/month annualized and scale up through higher-profile-count tiers - confirm current ceiling pricing on Multilogin's site, since it changes with plan structure. It bundles residential proxy traffic and real cloud-phone profiles directly into its plans. **Highlights:** - **Type/Category:** Dual custom-engine antidetect browser (desktop + cloud) - **Entry pricing:** Free tier (5 profiles); paid from roughly $7-9/month annualized - **Fingerprint depth:** Masks fingerprint parameters across multiple categories (canvas, WebGL, audio, fonts, and more) across two browser engines - **Best for:** Teams wanting bundled proxies and cloud mobile profiles in one tool ### GoLogin GoLogin targets large-scale profile management: paid plans run from roughly $24/month (Professional) up to roughly $49-99/month (Business, more profiles and users), plus a free-forever tier capped at 3 profiles with a 7-day full-feature trial. It modifies dozens of fingerprint parameters and includes built-in free and paid proxies. **Highlights:** - **Type/Category:** Cloud-based antidetect browser - **Entry pricing:** Free tier (3 profiles); paid from ~$24/month - **Fingerprint depth:** Dozens of masked parameters - **Best for:** Solo operators and small teams scaling from a handful of profiles into the hundreds ### AdsPower AdsPower runs a dual-engine architecture (SunBrowser and FlowerBrowser) with 50+ configurable fingerprint parameters, including canvas, WebGL, WebRTC, and audio-context controls. Its free plan permanently includes 2 profiles; paid plans start at roughly $5.4/month for 10 profiles, with annual billing about 20% cheaper than monthly. It ships a no-code RPA automation tool and multi-window synchronizer, and holds SOC 2 Type II certification. **Highlights:** - **Type/Category:** Dual-engine antidetect browser with built-in RPA automation - **Entry pricing:** Free tier (2 profiles); paid from ~$5.4/month - **Fingerprint depth:** 50+ configurable parameters - **Best for:** Budget-conscious teams that also want no-code bulk automation ### Dolphin{anty} Dolphin{anty} was originally built for affiliate marketing and traffic-arbitrage use cases, shown in the Dolphin Store - a built-in marketplace for buying residential or mobile proxy traffic and attaching it to a profile without leaving the app. Its free tier includes 5 profiles, Free+ adds more for around $10/month, and paid plans scale from roughly $89/month to $159+/month for ~300-profile team plans, with up to 40% off annually. Its Synchronizer feature mirrors actions from one master profile across many profiles at once. **Highlights:** - **Type/Category:** Affiliate-marketing-focused antidetect browser - **Entry pricing:** Free tier (5 profiles); paid from ~$10/month (Free+) - **Fingerprint depth:** Full canvas/WebGL/font/timezone masking suite - **Best for:** Affiliates wanting an integrated proxy marketplace and profile-synchronizing automation ### Incogniton Incogniton targets affiliate marketing, social media management, and e-commerce multi-accounting with a straightforward tiered structure: Starter Plus at $13.99/month, Entrepreneur at $20.99/month, Professional at $55.99/month, and Custom from $104.99+/month scaling to higher profile counts. It runs on Windows and Mac. **Highlights:** - **Type/Category:** Tiered antidetect browser for growing teams - **Entry pricing:** Starter Plus at $13.99/month - **Fingerprint depth:** Full customizable-fingerprint profile suite - **Best for:** Teams that want a predictable, clearly-tiered path to higher profile counts ### Comparison table | Tool | Type/Category | Entry Pricing | Fingerprint Depth | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Multilogin | Dual-engine (desktop + cloud) | Free (5 profiles); paid from ~$7-9/mo | Multiple masked parameter categories | Bundled proxies + cloud mobile profiles | | GoLogin | Cloud-based | Free (3 profiles); paid from ~$24/mo | Dozens of parameters | Scaling from a few profiles into the hundreds | | AdsPower | Dual-engine + RPA | Free (2 profiles); paid from ~$5.4/mo | 50+ parameters | Budget teams wanting bulk automation | | Dolphin{anty} | Affiliate-marketing-focused | Free (5 profiles); paid from ~$10/mo | Full canvas/WebGL/font suite | Integrated proxy marketplace + profile sync | | Incogniton | Tiered growth plans | Free trial; paid from $13.99/mo | Full customizable suite | Predictable tiered scaling to higher profile counts | ## Proxy alone, antidetect browser alone, or both: what your setup needs Three scenarios cover almost every real setup: **running 2-3 accounts casually** (a proxy alone may be enough given the low fingerprint-overlap risk at that scale - still worth a free fingerprint test to confirm); **running a genuine multi-account operation** like an agency with multiple clients (pair a dedicated proxy with a dedicated fingerprint per profile - the setup every vendor above is built around, and the only approach that closes both detection gaps at once); and **running high-volume automation** across dozens or hundreds of profiles (prioritize RPA support like AdsPower's or Dolphin{anty}'s Synchronizer, since manually operating that many profiles isn't practical). The responsible-use line is the same one that applies to proxies: use fingerprint and IP management to accurately run separate, legitimate accounts - never to fabricate traffic, impersonate users, or violate a platform's terms of service. An antidetect browser changes what a platform can see about your device; it doesn't change what you're allowed to do with the accounts behind it. Choosing well comes down to three factors, in order: how many genuinely separate accounts you're actually running, whether IP or fingerprint overlap is your real exposure, and how much automation you need past a handful of profiles. Get those right and the vendor choice above becomes a budget-and-workflow decision, not a guessing game. ## The bigger picture: fingerprint control is one part of a compliant traffic stack Fingerprint and IP management solve the account-isolation half of running compliant multi-account campaigns - the other half is the traffic itself. TrafficSigma's self-serve network gives media buyers and agencies granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting across 248+ GEOs, with 3-level fraud protection built into every campaign, so the traffic your isolated, properly-configured accounts are running is itself clean and platform-safe from the source. --- Sources referenced: Verified Market Reports. ### Frequently asked questions **What is an antidetect browser used for?** An antidetect browser is used to run multiple online accounts - ad accounts, social profiles, marketplace storefronts - from one machine without the accounts appearing linked to each other. It does this by isolating cookies/storage and customizing each profile's reported device fingerprint (canvas, WebGL, fonts, timezone, and dozens of other parameters), so each profile looks like a genuinely separate device. **Is an antidetect browser the same as a proxy?** No. A proxy changes your IP address and apparent location; an antidetect browser changes what your browser reports about the device itself. They solve two different detection layers, and most professional setups - agencies, affiliates, media buyers - use a dedicated proxy paired with a dedicated fingerprint per account, rather than relying on either alone. **How do I choose the right antidetect browser?** Match it to scale: a handful of client accounts suits any free/entry tier (Multilogin, GoLogin, AdsPower); dozens to hundreds of profiles benefit from built-in automation (AdsPower's RPA, Dolphin{anty}'s Synchronizer); teams wanting proxy traffic bundled in should look at Multilogin or Dolphin{anty} first. **What is the best antidetect browser for affiliate marketing?** No single winner - Dolphin{anty} was built specifically for affiliate marketing/traffic-arbitrage and bundles a proxy marketplace; AdsPower suits budget-conscious affiliates wanting no-code automation; Multilogin fits teams wanting proxies and cloud mobile profiles in one subscription. All five tools above are worth trialing on their free tiers first. **Is using an antidetect browser against a platform's terms of service?** Using fingerprint isolation to run genuinely separate, legitimate accounts is standard practice for agencies and affiliates, and the business purpose behind it is generally legitimate. That said, fingerprint isolation itself may still fall foul of a specific platform's terms of service even when the underlying purpose is legitimate, so check the platform's own policy on multi-accounting and automation tools before relying on it. What is unambiguously a violation - with or without the tool - is using multiple accounts to fabricate traffic or evade a ban tied to policy violations. The tool controls what a platform can detect about your device; it doesn't change what your accounts are allowed to do. **Do I need an antidetect browser, and are the free plans good enough to start with?** Not if you're only running one ad account - the value is isolating multiple accounts from each other. It becomes worth adopting once you're managing a second account on the same machine as your primary one. AdsPower, GoLogin, Multilogin, and Dolphin{anty} all offer permanent free plans with 2-5 profiles, enough to validate isolation works for your platforms before paying for a higher ceiling. # Banner Ads vs. Pop-Up Ads: Which Display Format Wins for Advertisers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/banner-ads-vs-popup-ads Published: 2026-05-14 Modified: 2026-05-18 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Display Advertising, Popunder, Ad Formats. The global online display advertising market is on track to hit **$242.36 billion in 2026**, up from $212.10 billion in 2025 - a 14.26% compound annual growth rate through 2031, according to Mordor Intelligence. *Source: Mordor Intelligence.* Nearly all of that spend still routes through one of two structural formats: the static, in-page **banner** or the attention-grabbing **[pop-up](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads)**. Picking the wrong one for your goal wastes budget fast. The TrafficSigma team runs both formats at scale across 248+ GEOs, so this guide breaks down banner advertising and pop-up advertising side by side - sizes, [CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr)/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) benchmarks, and exactly when each format earns its place in a media plan - before you commit spend to either one. ## The framework: three models that separate display ads vs. pop up ads There's no universal winner between banner advertising and pop-up advertising - the right pick depends on what you're optimizing for. Before comparing numbers, it helps to understand the three structural models that every display ad format falls into, because banner ads and pop-ups sit at opposite ends of two of them and pop-unders occupy a third that's frequently confused with pop-ups. The three models that structure this whole comparison: 1. **In-page, co-existing placements.** The ad occupies a defined slot inside the page layout (a sidebar, a header strip, an in-content block) and renders alongside the content the user came for. Standard IAB banner sizes - 300x250, 728x90, 160x600, 320x50 - all fall here. The user never has to act on the ad to keep reading; it's passive, low-friction, and brand-safe by design. 2. **[Interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads), front-of-window placements.** The ad takes over the active browser window, either as a full pop-up layered directly on top of the current page or as a fully separate new window the user must close or interact with before returning to their original task. This is the pop-up model - high-attention, high-friction, and built for a forced [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression) rather than a passive one. 3. **Interstitial, behind-of-window placements ([popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic)).** A variant of the interstitial model where the new window opens *behind* the active browser window instead of in front of it, so it's invisible until the user closes or minimizes their current tab. This is mechanically a pop-up cousin, not the same format - see the terminology section below - and it's the dominant model behind most high-volume performance/[CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) traffic today. Which model wins depends on the answer to one question: are you protecting brand perception and reader experience (model 1), or maximizing raw [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) volume and [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) opportunities regardless of user annoyance tolerance (models 2 and 3)? Everything below is built to help you answer that for your own campaign. ## Banner advertising: sizes, mechanics, and where it fits Banner ads are the oldest surviving format in display advertising, and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has spent two decades standardizing their dimensions so the same creative renders predictably across publishers, ad servers, and exchanges. ### Standard banner ad sizes (IAB) The IAB's ad unit portfolio still treats a small set of fixed-pixel units as the practical cross-publisher defaults, even as the IAB's newer flexible/aspect-ratio guidance rolls out for richer formats. The five sizes that account for the large majority of programmatic display volume: - **300x250 (Medium Rectangle):** the highest-volume unit in display advertising, effective in-content and in sidebars on both desktop and mobile. - **728x90 (Leaderboard):** the standard desktop header/footer banner, wide enough for a clear brand message plus a CTA. - **160x600 (Wide Skyscraper):** a tall sidebar unit that stays in view longer as a user scrolls a long page. - **300x600 (Half Page):** a large-format unit for higher-impact desktop placements, increasingly used for richer creative. - **320x50 (Mobile Banner):** the standard mobile leaderboard, built for the sub-header or sticky-footer slot on phones. ### How banner ads perform Banner advertising is a volume-and-frequency game, not a single-click game. Cross-industry benchmark aggregations, compiled from various ad-server and display-network reporting, generally put average banner CTR somewhere in the **0.05%-0.5% range**, with real-estate, automotive, and [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance) verticals trending toward the top of that band and generic run-of-network placements toward the bottom - treat this as a directional range rather than an audited industry figure, since methodologies vary by source. CPMs for standard banner inventory typically land in the low single-digit dollars on open exchanges, rising sharply for premium, brand-safe, above-the-fold placements. That low CTR isn't a flaw - it's the tradeoff for the format's biggest strength: banners don't interrupt the user, which protects both brand perception and publisher user-experience metrics. A banner that never gets clicked is still doing its job if the campaign goal is impression-based brand awareness or retargeting reach. The tradeoff is banner blindness - repeated exposure to the same in-page slot trains users to visually filter it out over time, which is why frequency capping and creative rotation matter more for this format than for interstitial ones. ### When to run banner ads Banner advertising is the right call when brand safety, retargeting, and passive reach matter more than forcing an immediate click - think awareness campaigns, retargeting sequences for warm audiences, and any placement on a publisher where an intrusive format would damage trust. It's a weaker choice when the goal is maximizing raw click or conversion volume on a tight CPA target, which is where pop-up and popunder formats typically outperform it. ## Pop-up advertising: mechanics, CTR/CPM, and where it fits A pop-up ad opens a new browser window or overlay directly **in front of** the page the user is currently viewing, demanding an immediate reaction - close it, click it, or scroll past it. That forced-interaction mechanic is what makes pop-ups both more attention-grabbing and more polarizing than banners. ### How pop-up ads perform Because a pop-up forces an impression the user can't ignore, its effective CTR and engagement rate consistently outperform passive banner placements - publishers and networks in the performance-marketing space regularly report pop formats converting into clicks at multiples of standard banner CTR once [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), device, and creative are optimized. CPM pricing for pop traffic can also run meaningfully higher than equivalent banner CPM on the same publisher in some markets, because the impression is guaranteed to register with the user rather than simply loading in a scrollable page - though the exact multiple varies too widely by GEO, vertical, and network to state as a fixed ratio. TrafficSigma's own pop/popunder inventory, for reference, starts from $1.00 CPM across its network of 4B+ daily pop impressions - a useful anchor point when comparing quoted pop rates elsewhere in the market. ### When to run pop-up ads Pop-up advertising earns its place when the campaign goal is maximum click and conversion volume within a defined CPA target and the audience/vertical tolerates a more assertive format - this is why pop formats dominate [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical), and subscription-offer media buying, where a single converted click can be worth far more than the impression cost. It's the wrong call for brand-sensitive campaigns running on premium publisher inventory where an intrusive overlay would undercut the advertiser's own positioning. ## Popunder vs. pop-up: why it changes your placement decision These two terms get used interchangeably constantly, and it costs media buyers real money when they select the wrong targeting assumptions because of it. The mechanical difference is simple, but the performance implications are not: - **Pop-up:** opens a new window or overlay **in front of** the page the user is actively viewing. It interrupts immediately and demands a reaction before the user can return to what they were doing. - **Popunder:** opens a new window **behind** the active browser window. The user doesn't see it until they close, minimize, or switch away from their current tab - so it never interrupts the active session in real time. That single mechanical difference changes the user-experience profile and, downstream, the performance profile. Pop-ups generate an immediate, forced reaction, which can convert into a fast click but also a fast close-and-forget. Popunders wait for a natural break in the user's session, which tends to produce a calmer, more deliberate second look at the ad - one reason popunder traffic has become the default high-volume performance format across affiliate and iGaming media buying rather than front-facing pop-ups. If your goal is specifically popunder mechanics, publisher-side monetization, and how to structure a popunder buy, TrafficSigma's dedicated guide - [Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide) - covers that format in full; this guide's job is comparing banner vs. pop-up/popunder as unit types, not re-explaining popunder mechanics on their own. ## Banner vs. pop-up: display advertising formats compared | Decision factor | Banner ads | Pop-up / popunder ads | | --- | --- | --- | | Placement model | In-page, co-exists with content | Interstitial - front-of-window (pop-up) or behind-window (popunder) | | Standard sizes | 300x250, 728x90, 160x600, 300x600, 320x50 (IAB) | Full-window or full-tab; no fixed IAB grid size | | Typical CTR | ~0.05%-0.5% (industry benchmark range) | Multiples of standard banner CTR once optimized (GEO/device/creative-dependent) | | Typical CPM | Low single-digit $ on open exchange, higher for premium above-the-fold slots | Often higher than comparable banner CPM, though the multiple varies widely by GEO/network (e.g., TrafficSigma pop/popunder from $1.00 CPM) | | User interruption | None - passive, scrollable | High (pop-up: immediate) or low real-time friction (popunder: delayed) | | Best for | Brand awareness, retargeting, brand-safe premium inventory | High-volume performance/CPA campaigns, iGaming, sweepstakes, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical) | | Format risk | Banner blindness reduces engagement over time | Higher annoyance tolerance required from the audience/vertical | ## Banner or pop-up: match the format to your placement The honest answer is that banner ads vs. pop up ads isn't a contest with one universal winner - it's a fit question. If your priority is brand-safe reach, retargeting, or protecting a premium publisher relationship, banner advertising's passive, in-page model is the right structural choice, even at a lower CTR. If your priority is maximizing click and conversion volume against a hard CPA target - especially in iGaming, sweepstakes, Finance/Forex, or Nutra - pop-up and popunder formats consistently deliver more engaged, action-oriented traffic per impression. Most performance-focused media buyers don't actually choose one exclusively - they run banner placements for brand-safe reach and layer in pop/popunder traffic for volume, then let CPA and Target CPA data decide the budget split. TrafficSigma runs both models from a single self-serve dashboard - 4B+ daily pop impressions, granular GEO/device/carrier targeting, and Performance Mode optimization built specifically for high-payout verticals - so you can test both formats against the same offer without juggling multiple networks. --- Sources referenced: Mordor Intelligence (online display advertising market sizing), IAB Technology Laboratory (standard ad unit portfolio and sizes), cross-industry display and pop/popunder CTR/CPM benchmark aggregations from ad-server and network reporting. ### Frequently asked questions **Which is better, banner or pop-up ads?** Neither format is universally "better" - banner ads win for brand-safe reach and retargeting because they don't interrupt the user, while pop-up and popunder ads win for raw click and conversion volume in performance-marketing verticals like iGaming and sweepstakes. The right choice depends on whether your campaign is optimizing for brand perception or CPA. **What are the standard banner ad sizes?** The IAB's core standard sizes are 300x250 (Medium Rectangle), 728x90 (Leaderboard), 160x600 (Wide Skyscraper), 300x600 (Half Page), and 320x50 (Mobile Banner). These five units make up the large majority of programmatic display volume across publishers and ad exchanges. **What's the difference between a pop-up and a popunder ad?** A pop-up opens in a new window or overlay in front of the page a user is viewing, forcing an immediate reaction. A popunder opens behind the active window instead, so the user only sees it after closing or switching away from their current tab - a meaningfully less intrusive mechanic that's become the industry standard for performance traffic. **How do I choose between display ads and pop-up ads for my campaign?** Start with your goal: if it's brand awareness or retargeting on premium, brand-safe inventory, choose banner placements in standard IAB sizes. If it's maximizing conversions against a CPA target in a performance vertical, pop-up or popunder traffic will typically outperform banners on both CTR and volume. Many advertisers run both and let the data set the budget allocation. **Are pop-up ads still effective in 2026, or are they outdated?** Pop-up and popunder formats remain some of the highest-volume, highest-CPM traffic types in performance marketing, particularly for iGaming, sweepstakes, and Nutra offers - the format's effectiveness comes from its forced-impression mechanic, which still drives materially higher engagement than passive banner placements when GEO, device, and creative are properly targeted. **Is banner advertising still worth running given its lower CTR?** Yes, for the goals it's built for. Banner advertising isn't trying to compete with pop-up CTR - it's built for passive reach, brand safety, and retargeting frequency, where a lower click rate is an acceptable tradeoff for not disrupting the user experience on premium publisher inventory. # 10 Best Casino RevShare Affiliate Programs in 2026 (And How the Math Actually Works) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-casino-revshare-programs Published: 2026-05-16 Modified: 2026-05-18 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: iGaming, Gambling, Affiliate Marketing. Grand View Research has put the global [online gambling](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) market at roughly $97.7 billion in 2026, climbing toward $202.8 billion by 2033 at an 11.0% CAGR - though this figure hasn't been re-confirmed against the source at time of writing and sits alongside other market-size estimates cited elsewhere on this site (including figures near $123 billion and roughly $218 billion, attributed to Statista, for similar-sounding metrics), so treat it as directional rather than a single settled number *Source: Grand View Research (unconfirmed at time of writing; other estimates for similar metrics vary meaningfully).* - and every dollar of that recurring revenue is exactly what a [RevShare](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare) deal is built to capture, month after month, for as long as a referred player keeps playing. That compounding mechanic is also why RevShare is the most misunderstood commission model in gambling affiliate marketing: the headline percentage on a program's signup page tells you almost nothing about what you'll actually earn once tier thresholds, negative carryover, and player [lifetime value](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ltv) enter the picture. The TrafficSigma team dug into the actual tier structures, carryover clauses, and payout mechanics behind 10 of the strongest casino RevShare affiliate programs running in 2026 - not just the marketed top-line rate, but the NGR bands that determine what you really take home. If you already read our broader roundup of [Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs), this is the deeper, RevShare-specific companion: how the tiers actually work, what negative carryover really costs you, and how to judge a RevShare deal on lifetime value instead of the headline percentage. ## This RevShare ranking rests on seven criteria, not headline percentages There's no single "best" RevShare deal for every affiliate - a 45% top-tier rate is worthless if you never send enough monthly NGR to reach it, and a program with no negative carryover but a slow tier climb can out-earn a flashier headline rate over a full year. Instead of ranking on the marketed percentage alone, the TrafficSigma team evaluated each program against the criteria that actually determine what a casino revenue share affiliate program pays out in practice. - **Published tier thresholds:** Whether the program discloses exact NGR bands and the percentage attached to each, versus keeping breakpoints vague or "negotiated on request." Transparent tiers let you forecast earnings before you commit traffic. - **Negative carryover policy:** Whether a losing month (referred players net-winning against the house) carries forward as a debt against future commission, resets to zero, or is capped - this single clause can determine whether a RevShare deal is sustainable or a slow bleed. - **Tier climb speed:** How much monthly NGR it actually takes to move from the entry band to the top band, and whether tiers are recalculated per brand or pooled across a multi-brand portfolio. - **Lifetime RevShare vs. capped duration:** Whether the percentage applies for the life of the referred player, or steps down/expires after a fixed window - a deal that quietly caps at 12 months pays very differently than one that doesn't. - **NGR definition and deductions:** What actually gets subtracted before your percentage is calculated - bonus costs, chargebacks, payment-processing fees, gaming taxes - since two programs quoting the same "35% RevShare" can produce very different real payouts depending on what counts as NGR. - **Hybrid and [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) options:** Whether the program lets you blend a smaller upfront CPA with a reduced RevShare percentage, useful for affiliates who want partial downside protection against negative carryover. - **[GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) and brand pooling:** Whether NGR from multiple brands or GEOs under one account pools toward the same tier threshold, which meaningfully accelerates tier progression for affiliates running broad traffic. Weigh these against your own traffic volume and player retention profile before picking a primary RevShare program - the tier structure that rewards you depends on how much monthly NGR you can realistically generate, not just which program advertises the highest top-line percentage. ## 9 casino RevShare programs, from lowest carryover risk to highest The TrafficSigma team runs paid traffic into iGaming offers across 248+ GEOs daily, which means we see which best revenue share casino affiliate deals actually pay out the published tier - not just the marketed top band - once negative carryover and NGR deductions are applied. That vantage point shaped this list toward programs whose RevShare tiers we could verify against public affiliate documentation, not just landing-page copy. A program previously included here, Genesis Affiliates, has been removed from this list: its MGA licence was reportedly cancelled in January 2024 and its former domains now redirect to an unrelated third-party site, so it is no longer a live, joinable program. Here are all 9 programs, in order, before the tier-by-tier breakdown below: 1. ComeOn Connect 2. N1 Partners 3. FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) 4. Rootz Affiliates 5. Betsson Group Affiliates 6. 888 Affiliates 7. Videoslots Affiliates 8. Entain Partners 9. 7StarsPartners Now let's review each casino RevShare affiliate program in detail. ### 1. ComeOn Connect ComeOn Connect is the affiliate program for the Malta-headquartered ComeOn Group, covering 15-plus sportsbook-and-casino brands under one account. Only the program's top-line rate - up to 45% RevShare - is publicly confirmable; the specific 5-band NGR breakpoints and its negative-carryover policy are gated behind onboarding and aren't independently verifiable from public materials, so treat the exact figures below as illustrative rather than confirmed until you see them in your own affiliate agreement. Publicly referenced tiering describes a multi-band structure scaling up to 45% RevShare as monthly casino NGR grows, but the precise breakpoints and whether carryover applies should be confirmed directly during onboarding rather than assumed from third-party summaries. Because a fully published tier table isn't independently verifiable here, affiliates should get the exact bands and carryover terms in writing before sending a single [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) or modeling break-even and tier-climb timelines. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (15+ brands) - sportsbook and casino - Terms: Up to 45% RevShare (confirmed top-line rate); specific NGR bands and carryover policy gated behind onboarding - confirm directly - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; confirm exact terms before modeling projected earnings ### 2. N1 Partners N1 Partners has historically run the affiliate program behind a multi-brand portfolio including N1 Casino, N1Bet, Slot Hunter, and Joo Casino, with a GEO focus skewed toward Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets including LatAm. At the time of this research, however, n1partners.com and its affiliates path redirected to a GoDaddy "domain for sale" page, and n1partners.io did not resolve - meaning the program's own site could not be reached to verify current status or terms. Because the program's site is not currently reachable, none of its previously published specific terms - tier bands, CPA figures, or its "lifetime RevShare, no negative carryover" claim - can be confirmed as current, and none are republished here. Affiliates considering this program should verify it is still an active, joinable program before relying on any previously seen figures. **Highlights:** - Type: Historically a multi-brand operator-direct program (N1 Casino, N1Bet, Slot Hunter, Joo Casino, and others) - Terms: Unconfirmed - the program's site is not currently reachable; do not rely on previously published rates - Cadence: Unconfirmed - Requirements: Confirm the program is still active before applying or projecting earnings ### 3. FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) This program was formerly known as Kindred Affiliates, the in-house program for Kindred Group - Unibet, 32Red, Maria Casino, Bingo.com, and other regional brands under one account. Following FDJ's acquisition of Kindred Group and the March 2025 rebrand to FDJ United, kindredaffiliates.com now permanently redirects to fdjunitedaffiliates.com. Because this is an active rebrand and not just a name change, the previously published brand roster and RevShare/carryover terms shouldn't be assumed to carry over unchanged - affiliates should confirm the current active brand list and commission structure directly on the FDJ United Affiliates program rather than relying on legacy Kindred-branded terms. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program, transitioned from Kindred Affiliates to FDJ United Affiliates (March 2025 rebrand) - Terms: Confirm current brand roster and RevShare/carryover terms directly with FDJ United Affiliates - legacy Kindred-branded terms may no longer apply - Cadence: Historically monthly payments; confirm current cadence - Requirements: Application review; re-verify program details post-rebrand before committing traffic ### 4. Rootz Affiliates Rootz Affiliates currently covers **Wildz and Spinz** - mobile-first casino brands under one login. Its current site lists **GGL** ([Germany](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany)'s Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder) licensing rather than MGA; the brand roster is narrower than some older listings suggest (which describe five brands - Wildz, Caxino, Spinz, Chipz, and Wheelz - rather than the current two), so confirm the live brand list directly before relying on an older summary. RevShare bands are published: **under €5,000 monthly NGR pays 25%, €5,000-€15,000 pays 30%, €15,000-€30,000 pays 35%, and above €30,000 pays 40%**, with the program's published materials noting **no negative carryover** across its standing RevShare tiers - a meaningful differentiator from the older single-brand programs on this list that still apply standard carryover. Affiliates modeling long-term RevShare value should weigh the no-carryover policy heavily here: it removes the single biggest tail-risk in a RevShare deal - one high-variance jackpot month wiping out a quarter's accumulated commission. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Wildz, Spinz) - Terms: Tiered RevShare - <€5,000 = 25%, €5,000-€15,000 = 30%, €15,000-€30,000 = 35%, >€30,000 = 40%; no negative carryover on standing tiers - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; GGL-licensed (Germany), not MGA ### 5. Betsson Group Affiliates Betsson Group Affiliates covers Betsson, NordicBet, Betsafe, and CasinoEuro under the Nasdaq Stockholm-listed Betsson AB umbrella, with a multi-decade operating history across Nordic, broader European, and Latin American markets. The operator's own pages disagree on the top RevShare rate (figures of both 40% and 45% appear in different places) and no public tier table is published, so we don't state a specific top-line rate or carryover policy here - confirm both directly with your affiliate manager before modeling projected earnings. The lifetime-value case for Betsson rests on its regional licensing depth: Nordic and broader European players referred through regulated channels tend to show longer average retention windows than unregulated-market traffic, which is exactly the variable that makes a RevShare deal's real long-term payout exceed what the headline percentage alone suggests - but confirm the exact rate and carryover terms before relying on that upside. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Betsson, NordicBet, Betsafe, CasinoEuro) - Terms: Top-line rate disputed between 40% and 45% across the operator's own pages; no public tier table - confirm directly - Cadence: Monthly payments; API access available - Requirements: Application review; retention advantage from regulated Nordic/European traffic ### 6. 888 Affiliates 888 Affiliates is the program behind 888 Holdings' 888casino, 888poker, and 888sport, operating continuously since the early 2000s - one of the longest verifiable RevShare track records in the sector. The commission-tier detail that matters for RevShare modeling: 888's bands scale on the **net revenue generated by referred players specifically**, with tier assignment reviewed on a monthly cycle rather than locked in permanently at signup. At the time of this research, the affiliate portal was not independently reachable to re-verify current tier thresholds and carryover terms, so treat the RevShare mechanics described here as directionally accurate rather than confirmed against a live source - confirm the specific bands and carryover policy directly during onboarding. For affiliates building a long-retention casino audience rather than chasing fast CPA payouts, 888's two-decade operating history is itself a lifetime-value signal: a program that has honored RevShare payouts through multiple market cycles is a safer bet for the multi-year compounding that makes RevShare outperform CPA on retained players. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (casino, poker, sportsbook) - Terms: Tiered RevShare on referred-player NGR, reviewed monthly; specific bands and carryover policy not independently re-verified - confirm directly - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Free signup, approval required; sub-affiliate tracking available ### 7. Videoslots Affiliates Videoslots Affiliates promotes Videoslots Casino, founded in 2011 and one of the most recognized slots-focused brands in the regulated European market, with the program moving onto a new proprietary affiliate platform in 2024 that affiliates cite as a reporting-speed upgrade. RevShare bands scale on net gaming revenue, but at the time of this research the affiliate portal's specific tier thresholds and carryover terms weren't independently reachable to re-verify, so confirm both directly rather than assuming the figures below are current. The detail that matters for lifetime-value math specifically is the audience: slots-heavy players tend to show shorter session-to-session variance than sportsbook bettors (fewer single-event jackpot swings relative to steady, high-frequency small-stakes play), which in practice can mean Videoslots-referred cohorts produce more predictable month-to-month NGR than a sportsbook-heavy portfolio would. For affiliates producing slot-review or comparison content, or running paid traffic aimed at slots-interested audiences, this predictability is itself a RevShare-favorable trait: a steadier NGR curve means fewer surprise negative months eating into accumulated commission. **Highlights:** - Type: Single-brand operator-direct casino program (slots-focused) - Terms: Tiered RevShare on NGR; specific bands and carryover policy not independently re-verified - confirm directly - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for slots-focused audiences ### 8. Entain Partners Entain Partners is the single affiliate program covering Entain plc's brand portfolio - bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, PartyPoker, and PartyCasino - one of the widest single-login brand spreads in the industry. The RevShare-specific mechanic worth flagging: Entain's own site advertises a maximum of "up to 35%" RevShare - below several other programs on this list, not toward the higher end of the industry's typical range as sometimes described. Because one account spans seven-plus brands, affiliates should ask specifically whether NGR from multiple Entain-owned brands contributes toward the same tier calculation - if it does, splitting traffic across several brands reaches the top band faster than the flat "per-brand" model most single-brand programs use. Standard negative carryover applies across the RevShare structure regardless of how tiers are calculated. The lifetime-value angle here is portfolio diversification: a referred player who churns from one Entain brand but re-engages with a sister brand under the same affiliate account can still count toward your NGR and retention - a structural advantage for RevShare compounding that a single-brand program can't replicate, worth confirming directly with your affiliate manager. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, PartyPoker, PartyCasino, and others) - Terms: RevShare up to 35% (Entain's own stated cap, below several peers on this list); confirm cross-brand NGR pooling; standard negative carryover - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for broad multi-brand, multi-market traffic ### 9. 7StarsPartners 7StarsPartners represents roughly 17 casino brands including Rabona, Wazamba, Malina, and BoaBoa, marketed as one of the higher-commission programs in the space - though affiliates should confirm current tier terms directly during onboarding given that several publicly quoted figures for this program run well above the sector's typical published range. The RevShare structure is tiered with CPA and hybrid options available, and the practical lifetime-value case for 7StarsPartners is brand-count-driven: with roughly 17 similar-positioned brands under one account, an affiliate can route the same referred player toward whichever brand converts best. Its negative-carryover policy is unresolved between sources: this guide previously stated "standard negative carryover applies," but third-party listings describe the opposite - no negative carryover, with RevShare in the 45-60% range - and neither claim has been confirmed against the operator's own site. Because a carryover policy stated backwards directly misleads on real earnings, we do not assert a specific carryover policy for this program until it's confirmed. Affiliates should treat any marketed top-tier percentage here as a starting point for negotiation rather than a guaranteed rate, and confirm both the exact NGR thresholds and the carryover policy in writing directly with the program before basing a lifetime-value projection on any headline number. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (~17 brands including Rabona, Wazamba, Malina) - Terms: Tiered RevShare, CPA, and hybrid; carryover policy unconfirmed and disputed between sources - do not assume either way; confirm current bands directly given aggressive marketed rates - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; best for affiliates split-testing retention across many similar brands ## How negative carryover actually works (and why it matters more than the headline rate) Negative carryover is the clause that decides whether a RevShare deal is a compounding asset or a slow treadmill. Here's the mechanic in plain terms: if your referred players collectively lose money for the house in a given month, your commission for that month is positive NGR × your rate. But if your referred players collectively *win* - a big enough jackpot hit, a hot streak across enough accounts - that month's NGR turns negative. Under a standard negative-carryover clause, that negative balance doesn't reset to zero; it carries forward and must be paid down out of future months' positive commission before you see a payout again. Run the numbers: an affiliate with 50 active referred players generates $15,000 in accumulated RevShare commission over six months. One player then hits a $20,000 jackpot in month seven. With negative carryover, that single event doesn't just zero out the month - it puts the affiliate $5,000 in the hole, and the next several months of otherwise-normal commission go entirely toward clearing that debt before a single dollar reaches the affiliate's account. Without negative carryover, the same jackpot month simply pays $0 instead of a positive commission, and month eight resets clean. This is exactly why the programs above differ so sharply on this one clause where the policy is actually confirmed: Rootz Affiliates explicitly resets to zero each month, while Entain Partners applies standard carryover. For several other programs on this list - N1 Partners, 888 Affiliates, Betsson Group Affiliates, FDJ United Affiliates, Videoslots Affiliates, and 7StarsPartners - the current carryover policy either can't be independently confirmed or is disputed between sources, so don't assume either direction without confirming directly. Neither approach is universally "better" - a no-carryover program effectively caps the operator's downside protection, which is sometimes reflected in a lower top-tier percentage or slower tier climb, while a carryover program's higher headline rate has to be discounted by the realistic odds that one whale wipes out several months of balance. Model both scenarios against your own referred-player volume before assuming the higher published percentage wins. ## RevShare vs. CPA: the lifetime-value math that actually decides the winner The headline comparison - "RevShare pays 25-45% of NGR, CPA pays a flat $20-$650 per depositor" - is the wrong frame, because it compares a percentage to a dollar figure without a time axis. The real question is: over how many months does a referred player's cumulative NGR share exceed the CPA fee you'd have gotten paid upfront instead? Take a conservative scenario: a $250 CPA offer against a 35% RevShare deal, with an average referred player depositing $400 total across four months and generating roughly $20/month in net gaming revenue at a typical 5% house edge. At 35% of $20, that's $7/month - meaning RevShare would need roughly 36 months of continued play to match what the CPA would have paid on day one. For a player who churns inside a year, CPA wins comfortably. Now take a higher-value scenario: a player depositing $1,200 over eight months into higher-margin games like live dealer tables (8-12% house edge instead of 5%), generating meaningfully more monthly NGR. Under the same 35% RevShare rate, that player's cumulative commission can overtake the equivalent $250 CPA fee by month six to nine - and every month the player stays active after that is pure incremental RevShare income the CPA model never pays. This is the mechanic that makes RevShare "out-earn" CPA on paper for a long-retained player despite the lower-sounding headline number: RevShare isn't a percentage, it's a percentage multiplied by however many months of retention you can actually sustain. The practical takeaway: RevShare rewards traffic that produces high-LTV, long-retention players - typically organic, content-driven, or well-targeted paid traffic into regulated GEOs where deposit limits and player protections tend to correlate with longer average account lifespans. CPA rewards traffic where you can't predict or influence retention - cold, high-volume paid acquisition where you'd rather bank a known fee than bet on a player sticking around. A sustainable CPA rate is typically priced at 30-50% of a player's expected lifetime value, so if you can independently estimate a program's average player LTV for your GEO, you can back into whether its published CPA or RevShare rate is the better deal before committing spend. ## How to evaluate a RevShare deal beyond the top-line percentage - **Ask for the exact NGR band thresholds in writing**, not just the top marketed percentage - a 45% top tier is meaningless if it only kicks in above €50,000 in monthly NGR you'll never realistically hit. - **Confirm the negative carryover policy explicitly** before sending volume - "no negative carryover" and "carryover resets quarterly" and "standard carryover" are three very different risk profiles that a program's marketing page rarely states plainly. - **Get the NGR definition in the contract**, not the sales pitch - ask specifically what's deducted (bonuses, chargebacks, payment fees, gaming tax) before your percentage is applied, since the gap between GGR and NGR commonly runs 15-40% depending on the operator's own definitions. - **Check whether NGR pools across brands** if the program covers multiple casinos under one account - pooled tiers mean you reach the top band faster than a single-brand program at identical traffic volume. - **Model your own player retention, not the program's marketing claims** - a program with a lower headline RevShare rate but genuinely long-retained players in your GEO will usually out-earn a higher-rate program whose players churn inside two months. ## Where each program's RevShare tier, carryover policy, and payout cadence land Every program on this list markets "up to" its top-tier RevShare rate, but the tier thresholds, carryover policy, and NGR pooling rules underneath that headline number are what actually determine your real payout. Use this table to compare the mechanics side by side before applying. | # | Program | RevShare Tiers | Negative Carryover | Cadence | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | ComeOn Connect | Up to 45% (confirmed top-line only; band breakpoints gated behind onboarding) | Unconfirmed - not publicly stated | Monthly | Confirm exact bands before forecasting | | 2 | N1 Partners | Unconfirmed - program site not currently reachable | Unconfirmed - program site not currently reachable | Unconfirmed | Verify the program is still active before applying | | 3 | FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) | Tiered, single multi-brand account (confirm current terms post-rebrand) | Unconfirmed post-rebrand - confirm directly | Monthly (historical) | Multi-brand regulated-market traffic, pending re-verification | | 4 | Rootz Affiliates | 25% (<€5k), 30% (€5k-€15k), 35% (€15k-€30k), 40% (>€30k) | None stated | Monthly | Wildz/Spinz (GGL-licensed), cross-brand retention | | 5 | Betsson Group Affiliates | Disputed: operator pages cite both 40% and 45% as the top rate; no public tier table | Unconfirmed - not publicly stated | Monthly | Nordic/European/LatAm regulated traffic | | 6 | 888 Affiliates | Tiered on referred-player NGR, reviewed monthly (portal not re-verified) | Unconfirmed - portal not re-verified | Monthly | Long-retention, multi-vertical audiences | | 7 | Videoslots Affiliates | Tiered on NGR (portal not re-verified) | Unconfirmed - portal not re-verified | Monthly | Slots-focused audiences | | 8 | Entain Partners | Up to 35% (Entain's own stated cap; confirm NGR pooling) | Standard carryover | Monthly | Broad multi-brand portfolio diversification | | 9 | 7StarsPartners | Tiered (confirm bands directly) | Disputed between sources - do not assume either way | Monthly | Split-testing retention across ~17 brands | ## The RevShare math that decides where you apply first Choosing the right casino RevShare program comes down to three factors that matter far more than the marketed top-tier percentage: the actual NGR thresholds required to reach that tier, the negative carryover policy that determines your real downside risk, and your honest read on how long your referred players actually stay active. A program advertising 45% that carries losing months forward can pay worse over a year than a program capped at 40% with no carryover at all - the math only works in your favor if you model it before committing traffic, not after a jackpot month wipes out a quarter's balance. None of that math matters, though, without qualified traffic feeding the top of the funnel in the first place. That's the piece TrafficSigma is built for - push notifications, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic), native, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), and Telegram Mini App traffic across 248+ GEOs, with the granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting to route traffic toward the regulated markets and player profiles that actually produce the long-retention, high-LTV players RevShare deals are built to reward. Whether you're testing a new RevShare program's tier climb or scaling an established one, the quality of the traffic you send determines whether the lifetime-value math above works in your favor. --- Sources referenced: Grand View Research. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best casino RevShare affiliate program?** There's no single best program for every affiliate - it depends on your GEO focus, traffic volume, and tolerance for negative carryover risk. Rootz Affiliates stands out for its published, no-negative-carryover tier bands, while FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) and Entain Partners suit affiliates running broad multi-brand traffic who benefit from pooled NGR tiers - confirm current terms directly for any program before committing volume, since several listed programs have unconfirmed or disputed specifics at time of writing. **How does casino affiliate negative carryover actually work?** Negative carryover means a month where your referred players collectively win against the house creates a negative NGR balance that carries forward as a debt against your future commission, rather than resetting to zero. A big enough win (a large jackpot hit) can turn months of accumulated positive commission negative overnight, with subsequent months' earnings going toward clearing that balance before you're paid again. Rootz Affiliates explicitly resets to zero each month instead, removing this risk entirely. **What are typical gambling RevShare tiers?** Published tiers across the programs in this list commonly start around 20-25% on the first €5,000-€15,000 of monthly NGR and step up through 30% and 35% bands, topping out around 40-45% for affiliates generating €30,000+ in monthly NGR - Rootz Affiliates' published bands (25% under €5,000, 30% €5,000-€15,000, 35% €15,000-€30,000, 40% above €30,000) are a representative example. Exact thresholds and step sizes vary meaningfully by program, and several programs gate their exact bands behind onboarding rather than publishing them, so always confirm the specific bands directly before projecting income. **How do I choose between RevShare and CPA for a casino offer?** Choose RevShare when you can reasonably expect long player retention - regulated-GEO traffic, content-driven or well-targeted paid traffic where players tend to stick around for months rather than churn in weeks. Choose CPA when your traffic's retention is unpredictable or your priority is immediate, guaranteed cash flow per depositor. A useful rule of thumb: a sustainable CPA rate typically prices at roughly 30-50% of a player's expected lifetime value, so compare a program's quoted CPA against your own LTV estimate for that GEO before deciding. **Is RevShare risky for beginner affiliates?** RevShare carries more variance than CPA for beginners specifically because of negative carryover exposure - a single high-value losing month can offset weeks of otherwise-solid commission before you've built enough of a buffer to absorb it. Beginners are generally better served starting with CPA or a hybrid deal to build predictable cash flow and learn a program's reporting tools, then shifting volume toward RevShare (ideally with a confirmed no-carryover program like Rootz Affiliates) once they understand their own traffic's retention profile. **Why can RevShare out-earn CPA even with a lower headline number?** Because RevShare pays out for as long as a player stays active, not once. A $250 CPA fee is fixed no matter how long the player plays afterward, while a 35% RevShare deal on a player who deposits steadily for two years keeps paying every single month of that retention. The break-even point depends entirely on player value and game mix - a lower-stakes player might take 30+ months of RevShare to match a CPA fee, while a high-value live-dealer player can cross that line within six to nine months and keep paying indefinitely after. # 10 Best Mobile Ad Networks for App Install and Mobile Web Traffic in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-mobile-ad-networks Published: 2026-05-19 Modified: 2026-05-22 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Mobile Advertising, Ad Networks. Global mobile advertising spend is projected to reach roughly **$303.9 billion in 2026**, according to Coherent Market Insights, with the segment compounding at a 14.8% CAGR through 2033 as budgets keep shifting from desktop and open web toward in-app and mobile-web inventory. For app marketers, that growth is concentrated in one brutal metric: average iOS cost-per-install climbed to $5.84 in Q1 2026 (up 19% year-over-year), while Android CPI rose 8% to $1.92, per blended third-party CPI benchmark aggregators (these are industry averages from aggregated network data, not a single audited source) - meaning the network you pick to source installs now moves your unit economics more than almost any other line item in the budget. *Source: Coherent Market Insights (mobile ad spend/CAGR); industry CPI benchmarks cited in this article (Q1 2026 iOS/Android CPI).* The TrafficSigma team researched, compared, and ranked the mobile ad networks that actually matter for app-install and mobile-web campaigns in 2026 - evaluating each one specifically on mobile-native criteria, not generic display-network features. Below are the 10 best mobile advertising platforms for CPI, app-install, and mobile-web traffic this year, including where TrafficSigma fits for mobile push, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), and pop coverage. ## What makes a mobile ad network worth your CPI budget? There's no single "best" mobile ad network for every app - a hyper-casual game studio chasing CPI volume needs a different partner than a fintech app running [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa)-gated, high-[LTV](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ltv) install campaigns. Instead of a generic ad-network scorecard, we judged each network against the criteria that actually decide whether a mobile advertising platform performs for app-install and mobile-web traffic specifically: - **CPI/app-install support:** whether the network runs genuine cost-per-install or cost-per-action pricing natively, not CPI bolted onto a [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm)-first display stack, and what real install pricing looks like by [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) and vertical. - **Mobile web and in-app format coverage:** whether the network reaches both in-app inventory (rewarded video, playable, [interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads), native) and mobile web formats (push, in-page push, interstitial) rather than one or the other. - **SDK/MMP integration depth:** native support for the mobile measurement partners advertisers already run - AppsFlyer, Adjust, Kochava, Singular - since a network that doesn't [postback](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/postback-s2s) cleanly to your MMP is unusable at real budget regardless of its pricing. - **Mobile-specific fraud filtering:** whether the network actively screens for device farms, click injection, click spoofing, and SDK spoofing - the fraud vectors unique to mobile, distinct from generic bot-traffic filtering built for desktop display. - **GEO, device, and carrier targeting granularity:** how finely a campaign can be sliced by country, device model, OS version, connection type, and mobile carrier, since carrier-level targeting is what separates a mobile-native network from a repurposed web network. - **Scale:** daily active users, monthly impressions, or number of integrated apps/publishers reachable through the network, as a [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy) for how fast a campaign can actually spend budget at volume. - **Self-serve accessibility:** whether a mid-size advertiser can launch and manage campaigns directly, or whether the network gates access behind a managed-service minimum. This section is the reason the list below isn't a rehash of generic "top ad networks" content - every entry was checked against the same seven mobile-native criteria, and none of them substitute for a broader self-serve programmatic review; see our companion guide on [self-serve ad platforms](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/self-serve-ad-platforms) for the wider multi-format landscape beyond mobile-specific app-install buying. ## Which 10 mobile ad networks earn their CPI and fraud-filtering claims? The TrafficSigma team runs mobile-format traffic - push, in-page push, and pop - at scale daily across 248+ GEOs, which is why this list is built from the buying side: real SDK integrations, real fraud-filtering tradeoffs, and real GEO/carrier targeting menus, not just marketing pages. Here is the full list before the detailed breakdown: 1. Liftoff 2. ironSource (Unity LevelPlay) 3. AppLovin 4. Digital Turbine 5. Moloco 6. Mintegral 7. Smadex 8. PropellerAds 9. RichAds 10. TrafficSigma Now let's review each mobile ad network in detail. ### 1. Liftoff Liftoff is a mobile app-install and re-engagement network founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, which merged with fellow mobile ad network Vungle in 2021 to form one of the largest independent mobile growth platforms outside the walled gardens. It runs primarily on CPI and CPA pricing - advertisers pay per install or per in-app action rather than per [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression), with machine-learning bid optimization tuned specifically for install and post-install event value. Average CPI benchmarks across the industry now sit around $1.92 on Android and $5.84 on iOS as of Q1 2026, and Liftoff's mobile-first stack supports rewarded video, playable ads, native, and mobile-video formats across its network. The platform integrates with the major MMPs - AppsFlyer, Adjust, and Kochava - for install and event postbacks, which is table stakes for any UA team running attribution outside a single walled garden. Liftoff's post-Vungle combined platform gives advertisers access to both demand-side app-install buying and supply-side in-app monetization from one company, which simplifies vendor management for studios running both user acquisition and ad monetization simultaneously. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Mobile app-install and re-engagement network (CPI/CPA) - Terms/Pricing: CPI, [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc), CPA, CPM; Android CPI ~$1.92, iOS CPI ~$5.84 industry average - Cadence/Frequency: Managed and self-serve campaign options - Requirements/Minimum: Managed onboarding for most advertisers; MMP integration required ### 2. ironSource (Unity LevelPlay) ironSource is a mobile app-install and mediation network founded in 2010 in Tel Aviv, which merged with Unity Technologies in a completed $4.4 billion stock deal in November 2022; its user-acquisition and mediation stack now operates under the Unity LevelPlay brand. The network specializes in driving install and in-app-purchase campaigns for mobile games and apps using machine-learning bid optimization tied to [ROAS](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/roas) goals rather than flat CPI targets. Advertisers can set campaigns to optimize toward return-on-ad-spend based on in-app purchase value, not just raw install volume, and the platform's LevelPlay mediation layer gives it direct access to ad inventory across a large network of mobile games and apps for both install-driving and monetization. ironSource holds the Trustworthy Accountability Group's "Certified Against Fraud" seal and has an active technical partnership with Kochava on click-fraud detection, addressing device-farm and click-injection patterns specific to mobile install fraud. Its 2019-launched LevelPlay mediation product means ironSource campaigns run inside a stack that also handles monetization for thousands of publishers, giving advertisers unusually deep visibility into which in-app placements actually convert. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Mobile app-install network + mediation (LevelPlay) - Terms/Pricing: CPI, ROAS-goal bidding via machine-learning optimization - Cadence/Frequency: Managed and self-serve campaign options - Requirements/Minimum: MMP integration required; TAG Certified Against Fraud ### 3. AppLovin AppLovin is a mobile advertising and app-monetization company founded in 2012 by Adam Foroughi, John Krystynak, and Andrew Karam, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and built around Axon - its proprietary AI engine for ad targeting, creative optimization, and bid decisions, recently rebranded as "AppLovin Ads." The network reaches more than one billion daily active users through its mobile gaming inventory and connects to a network of over 140,000 mobile apps for both user-acquisition and monetization purposes. AppLovin opened Axon's self-serve advertiser access to the general public in June 2026, removing the referral-code requirement that previously gated the platform; unconfirmed reports have circulated an average projected first-year ad spend figure for new self-serve advertisers, but treat that number as unverified. The Axon engine was built over more than a decade of mobile-gaming install optimization, using predictive, real-time bid adjustment to find users likely to install and retain rather than just click. For app marketers, AppLovin's scale advantage is that its demand and supply sides sit inside the same company, so bid data from monetizing 140,000+ apps directly informs install-targeting decisions on the advertiser side. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Mobile app-install network + AI bidding engine (Axon/AppLovin Ads) - Terms/Pricing: CPI-based, AI-optimized bidding; self-serve since June 2026 - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: No referral code required as of June 2026; MMP integration required ### 4. Digital Turbine Digital Turbine is a mobile advertising and on-device media company headquartered in Austin, Texas, with technology embedded across nearly 3 billion devices and reach into more than 80,000 applications through its App Growth Platform (AGP) and On Device Solutions (ODS) businesses. Its distinctive mechanic is direct carrier and OEM device placement - pre-loaded app recommendations and on-device content surfaces built through partnerships with wireless carriers and phone manufacturers, not just in-app or mobile-web ad slots. In its fiscal Q4 2026 results, Digital Turbine reported AGP revenue up 57% year-over-year and DT Exchange (its programmatic exchange) up more than 60%, with the company citing roughly 40% higher AGP rates from improved AI/ML targeting. Because its ODS inventory sits at the carrier and device level, Digital Turbine offers a form of carrier-level placement most app-only networks structurally can't replicate - ad and app-discovery placements that appear during device setup and default-app selection flows. That carrier-and-OEM distribution model makes Digital Turbine especially relevant for app marketers targeting emerging markets, where carrier-subsidized devices and default app placements still drive a meaningful share of first-time app discovery. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: On-device media + app-install network (AGP / ODS / DT Exchange) - Terms/Pricing: CPI and programmatic exchange pricing via DT Exchange - Cadence/Frequency: Managed carrier/OEM placements plus programmatic self-serve exchange - Requirements/Minimum: Managed onboarding for carrier/OEM inventory ### 5. Moloco Moloco is a machine-learning-driven mobile app-install network founded in 2013 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, which AppGoblin's 2025 report named the fastest-growing ad network of the year by net-new publisher integrations - the number of publishers monetizing with the Moloco SDK more than doubled over 2025. Its ads reach a large base of independent apps (specific figures like "2.8 million" are unconfirmed against a primary source), concentrated in gaming, news, entertainment, and lifestyle categories where users are typically deeply engaged. Moloco supports all major MMPs for install, event, and revenue postbacks, plus native SKAdNetwork support for iOS attribution under Apple's privacy framework. Its anti-fraud system integrates directly with MMP-side fraud tools - when an advertiser uses AppsFlyer's Protect360 or Adjust's Fraud Prevention Suite, Moloco receives rejected-install data back in real time with the specific rejection reason, closing the loop between network-side and MMP-side fraud detection. The company's 2026 expansion into performance CTV, built on the same targeting engine as its mobile install product, signals it's scaling the machine-learning core beyond mobile - but the mobile app-install product remains its primary use case for UA teams today. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Machine-learning mobile app-install network - Terms/Pricing: CPI/performance-based bidding via ML optimization - Cadence/Frequency: Managed and self-serve campaign options - Requirements/Minimum: MMP integration required (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Kochava, Singular) ### 6. Mintegral Mintegral is a programmatic mobile app-install network launched as a brand in 2016 as part of Mobvista (Singapore-headquartered, and itself founded in 2013), integrating with thousands of mobile app developers worldwide for both demand and supply; Mintegral does not publish a specific daily-impression figure, so treat any such number as unconfirmed. Campaigns run on Install, Impression, or ROAS goal types, corresponding to CPI, CPM, and target-ROAS bidding strategies respectively - giving UA teams a choice between raw install-volume campaigns and value-optimized ones from the same dashboard. Mintegral's self-serve platform, distributed through its XMP cross-channel media-buying layer, supports interactive and playable creative formats alongside standard video and static app-install ads, which the company has invested in specifically to lift install-to-open conversion rates on gaming and app-commerce offers. The Mintegral SDK has been open-source since around 2018-2020 (sources give different years), giving publishers and advertisers direct visibility into how install and impression data is collected and reported rather than relying on a black-box measurement layer. For UA teams buying across Asia-Pacific inventory specifically, Mintegral's developer-integration base gives it meaningfully denser regional supply than most Western-headquartered networks can match. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Programmatic mobile app-install network (Mobvista) - Terms/Pricing: CPI, CPM, and target-ROAS bidding - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve via XMP platform - Requirements/Minimum: MMP integration for install/event postbacks **[How to Buy Website Traffic Without Buying Bots: A 2026 Buyer's Guide](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/buy-website-traffic-without-bots)** - Mobile install fraud (device farms, click injection, SDK spoofing) is a different animal from open-web [bot traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic), and it costs real budget at every network above. Our companion guide breaks down how traffic-quality filtering actually works across formats, and what to check before you scale spend on any new source. Continue reading on the TrafficSigma blog. ### 7. Smadex Smadex is a mobile-first demand-side platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, running performance and brand campaigns across in-app, mobile web, and connected-TV inventory from one programmatic buying interface. It's one of the few networks on this list built to buy in-app and mobile-web app-install traffic side by side in the same campaign rather than treating mobile web as an afterthought bolted onto an app-only stack. Smadex reports client campaigns sustaining a 60% ROAS over six months on its App-to-Web product, and the platform holds IAB Gold Standard Certification and the Good Practice Principles accreditation from media auditor ABC, alongside recognition from measurement firm Kochava for fraud-free install delivery. Its programmatic core supports SKAdNetwork-based iOS attribution and integrates with standard MMP stacks for Android install and event tracking. Because Smadex buys mobile web and in-app inventory from the same DSP, it's a genuinely useful option for advertisers running mixed app-install and mobile-web-conversion campaigns who don't want to split budget and reporting across two separate platforms. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Mobile-first DSP (in-app, mobile web, CTV) - Terms/Pricing: Performance-based (CPI/CPA) and brand CPM campaigns - Cadence/Frequency: Managed and programmatic self-serve options - Requirements/Minimum: MMP integration; SKAdNetwork support for iOS ### 8. PropellerAds PropellerAds is a multisource self-serve advertising platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, delivering up to 15 billion daily impressions with broad global GEO coverage (the 195+ GEO figure on PropellerAds' own site is scoped to its [popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) inventory specifically, not push/mobile) - and while it's built as a general-purpose push/pop/native network rather than a dedicated CPI specialist, its mobile push, in-page push, and interstitial formats see heavy use for mobile-web app-install and app-promotion campaigns. Its CPA Goal 2.0 pricing model lets advertisers set a target cost-per-action and let the platform's algorithm auto-optimize bids toward it, which is the closest thing PropellerAds offers to genuine CPI-style pricing. Self-serve minimum deposit is $100 by card, and mobile push CPC starts around $0.005 depending on GEO and device targeting, with granular targeting across device, OS, carrier, and connection type available in the same self-serve dashboard. PropellerAds' mobile-specific fraud filtering screens for device-farm and bot-traffic patterns on its push and in-page push inventory, though its fraud stack is built for its native push/pop ecosystem rather than app-install-specific vectors like SDK spoofing. For app marketers already running mobile-web push or in-page push to drive app-store landing-page traffic, PropellerAds' scale and self-serve accessibility make it a reasonable low-minimum entry point alongside a dedicated CPI network. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (push, in-page push, interstitial, native) - Terms/Pricing: Push CPC from ~$0.005; CPA Goal 2.0 available - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit (card) ### 9. RichAds RichAds is a self-serve ad network founded in 2018 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, delivering roughly 7 billion daily impressions across 220 GEOs through eight traffic formats, with push and Telegram inventory the most commonly used for mobile app-install and mobile-web promotion. Like PropellerAds, it's not a CPI-native specialist - it prices on CPC/CPM - but its push and in-page push formats are widely used by mobile affiliates to drive app-store and landing-page installs at a lower minimum than dedicated UA networks require. Self-serve minimum deposit is $150, with [push ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads) starting from $0.003-0.005 CPC and [native ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide) from $0.001 CPC, and the platform integrates with 16 third-party trackers for attribution - useful for teams that already run an MMP or [tracker](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/tracker) stack and don't want to switch tools to test a new source. RichAds layers AI-based bid and targeting automation, plus fraud-prevention filtering, on top of its self-serve dashboard. For mobile-web-driven app-install funnels specifically - where the goal is a push or in-page push click into an app-store landing page rather than a direct in-app SDK-tracked install - RichAds' low deposit and broad GEO coverage make it a workable complement to a dedicated CPI network above. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (push, native, pop, Telegram) - Terms/Pricing: Push from $0.003-0.005 CPC; native from $0.001 CPC - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $150 minimum deposit ### 10. TrafficSigma TrafficSigma is a global self-serve ad network built for performance marketers running [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), and other high-payout verticals, covering Telegram Mini App ads, push notifications, in-page push, pop/popunder, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), native, and calendar [push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic) across 248+ GEOs. It isn't a dedicated app-install/CPI network - TrafficSigma doesn't run native CPI bidding - but its mobile push and in-page push formats are heavily used by affiliates to drive mobile-web traffic into app-store landing pages and mobile offer funnels alongside dedicated UA networks. Push and Telegram ads start from $0.006 CPC and pop/popunder traffic starts from $1.00 CPM, with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier-level targeting available from account creation - the carrier-targeting layer specifically is relevant for mobile-web app-promotion campaigns that need to isolate specific mobile operators in a GEO rather than targeting the country as a whole. The platform runs on 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions and 4B+ daily pop impressions. Campaigns are backed by 3-level fraud protection and vetted premium sources, which matters for mobile-web app-promotion traffic specifically, since device-farm and bot patterns hit push and pop inventory in largely the same way they hit in-app CPI traffic. For affiliates running iGaming or Finance/Forex mobile offers who need mobile-web reach rather than in-app SDK-tracked installs, TrafficSigma's carrier-level targeting and format breadth fill a genuinely different gap than the CPI-native networks above. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (push, in-page push, pop/popunder, Telegram Mini App) - Terms/Pricing: Push/Telegram from $0.006 CPC; pop/popunder from $1.00 CPM - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: Self-serve account, no forced managed minimum ## All 10 mobile networks' pricing, terms, and minimum requirements at a glance These 10 mobile ad networks can look interchangeable from their homepages - "AI-powered," "global scale," "fraud protection" appear on nearly every one - but their pricing models, format coverage, and fraud-filtering depth differ a lot in practice. This table pulls the fields that actually decide fit, in the same order used in every entry above. | # | Network | Type/Category | Terms/Pricing | Cadence/Frequency | Requirements/Minimum | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Liftoff | Mobile app-install + re-engagement (CPI/CPA) | CPI/CPC/CPA/CPM; Android ~$1.92, iOS ~$5.84 CPI avg. | Managed + self-serve | MMP integration required | | 2 | ironSource (Unity LevelPlay) | App-install network + mediation | CPI, ROAS-goal ML bidding | Managed + self-serve | MMP integration; TAG Certified | | 3 | AppLovin | App-install network + AI engine (Axon) | CPI, AI-optimized bidding | Self-serve (since June 2026) | No referral code required; MMP integration | | 4 | Digital Turbine | On-device media + app-install (AGP/ODS) | CPI + programmatic exchange | Managed carrier/OEM + self-serve exchange | Managed onboarding for ODS inventory | | 5 | Moloco | ML-driven app-install network | CPI/performance ML bidding | Managed + self-serve | MMP integration (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Kochava, Singular) | | 6 | Mintegral | Programmatic app-install network | CPI, CPM, target-ROAS | Self-serve via XMP | MMP integration for postbacks | | 7 | Smadex | Mobile-first DSP (app + web + CTV) | CPI/CPA + brand CPM | Managed + programmatic self-serve | MMP integration; SKAdNetwork support | | 8 | PropellerAds | Multi-format self-serve (push/pop/native) | Push CPC from ~$0.005; CPA Goal 2.0 | Self-serve | $100 minimum deposit | | 9 | RichAds | Multi-format self-serve (push/native/Telegram) | Push from $0.003-0.005 CPC | Self-serve | $150 minimum deposit | | 10 | TrafficSigma | Multi-format self-serve (push/in-page push/pop/Telegram) | Push/Telegram from $0.006 CPC; pop from $1.00 CPM | Self-serve | Self-serve account, no forced minimum | ## No single best mobile ad network exists: only the one that matches your install goal Picking the right mobile ad network in 2026 comes down to three factors: whether it runs genuine CPI/CPA pricing versus a CPM-first stack you have to bend to fit installs, how deep its SDK/MMP integration goes with the attribution stack you already run, and how seriously it filters mobile-specific fraud vectors like device farms and click injection rather than generic bot detection built for desktop display. Get those three right and the GEO/carrier targeting granularity and raw scale numbers become the tiebreakers between otherwise-qualified networks. For UA teams running dedicated in-app CPI campaigns, the seven specialist networks above - Liftoff, ironSource/Unity LevelPlay, AppLovin, Digital Turbine, Moloco, Mintegral, and Smadex - cover the core of that market. But mobile-web-driven app promotion is a different motion, and that's where TrafficSigma's push, in-page push, and carrier-targeted mobile traffic fits: not a CPI replacement, but a genuinely complementary mobile-web channel for affiliates and media buyers who already need to reach mobile users outside the app-install SDK stack, especially in iGaming, Finance/Forex, and other high-payout verticals. --- Sources referenced: Coherent Market Insights. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best mobile ad network for app installs in 2026?** There's no single best network for every app - Liftoff and ironSource/Unity LevelPlay lead on dedicated CPI/CPA install campaigns with deep MMP integration, AppLovin's Axon leads on AI-optimized bidding at scale since going self-serve in June 2026, and Digital Turbine leads specifically for carrier/OEM on-device placement in emerging markets. The right pick depends on whether you need in-app installs, mobile-web reach, or carrier-level device placement. **Which are the best CPI ad networks specifically, versus general mobile ad networks?** Among the mobile advertising platforms in this list, Liftoff, ironSource/Unity LevelPlay, AppLovin, Moloco, Mintegral, and Smadex are the best CPI ad networks - they run native cost-per-install or cost-per-action pricing with full MMP/SKAdNetwork attribution support. Digital Turbine blends CPI with its on-device exchange, while PropellerAds, RichAds, and TrafficSigma are general mobile ad networks priced on CPC/CPM that drive mobile-web traffic into app-install funnels rather than pricing the install event itself. **What's the difference between a CPI network and a self-serve push/pop network like TrafficSigma?** A CPI network like Liftoff or Moloco prices and optimizes toward a tracked in-app install event, typically requiring an MMP integration (AppsFlyer, Adjust, Kochava) to close the attribution loop. A self-serve mobile push/pop network like TrafficSigma or PropellerAds prices on CPC/CPM for mobile-web clicks and impressions, and is typically used to drive traffic into an app-store landing page or mobile offer funnel rather than tracking the install event itself. **How do I choose between these mobile ad networks for my campaign?** Start with your attribution stack: if you need SKAdNetwork or MMP-postback-based install tracking, prioritize the seven CPI-native networks in this list. If your goal is mobile-web reach into a landing page or offer - common in iGaming, Finance/Forex, and sweepstakes verticals - a self-serve push/pop/native network with carrier-level targeting is the better fit. Budget size matters too: several networks here require managed onboarding rather than instant self-serve access. **Is mobile ad network traffic safe from fraud?** Mobile install fraud is a real, measurable risk - device farms, click injection, and click spoofing specifically target CPI campaigns because every fraudulent install wastes the full CPI rate paid for it, which runs from roughly $1.92 on Android to $5.84 on iOS on average. Reputable networks address this differently: ironSource holds TAG's "Certified Against Fraud" seal, Moloco integrates directly with MMP-side fraud tools like AppsFlyer's Protect360, and Smadex holds IAB Gold Standard and ABC Good Practice Principles accreditation. Always confirm a network's fraud-filtering approach before scaling spend. **Are these mobile ad networks suitable for beginners?** Several are, but the on-ramp varies. PropellerAds and RichAds both offer instant self-serve access with a $100-150 minimum deposit, making them accessible starting points for mobile-web campaigns. The dedicated CPI networks (Liftoff, ironSource, Moloco) more often route smaller advertisers through managed onboarding until spend justifies dedicated support, though AppLovin's June 2026 self-serve launch removed that gate for its Axon platform specifically. **What CPI rates should I expect in 2026?** Per blended third-party CPI benchmark aggregators, industry-wide average cost-per-install sits around $1.92 on Android and $5.84 on iOS as of Q1 2026, though rates vary enormously by vertical - simple free-app installs can run as low as $0.25 for incentivized traffic, while fintech apps requiring account funding can exceed $50 per install. Use these figures as a sanity check against any network's quoted rate card, not as a fixed budget number. # 10 Best Popunder Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-popunder-ad-networks Published: 2026-05-22 Modified: 2026-05-26 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Popunder, Ad Networks. The global programmatic advertising market is projected to reach **$725 billion in 2026**, according to eMarketer (Statista's own comparable forecast puts the figure at a materially different level, so treat this as one research firm's estimate rather than a consensus number), and [popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) remains one of the cheapest, highest-volume corners of that spend *Source: eMarketer* - a handful of networks alone push a combined tens of billions of popunder impressions every single day. But "popunder ad network" is not one undifferentiated commodity: minimum [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) floors range from roughly $0.10 to $4+ depending on [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) and network, frequency-cap controls vary from a fixed default to fully real-time, and fraud filtering ranges from basic IP blocklists to layered machine-learning detection. Picking the wrong pop ads network doesn't just mean a worse rate - it means burning budget on repeat-served users and [bot traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic) that never had a chance to convert. The TrafficSigma team compared the top popunder networks and pop ad platforms specifically on popunder-format mechanics - not generic multi-format overviews - pulling real minimum CPMs, frequency-cap options, and GEO counts instead of marketing copy. Below are the 10 best popunder ad networks worth testing in 2026, including where TrafficSigma's own pop/popunder inventory fits alongside them. For the underlying mechanics of how popunder traffic works [for publishers](https://trafficsigma.com/for-publishers) and advertisers, see TrafficSigma's companion guide, [Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide) - this post assumes that background and focuses purely on ranking the networks. ## The seven-point bar every popunder network had to clear There's no single "best" popunder network for every buyer - a high-budget [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) affiliate testing five Tier-1 GEOs needs something different from a solo marketer starting with a $10 test budget in Tier-3 markets. Instead of a generic ad-network scorecard, we judged every popunder ad network and pop ads network against criteria native to the popunder format specifically: - **Minimum CPM for popunder:** the actual published floor rate for popunder inventory specifically (not a blended multi-format average), since this determines how cheaply you can test a new GEO or vertical. - **Frequency-cap controls:** how granular the network's popunder frequency capping is - a fixed default, a few preset options, or fully real-time adjustment - because frequency capping is the single biggest lever on both popunder CPM stability and user experience. - **GEO and device/OS targeting depth:** how many countries the network delivers popunder traffic into and how granular the device/OS/carrier targeting is, since blanket-GEO popunder buys waste budget fast. - **Popunder-specific fraud filtering:** whether the network runs dedicated bot/fraud detection on its popunder inventory specifically, not just a generic platform-wide disclaimer. - **Delivery quality - direct vs. redirect-chain:** whether the network serves popunders through a direct ad-tag mechanism or routes through multiple redirect hops, since redirect chains add latency and let more fraud and ad-quality problems slip through. - **Minimum deposit:** the real dollar figure required to open a self-serve account and start buying popunder traffic, which determines accessibility for smaller media buyers. - **Vertical fit for affiliates:** whether the network actively supports high-payout verticals - iGaming, [Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical), [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) - rather than restricting or deprioritizing them. This section is why the ranking below isn't a repeat of any generic "top ad networks" list - every entry was checked against these seven popunder-specific criteria, not a generic multi-format rubric. ## Compare these 10 popunder networks on CPM floor and targeting depth The TrafficSigma team buys and serves popunder traffic across this exact competitive set daily - 248+ GEOs, granular frequency-cap and fraud controls, and a pop/popunder floor built for affiliates testing new markets - which is why this popunder ad network comparison is built from the buying side, not from reading other reviews. Here's the full list before the entry-by-entry breakdown: 1. TrafficSigma 2. PropellerAds 3. RichAds 4. Adsterra 5. HilltopAds 6. Adcash 7. Clickadu 8. ExoClick 9. RollerAds 10. PopAds Now let's review each popunder ad network in detail. ### 1. TrafficSigma *TrafficSigma homepage, captured 2026-07-23* TrafficSigma is a global self-serve ad network built for performance marketers running iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, dating, sweepstakes, and other high-payout verticals, with pop/popunder as one of its core traffic formats alongside push, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), native, and Telegram Mini App ads. Popunder campaigns launch from full self-serve account access - no forced managed-service gate before a media buyer can start testing a GEO. Pop/popunder traffic starts from **$1.00 CPM**, among the lower published popunder floors of any network in this comparison, with delivery across **248+ GEOs** and granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier-level targeting for frequency-cap and audience control. The platform serves **4B+ daily pop impressions**, and layers [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding), Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa), and Performance Mode on top of manual bidding so a buyer can automate optimization instead of adjusting bids by hand across every GEO. Popunder campaigns are backed by **3-level fraud protection** and vetted premium sources rather than a single generic filter, which matters most for the exact verticals TrafficSigma leans into - iGaming and Finance/Forex traffic gets targeted by bot and click-fraud activity industry-wide, so filtering at the source rather than after the click protects budget instead of just reporting on it after the spend is gone. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network with dedicated pop/popunder inventory - Minimum CPM: $1.00 (pop/popunder) - Frequency-Cap Controls: Granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting with Micro Bidding and Target CPA optimization - Fraud Filtering: 3-level fraud protection, vetted premium sources - Minimum Deposit: Self-serve account, no forced managed minimum ### 2. PropellerAds *PropellerAds homepage, captured 2026-07-23* PropellerAds is a multisource self-serve advertising platform founded in **2011** and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, running popunder as one of its core formats alongside push, in-page push, [interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads), and native. Its popunder inventory spans **195+ GEOs**, with the platform prioritizing high-volume markets like the US, Germany, France, Indonesia, Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$100 via card** ($1,000 via wire transfer), and popunder campaigns can run on CPM, SmartCPM (automated bidding), or CPA Goal 2.0 pricing rather than flat manual bidding only. On frequency capping specifically, PropellerAds recommends starting popunder tests at **3 impressions per user per 24 hours (3:24)**, tightening toward a unique-only exposure setting of roughly once per two weeks (1:336) once a GEO is validated - a wider range of preset options than several competitors offer. The SmartCPM auto-bid option reduces manual bid-tuning work for affiliates running large GEO/device-targeting matrices across dozens of popunder campaigns simultaneously, which is a genuine time-saver once a media buyer scales past a handful of test GEOs. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (popunder, push, in-page push, interstitial, native) - Minimum CPM: Variable by GEO; CPM/SmartCPM/CPA Goal 2.0 available - Frequency-Cap Controls: Preset options from 3:24 (testing) to 1:336 (unique-only) - Fraud Filtering: Platform-wide traffic-quality filtering across exclusive and partner inventory - Minimum Deposit: $100 (card), $1,000 (wire) ### 3. RichAds *RichAds homepage, captured 2026-07-23* RichAds is a self-serve ad network for affiliate marketers offering popunder as one of eight traffic formats from a single dashboard, delivering roughly **5 billion daily impressions** across **248+ GEOs** - comparable raw scale to the largest networks in this list. It layers AI-driven bid and targeting optimization on top of manual self-serve popunder controls, aimed at affiliates who want automated optimization without losing manual override access. Popunder/pop traffic on RichAds starts from **$0.5 CPM**, with rates varying by GEO the same way every network in this list prices popunder - Tier-1 markets command a premium over Tier-2/3. RichAds integrates with a range of third-party trackers (confirm the current list on their site), which matters specifically for affiliates who already run a fixed attribution stack and don't want to switch tools just to onboard a new popunder source. RichAds pairs its self-service popunder tier with account-manager support once an advertiser deposits above a threshold, giving media buyers a path from self-serve testing to a managed relationship without switching networks entirely. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (popunder, push, native, domain redirect, Telegram, calendar) - Minimum CPM: $0.5 (pop/popunder) - Frequency-Cap Controls: Self-serve dashboard controls with AI-assisted bid/targeting optimization - Fraud Filtering: AI-based fraud-prevention automation - Minimum Deposit: Self-serve account, [tracker](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/tracker) integrations included ### 4. Adsterra *Adsterra homepage, captured 2026-07-23* Adsterra is a self-serve advertising network and SSP launched in **2013**, delivering popunder traffic into **248 GEOs** with roughly **12 billion monthly pop impressions** and 45,000+ publisher partners by the company's own reporting - the broadest published GEO count of any network in this comparison. Popunder sits alongside its Social Bar and in-page push formats as core self-serve inventory. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$100 via card** ($200 crypto, $1,000 wire), with a **$25 minimum campaign budget** on CPM/[CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) pricing. Adsterra's default popunder frequency-cap setting is **4 impressions per user per 2 hours with a 10-second delay between them**, though publishers and advertisers can tighten it down to a stricter 1-per-24-hours cap - giving buyers more granular control than a single fixed default. Adsterra runs a **three-level anti-fraud system** plus an anti-adblock layer specifically positioned to protect popunder and display inventory from bot traffic, which is a meaningful differentiator for affiliates buying volume in GEOs where fraud rates run highest. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (popunder, Social Bar, in-page push, native, banner) - Minimum CPM: $25 minimum CPM/CPC campaign budget - Frequency-Cap Controls: Default 4/2h (10s delay), adjustable down to 1/24h - Fraud Filtering: Three-level anti-fraud system plus anti-adblock - Minimum Deposit: $100 (card) ### 5. HilltopAds HilltopAds is a popunder-focused ad network operating since the early 2010s (sources differ on the exact founding year), delivering more than **273 billion monthly ad impressions** across popunder, in-page push, and video formats from a large base of direct publishers - among the highest raw monthly impression counts in this comparison. It positions itself specifically around popunder scale rather than a broad multi-format catalog. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$100**, and popunder frequency capping is configurable down to granular windows such as **once per 12 hours (1/12h)**, giving advertisers finer-grained control over repeat-impression exposure than a flat daily cap alone would allow. Pricing runs CPM-based across popunder, in-page, and video inventory. For advertisers prioritizing raw popunder volume above format breadth, HilltopAds' publisher-direct inventory base is the clearest differentiator versus multi-format networks that split traffic across five or six formats simultaneously. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Popunder-focused self-serve network (popunder, in-page push, video) - Minimum CPM: Variable by GEO, CPM-based pricing - Frequency-Cap Controls: Configurable down to 1/12h windows - Fraud Filtering: Direct-publisher inventory base with platform traffic-quality checks - Minimum Deposit: $100 **How to Buy Website Traffic Without Buying Bots: A 2026 Buyer's Guide.** Frequency-cap discipline only solves part of the fraud problem - the other part is filtering bot and click-fraud traffic before it ever burns budget. TrafficSigma's guide breaks down the traffic-quality checks every network in this comparison should be running, and how to spot a network that only pays lip service to fraud protection. [Continue reading](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/buy-website-traffic-without-bots). ### 6. Adcash Adcash is a self-serve DSP founded in **2007** and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, making it one of the longest-running popunder networks still actively used by affiliates. Popunder sits alongside native, banner, autotag, interstitial, and in-page push formats, with delivery into **195+ GEOs**. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$100** (versus $1,000 on Adcash's separate managed-service tier), and Tier-1 popunder CPMs (US, UK, Canada, Australia) run roughly in the low single dollars, with Tier-3 markets falling to well under $1 CPM - published bands aren't officially confirmed, but the spread is wide enough that GEO selection matters more on Adcash than on flatter-priced networks. Frequency capping is configurable, with a **1-per-24-hours** setting as a common baseline advertisers apply to popunder campaigns. Adcash's "SmartTag" auto-tag technology automatically rotates ad formats within a single placement, which can lift effective popunder fill rate without an advertiser manually testing each format themselves - a useful automation layer for buyers managing many placements at once. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve DSP (popunder, native, banner, interstitial, in-page push) - Minimum CPM: low single dollars (Tier-1), under $1 (Tier-3) - unconfirmed published bands - Frequency-Cap Controls: Configurable, 1/24h common baseline - Fraud Filtering: Platform-wide traffic-quality filtering - Minimum Deposit: $100 (self-serve tier) ### 7. Clickadu Clickadu is a self-serve ad network established in the early-to-mid 2010s (sources commonly cite 2014), delivering **6 billion+ daily impressions** and reaching more than 3 billion people monthly across popunder, push, in-page, and instant-text-message formats, with over 3,000 active publishers feeding its popunder inventory. Top GEOs include Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, the US, Germany, France, and Thailand. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$100**, accepted via wire transfer, Paxum, PayPal, Webmoney, or card, and popunder CPMs on Clickadu can reach up to **$4** in premium GEOs, with rates otherwise scaling by format, geography, and traffic quality the same way every network in this list prices popunder. Clickadu has invested specifically in **machine-learning-based anti-fraud detection** that continuously monitors campaigns to filter bot traffic and fraudulent clicks in real time, rather than relying on static blocklists alone. That ML-based, continuous-monitoring approach to fraud filtering is Clickadu's clearest differentiator versus networks that only run a one-time traffic-quality check at onboarding. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (popunder, banner, push, in-page, instant text message) - Minimum CPM: Up to $4 in premium GEOs; variable by format/GEO - Frequency-Cap Controls: Self-serve dashboard controls - Fraud Filtering: Machine-learning-based, continuous campaign monitoring - Minimum Deposit: $100 ### 8. ExoClick *ExoClick homepage, captured 2026-07-23* ExoClick is a self-serve ad network founded in **2006** and headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, making it one of the oldest continuously operating popunder networks in this comparison, with broad GEO monetization across essentially every country it serves rather than leaving unsold impressions in smaller GEOs. Self-serve minimum deposit is **$200**, and ExoClick's published popunder CPM tiers run roughly **$0.5 (Tier-1)**, **$0.3 (Tier-2)**, and **$0.1 (Tier-3)** - a straightforward three-tier structure that's easier to plan a test budget around than a network with dozens of individually priced GEOs. ExoClick's near two-decade operating history is a genuine differentiator for affiliates who weight platform longevity as a signal of reliability when choosing where to route ongoing popunder spend. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network with dedicated popunder tier pricing - Minimum CPM: ~$0.5 (Tier-1), ~$0.3 (Tier-2), ~$0.1 (Tier-3) - Frequency-Cap Controls: Self-serve dashboard controls - Fraud Filtering: Platform-wide traffic-quality filtering - Minimum Deposit: $200 ### 9. RollerAds RollerAds is a push-and-popunder network founded around **2019** that rebranded its popunder format as "OnClick" traffic, delivering more than **7 billion daily impressions** across **200+ GEOs** to over 20,000 direct publishers and 60,000 advertisers. As one of the newer networks in this comparison, it leans on aggressive minimums to attract smaller test budgets. Minimum deposit is **$50** - among the lowest of any network reviewed here - with a minimum CPM of **$0.5**, putting RollerAds within easy reach of affiliates who want to test a new GEO or vertical without committing a large budget upfront. Self-serve dashboard controls cover standard GEO/device targeting for OnClick/popunder campaigns. RollerAds' combination of a $50 minimum deposit and sub-$1 CPM floor makes it one of the more accessible popunder networks in this list for affiliates running a first test campaign before scaling spend elsewhere. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Push-and-popunder self-serve network (OnClick/popunder format) - Minimum CPM: $0.5 - Frequency-Cap Controls: Self-serve dashboard GEO/device targeting - Fraud Filtering: Platform-wide traffic-quality filtering - Minimum Deposit: $50 ### 10. PopAds PopAds is a popunder-only ad network founded in **2010**, fully focused on pop traffic rather than splitting inventory across multiple formats - one of the longest-running networks dedicated exclusively to popunder in this comparison. It offers real-time targeting and bidding adjustments purpose-built for a pop-only buying workflow. Minimum deposit is just **$10**, and minimum bid starts at **$0.0001 per view (roughly $0.10 CPM)** - the lowest published entry point of any network reviewed here, though competitive GEOs require bidding meaningfully above that floor to win real volume. Advertisers can adjust frequency caps, ad types, and targeting **in real time** rather than only at campaign setup, and publisher payouts process daily with a $5 minimum withdrawal via PayPal. PopAds' popunder-only focus and real-time control panel make it a natural fit for affiliates who want to iterate on frequency caps and targeting mid-campaign rather than waiting for the next optimization window. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Popunder-only self-serve network - Minimum CPM: ~$0.10 (minimum bid), rising with GEO competitiveness - Frequency-Cap Controls: Real-time adjustment - Fraud Filtering: Platform-wide traffic-quality filtering - Minimum Deposit: $10 ## CPM floor, frequency caps, and fraud filtering: 10 popunder networks compared Popunder networks can look interchangeable from the outside - most claim broad GEO coverage and "competitive" rates - but minimum CPMs, frequency-cap granularity, and deposit thresholds differ a lot once you check the actual published numbers. Use this table as the fast reference; every figure already appeared in the entry above it. | Network | Minimum CPM | Frequency-Cap Controls | Fraud Filtering | Minimum Deposit | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TrafficSigma | $1.00 | Granular GEO/device/OS/carrier + Micro Bidding | 3-level fraud protection | Self-serve, no forced minimum | High-payout verticals (iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra) wanting a low CPM floor | | PropellerAds | Variable; SmartCPM/CPA Goal 2.0 | Presets 3:24 to 1:336 | Platform-wide filtering | $100 (card) | Affiliates wanting automated SmartCPM bidding | | RichAds | $0.5 | Self-serve + AI-assisted optimization | AI-based fraud prevention | Self-serve account | Buyers wanting AI bid automation with tracker integrations | | Adsterra | $25 min campaign budget | Default 4/2h, adjustable to 1/24h | Three-level anti-fraud + anti-adblock | $100 (card) | Broadest GEO reach (248 countries) | | HilltopAds | Variable by GEO | Configurable to 1/12h | Direct-publisher inventory checks | $100 | Highest raw monthly impression volume | | Adcash | Low single dollars (T1), under $1 (T3) - unconfirmed bands | Configurable, 1/24h baseline | Platform-wide filtering | $100 | Longest operating history (since 2007) | | Clickadu | Up to $4 (premium GEOs) | Self-serve dashboard | ML-based, continuous monitoring | $100 | Buyers prioritizing active fraud monitoring | | ExoClick | $0.5 (T1), $0.3 (T2), $0.1 (T3) | Self-serve dashboard | Platform-wide filtering | $200 | Simple three-tier CPM planning | | RollerAds | $0.5 | Self-serve dashboard | Platform-wide filtering | $50 | Lowest-budget first test campaigns | | PopAds | ~$0.10 (min bid) | Real-time adjustment | Platform-wide filtering | $10 | Popunder-only buyers wanting mid-campaign control | ## Which popunder ad network should you pick? The right popunder network depends on which of this guide's criteria matters most for your campaign: your minimum CPM tolerance, how granular a [frequency cap](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/frequency-cap) you need to protect user experience and CPM stability, and how much fraud filtering your vertical requires. Affiliates running iGaming, Finance/Forex, or Nutra offers - verticals that draw disproportionate bot and fraud activity - should weight fraud filtering and GEO/device targeting depth above a marginally lower CPM; affiliates just starting out should weight minimum deposit and CPM floor first, since a $10-$50 entry point lets you test a GEO before committing real budget. Whichever network you start with, the setup work is the same: pick a GEO, set a conservative frequency cap, and scale only what the conversion data actually supports. That's exactly the workflow TrafficSigma's own pop/popunder inventory is built around - a $1.00 CPM floor, 248+ GEOs, granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting, and 3-level fraud protection, so a first test campaign and a scaled one run on the same controls rather than requiring a network switch in between. --- Sources referenced: eMarketer, Statista. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best popunder ad network in 2026?** There's no single best popunder network for every buyer - it depends on budget, GEO focus, and vertical. TrafficSigma stands out for affiliates in high-payout verticals wanting a $1.00 CPM floor with granular fraud protection; PopAds and RollerAds suit the lowest test budgets; Adsterra and HilltopAds suit buyers prioritizing the broadest GEO reach or highest raw volume. **How does a popunder ad network price its traffic?** Nearly every network in this comparison prices popunder on a CPM basis - a rate per 1,000 impressions served - though several, like PropellerAds and Adsterra, also offer SmartCPM/CPA Goal auto-bidding or a minimum campaign-budget model layered on top of a base CPM. Rates scale heavily by GEO: Tier-1 markets like the US, UK, and Germany routinely price several times higher than Tier-2/3 markets. **How do I choose a popunder ad network for my campaign?** Prioritize the network's published minimum CPM for popunder specifically (not a blended multi-format rate), how granular its frequency-cap controls are, whether it runs dedicated popunder fraud filtering, and its minimum deposit relative to your test budget. A network offering real-time or highly granular frequency-cap adjustment, like PopAds or PropellerAds, gives you more room to protect CPM stability as you scale a GEO. **Is popunder advertising beginner-friendly for affiliates with a small budget?** Yes - several networks in this list, including PopAds ($10 minimum deposit) and RollerAds ($50 minimum deposit), are built for small first-test budgets, and popunder itself doesn't require display-ad creative sizing the way banner formats do. Starting with a conservative frequency cap in one or two GEOs is the standard way to de-risk a first popunder campaign before committing more spend. **What's the difference between direct popunder delivery and redirect-chain delivery?** Direct delivery serves the popunder through a single ad-tag call straight to the landing page, while redirect-chain delivery routes the click through multiple intermediate hops before landing. Direct delivery is generally faster and lets less fraud and ad-quality drift slip in along the way, which is why frequency-cap and fraud-filtering strength (covered above for each network) matter more than raw GEO count alone when judging delivery quality. **Is a popup ad network the same thing as a popunder ad network?** No - a popup ad network serves ads that open in front of the page a user is viewing and force an interaction before they can continue, while a popunder ad network (the focus of this guide) opens the ad behind the active window, where it's only seen once the user switches tabs or closes their browser. Every network reviewed here sells popunder inventory specifically; treat "popup ad network" listings you see elsewhere as a related but distinct format with different browser-policy and user-experience implications. **What frequency cap should I use for a popunder campaign?** Most networks in this comparison default to or recommend somewhere between 1 and 4 popunder impressions per user per 24 hours, with PropellerAds specifically recommending 3:24 for initial testing and tightening toward 1:336 (roughly once every two weeks) for unique-only exposure once a GEO is validated. A tighter cap generally protects per-impression CPM and repeat-visitor experience at the cost of lower raw volume - the same trade-off applies across every network in this list. # 9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks Published: 2026-05-25 Modified: 2026-05-27 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Push Ads, Push Notifications, Ad Networks. The largest push networks in this space now self-report 5 billion-plus daily push impressions apiece, and affiliates running [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance), and [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) offers lean on the format because it survives ad blockers and lands directly in a browser or device tray - something banner and native placements can't claim. But not every push network is built the same way: minimum CPCs range from $0.001 to $0.01, subscriber databases range from tens of millions to multiple billions, and fraud filtering quality varies enormously between platforms that all use the word "premium" to describe their traffic. The TrafficSigma team reviewed 9 of the best push ad networks on the market specifically on push-format mechanics - not general ad-network features - so you can pick the best [push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic) sources for your [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), budget, and vertical instead of guessing from a generic "best ad networks" roundup. This is our push ad network comparison for 2026: a narrow, push-only ranking built for affiliates who already know they want push notification advertising networks, not a broad multi-format list. ## Weigh a push network on these seven factors before you commit There's no single "best" push network for every affiliate - a $50/day [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical) campaign in Tier 3 GEOs needs a different source than a $5,000/day iGaming push blast in Tier 1. Instead of a generic ad-network checklist, we judged every entry strictly on push-format mechanics: the things that actually change your [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) when the format itself is push. - **Minimum [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) for push specifically:** the real bid floor for classic push and [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push) line items, not a blended platform-wide minimum that includes pop or native. - **Push GEO breadth:** how many countries actually have live push subscriber inventory, not just "supported" on a targeting dropdown. - **Subscriber-base size and quality:** raw daily push impression volume, and whether the network discloses subscriber counts or refreshes its list to purge dead/inactive users. - **Classic push vs. in-page push support:** whether the network runs both formats (in-page push doesn't require a browser permission prompt and typically converts differently than classic web push). - **Push creative specs:** title/description character limits and icon/image requirements, since these caps directly control how much offer detail you can fit into the notification. - **Push-specific fraud filtering:** whether the network runs dedicated fake-subscriber and bot-click detection on push traffic, versus a generic sitewide anti-fraud layer. - **Optimization tooling:** whether the platform gives push advertisers rule-based automation, [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding), or Target CPA controls to manage spend without manual bid-checking every hour. ## We tested 9 push notification networks on CPC floor and subscriber quality *Source: TrafficSigma team review of published network rate cards, 2026.* The TrafficSigma team runs push, Telegram, pop, and native campaigns across 248+ GEOs every day, which is the same operational lens we used to test push delivery, [subscriber freshness](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/subscriber-freshness), and fraud filtering across every network below. These are the top push ad networks 2026 has to offer once you strip out the general-purpose platforms and judge push delivery on its own. 1. RichAds 2. PropellerAds 3. TrafficSigma 4. EvaDav 5. HilltopAds 6. Adsterra 7. Mobidea Push 8. PushGround 9. Clickadu Now let's review each [push notification ad](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-push-notification-ad) network in detail. **Push creative specs before you build:** across the networks below, push notification titles hold up well under roughly 40 characters and description text under roughly 100-120 characters before mobile devices truncate the message - plan icons around a 192x192px square image and any accompanying banner image around an 800x450px (16:9) frame, since that's the aspect ratio most networks' push builders expect. Individual networks vary slightly on their upload limits, so always check the campaign builder's own spec sheet before finalizing a creative. ### RichAds RichAds is a self-serve push and pop network built specifically around performance verticals like iGaming, [betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical), and finance, self-reporting more than 5 billion daily impressions platform-wide across all its formats (not push and Telegram specifically) across 220 GEOs. It positions itself as a push-first platform rather than a multi-format network that treats push as an afterthought. For push specifically, RichAds' classic web push starts at a $0.005 minimum CPC (per RichAds' own published pricing), with real-world bids in the US and other Tier 1 GEOs running well above that floor. It supports classic push, in-page push, and [calendar push](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/calendar-push-format) in the same interface, and its "Performance Mode" refreshes source whitelists on a daily basis rather than leaving advertisers on a static list that degrades over quarter after quarter. Push campaigns get AdScore-based traffic verification layered on top of manual source review, and the platform's targeting reaches down to carrier and ISP level, which matters for affiliates running GEO-specific mobile offers. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.005 - Push GEOs: 220+ - Push volume: 5B+ daily impressions platform-wide (all formats) - Min deposit: $150 - Fraud filtering: AdScore traffic verification + daily [whitelist](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/whitelist) refresh ### PropellerAds PropellerAds has built one of the largest push subscriber pools we reviewed, with roughly 600 million push subscribers on file; its 195+ GEO figure is scoped to its [popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) inventory on its own site, with push GEO coverage broad but not separately disclosed at that count. Its scale makes it a default first stop for affiliates who need volume before they need niche targeting. On push mechanics, PropellerAds' minimum CPC sits at $0.005 for classic push, and the network separately reports its in-page push volume from classic push volume in reporting dashboards - useful for isolating which format is actually converting. Push campaigns support more than 10 targeting parameters, including time-zone and user-activity segmentation (low/medium/high engagement subscribers), which lets you bid more for freshly-subscribed users specifically. PropellerAds enforces a white-hat-only creative policy on push, which keeps subscriber lists cleaner over time but means aggressive cloaked creatives common in some verticals will get rejected at review. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.005 - Push GEOs: broad coverage; 195+ figure is popunder-scoped on PropellerAds' own site - Push volume: ~600M push subscribers on file - Min deposit: $100 - Fraud filtering: multi-level AI fraud system, white-hat policy enforcement ### TrafficSigma *TrafficSigma homepage, captured 2026-07-23* TrafficSigma is a global self-serve ad network covering push notifications, in-page push, calendar push, Telegram Mini App ads, pop/popunder, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), and native traffic, purpose-built for iGaming, Finance/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), and other high-payout verticals across 248+ GEOs. Push and Telegram push traffic on TrafficSigma starts from $0.006 CPC, and the platform reports 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions combined - among the higher volume figures in this list - plus granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting for push campaigns specifically. Advertisers running push get access to Micro Bidding for line-item-level bid control and Target CPA and Performance Mode for automated spend optimization, rather than manual bid-checking. Push traffic on TrafficSigma runs through 3-level fraud protection and vetted premium sources, which is the same infrastructure the platform applies across its pop and native formats - meaning push subscribers are filtered by the same standard, not a lighter-touch check reserved for cheaper formats. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.006 - Push GEOs: 248+ - Push volume: 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions - Min deposit: see platform signup - Fraud filtering: 3-level fraud protection, vetted premium sources ### EvaDav EvaDav runs as a push-only network - it doesn't split focus across pop or native - with over 3 billion daily push impressions and coverage across 250+ GEOs. That single-format focus shows up in its dashboard: every optimization tool is built around push behavior specifically, rather than adapted from a pop-first interface. Push CPCs on EvaDav start around $0.001, among the lowest floors in this list, with traffic split into standard and premium subscriber tiers so advertisers can choose price against quality rather than getting one blended rate. The network supports both classic push and in-page push, plus API integration for advertisers running automated bid rules across large GEO lists. EvaDav's auto-rules engine lets you set win/pause thresholds per source, which functions as a form of push-specific quality control - sources that produce clicks without conversions get cut automatically instead of draining budget until a manual review. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.001 - Push GEOs: 250+ - Push volume: 3B+ daily push impressions - Min deposit: $100 - Fraud filtering: auto-rules source-level cutoff, standard/premium traffic tiers ### HilltopAds HilltopAds has grown into one of the largest direct-publisher push and in-page push networks we reviewed, reporting over 270 billion monthly impressions across its formats combined, with the heaviest concentration of push inventory in Europe, Eastern and Southern Asia, and North America. For push specifically, HilltopAds sets a $0.01 minimum CPC - noticeably higher than most networks on this list - and its in-page push format is built to render without requiring the browser permission prompt that classic push needs, which affiliates use to reach users who've never opted into notifications. Targeting for push campaigns includes subscription-age filtering, letting advertisers bid up for recently-subscribed users specifically instead of an entire aged list. HilltopAds runs an in-house anti-fraud system that filters bot and click-farm traffic automatically, though its scale means quality varies more by source than on smaller, more curated networks - whitelist management matters more here than on boutique platforms. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.01 - Push GEOs: not fully disclosed; concentrated in Europe, Asia, North America - Push volume: 270B+ monthly impressions across all formats - Min deposit: not disclosed - Fraud filtering: in-house anti-fraud + subscription-age targeting ### Adsterra Adsterra reports in-page push volume running into the billions of impressions monthly, sourced from more than 45,000 direct publishers, with coverage across 248+ GEOs - one of the broader GEO footprints of any network in this comparison. Push campaigns on Adsterra start at a $0.001 CPC floor and can run under either a SmartCPM or CPA Goal bidding model, which is unusual for push specifically - most networks in this list only offer manual CPC/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) bidding for push line items. Both classic push and in-page push are supported, with targeting down to carrier and IP-range level. Adsterra runs its own three-level security system specifically to catch malicious redirects and fake-subscriber activity before they reach a live push campaign. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.001 - Push GEOs: 248+ - Push volume: billions of in-page push impressions monthly (self-reported) - Min deposit: $100 - Fraud filtering: 3-level security system ### Mobidea Push Mobidea Push is the traffic arm of the long-running Mobidea affiliate network, built for advertisers who want push volume paired directly to a CPA network's offer catalog. Mobidea does not publish a specific push CPC floor, GEO count, daily-active-user figure, or minimum deposit on its own site, so treat any such numbers as unconfirmed and check current terms directly at signup. The network runs both classic and in-page push, and its biggest push-specific advantage is Mobidea Academia, a documentation library that publishes real push-campaign structuring guides rather than generic ad-buying tips. Fraud filtering runs through an in-house anti-bot system focused specifically on push click validity, which matters because Mobidea's own affiliate offers are frequently the destination for that same push traffic - the network has a direct incentive to keep push clicks clean. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: not published; confirm at signup - Push GEOs: not published; confirm at signup - Push volume: not published; confirm at signup - Min deposit: not published; confirm at signup - Fraud filtering: in-house anti-bot system for push clicks ### PushGround PushGround runs classic push, in-page push, and [pop-up](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads) formats with more than 1 billion daily impressions across 200+ GEOs, and distinguishes itself on push specifically through Opticks Security, a third-party fraud-detection layer applied to its push inventory rather than a purely in-house filter. Push CPCs start at $0.001, and the platform's auto-optimization and auto-rules tools work at the push-campaign level - pausing underperforming sources based on live conversion data rather than requiring advertisers to check dashboards manually throughout the day. Minimum deposit is $100 by card or $200 by wire, a distinction worth knowing before you pick a funding method. For affiliates managing several push creatives at once, PushGround's auto-optimization layer applies the same live-conversion logic across creative variants, cutting the manual work of spotting a losing subscriber segment before it burns budget. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.001 - Push GEOs: 200+ - Push volume: 1B+ daily impressions - Min deposit: $100 (card) / $200 (wire) - Fraud filtering: Opticks Security third-party layer ### Clickadu Clickadu operates a push and in-page push network sourced from roughly 3,300 direct publishers, reporting approximately 6 billion daily impressions across 240+ GEOs - among the higher raw volume figures in this comparison, though blended across its full format mix rather than push alone. Push-specific CPCs start at $0.001, and the network's standout push feature is its anti-adblock delivery zones, which keep push notifications rendering even where a user's browser extensions block standard display inventory - a meaningful edge for push over banner-based formats on the same traffic. Machine-learning fraud detection runs across push sources continuously rather than on a periodic audit schedule. Clickadu also integrates with several third-party ad networks directly in its dashboard, letting advertisers cross-post the same push creative to secondary inventory without rebuilding the campaign from scratch. **Highlights:** - Push CPC floor: $0.001 - Push GEOs: 240+ - Push volume: ~6B daily impressions across all formats (approximate) - Min deposit: $100 - Fraud filtering: continuous ML detection + anti-adblock push zones ## How do CPC floor, GEO coverage, and formats stack up across these 9 networks? Options here can look similar at a glance - most quote a sub-cent CPC and claim "premium" traffic - but push-specific terms differ a lot once you check GEO breadth, minimum deposit, and how deep the fraud filtering actually goes. Use this table as the fast reference; every figure already appeared in the entry above it. | Network | Push CPC Floor | Push GEOs | Push Formats | Min Deposit | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | RichAds | $0.005 | 220+ | Classic, in-page, calendar | $150 | Performance-vertical scaling with daily-refreshed whitelists | | PropellerAds | $0.005 | 195+ (popunder-scoped) | Classic, in-page | $100 | High-volume campaigns needing activity-tier targeting | | TrafficSigma | $0.006 | 248+ | Classic, in-page, calendar | See signup | Affiliates wanting push + Telegram + pop under one account | | EvaDav | $0.001 | 250+ | Classic, in-page | $100 | Budget testing with standard/premium tier selection | | HilltopAds | $0.01 | Not fully disclosed | Classic, in-page | Not disclosed | Raw volume via direct-publisher in-page push | | Adsterra | $0.001 | 248+ | Classic, in-page | $100 | Broadest GEO footprint with CPA Goal bidding | | Mobidea Push | Not published | Not published | Classic, in-page | Not published | CPA offer access; confirm terms at signup | | PushGround | $0.001 | 200+ | Classic, in-page, pop-up | $100 | Auto-rules optimization on push campaigns | | Clickadu | $0.001 | 240+ | Classic, in-page | $100 | Anti-adblock push delivery | ## Choosing your push notification ad network Push CPC floors, GEO breadth, and fraud filtering depth are the three factors that actually decide whether a push campaign is profitable - not the headline impression count every network leads with. A network quoting $0.001 CPC with a thin fraud layer can cost more per real conversion than a $0.005 network with daily-refreshed whitelists and subscriber-tier filtering, so match the network to your vertical's tolerance for junk clicks before you match it to price. If you're running push alongside other formats - Telegram Mini App ads, pop/popunder, domain redirect, or native - consolidating on one platform instead of managing five separate dashboards is worth the switch on its own. TrafficSigma runs push from $0.006 CPC with 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions across 248+ GEOs, Micro Bidding and Target CPA controls, and 3-level fraud protection across every format, so the same account that buys your push traffic can also scale your pop, native, and Telegram campaigns. For the full multi-format landscape beyond push specifically, see our [Top 10 Self-Serve Ad Platforms for Affiliates and Media Buyers in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/self-serve-ad-platforms) guide. If popunder is also in your media mix, our [Popunder Ads guide](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide) breaks down publisher and advertiser mechanics for that format specifically. --- Sources referenced: Adsterra. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best push notification ad network for affiliates in 2026?** There's no single best push ads network for every budget and vertical in 2026, but RichAds, PropellerAds, and TrafficSigma lead on push-specific volume and GEO breadth, while EvaDav, Mobidea Push, and Clickadu offer the lowest CPC floors for testing new offers. Match the network to your GEO and fraud-tolerance needs rather than picking on price alone. **How does push notification advertising actually work?** A user opts in (classic push) or the network renders a permission-free variant (in-page push), and the advertiser then bids to deliver a notification containing a title, description, icon, and optional banner image directly to that user's browser or device tray. Clicks route to the advertiser's landing page, typically billed on CPC or CPM. **How do I choose between competing push ad networks?** Check the push-specific CPC floor (not a blended platform rate), confirm real push GEO coverage for your target countries, and ask what fraud filtering applies specifically to push traffic rather than the network's general anti-fraud claims. Networks that disclose subscriber-tier segmentation, like EvaDav's standard/premium split, give you more control over traffic quality. **Is push notification advertising beginner-friendly?** Yes - most networks in this list accept deposits in the low hundreds of dollars or less, well below typical native or programmatic display minimums, and push creative specs (a title, a short description, an icon) are simpler to produce than video or complex native ad units. Start with a lower-deposit network to test a GEO before scaling on a higher-volume platform - confirm each network's current minimum deposit before funding an account, since these change and some networks (like Mobidea Push) don't publish a fixed figure. **What's the difference between classic push and in-page push?** Classic push requires the user to accept a browser permission prompt before they can receive notifications, which builds a persistent subscriber list the network can re-target repeatedly. In-page push mimics the same notification look but renders inside a webpage without that permission step, trading subscriber persistence for broader immediate reach. **Why do push CPC floors vary so much between networks?** The floor reflects subscriber-base quality and GEO mix as much as network policy - a network with a large Tier 3 subscriber base can sustain a $0.001 floor, while a network like HilltopAds setting a $0.01 floor is typically pricing against higher-value, more concentrated GEO inventory. Always check your actual bid in your target GEO rather than assuming the advertised floor applies broadly. # The 15 Biggest Gambling Markets in the World for 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/biggest-gambling-countries Published: 2026-05-27 Modified: 2026-05-30 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: iGaming, Gambling, GEO Targeting. The global gambling market is on track to generate roughly **$655 billion in revenue in 2026**, according to Statista's Gambling Market Outlook, with online channels alone approaching a third of that total. That scale is not evenly spread - a handful of countries account for most of the world's gross gaming revenue (GGR), regulatory volume, and [igaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) traffic, and the gap between the biggest gambling markets and everyone else keeps widening every year. The TrafficSigma team analyzed regulator reports, national gaming boards, and named market-research data to rank the top gambling countries 2026 has to offer *Source: American Gaming Association (US), DICJ (Macau), PAGCOR (Philippines), SPA/MF (Brazil), and IBEF (India) regulator/official data. Australia and South Korea figures are drawn from unnamed national gambling-expenditure and industry market-sizing estimates rather than a single named regulator - see the relevant sections of this article for detail. Countries whose GGR is cited only in local currency in this post (UK, Italy, [Germany](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany), France, Spain, Canada, Netherlands, Japan) are intentionally omitted rather than converted.* - the countries with the highest gambling revenue, the fastest online penetration growth, and the deepest affiliate and media-buying opportunity. If you're mapping gambling revenue by country 2026 or deciding which gambling market by country to prioritize for traffic and campaigns, this is the data-backed starting point, covering both the biggest igaming markets and the largest gambling markets overall. ## Rank a gambling market on more than GGR: here's what else counts There's no single "correct" way to rank top gambling countries - a market with the highest total revenue (the United States) isn't necessarily the best gambling market by country for a [media buyer](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/media-buyer) targeting mobile-first igaming traffic (the Philippines or Brazil). We weighed multiple angles so this list works whether you're sizing the market overall or scouting where to run igaming traffic by geo. - **Gross gaming revenue (GGR):** the core metric - actual money retained by operators after payouts, sourced from national regulators (UK Gambling Commission, ADM, ANJ, GGL, PAGCOR, DICJ) or named research firms (H2 Gambling Capital, Statista) wherever a government figure wasn't public. - **Online/igaming penetration:** the share of GGR coming from online channels versus retail, since this determines how much of a market's spend is reachable through digital advertising versus in-person venues. - **Year-over-year growth rate:** markets accelerating fastest (Brazil, the Philippines, India) often represent better forward-looking traffic opportunity than large-but-flat markets. - **Regulatory structure:** whether the market is nationally regulated, state/province-regulated, or a hybrid, since this shapes how campaigns must be geo- and compliance-targeted. - **Market maturity and competitive density:** how saturated the affiliate and advertiser landscape already is, which affects cost-per-[click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) and traffic value. - **Population and mobile/internet penetration:** the underlying addressable audience size behind the revenue figure. - **Named-source verifiability:** most entries below cite a specific regulator or research firm; where only broader industry market-sizing data was available rather than a single named regulator (flagged inline for Australia and South Korea), that is disclosed rather than presented as an official figure. Countries with the highest gambling GDP contribution and highest per-capita gambling spend both show up here, because both signal genuinely deep markets rather than one-off statistical spikes. This is gambling market size by country as it actually breaks down in named-source data, not a theoretical model - and it doubles as a map of the largest online gambling markets in the world, since online share is one of the six criteria above. ## 15 gambling countries: GGR, growth, and market structure compared The TrafficSigma platform already runs igaming campaigns across 248+ GEOs, including all 15 markets below, so this ranking reflects where real advertiser demand and regulator data overlap - not just theoretical market size. Here's the full list before the detailed breakdown: 1. United States 2. Macau (China) 3. Japan 4. United Kingdom 5. Italy 6. Australia 7. Germany 8. Philippines 9. Brazil 10. France 11. Spain 12. Canada (Ontario) 13. South Korea 14. India (market-size data point; RMG now banned nationwide) 15. Netherlands Now let's review each of the biggest gambling markets in detail. ### 1. United States The largest gambling market in the world by commercial GGR, and still growing. U.S. commercial gaming generated a record **$78.7 billion in GGR in 2025**, up 9.2% year-over-year, according to the American Gaming Association's Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker - the industry's fifth consecutive record year. In-person casino revenue hit $51.7 billion, [sports betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) operators kept $16.9 billion of bets, and iGaming GGR reached $10 billion, with Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania leading the online segment. Legal gambling in the U.S. is regulated state-by-state rather than federally, and the AGA counts 38 distinct commercial gaming markets across the country, each with its own licensing regime, tax rate, and product mix (some states allow full online casino, others only sports betting, some neither). That patchwork is the single biggest structural fact for anyone running U.S. igaming traffic: a campaign legal and scalable in New Jersey may be entirely unavailable in Texas. For affiliates and media buyers, the U.S. combines the largest absolute spend pool with the most fragmented compliance map of any market on this list - which is exactly the kind of geo-by-geo complexity that rewards granular targeting over blanket national buys. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** $78.7B (2025) - American Gaming Association - **Structure:** State-by-state regulation, 38 commercial gaming markets - **Online share:** iGaming GGR of $10B, sports betting GGR of $16.9B (2025) - **Growth:** +9.2% YoY, fifth straight record year - **Best for:** High-value, state-targeted igaming and sports betting campaigns TrafficSigma's state-level [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) and carrier targeting lets advertisers isolate campaigns to exactly the U.S. states where online casino or sports betting is actually licensed, instead of wasting spend on impressions in states where the offer can't legally convert. **See our companion guide, [Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs), for a full breakdown of which affiliate programs pay the best [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) and [RevShare](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare) terms for U.S. traffic specifically.** ### 2. Macau (China) Macau is the world's largest casino gambling hub by GGR, and the only part of Greater China where commercial gambling is legal - mainland China itself bans casino gambling outright, which is why Macau (a Special Administrative Region) carries this entry rather than "China." Macau's six licensed concessionaires posted GGR of **MOP 247.4 billion (US$30.9 billion) in 2025**, according to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) - up 9.1% year-on-year and the highest annual total since before the pandemic, at roughly 85% of 2019's pre-COVID peak. Macau's market is almost entirely land-based, VIP- and premium-mass-driven, and structurally different from every other entry on this list: there is no meaningful licensed online igaming vertical, since online gambling is not permitted for the domestic Chinese market. The GGR figure is more than double the annual take of the entire Las Vegas Strip, concentrated in a handful of integrated resort operators rather than distributed across hundreds of licensees. For advertisers, Macau itself is not a digital-traffic market in the way the rest of this list is - but the broader Greater China and Southeast Asian VIP-travel audience around it is a relevant targeting layer for premium-focused campaigns. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** MOP 247.4B / US$30.9B (2025) - DICJ (Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau) - **Structure:** Six licensed land-based concessionaires, no domestic online vertical - **Online share:** Effectively 0% - land-based/VIP and premium-mass dominant - **Growth:** +9.1% YoY (2025) - **Best for:** Land-based/VIP casino context, not direct online-traffic targeting ### 3. Japan Japan's pachinko and pachislot sector is one of the largest gambling-adjacent markets in the world by pure scale, even though it sits in a legal gray zone distinct from Western-style gambling. Industry estimates place the pachinko/pachislot market in the trillions of yen annually, and Statista's market tracking shows the sector as the dominant driver of Japan's broader amusement industry revenue. Structurally, pachinko operates under a "three-shop system" workaround rather than direct cash payouts, since Japan's penal code technically prohibits gambling for money - players exchange winnings for prizes, which are then sold back for cash at a separate, nominally unconnected counter. Japan's only other legal gambling verticals are public-sector betting (horse racing, boat racing, bicycle racing) and, since 2018, a narrowly licensed integrated-resort casino framework that has moved slowly toward launch. Online casino and sports betting remain unregulated for domestic operators, meaning most digital gambling traffic touching Japanese players routes through offshore-licensed sites. Given the legal gray zone around online formats, campaigns targeting Japan need conservative, compliance-aware creative rather than direct casino-brand messaging. Note that "trillions of yen" is a wide, unquantified range rather than a precise GGR figure, so Japan's position on this list reflects its overall scale and gambling-adjacent relevance rather than a like-for-like GGR comparison against the regulator-sourced figures elsewhere in this ranking. **Highlights:** - **Est. market size:** Trillions of yen annually (pachinko/pachislot) - Statista - **Structure:** Prize-exchange "three-shop system," not direct-payout gambling - **Online share:** No domestically licensed online casino/betting framework - **Growth:** Long-run decline in parlor count; amusement-sector revenue still gambling-dominant - **Best for:** Public-sector betting and adjacent amusement-vertical targeting ### 4. United Kingdom The UK is the most mature, most transparently regulated gambling market in the world, and its regulator - the UK Gambling Commission - publishes some of the best public GGR data anywhere. British gross gambling yield hit **£16.8 billion in the year to March 2025**, up 7.3% year-on-year, according to the Gambling Commission's industry statistics; excluding lotteries, GGY was £12.6 billion, up 9.3%. Online gambling is the UK's largest single channel: remote casino, betting, and bingo (RCBB) generated £7.8 billion of that total, up 13.1% year-on-year, and now represents 46% of total industry GGY versus 29% for land-based venues and 25% for licensed lotteries (including the National Lottery, which sold £7.9 billion in tickets). The UK's single-regulator, single-license national model - one Gambling Commission license covers the whole market - is the clearest contrast to the U.S.'s state-by-state patchwork. That regulatory clarity is exactly why the UK remains one of the top igaming countries for affiliates: compliance requirements are well-documented, and the online channel's growth rate is outpacing the market overall. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** £16.8B (FY to March 2025) - UK Gambling Commission - **Structure:** Single national regulator (UKGC), one license covers all of Great Britain - **Online share:** £7.8B / 46% of total GGY - largest single channel - **Growth:** +7.3% YoY overall, +13.1% YoY online - **Best for:** Compliance-mature online casino and sports betting campaigns A related-post you may want next: **[Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs)** - a verified directory of CPA and RevShare terms, several of which are UK-licensed and built specifically for this kind of mature market. Continue reading for the full program comparison. ### 5. Italy Italy is the largest fully-online-regulated gambling market in continental Europe by GGR. Total Italian gambling GGR reached **€21.6 billion in 2024**, with online channels contributing roughly €5 billion of that - an 11% year-on-year increase from €4.5 billion in 2023 - according to reporting on data from ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli), Italy's gambling regulator. Online betting alone (sports, virtual, horse racing) posted GGR of €1.843 billion, up 11%, on turnover that grew 12% to €16 billion. Italy overhauled its online gambling licensing in late 2024: ADM's new nine-year concessions cost €7 million each plus an annual 3% GGR fee, and the licensing round alone generated €365 million in direct revenue for the regulator from 52 applications across 46 companies - comfortably beating the [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance) ministry's original target. Online gaming (casino, table games, bingo, poker) is projected to reach €3.2 billion in GGR in 2025, up 16%. The new concession structure effectively resets the competitive field, which makes Italy one of the more interesting top igaming countries for affiliates and advertisers right now - new nine-year licensees are actively building audiences from scratch. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** €21.6B total / ~€5B online (2024) - ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli) - **Structure:** National licensing via ADM; new 9-year concession regime from Nov 2024 - **Online share:** ~23% of total GGR, growing faster than land-based - **Growth:** +11% YoY online (2024); online gaming projected +16% in 2025 - **Best for:** Newly-licensed operators building audience under the 2024 concession reset TrafficSigma's Italy-specific GEO and device targeting lets newly-licensed operators reach mobile-first Italian players from day one of their nine-year concession, without waiting to build organic reach. ### 6. Australia Australia posts among the highest per-capita gambling losses of any major market in the world. Australians lost roughly **AU$31.5 billion in the 2022-23 financial year** on total wagers of AU$244.3 billion, and average annual losses per adult reached AU$1,555, up 11.5% year-on-year - figures compiled from national gambling-expenditure data cited across Australian regulatory and industry reporting; this remains the most recent official national compilation available, though it is now several years old. Separately, and not directly comparable to the losses figure above, the broader Australian gambling market is projected (per industry market-sizing data, not a named regulator) to generate roughly US$15.4 billion in revenue in 2025, with the online segment alone valued near US$5.2 billion in 2024. Structurally, Australia regulates gambling at the state and territory level (similar in spirit to the U.S.), with poker machines ("pokies") outside casinos representing an unusually large share of losses compared to other developed markets, and online in-play sports betting under continued regulatory scrutiny federally. About 60.3% of Australian adults gambled in some form in 2024, down from 65.6% in 2019 - a participation dip that hasn't yet dented total losses. That combination - high per-capita spend, falling participation, and rising average loss per gambler - signals a market where existing bettors are wagering more even as the overall base narrows, which matters for targeting depth over reach. **Highlights:** - **Est. market size:** ~US$15.4B (2025) - industry market-sizing data; AU$31.5B in losses (2022-23) - national gambling-expenditure statistics - **Structure:** State/territory-regulated; pokies (EGMs) a uniquely large share of spend - **Online share:** ~US$5.2B (2024), fastest-growing segment - **Growth:** Per-adult losses +11.5% YoY even as participation rate declines - **Best for:** High-value legal online sports and racing wagering campaigns - Australia's Interactive Gambling Act 2001 bans online casino games and poker outright for operators serving Australian customers ### 7. Germany Germany's regulated gambling market has stabilized at its all-time high following the country's 2021 online-gambling reform. Total legal GGR held at **€14.4 billion in 2024**, a 5% expansion from the prior year, according to the GGL (Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder), Germany's joint state gambling regulator - with the 2025 activity report showing the market holding roughly steady at the same level. Online gambling made up 24% of that total, or €3.5 billion, an 18% jump year-on-year, with online sports betting alone generating €1.3 billion (+10%) and virtual slots/online poker up a striking 38%. Gambling tax and levy revenue rose to around €7 billion in 2024. The GGL also estimates unlicensed/black-market GGR at €547 million, up 17% - though several licensed operators dispute that figure as too low, arguing the real offshore casino market alone may be several times larger. The channelization gap - how much spend the regulated market is actually capturing versus offshore competitors - is the single most important structural fact for Germany: one recent estimate put the legal online channel's share of all German online gambling at around 77%, leaving a meaningful minority still reachable only through non-compliant channels advertisers should avoid. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** €14.4B total / €3.5B online (2024) - GGL (Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder) - **Structure:** Federal-state joint regulator (GGL) since 2021 reform - **Online share:** 24% of total GGR, growing fastest in slots/poker (+38%) - **Growth:** +5% YoY total, +18% YoY online - **Best for:** Licensed online slots and sports betting campaigns competing against a shrinking black market ### 8. Philippines The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing gambling markets in Asia, and increasingly a mobile-first one. The Philippine gaming industry's total GGR surged to **PHP 410 billion (roughly US$7.3 billion) in 2024**, a 25% jump from PHP 329 billion in 2023, according to PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) - with PAGCOR's own gross revenue reaching PHP 112 billion (US$1.92 billion), up 41%. The regulator's 2025 figures show a pullback from that peak: the industry posted PHP 396.14 billion in total GGR for the year, a decline of roughly 3.4% from 2024's PHP 410 billion, even as the domestic e-Games/e-Bingo segment kept expanding (see below). The most important structural shift: e-Games and e-Bingo (the country's licensed domestic online/electronic gaming segment) grew 165% year-on-year in 2024 to PHP 154.5 billion, then grew a further 30% in 2025 to PHP 201.1 billion - now nearly half of total industry GGR and outgrowing traditional brick-and-mortar casino revenue. This coincided with the government's full ban on POGOs (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) completed in December 2024, a segment that had contributed just 3% of 2024 GGR before shutting down entirely. That pivot - from offshore-facing POGO operations to domestic e-gaming growth - makes the Philippines one of the best countries for gambling traffic focused on mobile and electronic formats rather than legacy offshore models. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** PHP 410B / ~US$7.3B (2024) - PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation) - **Structure:** PAGCOR-regulated; POGO offshore segment fully banned Dec 2024 - **Online share:** e-Games/e-Bingo at PHP 201.1B (2025), ~49% of total GGR - **Growth:** +25% YoY total GGR (2024); total GGR then dipped ~3.4% in 2025 even as e-gaming grew +30% YoY - **Best for:** Mobile-first e-gaming and e-bingo campaigns in a post-POGO domestic market TrafficSigma's carrier-level targeting across Southeast Asia is built for exactly this kind of mobile-first e-gaming growth - reaching Filipino players on the networks and devices they actually use, at [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) rates starting from $0.006. ### 9. Brazil Brazil is the newest large regulated gambling market in the world, having only formally launched licensed online sports betting and igaming ("Bets") on January 1, 2025, under Law No. 14,790/2023. The Brazilian government issued 68 operator licenses ahead of launch, each costing roughly BRL 30 million (~US$6.1 million) for five years' validity, regulated by the SPA/MF (Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas, under the Ministry of Finance). Early results have been dramatic: Brazil's regulated betting/igaming operators reported roughly US$4.73 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) - not tax collections - across just the first seven months of 2025, with July 2025 alone generating US$928 million in regulated GGR versus roughly US$8 million in July 2024, when the market was still unregulated and largely unreported. That jump reflects the shift to Brazil's first full year of mandatory regulated reporting rather than organic year-over-year growth within a like-for-like market. Operators pay a 12% tax on GGR, player winnings above BRL 2,824 face 15% income tax, and the law bans credit-funded bets and sign-up bonuses outright, alongside strict advertising limits. Brazil's combination of a huge, mobile-first population and brand-new formal regulation makes it arguably the single fastest-growing entry on this list - but the strict ad and bonus restrictions mean campaigns here need to be built around the new rules from day one, not adapted from an unregulated-market playbook. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** US$4.73B (first 7 months of 2025) - SPA/MF (Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas) - **Structure:** Newly regulated under Law 14,790/2023; 68 licensed operators from Jan 2025 - **Online share:** Effectively the entire regulated market - Brazil's framework is online-first - **Growth:** July 2025 regulated GGR of ~US$928M vs. ~US$8M in the unregulated, unreported market of July 2024 - reflects the shift to mandatory reporting, not like-for-like YoY growth - **Best for:** Ground-floor entry into a large, newly-legalized mobile betting market ### 10. France France's gambling market is Western Europe's fourth-largest, anchored by state-linked lottery and horse-racing monopolies alongside a growing licensed online segment. Total French GGR reached **€14.1 billion in 2025**, up roughly 0.7% from €14 billion in 2024, according to the ANJ (Autorité Nationale des Jeux), France's national gambling regulator - with 2024's growth driven partly by an exceptional sports calendar spanning the UEFA Euro and the Paris Olympics. FDJ United, which holds exclusive rights to France's lottery and retail sports betting, accounted for close to half the market at €6.95 billion in GGR in 2025 (+2.8%), while PMU, the horse-racing betting monopoly, saw GGR dip 2.8% to €1.65 billion even as its active player base grew to 3.5 million, the highest since before the pandemic. The fully-competitive online segment - where multiple licensed operators compete rather than a single monopoly - represented about 18.6% of the total market in 2024, with online sports betting GGR up 19% to €1.8 billion. France's dual structure - state-linked monopolies for lottery/horse racing, open competition for online sports betting and poker - means campaign strategy has to be channel-specific: monopoly verticals aren't open to new entrants, but the online-competitive segment is growing faster than the market overall. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** €14.1B (2025) - ANJ (Autorité Nationale des Jeux) - **Structure:** FDJ (lottery/retail betting) and PMU (horse racing) monopolies plus open online licensing - **Online share:** ~18.6% of total GGR, growing faster than the overall market - **Growth:** +0.7% YoY (2025), +4.7% YoY (2024) - **Best for:** Competitive online sports betting and poker campaigns outside the monopoly verticals ### 11. Spain Spain's regulated online gambling market has posted double-digit growth for several consecutive years. Online GGR reached **€1.454 billion in 2024**, up 17.6% year-on-year, according to the DGOJ (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego), Spain's national online-gambling regulator - with online sports betting the fastest-growing segment at 24% growth, contributing €609 million of the total. Momentum has continued into 2025 and 2026: Q3 2025 online GGR hit €405.4 million (+16.5% YoY), and Q1 2026 reached €454.1 million (+13.9% YoY). Active registered player numbers grew 21.6% in 2024, reflecting genuine audience expansion rather than just higher spend per existing player. Spain's regulatory model centers on a single national online license administered by the DGOJ, distinct from land-based gambling, which is regulated separately at the regional (autonomous community) level - a two-tier structure advertisers need to account for when a campaign spans both online and land-based-linked promotions. Consistent double-digit online growth across multiple consecutive quarters makes Spain one of the more dependable top igaming countries for affiliates seeking compounding, rather than one-off, traffic value. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** €1.454B online (2024) - DGOJ (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego) - **Structure:** National online license (DGOJ); land-based regulated separately per region - **Online share:** Online-only figure reported separately from land-based; sports betting is the largest online vertical - **Growth:** +17.6% YoY (2024), +13.9% YoY most recent quarter (Q1 2026) - **Best for:** Sustained-growth online sports betting and casino campaigns ### 12. Canada (Ontario) Canada's provincially-regulated online gambling market is scaling quickly, led by Ontario's single-jurisdiction, multi-operator model. Ontario's regulated iGaming GGR reached **CA$3.20 billion for the fiscal year to March 2025**, up 32% year-on-year, according to AGCO (Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario) and iGaming Ontario data - with casino gambling contributing CA$2.40 billion (+36%) and betting revenue up 23% to CA$724 million. On a calendar-year basis, Ontario operators handled roughly CA$98.3 billion in total wagers in 2025 and generated CA$4 billion in gross gaming revenue, up 34% year-on-year. Ontario remains the only Canadian province with an open, competitive private-operator iGaming market; other provinces run government-operated online platforms instead. A joint AGCO/iGaming Ontario study found 83.7% of surveyed Ontario players used a regulated site, suggesting the province's open-license model is successfully channelizing play away from offshore operators. Canada's total online gambling market is projected to reach roughly CAD 5.55 billion in 2025 across all provinces combined. For advertisers, Ontario functions almost like its own regulated country within Canada - the rest of the country's provinces are a mix of provincial-monopoly and unregulated-adjacent markets, so campaign structures that work in Ontario often need a completely different compliance approach elsewhere in Canada. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** CA$3.20B (FY to March 2025, Ontario only) - AGCO / iGaming Ontario - **Structure:** Ontario = open multi-operator private license model; other provinces = government-run platforms - **Online share:** Ontario's model is 100% online/iGaming by definition - **Growth:** +32% YoY GGR, +34% YoY calendar-2025 GGR - **Best for:** Multi-operator competitive campaigns specifically within Ontario's licensed market ### 13. South Korea South Korea runs one of the most tightly restricted gambling markets among major economies, which paradoxically makes its licensed venues extremely concentrated and lucrative. Kangwon Land - the only casino in the country legally permitted to admit South Korean citizens - generated roughly KRW 1.22 trillion in revenue, according to Statista, while the country's sixteen other casinos are foreign-nationals-only and collectively accounted for about 57% of total industry GGR. South Korea's broader online gambling market (largely public-sector lottery, horse racing, and sports-toto products, since private online casino and betting are illegal for residents) was valued at roughly US$9 billion in 2024. The core structural fact for this market: South Korea bans its own citizens from casino gambling almost everywhere except the single Kangwon Land property, a policy aimed at limiting domestic gambling harm while still capturing foreign-tourist casino spend at the other 16 venues. Legal domestic betting is largely confined to public operators - horse racing ([dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical) back to 1922), boat racing, cycling, and the state sports-toto lottery. That legal structure means South Korea is a market where compliance nuance matters more than raw size: campaigns must clearly distinguish foreign-tourist-facing casino promotion from anything resembling resident-facing online betting, which remains illegal. **Highlights:** - **Est. market size:** ~US$9B online/public-betting segment (2024) - industry market-sizing data; KRW 1.22T at Kangwon Land alone - Statista - **Structure:** Citizens barred from all but one casino; 16 others foreign-nationals-only - **Online share:** Private online casino/betting illegal for residents; public lottery/racing only - **Growth:** Foreign-only casinos ~57% of total GGR - **Best for:** Foreign-tourist casino marketing and public-sector betting-adjacent campaigns only ### 14. India India was, until recently, one of the largest mobile-driven real-money gaming (RMG) markets in the world by participation. India's overall online gaming sector was valued at roughly **US$3.7-3.8 billion in 2024**, up 23% year-on-year, according to IBEF (India Brand Equity Foundation) reporting - with real-money gaming making up 85.7% of that total at around US$3.2 billion, and more than 155 million Indians participating in real-money formats during the year. That figure is now a historical market-size data point rather than a live targeting opportunity: the national Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (presidential assent August 2025, implementing rules notified April 2026) has since prohibited real-money online gaming nationwide, including its advertising and payment processing. Before the nationwide ban, the market had already taken a hit from a 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) applied to gaming deposits rather than revenue, which reduced major platforms' topline by an estimated 20%. India's online gamer base overall - across both real-money and non-real-money formats - had expanded to roughly 488 million people in 2024, according to a FICCI-EY report. India's inclusion here is as a market-size data point, not a targeting recommendation: real-money gaming is no longer a legal advertising category in India. See our companion guide on [where online gambling is legal by country](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-countries) for the current status of India's ban. **Highlights:** - **Est. market size (2024, pre-ban):** US$3.7-3.8B online gaming - IBEF; ~US$3.2B real-money gaming specifically - **Structure:** Real-money online gaming now banned nationwide under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 - **Online share:** RMG was ~86% of the online gaming segment by revenue prior to the ban - **Growth:** +23% YoY (2024, pre-ban) despite GST headwinds; overall online gamer base ~488M - **Best for:** Market-size context only - real-money gaming is not a legal advertising target in India following the 2025 Act ### 15. Netherlands The Netherlands offers a cautionary structural case study: a maturing online market currently losing ground to unlicensed operators after a round of tightened regulation. Dutch licensed online GGR (KOA - Kansspelen op Afstand) settled at roughly €1.2 billion on an annualized basis into 2025, with H1 2025 GGR of €600 million down 16% from H2 2024 and down 18.5% year-on-year, according to data from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator. The KSA's own channelization data is the key figure here: the share of Dutch online gambling spend flowing through licensed operators fell from 51% at the end of 2024 to 49% in the first half of 2025 - meaning slightly more than half of all Dutch online gambling spend now goes to illegal, unlicensed operators. The regulator attributes the decline partly to its own tightened rules: a gambling tax increase from 30.5% to 34.2% in January 2025 (rising further to 37.8% in 2026), plus mandatory monthly net deposit limits of €700 for adults and €300 for players aged 18-24. The Netherlands is the clearest example on this list of how tax and deposit-limit policy can directly shrink a licensed market's channelization - a dynamic worth watching for any market considering similarly aggressive tightening. **Highlights:** - **Est. GGR:** ~€1.2B annualized online GGR (2025) - Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) - **Structure:** Single national KOA online license; land-based regulated separately - **Online share:** Channelization to licensed operators fell to 49% (H1 2025) - **Growth:** -18.5% YoY online GGR (H1 2025) amid tax hikes and deposit limits - **Best for:** Licensed-operator campaigns competing directly against a large offshore segment ## GGR, online share, and growth rate for each of the 15 markets Market sizes and structures can look similar from a distance, but GGR scale, online share, and regulatory model differ enormously country to country. This table lines up every entry above side by side, using the exact figures already cited in each entry. | # | Country | Est. GGR / market size | Regulator / source | Online share | YoY growth | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | United States | $78.7B (2025) | American Gaming Association | iGaming $10B, betting $16.9B | +9.2% | State-targeted igaming/betting | | 2 | Macau (China) | US$30.9B (2025) | DICJ | ~0% (land-based only) | +9.1% | Land-based/VIP casino context | | 3 | Japan | Trillions of yen (pachinko) | Statista | No licensed online vertical | Long-run decline | Public-sector betting only | | 4 | United Kingdom | £16.8B (FY Mar 2025) | UK Gambling Commission | 46% (£7.8B) | +7.3% (+13.1% online) | Mature online casino/betting | | 5 | Italy | €21.6B total / ~€5B online (2024) | ADM | ~23% | +11% online | New 9-year concession entrants | | 6 | Australia | ~US$15.4B (2025) | National gambling-expenditure data | ~US$5.2B online (2024) | +11.5% per-adult losses | High-value sports betting/pokies | | 7 | Germany | €14.4B total / €3.5B online (2024) | GGL | 24% | +5% (+18% online) | Licensed slots/betting vs. black market | | 8 | Philippines | PHP 410B / ~US$7.3B (2024) | PAGCOR | ~49% (e-Games/e-Bingo) | +25% (+30% e-gaming) | Mobile-first e-gaming | | 9 | Brazil | US$4.73B (7mo 2025) | SPA/MF | ~100% (online-first framework) | From ~$8M to $928M/mo | Ground-floor newly-legal betting | | 10 | France | €14.1B (2025) | ANJ | ~18.6% | +0.7% | Competitive online betting/poker | | 11 | Spain | €1.454B online (2024) | DGOJ | Online reported separately | +17.6% | Sustained-growth online betting | | 12 | Canada (Ontario) | CA$3.20B (FY Mar 2025) | AGCO / iGaming Ontario | 100% (iGaming-only figure) | +32% | Multi-operator Ontario campaigns | | 13 | South Korea | ~US$9B online/public segment | Statista / industry data | Public lottery/racing only | Foreign casinos ~57% of GGR | Foreign-tourist casino marketing | | 14 | India | US$3.7-3.8B (2024, pre-ban) | IBEF | ~86% was real-money gaming | +23% (2024, pre-ban) | Market-size context only - RMG now banned nationwide | | 15 | Netherlands | ~€1.2B annualized online | Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) | 49% channelization | -18.5% online (H1 2025) | Licensed-operator competitive plays | ## Turning this ranking into a targeting decision The biggest gambling countries in the world span three very different situations: mature, high-GGR markets like the U.S. and UK where the challenge is precision targeting inside a complex compliance map; fast-emerging markets like Brazil and the Philippines where growth rate matters more than current absolute size; markets like India that have moved from rapid growth to national prohibition, underscoring how quickly a market's targetability can change; and cautionary markets like the Netherlands where aggressive tax and deposit-limit policy is actively shrinking licensed-channel share. Whichever type of gambling market by country you're prioritizing, the decision factors that matter most are the same three from our methodology: real regulator-sourced GGR, the online share of that GGR, and the year-over-year growth trend. Sizing the market is only the first step - actually reaching players in any of these 15 markets means running igaming traffic by geo with targeting precise enough to respect each country's licensing lines, whether that's U.S. state boundaries, Brazil's new advertising restrictions, or excluding markets like India where real-money gaming is now nationally prohibited entirely. TrafficSigma's 248+ GEO network with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting is built specifically for that kind of country-by-country precision, so the same campaign infrastructure that works in a mature market like the UK can be reconfigured instantly for a ground-floor market like Brazil. Start scaling your campaigns with TrafficSigma. --- Sources referenced: Statista, American Gaming Association, UK Gambling Commission, DICJ, ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli), GGL (Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder), PAGCOR, ANJ (Autorité Nationale des Jeux), DGOJ (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego), AGCO (Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario), IBEF (India Brand Equity Foundation), FICCI-EY, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), H2 Gambling Capital. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the biggest gambling market in the world?** The United States is the largest gambling market in the world by gross gaming revenue, posting a record $78.7 billion in commercial GGR in 2025 according to the American Gaming Association. Macau (China) is the largest single-hub casino market by GGR concentration, at roughly US$30.9 billion in 2025, but that figure comes almost entirely from land-based play rather than the diversified online-plus-retail mix that puts the U.S. on top overall. **How is gambling market size measured by country?** Analysts and regulators primarily use gross gaming revenue (GGR) - the amount operators retain after paying out winnings, distinct from total turnover or handle (the total amount wagered before payouts). National regulators like the UK Gambling Commission, ADM in Italy, and PAGCOR in the Philippines publish official GGR figures, while research firms like H2 Gambling Capital and Statista fill in country-level estimates where no public regulator figure exists. **Which gambling market by country is growing fastest?** Brazil, which only launched formal online betting regulation on January 1, 2025, is the fastest-growing market on this list by a wide margin - monthly revenue collections went from roughly US$8 million in July 2024 to US$928 million in July 2025. The Philippines' domestic e-Games and e-Bingo segment and India's real-money gaming sector are also expanding at 20%+ annual rates. **How do I choose which gambling country to target for traffic or affiliate campaigns?** Match the market to your goal: choose high-GGR, compliance-mature markets like the U.S. or UK for scale and dependable payout structures, choose fast-growing newly-regulated markets like Brazil or the Philippines for lower competitive density, and always confirm the specific state/province/national licensing rules before launching, since several of the largest markets on this list (the U.S. and Canada) are regulated at the state or provincial level rather than nationally, while others - like India, where real-money online gaming is now banned nationwide - require confirming national prohibitions before any campaign is considered. **Is online gambling legal in every country on this list?** No - legality and structure vary sharply. Fully licensed national online igaming exists in the UK, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands; the U.S. and Canada regulate online gambling state/province-by-state; Japan and South Korea restrict online betting to narrow public-sector products only; and Macau has no domestic online vertical at all. Always verify a specific country's or region's advertising and licensing rules before running campaigns there - TrafficSigma's targeting supports GEO-level precision, but licensing compliance is the advertiser's responsibility. **What is the difference between the biggest gambling countries by total revenue versus by growth rate?** Total revenue (the U.S., Macau, the UK) reflects market maturity and population/spend scale, while growth rate (Brazil, the Philippines) reflects how much headroom and competitive opportunity remains - though as India's 2025 national ban shows, a fast-growing market can also become entirely off-limits, so growth potential must always be checked against current legal status. A media buyer chasing scale should prioritize the former; one chasing lower CPCs and less saturated affiliate competition should prioritize the latter. # How to Buy Website Traffic Without Buying Bots: A 2026 Buyer's Guide https://trafficsigma.com/blog/buy-website-traffic-without-bots Published: 2026-05-30 Modified: 2026-06-03 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Paid Traffic, Media Buying. Bots now account for roughly 53% of all measured web traffic, according to Thales' 2026 bot-traffic research, and invalid traffic across digital advertising reached a global rate of 20.64% in 2025 based on Fraudlogix's analysis of 105.7 billion impressions. *Sources: Thales (2026); Fraudlogix (2025); media-buying industry practice* That is the market you are buying into every time you buy website traffic - a market where roughly one in five clicks you pay for may not come from a real person at all. The TrafficSigma team analyzed how buyers get burned when they buy traffic, cross-referenced Media Rating Council (MRC) and IAB invalid-traffic standards, and built this guide so you can buy real website traffic - targeted, direct-[click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click), and bulk - without paying for a botnet. Below is a bot-traffic audit checklist, a test-budget methodology, and the exact quality-verification criteria to run before you commit real budget to any seller. ## The framework: three traffic-quality models you need to understand first There is no single "real vs. fake" switch - invalid traffic exists on a spectrum, and the MRC's own IVT Detection and Filtration Guidelines split it into two formal categories. Understanding which category a problem falls into determines whether you can catch it with a quick analytics check or need deeper forensic verification. - **[GIVT](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/givt) (General Invalid Traffic):** Traffic caught by routine, list-based filtration - known bots, spiders, crawlers, non-browser user-agent strings, and pre-fetch/pre-render requests. This is the "cheap" [bot traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic): data-center IPs, known bot signatures, and traffic that any basic analytics filter or ad-verification tag should catch immediately. - **[SIVT](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sivt) (Sophisticated Invalid Traffic):** Traffic disguised as human - hijacked devices, malware-driven clicks, adware injections, and click-farm labor using real devices and residential IPs. SIVT requires advanced analytics and multipoint corroboration to detect, because it is specifically engineered to pass GIVT-level filters. - **Real, verified traffic:** Genuine users with organic session behavior - variable dwell time, natural navigation patterns, real engagement with on-page elements, and traffic that clusters the way an actual audience clusters (not uniformly across GEOs, devices, or delivery hours). When you buy website traffic - whether you buy cheap website traffic in bulk or buy targeted website traffic for a specific [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) - your job before spending real budget is to confirm which of these three buckets a seller's traffic actually falls into. A seller who can't explain their own GIVT/SIVT filtration process is telling you they haven't checked either. Translate this into action: before you send a single dollar to a new seller, ask them directly which invalid-traffic standard they filter against. A seller who doesn't recognize the terms GIVT or SIVT is very likely reselling unfiltered inventory. ## The bot-traffic audit checklist Run this checklist against any traffic you're evaluating - whether it's a sample batch from a new seller or scaled traffic you already bought and want to verify retroactively. This is the core of any website traffic quality checklist worth using. - **Session duration:** Real visitors, even ones who bounce immediately, typically trigger at least one scroll event or stay on-page for 2-3 seconds. Bot traffic frequently shows sub-one-second sessions across the board - if your median session duration is under 2 seconds, that's a strong bot-traffic audit red flag, not a UX problem. - **Bounce rate relative to industry baseline:** A high bounce rate alone isn't proof of fraud - healthy bounce rates already range from roughly 20-45% for ecommerce up to 65-85% for media/publishing sites, per industry benchmark data. What matters is bounce rate paired with near-zero session duration; that combination, not bounce rate alone, is the tell. - **Pageview spikes per session:** If your typical visitor views 1-3 pages per session and a batch of new traffic suddenly averages 15-20+ pageviews per session in seconds, you're looking at a scripted crawl pattern, not a human reading your site. - **Geographic and delivery-time clustering:** Real audiences arrive unevenly - clustered around time zones, weighted toward a handful of cities, moving with daily and weekly rhythm. Traffic that arrives in near-perfectly even intervals (say, almost exactly 1,000 visits every hour for ten hours straight) or clusters entirely inside one city or ASN block is a classic click-farm or [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy)-pool signature. - **Device and browser fingerprint diversity:** A real GEO-targeted audience shows a realistic device/OS/browser mix for that market. Traffic showing a single browser version or device fingerprint across thousands of "unique" visits did not come from thousands of unique people. - **Zero-engagement rate:** Bots essentially never interact with live chat widgets, timed pop-ups, or scroll-triggered overlays. If a traffic batch shows heavy volume but a near-total absence of any on-page interaction, that's a direct signal - this is one of the simplest bot traffic audit checks you can run inside your own analytics without any third-party tool. Do this after every new campaign launch, not just once: pull these six metrics for the first 24-48 hours of any new traffic source before you scale spend, using whatever web analytics platform you already run (GA4, a first-party dashboard, or your ad network's own reporting). ## How to buy traffic without bots: a test-budget methodology The single biggest mistake buyers make is committing a full budget to a new source on day one. Media-buying practice generally allocates 5-25% of total budget to testing before scaling, with smaller accounts starting around 10-15% and larger accounts running toward the higher end of that range - sometimes 20-25% - to keep enough volume for a statistically meaningful read. Apply that same discipline specifically to traffic-quality testing, not just creative or audience testing: - **Stage 1 - Micro test (5-10% of planned budget):** Buy the smallest viable batch a seller allows. Run the full bot-traffic audit checklist above against this batch before you commit another dollar. This is the stage where cheap website traffic sellers running GIVT-level bot traffic get caught fastest - their failure shows up immediately in session and engagement data. - **Stage 2 - Confirmation test (another 10-15%):** If Stage 1 passes, repeat the same checklist at a slightly larger volume, across a broader time window, and ideally a second GEO or device segment if you're buying targeted website traffic across multiple markets. This stage catches SIVT-style traffic that can pass a tiny first batch but reveals patterns (clustering, timing, fingerprint repetition) only at moderate scale. - **Stage 3 - Scale with guardrails:** Only move to full budget once both stages clear, and even then, set an ongoing weekly re-check on the same six metrics - sellers can and do change traffic mix after a buyer stops watching closely. Translate this into action: never let a low headline [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) or [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) talk you out of Stage 1. A price that looks too cheap for buy bulk website traffic is the exact scenario this staged approach is built to catch before it costs you a full budget. ## Quality-verification criteria: real traffic vs. bot traffic signals Beyond the audit checklist, use these deeper verification criteria to formally sign off on a seller before treating them as a long-term source - this is the difference between a quick sanity check and genuine due diligence on where to buy website traffic. | Verification criterion | Real traffic signal | Bot / SIVT warning signal | | --- | --- | --- | | Session duration | Variable, average 2+ seconds even on bounces | Uniform, frequently sub-1-second | | Engagement rate | Nonzero interaction with chat/pop-ups/scroll triggers | Near-zero interaction despite volume | | Delivery pattern | Uneven, follows time-zone/daypart rhythm | Metronomic, near-identical hourly volume | | Geographic spread | Distributed across a GEO's real population centers | Tight clustering in one city/ASN | | Device/browser mix | Realistic diversity matching the target market | Single fingerprint repeated at scale | | Source transparency | Seller discloses supply sources, GIVT/SIVT filtration method | Vague "premium network," no sourcing detail | | [Conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) follow-through | Clicks convert to leads/sales at a plausible rate for the vertical | High clicks, near-zero downstream conversions | Every seller-side red flag in the right-hand column compounds the others - one alone might have an innocent explanation, but two or more together is where you stop testing and walk away. A lack of source transparency paired with an unusually low headline price is consistently the strongest combined predictor of click-farm or bot-heavy inventory. ## Red flags: when a traffic offer is too cheap to be real If you're actively shopping to buy traffic, watch for these seller-side patterns before you place an order: - **Pricing that undercuts the market by an order of magnitude.** Verified ad-network CPMs for real display, push, or [pop traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) generally start well under a dollar at the low end (exact floors vary by network and GEO - treat any specific figure as directional, not a fixed benchmark); offers promising millions of visits for a few dollars are, almost without exception, GIVT or click-farm SIVT traffic, not real [direct click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/direct-click) traffic. - **No GEO, device, or source breakdown offered up front.** A legitimate seller can tell you, before you buy, which countries, device types, and traffic sources (push, pop, native, in-page) your spend will draw from. If they can't or won't, that opacity is the product. - **Guaranteed SEO or ranking benefits.** Any seller who pitches purchased traffic as a way to directly improve organic search rankings is selling a myth - search engines do not use raw visit volume as a ranking signal, and this pitch is a long-standing marker of low-quality click-farm resellers. - **No sample or small-batch option.** A seller unwilling to sell you a Stage 1 micro-test batch (see the test-budget methodology above) is a seller who doesn't want you auditing what you're buying before you're financially committed. - **Refusal to name a filtration standard.** Ask directly whether they filter against GIVT/SIVT definitions or run any MRC-aligned verification. "We use premium sources" with no further detail is not an answer. Translate every one of these into a pre-purchase question you literally ask the seller in writing - a legitimate provider answers all five without hesitation; a click-farm reseller will dodge at least two. Once you've filtered sellers against this list and passed your own traffic through the staged test-budget process above, the natural next question is simply where to buy website traffic from a source that already builds this kind of transparency in by default. ## Where TrafficSigma fits into a bot-free buying strategy Everything above is seller-agnostic - it's the due-diligence process you should run regardless of who you buy from. But it's worth being direct about how TrafficSigma is built around exactly these failure points. TrafficSigma runs 3-level fraud protection across every format on the network - push, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), pop/popunder, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), native, [calendar push](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/calendar-push-format), and Telegram Mini App ads - with vetted premium sources rather than open, unaudited exchanges. For buyers specifically worried about the click-farm and SIVT patterns described above, direct-click and domain-redirect traffic on the network is sourced from real domain-level intent rather than incentivized or scripted clicks, and granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting lets you run the Stage 1/Stage 2 micro-test methodology from this guide natively, down to the sub-source level, before committing to Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) or Performance Mode auto-scaling across 248+ GEOs. ## What separates real traffic from a bot-heavy source Buying real website traffic comes down to three decision factors: knowing the difference between GIVT, SIVT, and genuinely verified human traffic; running a disciplined staged test-budget before you scale any new source; and treating seller transparency about sourcing and filtration as a hard gate, not a nice-to-have. Skip any one of these and the market's own numbers - bots making up roughly half of measured web traffic, IVT rates around one-in-five impressions industry-wide - stop being an abstract statistic and start being your actual campaign performance. Once you've internalized this framework, the practical next step is choosing a source built to survive it. TrafficSigma's 3-level fraud protection, granular targeting down to the sub-source level, and transparent GEO/device reach across 220+ markets are designed specifically so that when you run the audit checklist in this guide against TrafficSigma traffic, it passes. --- Sources referenced: Thales, Fraudlogix. ### Frequently asked questions **Is it safe to buy website traffic in 2026?** It can be, but only if you verify the source first. With invalid traffic running at roughly 20% of measured ad impressions industry-wide, buying blind from an unverified seller carries real risk - buying from a network that discloses its fraud-filtration process and lets you test small before scaling meaningfully reduces that risk. **How can I tell if traffic I bought is bots?** Check session duration (real users rarely bounce in under 2 seconds), engagement rate (bots almost never trigger chat or pop-up interactions), delivery pattern (bots arrive in unnaturally even intervals), and device/browser diversity (bots often repeat a single fingerprint at scale). Two or more of these failing together is a strong bot-traffic signal. **How do I choose a website traffic seller?** Prioritize sellers who disclose their GEO, device, and source mix before you buy, explain how they filter GIVT/SIVT-style invalid traffic, and offer a small test batch rather than requiring a large minimum spend. Run the staged test-budget methodology in this guide against any new seller before scaling. **Is buying cheap website traffic ever a good idea for beginners?** It can be, but "cheap" and "bot-heavy" are not the same thing - legitimate networks offer genuinely competitive CPC/CPM pricing on formats like push and pop traffic without relying on click farms. The risk isn't price itself; it's skipping verification because the price felt too good to check. **What percentage of purchased traffic is typically fake?** Industry-wide invalid traffic rates hover around 20% of impressions based on 2025 analysis of over 100 billion impressions, though this varies significantly by platform and traffic type - some mobile app and open-exchange inventory runs meaningfully higher. This is exactly why source-level verification matters more than any single industry-average number. **Where should I actually buy website traffic once I know how to vet it?** Apply this guide's checklist to any seller you're evaluating: confirm their GEO/device/source mix up front, ask how they filter GIVT/SIVT-style invalid traffic, and run the staged test-budget methodology before committing real spend - a network built around transparent sourcing and layered fraud filtering, like TrafficSigma, is designed to pass exactly this kind of scrutiny. # Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs Published: 2026-06-02 Modified: 2026-06-04 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Affiliate Marketing, Gambling, iGaming. Market-research estimates for global [online gambling](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) revenue in 2026 range from roughly $97 billion to $124 billion depending on methodology, with most forecasts agreeing on double-digit annual growth and H2 Gambling Capital projecting the broader global gambling market to clear $1 trillion in gross gaming revenue by 2030. *Source: H2 Gambling Capital and market-research estimates cited in this article.* Whichever estimate you trust, the number that matters to affiliates is simpler: operators keep funding affiliate marketing as one of their top acquisition channels, because it's the rare channel that only gets paid when a real depositing player shows up. The TrafficSigma team reviewed the commission structures, payout terms, and [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) coverage of the industry's most established igaming affiliate programs - spanning in-house operator programs, [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) networks, and gambling affiliate marketing platform infrastructure - to build this ranking. Below are the 13 best casino affiliate programs worth your application in 2026, plus a closing section on the gambling affiliate software and casino affiliate marketing platforms that sit behind many of them - what each pays, and how to actually get qualified traffic in front of them. ## Seven criteria decided which casino affiliate programs made this list There's no single "best" gambling affiliate program for every affiliate - a program that's excellent for a Nordic slots-review site can be a poor fit for an affiliate running Tier-2 GEO push campaigns, and a sportsbook-heavy portfolio needs different terms than a pure-casino one. Instead of picking one "winner," the TrafficSigma team evaluated each program against the criteria that actually determine whether an online casino affiliate program pays reliably and lets you scale. - **Commission structure and flexibility:** Whether the program offers CPA, [RevShare](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare), a hybrid model, or lets affiliates negotiate their own structure once they hit volume. Programs that lock every affiliate into one rigid model score lower than ones that adapt terms to traffic quality and volume. - **Payout terms and reliability:** Minimum payout thresholds, payment frequency (weekly, monthly, net-30/net-45), accepted payment methods, and the program's track record of paying on time without disputes. - **GEO and brand portfolio:** How many licensed markets and brands sit under one affiliate account. A multi-brand, multi-GEO program lets you route traffic to whichever offer converts best in a given market without juggling five separate logins. - **Tracking and reporting technology:** Real-time dashboards, sub-affiliate/sub-ID tracking, [postback](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/postback-s2s) support, and API access - whether the program runs on established casino affiliate marketing software or an in-house build. Affiliates running paid traffic can't optimize against a 24-hour reporting lag. - **Compliance and licensing footprint:** Whether the operator(s) behind the program hold recognized gambling licenses (UK Gambling Commission, Malta Gaming Authority, Curaçao, or regional equivalents) in the markets they promote in - this protects affiliates from promoting an offer that gets pulled or blacklisted. - **Negative carryover and contract terms:** Whether RevShare deals carry losing months forward against future earnings, and how restrictive the brand-bidding and marketing-channel policies are. - **Support and affiliate management:** Whether the program assigns a dedicated affiliate manager who actually answers, versus a ticket queue you never hear back from. Weigh these against your own traffic sources, GEOs, and volume before picking a primary program - the right fit depends on what you're already sending, not just which program advertises the highest headline rate. ## 13 gambling affiliate programs made the cut on payout reliability and GEO breadth The TrafficSigma team runs paid traffic into iGaming offers across 248+ GEOs every day, which means we see firsthand which top casino affiliate programs actually convert, pay on schedule, and support high-volume push, pop, and Telegram Mini App traffic without friction. That vantage point - plus direct experience with the gambling affiliate software and tracking stacks behind each program - is what shaped this list. Here are all 13 ranked programs, in order, before the detailed breakdown below (Better Collective and Income Access are gambling affiliate software and network platforms rather than joinable programs, so they get their own section afterward): 1. Bet365 Partners 2. 888 Affiliates 3. Entain Partners 4. FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) 5. Betsson Group Affiliates 6. ComeOn Connect 7. LeoVegas Affiliates 8. Rootz Affiliates 9. 7StarsPartners 10. PartnerRoom (formerly Videoslots Affiliates) 11. Slotland Affiliates 12. CrakRevenue (iGaming Vertical) 13. Rewards Affiliates (Casino Rewards) Now let's review each gambling affiliate program in detail. ### 1. Bet365 Partners Bet365 Partners is the in-house affiliate program for Bet365, one of the largest privately held sportsbook-and-casino operators in the world, with regulated market access across the UK, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and parts of Europe, plus select regulated US states. The brand's scale and name recognition make it one of the highest-intent affiliate offers available - plenty of your traffic will already know the brand before they [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click). The program offers RevShare, CPA, and [hybrid deal](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/hybrid-pricing) structures, with industry directories reporting RevShare bands in the 20-35% range, typically split between casino and sportsbook verticals since the two have very different player lifecycles - treat that range as reported rather than a published rate card, since Bet365 doesn't post one publicly. Reporting runs through a real-time affiliate dashboard, and payments are processed monthly once the minimum threshold is met. Because Bet365 operates its own in-house tech rather than a third-party affiliate platform, tracking accuracy and attribution tend to be tightly controlled. The trade-off is stricter compliance: given the brand's size and regulatory footprint, expect closer scrutiny of your traffic sources and marketing channels during approval than with a smaller operator. **Highlights:** - Type: Single-brand operator-direct program (sportsbook and casino) - Terms: RevShare reported 20-35%; CPA and hybrid also available; casino and sportsbook bands typically differ - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; stricter compliance checks given brand scale ### 2. 888 Affiliates 888 Affiliates is the affiliate program for 888 Holdings, one of the longest-running publicly listed online gambling operators, covering 888casino, 888poker, and 888sport under one account. The program has operated continuously since the early 2000s, giving it one of the longest verifiable track records in the industry. Affiliates can choose between RevShare, CPA, and hybrid deal structures. Industry directories report tiered RevShare in the 20-40% range based on the net revenue generated by referred players - the more depositing players you send, the higher the percentage band you unlock - alongside tiered CPA reportedly spanning roughly $65-$200 depending on GEO and player quality, against a reported $250 minimum payout. Treat these as directory-reported figures rather than 888's own published rate card. Payments run monthly, and the dashboard supports sub-affiliate tracking for larger portfolios. The multi-brand structure is the real advantage here: one signup gives you casino, poker, and [sports betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) offers to route traffic to, so you're not stuck promoting a single vertical if your audience's interest shifts. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (casino, poker, sportsbook) - Terms: RevShare reported 20-40%; CPA reported $65-$200 tiered; $250 minimum reported - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Free signup, approval required; established affiliates get faster onboarding ### 3. Entain Partners Entain Partners is the single affiliate program covering Entain plc's entire brand portfolio, including bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, PartyPoker, and PartyCasino - a wider single-login brand spread than almost any other program on this list. Entain is a large, publicly listed operator group, which gives the program unusual scale for affiliates who want one relationship to cover both sportsbook and casino verticals across multiple brand identities. Commission runs on a tiered RevShare model published at 25-35%, scaling by the number of new sign-ups an affiliate refers each month, plus CPA and hybrid deals negotiable for higher-volume affiliates. Entain Partners pays monthly against a €100 minimum threshold and states no negative carryover on RevShare balances - a policy change the program made effective December 1, 2024, so a losing month no longer drags down the next one. The program operates under a Gibraltar gambling licence. The dashboard supports real-time reporting, sub-affiliate tracking, and standard monthly payments. Because it's one program spanning many brands, affiliates can test which specific brand converts best in a given GEO without reapplying elsewhere. The scale of the brand list is a genuine advantage for affiliates running broad, multi-market traffic rather than a single-country campaign. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (bwin, Ladbrokes, Coral, PartyPoker, PartyCasino, and others) - Terms: Tiered RevShare, 25-35% by monthly sign-up volume; CPA/hybrid negotiable at volume; no negative carryover (effective Dec 1, 2024) - Cadence: Monthly payments; €100 minimum - Requirements: Application review; Gibraltar-licensed; strong fit for broad multi-brand, multi-market traffic ### 4. FDJ United Affiliates (formerly Kindred Affiliates) FDJ United Affiliates is the in-house program for the operator behind Unibet, 32Red, Maria Casino, Bingo.com, and several other regional brands, all managed under one affiliate account. The program was known as Kindred Affiliates until Kindred Group was acquired by France's FDJ and the combined business rebranded as FDJ United - kindredaffiliates.com now redirects to fdjunitedaffiliates.com, so affiliates searching the old name should expect the new one. FDJ United holds licenses across multiple regulated European markets, which makes this program a strong fit for affiliates targeting compliance-conscious Tier-1 traffic. The program runs primarily on tiered RevShare reported in the 20-35% range, plus CPA reported at roughly €40-80 for sports, €100-125 for poker/bingo, and €150-200 for casino, against a €100 minimum payout - figures that come from industry affiliate directories rather than a published rate card, so confirm current numbers with your affiliate manager before modeling projections. The program is reported to run a 45-day tracking cookie. Reporting includes real-time stats, a sub-affiliate commission structure for affiliates who refer other affiliates, and postback support for pixel-based tracking. Affiliate managers are assigned per region rather than handling a global queue, which affiliates in this program consistently cite as a differentiator versus programs with generic support tickets. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Unibet, 32Red, Maria Casino, Bingo.com, and others); rebranded from Kindred Affiliates post-FDJ acquisition - Terms: RevShare reported 20-35%; CPA reported €40-80 sports / €100-125 poker-bingo / €150-200 casino; €100 minimum; plus sub-affiliate commission - Cadence: Monthly payments; cookie reported at 45 days - Requirements: Application review; strongest fit for regulated-market traffic ### 5. Betsson Group Affiliates Betsson Group Affiliates covers Betsson, NordicBet, Betsafe, CasinoEuro, and other brands under the Betsson AB umbrella, a Nasdaq Stockholm-listed operator with a multi-decade operating history in Nordic, broader European, and Latin American markets. The program has built a reputation for straightforward, transparent commission reporting. Commission options include RevShare, CPA, and hybrid deals, with published RevShare running up to 45% on Betsson and Inkabet specifically and up to 40% on the group's other brands (Betsafe, NordicBet, CasinoEuro, Rizk, Guts) - published tier thresholds that make it easier to forecast what a growing traffic volume will actually earn versus programs that keep tier breakpoints opaque. Minimum payout is €50, paid monthly around the 10th, and the program states no negative carryover, plus a 10% sub-affiliate commission. No CPA figures are published for this program, so confirm any CPA rate directly. Payments are processed via standard methods including wire transfer and e-wallets, and the platform provides API access for affiliates who want to pull stats directly into their own tracking stack rather than checking a dashboard manually. For affiliates running push or [pop traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) into Nordic, European, or Latin American GEOs specifically, the brand portfolio's regional licensing depth is a meaningful advantage over generalist programs. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Betsson, NordicBet, Betsafe, CasinoEuro) - Terms: RevShare up to 45% (Betsson, Inkabet) / up to 40% (other brands); €50 minimum; no negative carryover; 10% sub-affiliate; CPA not published - Cadence: Monthly, around the 10th; API access available - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for Nordic/European/LatAm GEO traffic ### 6. ComeOn Connect ComeOn Connect is the affiliate program for the ComeOn Group, covering 15-plus brands including Casinostugan, Eurolotto, Get Lucky, Mobilebet, and Sunmaker alongside the flagship ComeOn brand - a Malta-headquartered operator with a sportsbook-plus-casino portfolio. The dual sportsbook/casino mix makes this program a useful pick for affiliates whose traffic swings seasonally between betting events and slots-driven casino interest. ComeOn Connect publishes one of the more transparent tiered commission structures in the industry: [casino RevShare](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-casino-revshare-programs) runs roughly 25% on the first €10,000 of monthly net gaming revenue, rising through 30%, 35%, and 40% bands up to €50,000, and 45% beyond that; sportsbook RevShare follows the same revenue bands starting around 20% and rising to roughly 40% at the top tier. Minimum payout is €50, paid monthly within 10 working days, and the program states no negative carryover - balances reset each month rather than carrying forward. A 30-day tracking cookie and 10% sub-affiliate commission round out the terms, and reporting runs through a real-time dashboard with sub-affiliate tracking. Affiliates who run both sports-content and casino-content traffic tend to prefer single-program access to 15-plus brands over managing separate logins with separate operators. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (15+ brands including ComeOn, Casinostugan, Get Lucky) - sportsbook and casino - Terms: Published tiered RevShare (25-45% casino, 20-40% sportsbook by monthly NGR band); €50 minimum; no negative carryover; 10% sub-affiliate - Cadence: Monthly, within 10 working days; 30-day cookie - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for combined sportsbook/casino traffic ### 7. LeoVegas Affiliates LeoVegas Affiliates is the in-house program for LeoVegas Group, now owned by MGM Resorts International, covering LeoVegas, Royal Panda, Pink Casino, GoGo Casino, 21.co.uk, Expekt, BetUK, and several other brands across casino, live casino, and sportsbook verticals. The operator holds a Malta Gaming Authority corporate licence (MGA/CRP/237/2013) alongside additional local licenses in markets including the UK, Netherlands, [Germany](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany), Sweden, and Ontario, and the program still exhibits at major industry events like iGB L!VE, which is a reasonable [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy) for a program that's genuinely active rather than winding down. This entry replaces Genesis Affiliates, which we previously listed here - Genesis Global had its Malta Gaming Authority licence cancelled in January 2024 after entering insolvency, and its affiliate program is defunct. LeoVegas Affiliates is reported by multiple independent affiliate directories to run tiered RevShare of roughly 25% on the first €5,000 of monthly net revenue, 30% up to €15,000, 35% up to €30,000, and 40% beyond that, with CPA and hybrid deals available on request, a 5% sub-affiliate commission, and no negative carryover. Reported minimum payout is €50, paid monthly (within roughly 15 days of month-end), run on the NetRefer affiliate platform. Treat these as directory-reported figures rather than a published rate card, and confirm current terms during onboarding. The multi-brand, MGM-backed portfolio gives affiliates a genuinely active alternative to the defunct Genesis lineup, with a comparable geo-flexible, internationally-facing brand mix. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (LeoVegas, Royal Panda, Pink Casino, GoGo Casino, and others); owned by MGM Resorts International - Terms: RevShare reported 25-40% by monthly NGR band; CPA/hybrid on request; 5% sub-affiliate; no negative carryover reported - Cadence: Monthly, reported within ~15 days; €50 minimum reported - Requirements: Application review; MGA-licensed with additional local licenses; suited to geo-flexible traffic ### 8. Rootz Affiliates Rootz Affiliates covers the Rootz Ltd portfolio - Wildz, Caxino, Spinz, Chipz, and Wheelz - a group of MGA-licensed casino brands that launched its affiliate program in 2020 and has since become a regular presence at industry conferences like iGB Barcelona. The relatively newer brand set is built on a modern, mobile-first casino experience across all five properties. The program runs on tiered RevShare: below €5,000 in monthly net revenue pays 25%, €5,000-€15,000 pays 30%, €15,000-€30,000 pays 35%, and above €30,000 pays 40%. Minimum payout is €100, paid monthly around the 10th-15th, and - contrary to what this entry previously stated - Rootz's own published terms are explicit that negative balances never carry over to the following month, not the standard carryover found elsewhere in the sector. The program is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority and Germany's GGL. Reporting runs on a dedicated affiliate-marketing platform with real-time stats and postback tracking. For affiliates looking for a multi-brand program without the corporate complexity of an older, larger operator group, Rootz's five-brand portfolio under one login is a practical middle-ground option. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Wildz, Caxino, Spinz, Chipz, Wheelz) - Terms: Tiered RevShare - <€5k = 25%, €5-15k = 30%, €15-30k = 35%, >€30k = 40%; €100 minimum; no negative carryover - Cadence: Monthly, around the 10th-15th - Requirements: Application review; MGA + German GGL licensed; modern multi-brand portfolio under one account ### 9. 7StarsPartners 7StarsPartners represents a large portfolio of roughly 17 casino brands, including Rabona, Wazamba, Malina, BoaBoa, and Nomini, positioning itself as one of the higher-commission programs in the space. Because several published commission figures for this program run well above the industry's typical range, affiliates should confirm current tier terms directly during onboarding rather than relying solely on marketing copy. The program is built around tiered RevShare - published at 45-60% for casino and 30-45% for sportsbook - with CPA and hybrid options available and a 5% sub-affiliate commission. Minimum payout is €100 per calendar month, and a shortfall rolls forward rather than being forfeited. Payments are processed monthly by the 20th, and the program states no negative carryover: balances are zeroed monthly, with exceptions the program reserves for fraud or high-roller cases. Its multi-brand structure gives affiliates flexibility to route traffic across whichever of the 17 brands performs best in a given GEO. Reporting includes a real-time dashboard and sub-affiliate tracking. The sheer brand count is the main draw here - it functions almost like a mini-network within a single affiliate program, which suits affiliates who like to split-test offers across many similar brands rather than commit to one. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (~17 brands including Rabona, Wazamba, Malina) - Terms: Tiered RevShare, 45-60% casino / 30-45% sportsbook; CPA and hybrid available; 5% sub-affiliate; no negative carryover (zeroed monthly, fraud/high-roller exceptions) - Cadence: Monthly by the 20th; €100/calendar-month minimum, shortfall rolls forward - Requirements: Application review; best for affiliates split-testing across many similar brands ### 10. PartnerRoom (formerly Videoslots Affiliates) PartnerRoom promotes Videoslots Casino and its sister brands, one of the most recognized slots-focused casino names in the regulated European market. The program was previously branded Videoslots Affiliates; videoslotsaffiliates.com is no longer live, and the program has consolidated onto partnerroom.com under the new PartnerRoom name - affiliates searching the old brand should use the new one going forward. PartnerRoom is reported to run tiered RevShare in the 25-45% range, scaling by monthly first-time-depositor (FTD) volume, with CPA available for specific campaigns and no negative carryover reported. Payments are processed monthly. These figures come from industry affiliate directories rather than a published first-party rate card, so confirm current bands and thresholds directly during onboarding. Because Videoslots' brand identity leans heavily on game variety and slot mechanics content, it pairs especially well with affiliates producing slot-review or comparison content, and equally well with paid traffic aimed at slots-interested audiences. **Highlights:** - Type: Single-brand operator-direct casino program (slots-focused, sister brands included); rebranded from Videoslots Affiliates to PartnerRoom - Terms: RevShare reported 25-45% by monthly FTDs; CPA for specific campaigns; no negative carryover reported - Cadence: Monthly payments - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for slots-focused audiences ### 11. Slotland Affiliates Slotland Affiliates promotes Slotland Casino alongside sister brands WinADay and CryptoSlots, a crypto-focused property under the same affiliate umbrella - a useful detail for affiliates whose audience prefers crypto deposit and withdrawal options over traditional payment methods. The portfolio is notably US-facing relative to most other programs on this list. Slotland publishes six RevShare tiers based on net gaming revenue (NGR): $0-5,000 pays 25%, rising through the middle bands to 50% at $100,000+. Minimum payout is $50, paid on the second business day of the month, and the program states no negative carryover. The standout detail: Slotland pays affiliates exclusively in cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, USDT, or USDC - with no traditional fiat payout option, and runs a 30-day tracking cookie. Reporting runs through a standard affiliate dashboard. The crypto-casino sister brand is the differentiator here: if you're running traffic toward crypto-friendly gambling audiences, this is one of the few established programs on this list with a dedicated crypto property built in - and its affiliate payouts are crypto-only besides. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Slotland, WinADay, CryptoSlots) - Terms: Six RevShare tiers by NGR, 25% ($0-5k) up to 50% ($100k+); $50 minimum; no negative carryover; 30-day cookie - Cadence: Monthly, 2nd business day; crypto-only payouts (BTC, ETH, LTC, Monero, USDT, USDC) - Requirements: Application review; notable US-facing and crypto-casino audience fit ### 12. CrakRevenue (iGaming Vertical) CrakRevenue is a large, multi-vertical CPA network with a dedicated gambling offer vertical sitting alongside its better-known verticals in other high-payout categories. For affiliates who prefer a single network relationship across multiple offer types rather than juggling several single-brand casino logins, CrakRevenue's gambling offers sit conveniently alongside its other campaigns. The gambling vertical is CPA-heavy, with per-action payouts on Bi-Monthly Net 7/15/30 pay periods. Minimum payout is $100 for MassPay, Paxum, or PayPal, or $500 if you're withdrawing via Bitcoin or wire transfer - a threshold that differs meaningfully by payment rail, so pick your payout method with that gap in mind. A standout feature is CrakRevenue's [SmartLink](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/smartlink) technology, which automatically routes a click to whichever active gambling offer is converting best for that visitor's GEO and device - useful for affiliates running broad paid traffic who don't want to manually split-test dozens of individual operator offers. Reporting includes real-time tracking and an established affiliate-manager support structure. The trade-off versus a single-operator program is offer breadth over depth: CrakRevenue aggregates gambling offers from multiple brands rather than giving you one deep, long-term relationship with a single operator. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical CPA network with a dedicated gambling vertical - Terms: Primarily CPA per qualified action - Cadence: Bi-Monthly Net 7/15/30; $100 minimum (MassPay/Paxum/PayPal) or $500 (Bitcoin/wire) - Requirements: Network application; approval covers all verticals, not gambling alone ### 13. Rewards Affiliates (Casino Rewards) Rewards Affiliates is the affiliate arm of the Casino Rewards group, a loyalty-program-driven casino portfolio that includes Captain Cooks Casino, Zodiac Casino, Luxury Casino, Yukon Gold Casino, and Villento Casino, among others, run by Apollo Entertainment Group. The group's defining feature is its cross-brand loyalty program, which affiliates say tends to produce stronger long-term player retention than single-brand casinos without a shared rewards system. The actual commission structure is volume-tiered RevShare rather than any kind of elevated introductory rate: 0-10 new players in a month pays 25%, 11-20 pays 30%, and 21+ pays 35%. Alongside that, the program offers a flat $50 CPA per qualified player, contingent on a $100 minimum first deposit. Payments are processed monthly by the 7th against a $200 minimum, and the program states no negative carryover. Reporting runs through a real-time affiliate dashboard. The multi-brand loyalty structure is the real appeal: sending a player to any brand in the Casino Rewards portfolio taps the same cross-brand retention engine, which can mean steadier long-term RevShare income than a single standalone casino offers. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-brand operator-direct program (Captain Cooks, Zodiac, Luxury Casino, Yukon Gold, Villento) - Terms: Volume-tiered RevShare (0-10 players = 25%, 11-20 = 30%, 21+ = 35%); flat $50 CPA on $100 min first deposit; no negative carryover - Cadence: Monthly by the 7th; $200 minimum - Requirements: Application review; strong fit for cross-brand loyalty-driven retention traffic ## Gambling affiliate software and casino affiliate marketing platforms: Better Collective and Income Access The 13 programs above are all operator-direct offers an affiliate can apply to and join. The two names below aren't - they're infrastructure. Ranking them 1-15 alongside joinable programs, as earlier versions of this list did, was a category error: a reader following this article's promise would try to "join" a listed media company or a piece of tracking software. They still matter to understand, since most affiliates in this space eventually run into both, but they belong in their own section rather than the ranked list. ### Better Collective Better Collective is a publicly listed affiliate media company - not a program affiliates "join" in the traditional sense, but a large-scale player in the gambling-affiliate space worth understanding, since it (along with peers like Catena Media and Raketech) owns many of the review, comparison, and tipster sites that dominate organic search results for casino and sportsbook keywords, including properties like HLTV, FUTBIN, and Action Network. Better Collective is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and reported FY2024 revenue of roughly €371.5 million, operating its own portfolio of media properties that themselves earn affiliate commission from operators, rather than recruiting individual affiliates the way an operator's in-house program does. For most affiliates reading this list, Better Collective isn't a signup target - it's a competitor in the organic-search layer of the funnel, and a useful benchmark for how much scale is achievable in this vertical through content and SEO alone. Affiliates running paid traffic (push, pop, native, Telegram Mini App ads) are typically playing a different game entirely: driving direct, immediate clicks to an operator offer rather than ranking a review site. Understanding the difference matters strategically - if your model is paid traffic into operator-direct programs, you're not competing with Better Collective for a "spot," you're using an entirely different acquisition channel that operators value for its speed and scalability. **Highlights:** - Type: Nasdaq-listed affiliate media company (not a joinable program) - Terms: Not applicable - earns commission from operators via its own media properties (HLTV, FUTBIN, Action Network, and others); FY2024 revenue ~€371.5M - Cadence: Not applicable - Requirements: None; included for context on the affiliate-media segment of the space ### Income Access Income Access, a Paysafe company, isn't a single operator's affiliate program either - it's gambling affiliate software: the affiliate-marketing tracking technology and network infrastructure that powers the affiliate programs for a large number of gambling operators. Affiliates typically encounter Income Access as the login and dashboard behind a specific operator's program, rather than signing up to "Income Access" as a standalone brand. Income Access previously ran its own in-house affiliate network with published commercial terms, but that network was discontinued around 2022 - any commission figures still circulating online under the Income Access name describe that discontinued network, not the current tracking-software business, so we don't republish them here. Because it's infrastructure rather than one brand, commercial terms (RevShare/CPA/hybrid, payout thresholds, payment cadence) are set by whichever operator is running on the platform today, not by Income Access itself. What Income Access does standardize across the operators using it is the reporting layer - real-time stats, sub-affiliate tracking, postback support, and consolidated account management if you're approved across several Income Access-powered programs at once. For affiliates managing multiple gambling programs simultaneously, recognizing which operators run on Income Access is genuinely useful - as a casino affiliate marketing platform, it means a broadly consistent dashboard experience across otherwise unrelated brands. **Highlights:** - Type: Affiliate-marketing tracking software and network infrastructure (Paysafe company), not a single brand - Terms: Set per operator-client using the platform today; its own discontinued (~2022) in-house network's terms no longer apply - Cadence: Set per operator; reporting layer standardized across programs - Requirements: Apply through the specific operator's Income Access-powered program ## Weigh commission model, payment cadence, and fit across all 13 programs Every affiliate program casino operator markets says it pays "competitive rates," which is exactly why the terms differ more than they look at first glance - tier thresholds, GEO restrictions, and negative carryover rules vary enough that two "RevShare" deals can produce very different real payouts. We've also added a cookie-duration column here - a figure almost no comparison of gambling affiliate programs publishes. Where a program doesn't publish its cookie window, we use an en dash rather than guess. Use this table to compare all 13 side by side before applying. | # | Program | Type | Commission Model | Payment Cadence | Cookie Duration | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Bet365 Partners | Single-brand operator | RevShare / CPA / Hybrid | Monthly | – | High-recognition sportsbook + casino traffic | | 2 | 888 Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 20-40% / CPA $65-$200 (reported) | Monthly | – | Casino + poker + sportsbook in one account | | 3 | Entain Partners | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 25-35%; no negative carryover | Monthly | – | Broad multi-brand, multi-market traffic | | 4 | FDJ United Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 20-35%; CPA €40-200 by vertical (reported) | Monthly | 45 days | Regulated Tier-1 European traffic | | 5 | Betsson Group Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare up to 45% (Betsson/Inkabet) / up to 40% (others) | Monthly | – | Nordic/European/LatAm GEO traffic | | 6 | ComeOn Connect | Multi-brand operator (15+ brands) | RevShare 25-45% casino, 20-40% sportsbook; no negative carryover | Monthly (10 business days) | 30 days | Combined sportsbook + casino traffic | | 7 | LeoVegas Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 25-40% by NGR band (reported) | Monthly | – | Geo-flexible traffic; Genesis Affiliates replacement | | 8 | Rootz Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 25-40% by NGR band; no negative carryover | Monthly (10th-15th) | – | Modern multi-brand portfolio, one login | | 9 | 7StarsPartners | Multi-brand operator (~17 brands) | RevShare 45-60% casino / 30-45% sportsbook; no negative carryover | Monthly (by the 20th) | – | Split-testing across many similar brands | | 10 | PartnerRoom | Single-brand operator | RevShare 25-45% by FTDs (reported); no negative carryover | Monthly | – | Slots-focused audiences | | 11 | Slotland Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 25-50% by NGR tier; no negative carryover | Monthly (2nd business day); crypto-only payout | 30 days | US-facing, crypto-casino audiences | | 12 | CrakRevenue (iGaming) | Multi-vertical CPA network | CPA per qualified action | Bi-monthly Net 7/15/30 | – | One login across multiple gambling brands | | 13 | Rewards Affiliates | Multi-brand operator | RevShare 25/30/35% by volume + flat $50 CPA; no negative carryover | Monthly (by the 7th) | – | Cross-brand loyalty-driven retention | Two more names come up constantly in this space but aren't on the list above because they're not operator programs an affiliate joins: **Better Collective**, a Nasdaq-listed affiliate media company, and **Income Access**, Paysafe's gambling affiliate software and [tracking platform](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/tracker). Both are covered in the dedicated section above with the same Highlights format, minus a commission table row, since neither publishes (or has) a per-affiliate commission rate. ## Your first gambling affiliate program: what to look for Picking the right gambling affiliate program comes down to three factors that matter more than the headline commission rate: whether the commission structure (CPA, RevShare, or hybrid) matches your traffic's actual [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) and retention profile, whether the program's GEO and brand portfolio lines up with where you're already sending clicks, and whether the payout terms and reporting technology will hold up once you scale past a handful of daily conversions. A program with a slightly lower published RevShare tier but reliable monthly payments and real-time postback tracking will usually out-earn a higher-rate program with opaque terms and a black-box dashboard. None of that matters, though, if you're not putting qualified traffic in front of these offers in the first place. That's the piece TrafficSigma is built for - push notifications, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), pop/popunder, native, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), and Telegram Mini App traffic across 248+ GEOs, with the granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting you need to match a specific affiliate program's approved markets, plus [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) and Target CPA optimization to keep your cost per depositing player inside whatever CPA or hybrid deal you've negotiated. Whether you're running cold traffic into a CPA offer or nurturing a RevShare cohort for long-term value, the traffic source matters as much as the program you pick. --- Sources referenced: H2 Gambling Capital. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best gambling affiliate program?** There's no single best program for every affiliate - it depends on your traffic's GEOs, volume, and whether you're optimizing for upfront CPA payouts or long-term RevShare income. 888 Affiliates and Entain Partners are strong all-around picks for multi-brand flexibility, while CrakRevenue's iGaming vertical suits affiliates who prefer CPA-heavy, network-style offers over a single operator relationship. **What's the difference between CPA and RevShare gambling affiliate programs?** CPA (cost-per-acquisition) pays a flat fee for each new depositing player you refer - industry estimates for gambling CPA deals commonly span a wide range, roughly $20-$150 for lower tiers and GEOs up to $400-$650 for premium markets and VIP players, so always confirm the specific rate for your GEO before committing traffic. RevShare instead pays an ongoing percentage of the net revenue that player generates for the operator over time - commonly in the 20-60% range across the established programs on this list - which can compound into far more than a CPA fee for a player who stays active for months, but which typically carries negative balances forward if a monthly cohort loses money for the operator. Hybrid deals, blending a smaller CPA with a smaller RevShare percentage, are available on request across nearly every program covered here. **How do I choose between casino affiliate programs?** Start by matching the program's GEO and licensing footprint to where your traffic actually converts, then compare payment cadence and minimum thresholds against your own cash-flow needs. If you're running paid traffic at volume, prioritize programs with real-time reporting and postback/API support - whether that's an online casino affiliate website you check daily or a full API feed into your own stack - so you can optimize campaigns daily instead of waiting for a monthly statement to see what worked. **Are gambling affiliate programs beginner-friendly?** Most of the programs on this list accept new affiliates with no minimum traffic requirement, though approval is usually manual and operators may ask about your traffic sources before approving you - particularly for regulated-market brands like FDJ United or Betsson Group. Beginners are generally better served starting with CPA deals, since they produce predictable per-conversion income while you learn a program's reporting tools, before moving to RevShare once you understand player retention on that specific brand. **What is a gambling affiliate brand-bidding policy?** A brand-bidding policy is a standard clause in nearly every gambling affiliate program's terms that prohibits affiliates from running paid search (PPC) ads that bid on the operator's own trademarked brand terms - for example, bidding on the operator's exact brand name in Google Ads. Operators restrict this because they already bid on their own branded search terms directly, and an affiliate bidding on the same terms drives up the operator's own paid-search costs while diverting commission to traffic the operator would likely have received anyway through organic or direct search. Violating a brand-bidding policy is one of the most common grounds for commission clawback or account termination across gambling affiliate networks, so always read a program's PPC and marketing-channel restrictions in full before running any brand-term campaigns - this is a big reason paid traffic formats outside branded search, like push, pop, and native, remain popular with gambling affiliates. **How much can I earn from casino affiliate programs?** Earnings scale directly with traffic volume and quality rather than any fixed number - an affiliate sending a handful of depositing players a month earns a fraction of what a high-volume paid-traffic campaign across multiple GEOs can generate under the same program. The realistic path to meaningful income is treating affiliate commissions as a function of consistent, well-targeted traffic volume: the programs above provide the offers and the payout structure, but scaling your own qualified traffic - through channels like push, pop, native, and Telegram Mini App ads - is what actually moves the earnings number. **Which are the highest paying casino affiliate programs?** Among the affiliate gambling programs covered here, ComeOn Connect and 7StarsPartners publish the highest top-tier RevShare bands, while Entain Partners and Rewards Affiliates scale well for affiliates who build up large, loyal player cohorts over time. "Highest paying" is relative to your own volume, though - a program with a lower headline rate but faster tier progression and no negative carryover can out-earn a flashier top-line number once you account for real payout consistency. Casino affiliates should always weigh the full commission table, not just the top published band, before deciding where to send traffic. # Native Ads: How to Use Native Advertising for Online Marketing Success in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide Published: 2026-06-05 Modified: 2026-06-08 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Native Ads, Display Advertising. Market-size estimates for global native advertising vary widely by research firm - Mordor Intelligence puts the market at roughly $165.68 billion with a 12.73% CAGR, while other forecasts cite figures closer to $125 billion with growth north of 13% - so treat any single headline number as one estimate among several rather than a settled figure. What's consistent across forecasts is the direction: publishers and advertisers keep shifting budget away from formats readers have learned to ignore. That growth is a direct response to banner blindness: native ads regularly post average [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click)-through rates in the 0.2%-3% range - at the upper end of that range, up to roughly 8-9x higher than the 0.05%-0.35% typical of standard display banners, though at the lower end the gap is closer to 4x - because they're built to look like the content around them instead of interrupting it. *Source: Mordor Intelligence and other industry native-advertising market forecasts, 2026 (estimates vary by research firm)* The TrafficSigma team runs native traffic across 248+ GEOs every day, and this guide breaks down exactly what native advertising is, where native ads actually appear, why performance marketers and affiliates lean on native for compliance-sensitive verticals, how to build creative that gets approved and clicked, and how to choose a native ad network that fits your campaign. ## What is native advertising? Native advertising is paid content - an article, image, or video promotion - styled to match the look, feel, and placement of the platform it runs on, so it reads as part of the user experience rather than an interruption of it. A native ad on a news site looks like a recommended article; a native ad in a social feed looks like a regular post; a native ad in an app looks like in-app content. The paid nature is disclosed (typically with an "Ad" or "Sponsored" label), but the format itself doesn't visually fight the surrounding page. That's the core distinction that separates native from the other formats in a performance marketer's toolkit, and it's worth being precise about the differences, since "native," "display," "push," and "pop" get used loosely and interchangeably in the industry: - **Native vs. display:** Display ads are a distinct visual unit - a banner, a rectangle, a skyscraper - dropped into a page layout with its own border, background, and creative that looks nothing like the editorial content around it. Native ads inherit the page's fonts, image cropping, and card layout, so the ad and the content are visually continuous. This is the single biggest reason native consistently posts a higher [CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr) than banner display: the ad doesn't trigger the reader's learned instinct to scroll past anything that looks like an ad. - **Native vs. push notifications:** [Push ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads) are OS- or browser-level notifications that reach a user's device even when they aren't on a website - a subscriber opted in once, and every push after that is a direct, immediate ping. Push wins on immediacy and can post strong CTRs for well-targeted campaigns, sometimes reaching into the double digits, but reported figures vary widely by source and it depends entirely on a pre-existing opt-in base. Native has no opt-in requirement; it runs to any visitor a publisher's recommendation widget or in-feed slot serves, which makes it the better tool for reaching net-new audiences rather than re-engaging an existing list. - **Native vs. pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic):** Pop and popunder ads open a full separate browser tab or window, interrupting the session entirely to force a view. They're built for volume and low CPMs, not blending in. Native trades that raw volume for context: the ad appears next to content the reader already chose to read, which is why native performs better on trust-sensitive offers where an intrusive pop-under can hurt [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion). In short: native earns attention by not looking like an ad; push earns attention by reaching an opted-in device directly; pop and popunder earn attention by forcing a view. Most experienced media buyers run more than one of these formats in the same account and route budget to whichever wins for a given offer and [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning). ## Where native ads appear Native ad units aren't one single placement - they show up across three distinct surfaces, and each has its own conventions worth knowing before you build creative: - **In-feed native ads:** These sit directly inside a content feed - a social media timeline, a news app's article list, an e-commerce product grid - formatted to match the posts or listings around them. The ad occupies the same card shape, image ratio, and typography as organic content, with only a small "Sponsored" or "Ad" tag distinguishing it. In-feed is the dominant native surface on mobile, where feed-based browsing is the default reading pattern. - **In-content native ads:** These are embedded inside the body of an article or piece of content itself - a paragraph-style sponsored insert, an in-article recommendation block, or a native video that plays mid-scroll. Because the reader is already several paragraphs into engaged reading, in-content native tends to carry higher dwell time than a feed placement, at the cost of lower overall volume (fewer available slots per page). - **Recommendation widgets:** The "you might also like" or "around the web" module at the bottom (or side) of an article - the placement most people associate with the term "native ads" first, popularized at scale by networks like Taboola and Outbrain (now operating as Teads). These widgets mix genuinely organic recommended articles with paid placements in the same grid of thumbnail + headline, and they're the highest-volume native inventory type because nearly every content publisher runs one. Each surface rewards slightly different creative: in-feed rewards native ads examples that mimic the platform's native post style almost exactly (a casino bonus offer styled like a social post performs better than one styled like a banner); recommendation widgets reward a strong curiosity-driven headline and thumbnail since the format is inherently a scroll-past decision made in under a second; in-content rewards a genuinely useful angle since the reader is already committed to reading. Looking at native advertising examples across verticals, the pattern holds regardless of category: the winning creative is the one that's hardest to distinguish from the organic post or article next to it. Most media buyers don't build this inventory themselves - they buy native ads traffic through a self-serve network that already has publisher relationships and recommendation-widget placements live across hundreds of sites and apps. That's the fastest way to get a native campaign in front of real, GEO-targeted audiences without negotiating placements site-by-site. ## Why performance marketers and affiliates use native ads Native advertising for affiliate marketing has grown into one of the default traffic sources for a specific reason: it performs unusually well in verticals where a heavy-handed, obviously-commercial ad format either gets rejected by ad review, ignored by the reader, or both. Three mechanics explain why: **It clears ad review more reliably in regulated and semi-regulated verticals.** [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), and [Sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) offers frequently get rejected or restricted on ad platforms that apply strict creative policies to those categories. Native ad networks built around content recommendation are generally more accommodating of these "soft" or high-payout verticals than search or social platforms with blanket vertical bans, provided the required "Ad"/"Sponsored" disclosure is present and the landing page matches the promise of the creative. **It builds trust before the click, not just after it.** A reader who clicks a native ad styled as a recommended article arrives with a warmer frame of mind than one who clicked an obviously commercial banner - they were reading content, and the ad extended that experience rather than breaking it. For compliance-sensitive offers (a casino bonus, a forex platform, a subscription trial), that softer frame reduces bounce and improves the odds the visitor actually reads the offer instead of reflexively closing the tab. **It scales across GEOs where regulatory posture varies.** A native campaign promoting an iGaming offer can run in a Tier-1 GEO with strict advertising standards using compliant, responsible-gambling-aware creative, and the same network can run a more aggressive angle in a Tier-2 or Tier-3 GEO with lighter restrictions - without changing ad format. That flexibility is harder to replicate on platforms with a single global policy applied uniformly. None of this means native is a way to sidestep licensing or disclosure requirements. The FTC's native advertising guidance is explicit: native units must be clearly and conspicuously labeled as commercial content (terms like "Ad," "Advertisement," or "Sponsored" satisfy this), and vaguer terms are a documented risk area - the more a native ad resembles the platform's organic content, the more prominent that disclosure needs to be. Compliant affiliates treat native as a distribution format, not a workaround - the offer itself still needs to meet the GEO's actual advertising and licensing rules. ## Native ad creative best practices A native ad's entire job is to earn a click without looking like it's trying to. That means the creative rules are different from a banner or a push notification: - **Headline length and framing:** Headline caps vary by network - Outbrain, for example, allows up to 100 characters but recommends around 60 for best rendering and performance - so check your target network's own spec rather than assuming a fixed limit, and note that shorter (roughly 6-10 words) headlines generally convert better across networks. Curiosity, a concrete number, or a direct benefit outperforms generic brand-first copy - "5 signs you're overpaying for car insurance" beats "Compare car insurance with [Brand]." - **Image selection:** Requirements vary by network - Outbrain, for example, recommends 1200x800px for standard placements, with a 300px minimum applying specifically to 1:1 carousel-crop images rather than the format broadly - so confirm your target network's exact spec rather than assuming one universal size. Images featuring a real person's face or an authentic-feeling "in the wild" photo consistently outperform product shots or stock-looking graphics - the image needs to look like it belongs in a content feed, not an ad slot. - **Disclosure placement:** Every native unit needs an "Ad" or "Sponsored" label placed clearly and conspicuously near the headline or thumbnail - this isn't optional creative polish, it's the FTC-mandated disclosure that keeps the format legal. Build it into your creative review checklist the same way you'd check image dimensions. - **Landing page continuity:** The landing page has to deliver on exactly what the headline promised. A native ad that curiosity-gaps its way to a click but lands on an unrelated offer page gets flagged by the network's quality algorithms and tanks approval rates on future campaigns - native platforms actively penalize creative-to-landing-page mismatch because it's the fastest way to erode reader trust in their recommendation widgets. - **Angle testing at volume:** Because native inventory is cheap relative to search or social, the standard workflow is to launch 5-10 headline/image variants per offer simultaneously, kill anything underperforming within the first few hundred clicks, and scale the 1-2 winners. Native rewards this kind of rapid iteration far more than formats with slower, more expensive testing cycles. ## Choosing a native ad network Picking among native ad networks comes down to matching a platform's actual strengths to your offer, vertical, and GEOs - not just picking whichever name is most recognizable. A few things worth checking before you commit budget: - **Vertical acceptance policy:** Does the network explicitly support your vertical (iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, Sweepstakes, [Dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical)) or restrict it? The largest recommendation-widget networks skew toward mainstream consumer categories and apply stricter review to high-payout verticals; platforms built specifically around performance-marketing traffic tend to have clearer, published policies for these categories instead of a case-by-case guess. - **GEO coverage and targeting granularity:** A network with broad country coverage is only useful if its targeting is actually granular - GEO down to city or region, device type, OS version, and (for mobile-heavy verticals) carrier. Coarse "country-only" targeting wastes spend in campaigns where a specific device/OS/carrier combination converts very differently from the GEO average. - **Minimum spend and self-serve access:** Some legacy native networks still gate access behind an account manager and a minimum monthly commitment. A self-serve dashboard where you can launch, monitor, and adjust campaigns directly - without waiting on a rep - matters most to affiliates and media buyers running multiple small tests before scaling a winner. - **Bidding and optimization tools:** Look for [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) (adjusting bids at a granular GEO/device/source level rather than one flat bid for the whole campaign), Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) optimization, and an automated Performance Mode that reallocates spend toward converting sources mid-flight. These tools are what separate a network you can actually scale profitably from one that requires constant manual bid-tweaking. - **Fraud protection:** Native inventory, like any programmatic format, carries bot and fraud risk from low-quality sources. Multi-layer fraud filtering (source-level vetting, in-flight traffic-quality scoring, and post-click validation) protects your spend from inflated [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression) and click counts that never had a chance to convert. TrafficSigma's native ad format runs across the same 248+ GEO footprint as the platform's push, pop, and Telegram Mini App inventory, with the same granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting, Micro Bidding, Target CPA, and Performance Mode optimization tools available on native campaigns as on every other format - plus the 3-level fraud protection and vetted premium source pool the network applies platform-wide. For iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, Dating, and Sweepstakes advertisers specifically, that means one self-serve account can run a native campaign next to a push or popunder campaign for the same offer, compare performance directly, and shift budget toward whichever format is actually converting in a given GEO - without renegotiating terms with a second vendor. ## A native placement and network built to convert, not just blend in Native advertising wins on a simple mechanic: it looks like content, not an interruption, which is why it consistently outperforms banner display on CTR and clears review more reliably than obviously commercial formats in regulated and semi-regulated verticals. The decisions that actually determine whether a native campaign works are the same three this guide covered - picking the right placement type (in-feed, in-content, or recommendation widget) for your offer, building creative that respects both the platform's disclosure rules and its "looks native" requirement, and choosing a network whose vertical policy, GEO targeting, and optimization tools actually fit a performance-marketing account rather than a mainstream-brand one. The fastest way to test all of that is inside a single self-serve account rather than juggling separate vendor relationships for every format. TrafficSigma runs native alongside push, pop/popunder, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), and Telegram Mini App traffic across 248+ GEOs, so a native campaign for an iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, Dating, or Sweepstakes offer can be launched, measured, and optimized right next to every other format you're already running - with the same Micro Bidding, Target CPA, and Performance Mode tools, and the same fraud protection, applied consistently across all of them. --- Sources referenced: Mordor Intelligence. ### Frequently asked questions **What is native advertising?** Native advertising is paid promotional content - an article, image, or video - designed to match the visual style and placement of the platform it appears on, so it reads as part of the user experience instead of a separate ad unit. It's disclosed as sponsored content (an "Ad" or "Sponsored" label) but doesn't visually interrupt the surrounding page the way a banner or pop-up does. **What's the difference between native ads and display ads?** Display ads are a distinct visual unit - a banner or rectangle with its own creative that looks different from the page around it. Native ads inherit the page's layout, fonts, and image style, so the ad and the content are visually continuous. That similarity is why native regularly posts a meaningfully higher click-through rate than standard display. **Where do native ads actually show up?** Three main surfaces: in-feed (inside a social or app content feed, styled like a regular post), in-content (embedded inside an article's body), and recommendation widgets (the "you might also like" module at the bottom of articles, popularized at scale by networks like Taboola and Outbrain/Teads). **How do I choose the best native ad networks for my campaign?** Match the network to your vertical, GEO footprint, and volume needs. Check whether the network explicitly supports your vertical (iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, Sweepstakes, and similar categories often face stricter review on mainstream-focused networks), whether targeting goes beyond country-level to device/OS/carrier, whether it's genuinely self-serve, and whether it offers granular bidding and optimization tools rather than one flat bid for an entire campaign. **Is native advertising a good fit for affiliate marketing?** Yes - native ads for affiliate marketing work particularly well for offers where a heavy-handed commercial format either gets rejected by ad review or reduces reader trust before the click. The format still requires clear "Ad"/"Sponsored" disclosure and an offer that genuinely complies with the target GEO's advertising and licensing rules; native is a distribution format, not a compliance workaround. **How much does native advertising cost compared to other formats?** Native CPCs and CPMs vary heavily by network, vertical, and GEO, but native inventory is generally priced to support high-volume creative testing - most media buyers launch several headline/image variants per offer at once and reallocate budget toward whichever wins within the first few hundred clicks, a workflow that's harder to run economically on more expensive formats like search. **What's the fastest way to buy native ads traffic?** Through a self-serve native ad network rather than negotiating placements with individual publishers. A self-serve dashboard lets you set your GEO, device, and budget targeting, launch creative variants, and start receiving native traffic the same day - with granular optimization tools available immediately instead of waiting on a managed-service onboarding process. # Online Gambling in Germany: The Complete 2026 Legal and Market Guide https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany Published: 2026-06-07 Modified: 2026-06-11 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: iGaming, Gambling, GEO Targeting. Germany's total regulated gambling market (online plus land-based) generated roughly €14.4 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2024, up 5% year-over-year - with the licensed [online gambling](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) segment specifically accounting for about €3.5 billion (24%) of that total - and the state-commissioned channelisation study now puts about 77% of real-money online gambling activity inside the regulated system. That leaves a meaningful slice of German player spend, an estimated €547 million in 2024, still flowing to unlicensed offshore operators. Whether you're evaluating market entry, running compliant affiliate traffic, or just trying to answer "is online gambling legal in Germany," the honest answer is: yes, but only within a tightly defined, federally harmonized licensing system that didn't exist before mid-2021. The TrafficSigma team researched the current legal architecture end to end, from the interstate treaty itself down to the deposit-limit database, so you get one accurate reference instead of piecing it together from a dozen state gambling authority PDFs. This guide is the deep-dive companion to our broader [Where Is Online Gambling Legal? A Country-by-Country Guide for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-countries), which covers Germany only at a regional-summary level - here we go section by section through the actual rulebook. **A note on scope:** German gambling law changes through ongoing state-level implementation, and the figures below reflect our research as of mid-2026. Always confirm current regulation, exact license status, and applicable stake/deposit limits directly with the GGL or qualified German counsel before making a licensing or compliance decision - nothing here is legal advice, and TrafficSigma does not provide German licensing or compliance services. ## How Germany's gambling framework is structured There's no single "gambling law" in Germany the way there is in the UK or Malta - the legal picture only makes sense once you understand it as three layered models working together, and each answers a different part of "is online gambling legal in Germany." - **The interstate treaty model:** Gambling regulation in Germany is constitutionally a state (Länder) matter, not a federal one, so all 16 states jointly ratify a single treaty, the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag, that binds every state to identical core rules. This is why a German gambling license, once granted, is valid nationwide rather than state-by-state - the exception being online casino table games, which the treaty deliberately left to individual states to decide. - **The single-regulator model:** Rather than 16 separate state regulators issuing 16 separate online licenses, the treaty created one dedicated federal authority, the GGL, that alone issues and supervises online licenses. This replaced the pre-2023 patchwork where individual states handled applications inconsistently and is the single biggest structural change of the current regime. - **The cross-operator player-protection model:** Germany's defining feature versus most licensed markets is that player protection limits (deposits, self-exclusion) are enforced *across every licensed operator simultaneously* through shared databases, not per-operator. A player can't simply reset their limit by signing up with a different licensed site - the system tracks them nationally. Once you have those three models in your head, every rule below is just a detail slotting into one of them. ## The Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 (GlüStV 2021) The Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021, Germany's Fourth State Treaty on Gambling, took effect on July 1, 2021, replacing the previous 2012 treaty and, for the first time, giving online casino-style products (virtual slots and online poker) a legal path to licensing nationwide rather than existing in a decade-long gray zone. [Sports betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) had already been separately licensable since 2020 under transitional rules; the GlüStV 2021 folded it into the same unified framework alongside the new online casino and poker categories. The treaty's stated goals, repeated across every GGL publication, are consistent and worth knowing because they explain *why* the rules look the way they do: channel existing demand into supervised, licensed offerings; prevent and treat gambling addiction; protect minors; combat match-fixing and fraud; and push back the illegal/offshore market. Nearly every consumer-facing restriction in this guide (stake caps, deposit limits, ad rules) traces back to one of those five goals rather than being an arbitrary bureaucratic add-on. An amendment in March 2022 clarified enforcement and technical details, and the treaty's online-specific licensing and supervisory functions were formally consolidated under the GGL starting January 1, 2023 - before that date, sports betting license applications were still being processed by individual state authorities during the transition. If you see a source describing "state-by-state licensing" for online sports betting or virtual slots, it's describing that pre-2023 transitional period, not the current system. ## The GGL: Germany's central gambling regulator The Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder, universally abbreviated GGL and translated as the Joint Gambling Authority of the Federal States, is the answer to "who is the german gambling regulator." It's a public-law authority (not a ministry or a private body) based in Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, and it holds exclusive nationwide competence for licensing and supervising online sports betting, virtual slot machines, and online poker - the three online-gambling categories the treaty made licensable at federal scale. The GGL's remit runs across the full lifecycle of a license, not just issuance: - **Licensing:** reviewing operator applications for financial reliability, technical readiness, and responsible-gambling tooling before granting a license. - **Ongoing supervision:** monitoring licensed operators' advertising, product design, and compliance with stake/deposit rules on a continuous basis, not just at renewal. - **Enforcement against the black market:** issuing blocking orders and payment-blocking requests against unlicensed operators targeting German players - the GGL's own commissioned research, conducted with the Blockchain Research Lab using Nielsen gambling-activity data, is the source of the channelisation and black-market figures cited throughout this guide. A separate, competing estimate from economist Gunther Schnabl of the University of Leipzig (a November 2023 study commissioned by the industry associations DOCV and DSWV, not the GGL) put channelisation nearer 50% - a materially different conclusion worth noting rather than treating as corroboration. - **Player-protection infrastructure:** operating the shared technical systems, OASIS and LUGAS, described in detail below. Land-based casino licensing and the online casino table-game category, notably, are *not* GGL competencies - those remain with individual state gambling authorities, which is the one place the "single regulator" story has a genuine exception. ## Licensing categories: what actually requires a German license The GlüStV 2021 doesn't create one blanket "online gambling license" - it creates several distinct license categories, each with its own product scope, and an operator typically needs a separate license per category even if they plan to offer all of them under one brand. - **Online sports betting and horse race betting:** the most mature category, licensable since 2020 and now under GGL authority; covers fixed-odds betting on sporting and horse-racing events, with restrictions on live/in-play bet types deemed too close to spread-betting risk. - **Virtual slot machines (online slots):** licensable nationwide by the GGL, subject to the strictest product-design rules of any category (see the next section) - stake caps, mandatory spin delays, and a ban on autoplay. - **Online poker:** licensed nationwide by the GGL alongside slots; typically restricted to specific table formats and stake structures approved as part of the operator's product concept. - **Online casino table games (roulette, blackjack, live dealer):** deliberately excluded from the GGL's federal remit - the treaty left this category to each state's own discretion, meaning it's legal only where a specific state has opted to permit it. As of this research, only a small number of states - including Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia - have opened this category to licensed private operators. Baden-Württemberg is a distinct case: a February 2025 Landtag decision established online table games there as an exclusive state monopoly run through Toto-Lotto GmbH Baden-Württemberg, explicitly excluding private operators rather than opening the category to them. Elsewhere it remains either a state monopoly or unavailable online. - **Live casino and progressive jackpot products:** banned outright under the nationwide online framework regardless of state, making this one of the few flat prohibitions in an otherwise permissive licensing system. - **Lotteries and commercial lottery brokerage:** a separate, older licensing track running in parallel to the 2021 online-gambling categories, mostly relevant to state lottery operators rather than iGaming-style operators. Licenses are generally granted for an initial five-year term, with subsequent renewals extending to seven years; land-based casino concessions run on a longer, roughly decade-long cycle set at state level. An operator's specific product concept, submitted at application, locks in the exact stake limits, game types, and responsible-gambling tooling it's approved to offer - which is why two GGL-licensed slot operators can legally offer slightly different stake ceilings. Categories can look similar at a glance - "online gambling" covers everything from sports betting to slots to table games - but the licensing authority, tax base, and product restrictions differ sharply by category, as this segment-level breakdown shows: | Category | Licensing authority | Key product restrictions | Nationwide or state-by-state | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sports & horse race betting | GGL (federal) | Restrictions on certain live/in-play bet types | Nationwide | | Virtual slot machines | GGL (federal) | €1-€5 per-spin cap (operator/player-eligibility-dependent, 21+, €5 tier requires 90-day clean play history), 5-second spin delay, no autoplay | Nationwide | | Online poker | GGL (federal) | Approved table/stake formats per operator concept | Nationwide | | Online casino table games | Individual state authorities | Legal via private licensees only in states that have opted in (e.g., Schleswig-Holstein, NRW); Baden-Württemberg permits it only through its state-monopoly operator | State-by-state | | Live casino / progressive jackpots | N/A - banned | Prohibited outright, all states | Banned nationwide | | Land-based casinos | Individual state authorities | Physical premises licensing, ~10-year concessions | State-by-state | ## Player protection: deposit limits, OASIS, and LUGAS This is the part of the German model that most surprises operators used to single-operator limit systems, and it's the section every German gambling license query eventually leads back to. Germany enforces a **cross-operator deposit limit** rather than a per-site one. A player's deposits are capped in aggregate at €1,000 per month across every GGL-licensed operator they use combined - not €1,000 per site. This is technically enforced through **LUGAS** (Länderübergreifendes Glücksspielaufsichtssystem, the cross-state gambling supervisory system), which combines a central deposit-limit file with a central play-activity file so operators can check, in real time, how much a given player has already deposited elsewhere before accepting a new deposit. Exemptions above the standard cap exist for players who pass enhanced affordability verification, but the default €1,000 ceiling is the rule the vast majority of licensed players operate under. Alongside LUGAS sits **OASIS**, the nationwide self-exclusion and third-party-exclusion database that all licensed operators must connect to. A player self-excluded (or excluded following intervention) through OASIS is blocked from participating in gambling and from receiving marketing communications across every connected operator simultaneously - one exclusion, every licensed site, immediately. Product-level rules layer on top of the deposit system: - Online slot stakes were originally capped at a flat **€1 per spin**; a tiered increase reportedly took effect **1 July 2026**, allowing operators with sufficiently robust player-protection and behavioral-tracking tooling to raise that ceiling to **€3 or €5 per spin** for eligible players. Both higher tiers require the player to be **at least 21 years old**, and the €5 tier additionally requires a **90-day qualification period showing no signs of problematic play**. The applicable cap therefore varies by operator approval and player eligibility rather than being uniform across the market. - A **mandatory five-second minimum interval** must elapse between spins on licensed virtual slots, and autoplay functionality is prohibited outright - both aimed squarely at slowing session-based, high-frequency play. - Live-dealer casino games and progressive jackpot slots are banned nationwide regardless of state, as noted above. For any performance marketer running German-facing iGaming traffic, these aren't abstract policy details - they directly shape landing-page and creative compliance (age-gating, responsible-gambling messaging, no autoplay demos) for any offer targeting the [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning). ## Tax structure: how German gambling revenue is taxed Germany's tax model for online gambling is unusual among major European markets because it taxes **stakes wagered, not gross gaming revenue** - a structural choice that has been a persistent point of industry criticism since it was introduced. - **Online slots, online poker, and sports/horse race betting** are all taxed at **5.3% of the amount staked** (turnover), under the amended Race Betting and Lotteries Act tied to the GlüStV 2021 framework - applied regardless of whether the wager wins or loses, which materially compresses margins on high-volume, low-hold products like slots compared to a GGR-based tax. - **Land-based casino gaming** is taxed separately at the state level, with effective rates commonly cited in the **20%-80% of GGR** range depending on the state and game type - a completely different base and rate structure from the online turnover tax. - **Physical amusement/slot machines** (arcades, pubs) face municipal amusement taxes that are set per municipality and reported to vary more widely than a single range captures - figures in the roughly **12%-20% of GGR** area are commonly cited, but always check the specific municipality's current rate rather than assuming a market-wide figure. - **Retail betting shops** can face additional municipal stake-based levies, with figures up to roughly **3%** commonly cited - again, this varies by municipality and should be confirmed locally rather than treated as a fixed nationwide add-on. | Product segment | Tax base | Rate | | --- | --- | --- | | Online slots, poker, sports/horse betting | Stakes wagered (turnover) | 5.3% | | Land-based casino gaming | Gross gaming revenue | 20%-80% (state-set) | | Physical amusement/slot machines | Gross gaming revenue | ~12%-20% commonly cited, varies by municipality - confirm locally | | Retail betting shops | Stakes wagered | Up to ~3% commonly cited, varies by municipality - confirm locally | The practical upshot: Germany's online turnover tax is one of the more aggressive in Europe precisely because it's stake-based rather than revenue-based, and it's one of the recurring reasons industry bodies cite for continued black-market leakage - a licensed operator's tax bill scales with handle even in a losing month, which offshore unlicensed sites simply don't pay. ## Market size and channelisation: the 2026 numbers *Source: GGL-commissioned channelisation study (Blockchain Research Lab / Nielsen data); GlüStV 2021 tax and licensing rules.* Germany's regulated gambling market generated approximately **€14.4 billion in gross gaming revenue in 2024** (the most recent full-year figure available at time of writing), a roughly 5% increase year-over-year, making it one of the largest single-country gambling markets in Europe by GGR - a scale point covered in more comparative detail in our [15 Biggest Gambling Markets in the World for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/biggest-gambling-countries), where Germany ranks among the top global markets. The GGL-commissioned channelisation study (Blockchain Research Lab, using Nielsen activity data) put the 2024 **channelisation rate at roughly 77%** - meaning about three-quarters of real-money online gambling activity by German residents flows through GGL-licensed, compliant channels. The remainder, an estimated **€547 million in black-market GGR in 2024** (up roughly 17% from an estimated €466 million in 2023), still goes to unlicensed offshore operators, and the regulator's own report frames this as a rising trend rather than a shrinking one. Industry trade bodies have publicly disputed the GGL's black-market estimate as too conservative, arguing the true unlicensed share is meaningfully higher - so treat the 77% figure as the regulator's own methodology-dependent estimate, not an uncontested consensus number. For advertisers and affiliates, the market-size and channelisation data together tell a clear story: Germany is a large, still-growing regulated market, but the compliance bar (licensing, deposit limits, product restrictions) is exactly what keeps roughly a quarter of demand outside it. Any GEO-targeting strategy into Germany needs to be built around licensed-operator offers to be sustainable - TrafficSigma's GEO-targeting for German traffic is designed to route campaigns to advertisers who hold their own compliant German licensing, not to route around it. ## The bottom line for advertisers and operators Choosing how to approach the German market comes down to the same handful of factors this guide has walked through: which license category your product actually falls under, whether your target state permits it (critical for online table games specifically), and whether your compliance stack can handle turnover-based taxation and cross-operator deposit tracking rather than the GGR-based, single-operator models common elsewhere in Europe. Get those three right and Germany is one of the largest, most stable regulated iGaming markets in Europe; get them wrong and you're building on a license category, state, or tax assumption that doesn't hold up. For performance marketers and affiliates, the opportunity sits squarely with licensed operators competing for a share of that 77%-and-growing regulated channel - not with routing around German rules. TrafficSigma's [self-serve platform](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/self-serve-platform) lets you target German traffic with the GEO, device, and carrier precision the market's compliance-heavy landscape demands, across push, native, and pop formats, so your campaigns reach compliant German audiences without guesswork. --- Sources referenced: GGL, Blockchain Research Lab, Nielsen. ### Frequently asked questions **Is online gambling legal in Germany?** Yes, for licensed categories. Online sports betting, virtual slots, and online poker are legal nationwide when offered by a GGL-licensed operator; online casino table games are legal only in the specific states that have opted to permit them; live casino games and progressive jackpots are banned outright regardless of state. Always confirm an operator's current license status directly with the GGL before treating any specific site as compliant. **What is the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag?** The Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (State Treaty on Gambling), most recently updated in 2021 as the GlüStV 2021, is the interstate treaty ratified by all 16 German states that creates the unified legal basis for gambling regulation nationwide. It took effect July 1, 2021, and is what first made online slots and poker licensable at federal scale. **Who is Germany's gambling regulator?** The Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), based in Halle (Saale), is Germany's central regulator for online sports betting, virtual slots, and online poker, holding exclusive federal licensing and supervisory authority since January 2023. Land-based casinos and online table games are still regulated by individual state authorities rather than the GGL. **How do German deposit limits actually work across different casinos?** Through LUGAS, a centralized system that caps deposits at €1,000 per month in aggregate across every GGL-licensed operator a player uses - not €1,000 per individual site. The system checks a player's existing deposits in real time before a new deposit is approved, and a parallel database, OASIS, applies the same cross-operator logic to self-exclusion. **Is Germany a good market for iGaming advertisers in 2026?** It's one of Europe's largest by GGR (roughly €14.4 billion in 2024) and it's still growing, but it's also one of the most compliance-intensive: turnover-based taxation, cross-operator deposit tracking, and category/state-specific product rules all raise the bar versus more lightly regulated GEOs. Advertisers should target only operators holding a genuine, current GGL (or relevant state) license. **How big is Germany's black-market gambling problem?** The GGL's own commissioned research estimated a 2024 channelisation rate of about 77%, meaning roughly a quarter of German online gambling spend, an estimated €547 million, still went to unlicensed offshore operators, up from about €466 million in 2023. Industry bodies have argued the true black-market share may be higher than the regulator's estimate. # Where Is Online Gambling Legal? A Country-by-Country Guide for 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-countries Published: 2026-06-10 Modified: 2026-06-12 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: iGaming, Gambling, GEO Targeting. The global [online gambling](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) market generated an estimated **$121 billion in revenue in 2025**, on pace for roughly **$123 billion in 2026**, growing at roughly 1.7% year-over-year on those figures, according to Statista's Digital Market Outlook. *Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook.* That growth is not evenly distributed - it is entirely gated by law. The same casino game is a licensed, taxed product in Stockholm, a tolerated gray-market bet in Mexico City, and a criminal offense in Doha, depending on nothing but which side of a border the player sits on. The TrafficSigma team analyzed regulatory frameworks, licensing bodies, and enforcement patterns across more than 30 markets to map exactly where online gambling is legal, where it's gray, and where it's banned outright as of 2026. This guide is not legal advice - gambling law changes fast and varies by state, province, and even city, so always confirm current local regulation with a licensed attorney or the relevant regulator before launching or advertising a real-money product in any market. What follows is a compliance-literacy map for operators, affiliates, and media buyers who need to understand a market's legal shape before they target it. ## The four regulatory models that shape every market There is no single global answer to "is online gambling legal?" - the honest answer is always "it depends which country, and often which region within that country." Every market on earth falls into one of four structural models, and knowing which one applies to your target [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) tells you more than any single country fact ever could. - **Fully regulated and licensed markets:** A dedicated regulator issues online gambling licenses, sets tax rates, mandates player-protection tools, and enforces advertising rules. Operators without a local license are actively blocked or fined. The UK (UKGC), Malta (MGA), Sweden (Spelinspektionen), Italy (ADM), and Ontario, Canada (AGCO/iGaming Ontario) are textbook examples. This is the safest model for advertisers because the rules - including ad content and audience-targeting restrictions - are written down and enforced. - **Gray or tolerated markets:** No dedicated online-gambling law exists, so offshore-licensed operators (commonly Curaçao-licensed) serve local players without being explicitly authorized or explicitly blocked. Much of Latin America outside Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, and large parts of Africa and Asia, still function this way. Gray markets are often the highest-volume, highest-margin GEOs for affiliates precisely because enforcement is inconsistent - but that inconsistency can flip to a sudden crackdown with no warning, as Chile demonstrated in 2025. - **Fully prohibited markets:** Online gambling is a criminal or civil offense for the operator, the player, or both, with no licensing path at all. Mainland China and most Gulf states fall here on religious or state-policy grounds; India moved a major real-money-gaming segment into this category in 2026 (more below). - **Federal countries with state/province-level variance:** The country has no single national answer - the United States and Canada are the two clearest examples, where legality, tax rate, and even which specific games are allowed change at the state or provincial line. Argentina runs the same model at the provincial level in Latin America. Once you know which of these four buckets a target market sits in, the region-by-region breakdown below tells you exactly what that means in practice. ## North America: state-by-state legality inside one federal ban The US is the world's clearest example of the federal-variance model. At the national level, the Wire Act (1961, narrowed to [sports betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) by a 2011 DOJ opinion) and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA, 2006) govern payment processing, but neither one legalizes or bans online casino play outright - that decision sits entirely with each state. The 2018 repeal of PASPA (the federal sports-betting ban) is what triggered the current state-by-state wave. As of 2026, full online casino (iGaming) - slots, table games, live dealer - is regulated in seven states: **New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island**, with **Maine** expected to become an eighth market via tribal-operator launches, though a firm 2026 launch date has not been confirmed. Roughly 30+ additional states plus Washington, D.C. permit online sports betting without full casino-style iGaming. In New Jersey, online casino revenue overtook physical casino revenue in 2025 - the clearest signal yet that regulated iGaming is now a mainstream, not niche, product. West Virginia's regulated iGaming market alone generated $56.1 million in state tax revenue in 2025. Canada tells a similar provincial-variance story. **Ontario** is the standout: since opening a competitive, privately-operated market in April 2022 under the AGCO and iGaming Ontario, the province recorded roughly $98.3 billion in total wagers in 2025, $4 billion in gaming revenue (up 34% year-over-year), and about $807 million in provincial tax revenue. Most notably, **83.7% of Ontario players now wager through regulated, licensed sites** rather than unregulated offshore ones, according to a 2025 Ipsos/iGaming Ontario channelization study - a strong argument for regulation as a player-protection tool, not just a tax grab. Every other Canadian province runs a single-operator, government-monopoly model instead - British Columbia's PlayNow and Quebec's Loto-Québec/Mise-o-jeu being the two largest - with no open licensing for private operators. Mexico sits in the gray-market bucket: an old, non-internet-specific federal gaming and permit law technically covers wagering, and permit holders offer online sports betting and casino products, but there is no dedicated modern online-licensing framework, leaving enforcement inconsistent. | Country/Region | Regulatory model | Regulator(s) | Online casino status | Online sports betting status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | United States (federal) | State-by-state variance | 50 individual state regulators | Legal in 7-8 states (NJ, PA, MI, WV, CT, DE, RI, ME) | Legal in 30+ states + D.C. | | Canada - Ontario | Fully regulated (provincial) | AGCO / iGaming Ontario | Legal, open licensing | Legal, open licensing | | Canada - other provinces | Provincial monopoly | Provincial crown corporations (BCLC, Loto-Québec, etc.) | Government-operator only | Government-operator only | | Mexico | Gray/tolerated | Federal permit system (pre-internet law) | Tolerated via permit holders | Tolerated via permit holders | ## Europe: the most mature regulated markets in the world - but tightening Europe is home to the deepest bench of fully regulated online [gambling markets](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/biggest-gambling-countries) anywhere: the **UK** (UK Gambling Commission), **Malta** (Malta Gaming Authority, the licensing hub for a large share of global operators), **Sweden** (Spelinspektionen), **Denmark** (Spillemyndigheden), **Italy** (ADM), **Spain** (DGOJ), **[Germany](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany)** (GGL, operating under the 2021 Interstate Treaty on Gambling and fully enforcing since 2023), **the Netherlands** (KSA, market opened October 2021), **France** (ANJ), and **Portugal** (SRIJ). In each, operators need a local license, pay local gambling tax, and follow local advertising and player-protection rules - this is the model every other region is gradually moving toward. The important nuance for 2026: regulation in Europe is getting *stricter*, not just more widespread. The Netherlands has escalated its advertising restrictions sharply - an untargeted-advertising ban since July 2023, a ban on athlete, team, and competition sponsorship deals effective July 2025, and a near-total online gambling advertising ban reported to be advancing as of mid-2026. Germany's GGL has intensified enforcement against unlicensed operators since early 2024, with a formal review of the Interstate Treaty's effectiveness expected in 2026. The takeaway for advertisers: a "regulated" label in Europe increasingly means a shrinking, tightly-defined advertising channel, not an open one - creative, targeting, and audience-age rules deserve a compliance check per country, every time, not a one-off review. | Country | Regulator | Market status | 2026 trend | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | United Kingdom | UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) | Fully regulated, mature | Ongoing affordability-check reforms | | Malta | Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) | Fully regulated, licensing hub | Stable, high operator concentration | | Sweden | Spelinspektionen | Fully regulated | Stable | | Denmark | Spillemyndigheden | Fully regulated | Stable | | Italy | ADM (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli) | Fully regulated | Stable | | Spain | DGOJ | Fully regulated | Stable | | Germany | GGL | Fully regulated since 2023 | Enforcement intensifying; 2026 treaty review | | Netherlands | KSA (Kansspelautoriteit) | Fully regulated, opened 2021 | Advertising rules tightening sharply | | France | ANJ | Fully regulated | Stable | | Portugal | SRIJ | Fully regulated | Stable | ## Latin America: the region moving fastest from gray to regulated Latin America is the clearest live example of a region migrating from gray-market to regulated status in real time. **Colombia** got there first - its 2016 eGaming Act, enforced by regulator **Coljuegos**, makes it the region's longest-standing fully licensed online gambling market. **Peru** followed via Supreme Decree 005-2023-MINCETUR, which took effect in February 2024, becoming the third Latin American country to formally regulate after Colombia and Argentina's provincial framework. **Brazil** is the region's biggest prize and its newest regulated market: the "Bets" law (Law 14,790/2023) took effect January 1, 2025, with the **Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA)**, under the Ministry of [Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance), as regulator. The market launched with 78 operators and 138 brands, and pre-launch estimates put the addressable market near BRL 35 billion in gross gaming revenue. But regulation has meant real enforcement, not a rubber stamp: dozens of operators have had their licenses suspended or revoked since launch, per SPA enforcement actions, shrinking the active licensed-operator count from its initial post-launch level - a useful reminder that "newly regulated" does not mean "anything goes." Brazil taxes gross gaming revenue at 12% and bans betting on credit and sign-up bonuses outright, with mandatory CPF-linked, facial-recognition KYC. **Argentina** regulates at the provincial level rather than nationally - more than 15 of its 23 provinces plus Buenos Aires City had implemented their own online gambling frameworks as of 2025, making it Latin America's version of the US state-by-state model. **Chile** is the region's clearest gray-market-in-transition: its Senate approved a regulatory bill in a general vote in August 2025, but as of late 2025 the Supreme Court ruled that online gambling remains illegal absent express authorization, triggering site-blocking enforcement even as the legislative path to regulation continues. | Country | Regulator | Status | Key detail | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Colombia | Coljuegos | Fully regulated since 2016 | Region's most established framework | | Brazil | SPA (Secretariat of Prizes and Betting) | Fully regulated since Jan 2025 | 12% GGR tax; active enforcement already shrinking operator count | | Peru | MINCETUR (Supreme Decree 005-2023) | Fully regulated since Feb 2024 | Third LatAm country to formally regulate | | Argentina | Provincial regulators | Federal/provincial variance | 15+ of 23 provinces regulated as of 2025 | | Chile | Pending Senate bill / courts | Gray, actively resolving | Supreme Court: illegal without express authorization (2025) | | Mexico | Federal permit system | Gray/tolerated | Covered above under North America | ## Asia-Pacific: the widest range, from open markets to fresh bans Asia-Pacific spans the entire spectrum in one region. **Australia** sits in a hybrid category of its own: the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 bans online casino games and poker outright for any operator serving Australian customers, while pre-game online sports and racing wagering remains legal through licensed Australian bookmakers (in-play sports betting online is banned). The 2025-26 federal budget added AU$112.7 million over five years to fund harm-reduction infrastructure, including the BetStop national self-exclusion register - a sign that even in a market with legal online betting, the policy direction is toward tighter player protection, not looser rules. **India** is 2026's biggest regulatory story in the region, and it is moving toward prohibition, not liberalization. Several states had already passed their own bans on real-money online gaming, including **Tamil Nadu and Karnataka**, whose state bans the Supreme Court upheld in May 2026 (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana separately restrict real-money gaming under their own 2020 state legislation) - alongside the GST Council's 28% goods-and-services tax on the full face value of bets (in effect since October 2023). The bigger shift: a national **Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025** received presidential assent in August 2025, and its implementing rules were notified in April 2026, prohibiting real-money online gaming nationwide along with its advertising and payment processing - collapsing what had been a fragmented, state-by-state gray zone into a single national restriction. The exact current enforcement status should be confirmed directly, since a precise nationwide commencement date has not been consistently reported. Elsewhere in the region, treat specifics cautiously rather than citing exact figures: **Japan** keeps online gambling prohibited outside narrow carve-outs for public sports betting and pachinko; **China** prohibits it on the mainland, with Macau operating as a separate special administrative region with its own licensed land-based casino industry; the **Philippines** has a history of offshore online-gaming licensing through PAGCOR alongside periodic enforcement crackdowns; and **[Singapore](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-singapore)** restricts online gambling tightly, with state-linked Singapore Pools functioning as the primary legal channel. These four markets are worth monitoring rather than targeting without a fresh legal check, since public detail on current enforcement changes quickly. | Country | Regulatory model | Online casino | Online sports betting | 2026 note | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Australia | Regulated hybrid | Banned (IGA 2001) | Legal, pre-game only | AU$112.7M harm-reduction funding added | | India | National prohibition | Banned in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu by state law (Supreme Court-upheld); banned nationwide under the 2025 Act | Banned nationwide under the 2025 Act | Real-money gaming now prohibited nationwide - confirm current enforcement status | | Japan | Prohibited (narrow carve-outs) | Banned | Limited public-sports carve-outs only | Generalize; verify locally before targeting | | China (mainland) | Prohibited | Banned | Banned | Macau is a separate, distinct jurisdiction | | Philippines | Gray/historically permissive offshore | Offshore-licensed history via PAGCOR | Offshore-licensed history via PAGCOR | Periodic enforcement crackdowns | | Singapore | Tightly restricted | Effectively banned | State-linked exclusivity (Singapore Pools) | Very low tolerance for unlicensed operators | ## Africa and the Middle East: fast-growing gray markets next to a religious-law ban Sub-Saharan Africa's three largest gambling markets - **South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya** - are all growing quickly under regional, not national, regulatory models. South Africa's gross gambling win is estimated at roughly $5.2 billion in 2025, and Nigeria's at roughly $1.6 billion - both figures come from unnamed industry trade estimates rather than a named regulator or research firm, and should be treated as directional rather than precise. South Africa licenses gambling at the **provincial** level (for example, the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board), which means online sports betting is legal and licensed province-by-province while online casino-style games remain largely restricted at the national level - a proposed 20% gross gambling tax on online betting has also been floated. Nigeria layers a new federal tax on top of an already fragmented system: a 5% withholding tax on residents' winnings and 15% on non-residents took effect in January 2025, while the federal **National Lottery Regulatory Commission** and the state-level **Lagos State Lotteries Board** continue to contest regulatory turf - a live example of the federal-vs-subnational friction that shows up in almost every large gambling market eventually. Kenya replaced its 1966 betting law entirely with the **Gambling Control Act 2025**, with the **Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB)** remaining the enforcement regulator. The Middle East is overwhelmingly prohibited: most Gulf states ban gambling outright on Islamic-law grounds, with no online licensing path at all. The one exception worth knowing - even though it's land-based, not online - is the **United Arab Emirates**, which formalized the **General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA)** - sources differ on the exact date - and issued Wynn Resorts the UAE's first commercial casino gaming license in October 2024, for the Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort in Ras Al Khaimah, expected to open in early 2027. It's a genuinely notable regional first, but it does not signal any opening for online gambling in the Gulf - treat the UAE's land-based casino license as a separate development from its online-gambling stance, which remains prohibited. | Country/Region | Regulatory model | Regulator | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | South Africa | Provincial licensing | Provincial gambling boards (e.g. Western Cape) | Online betting legal/licensed; online casino largely restricted nationally | | Nigeria | Federal/state overlap | National Lottery Regulatory Commission + state boards (e.g. Lagos) | Regulated with new 2025 winnings tax | | Kenya | National regulation | Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) | Regulated under Gambling Control Act 2025 | | Most Gulf states | Fully prohibited | N/A | No online licensing path; religious-law basis | | UAE | Emerging, land-based only | GCGRA | First casino license issued 2024 (land-based); online gambling remains prohibited | ## How these rules should shape your GEO targeting Choosing where to run gambling-adjacent campaigns comes down to the same three factors every time: which of the four regulatory models a GEO falls under, how enforced and how current that status actually is (gray markets can flip to bans with little warning, as Chile and India both show), and what the local advertising rules specifically allow - a "legal" market like the Netherlands can still be a near-closed advertising channel. Getting those three factors right before you launch, not after, is what separates a durable iGaming campaign from one that gets shut down mid-flight. That's exactly the layer TrafficSigma is built to support: 248+ GEOs with granular country, region, device, and carrier-level targeting mean you can respect a market's specific rules - running in provinces or states where a product is licensed, excluding the ones where it isn't - rather than blasting a single creative at an entire country and hoping enforcement never catches up. TrafficSigma doesn't provide legal or compliance advice and traffic targeting is not a substitute for a local licensing or legal review, but precise GEO-, device-, and carrier-level control is what lets you build campaigns around each market's actual rules instead of against them. Get GEO-precise with TrafficSigma before your next launch. --- Sources referenced: Statista, Ipsos, SPA (Secretariat of Prizes and Betting). ### Frequently asked questions **Is online gambling legal in the US?** It depends entirely on the state - there is no single federal answer. As of 2026, full online casino play is regulated in seven to eight states (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Maine), while more than 30 states plus Washington, D.C. allow online sports betting without full casino-style iGaming. Always confirm the current rule in the specific state you're targeting. **Is online betting legal in Canada?** Yes, but the structure varies by province. Ontario runs a fully open, competitive licensed market under the AGCO and iGaming Ontario since April 2022. Every other province instead runs a single government-operator monopoly model, such as British Columbia's PlayNow or Quebec's Loto-Québec, with no open licensing for private operators. **Which countries have the most established online gambling regulation?** The UK, Malta, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, and Spain have the longest-running, most mature frameworks in the world, each with a dedicated national regulator (UKGC, MGA, Spelinspektionen, Spillemyndigheden, ADM, and DGOJ respectively). Ontario, Canada and Colombia are the strongest examples outside Europe. **Is igaming legal in gray-market countries?** "Gray" means there's no dedicated online-gambling law explicitly authorizing or banning it, so offshore-licensed operators serve local players without formal local approval. Much of Latin America outside Colombia, Peru, and Brazil, and large parts of Africa and Asia, currently work this way. Gray status is not permanent - Chile's 2025 Supreme Court ruling and India's 2026 national ban both show how quickly a gray market can become a prohibited one. **How do I check if online gambling is legal in a specific country before advertising there?** Start with the country's named regulator if one exists (this guide lists the primary ones per region), check whether the law applies nationally or only at the state/province level, and confirm current advertising-specific rules separately from general legality - a market can be legal to operate in while still restricting how it can be advertised, as the Netherlands demonstrates. When in doubt, consult a licensed local gambling-law attorney rather than relying on any single article, including this one. **Is online sports betting treated differently from online casino games?** Frequently, yes. Australia is the clearest example: online sports and racing wagering is legal through licensed bookmakers, while online casino games and poker are banned outright under the same law. The U.S. shows the same split at the state level, where far more states permit online sports betting than permit full online casino play. # Is Online Gambling Legal in Singapore? The 2026 Rules Explained https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-singapore Published: 2026-06-13 Modified: 2026-06-16 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: iGaming, Gambling, GEO Targeting. Singapore's land-based casino industry generates substantial revenue across its two integrated resorts each year, yet almost none of that liberalization extends online - the city-state runs one of the strictest [online gambling](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) regimes in the developed world, built on a near-total prohibition with exactly one narrow carve-out. The gap between "Singapore has legal casinos" and "online gambling in Singapore is legal" trips up more readers, operators, and affiliates than almost any other market in Southeast Asia. The TrafficSigma team researched Singapore's gambling framework in detail - the Gambling Control Act 2022, the Singapore Pools monopoly, the penalties that apply to operators *and* players, and the social safeguards layered on top - so you know exactly where the lines sit before you plan any campaign or content touching this market. ## The framework: how Singapore actually regulates gambling There's no single answer to "is online gambling legal in Singapore" - it depends entirely on which product, which operator, and which side of the transaction you're asking about. Singapore doesn't regulate gambling the way the UK or Malta do, with a licensing regime open to qualified private operators. Instead, it runs a **default-prohibition model** with a small, deliberately narrow exemption carved out for two historic non-profit institutions. Three structural pillars explain almost everything that follows: - **Default prohibition, not default permission:** Under Singapore law, all forms of gambling - remote or physical - are illegal unless specifically licensed or exempted. This is the inverse of markets like the UK, where private operators can apply for a license as a matter of course. In Singapore, the starting position for any new operator is "no," and exceptions are granted narrowly and rarely. - **A single consolidated regulator:** The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore (GRA) became operational on 1 August 2022, formed by merging the former Casino Regulatory Authority with the Ministry of Home Affairs' Gambling Regulatory Unit and the Singapore Totalisator Board. One authority now oversees casinos, remote gambling, and lottery/[betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical) products, replacing what used to be a patchwork of separate bodies. - **Singapore Pools: licensed, not merely exempted:** Singapore Pools is not a "licensed online casino" in the private-operator sense used elsewhere, but it is a formally **licensed** operator, not simply an exempted one. From 2016 until the Gambling Control Act 2022 took effect, it operated under the old Remote Gambling Act's exempt-operator regime; the GCA 2022 replaced that framework with direct licensing, and Singapore Pools has been licensed under **section 54 of the GCA 2022** for both its terrestrial and remote operations since **25 October 2022**, with its five-year licence renewed effective 25 October 2025 (through 2030). Singapore Pools remains the only entity licensed to offer remote gambling to persons in Singapore - a conclusion that holds under both the old exemption framework and the current licensing one - which is why no privately-run online casino, however reputable elsewhere, can lawfully serve Singapore residents. Understanding these three pillars first is what makes the rest of this guide make sense - Singapore isn't "closed to gambling," it's closed to *everyone except two named, government-linked, non-profit entities*, and as of late 2024, effectively one. ## The Gambling Control Act 2022: Singapore's core gambling law The **Gambling Control Act 2022** (GCA) is the piece of legislation most people are actually asking about when they search "singapore gambling laws" or "gambling control act singapore." It took effect on 1 August 2022 alongside the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act, and it consolidated several older, overlapping statutes - including the previous Remote Gambling Act framework governing online betting - into one modern law covering both physical and remote gambling. The GCA's stated purpose, echoed directly by the Ministry of Home Affairs, is to "keep gambling free from criminal influence and exploitation, minimise harm from gambling, and ensure that gambling is conducted honestly." In practice, this translates into a single unified licensing and exemption regime administered by the GRA, tools like website-blocking and payment-blocking directed at unlawful remote gambling operators, and a modernized penalty structure that closed gaps in the older Remote Gambling Act - most notably by extending clear liability to individual players, not just operators. As of 2026, always confirm the current in-force text and any subsequent amendments directly against Singapore Statutes Online before relying on a specific provision for a compliance decision - legislation of this kind is periodically fine-tuned. ## Who can legally operate online gambling in Singapore This is the segment readers searching "singapore pools monopoly" and "online casino singapore legal" actually want answered: almost nobody, and specifically not the private, international online casino brands most players are used to seeing marketed elsewhere. **Singapore Pools** - a government-linked, not-for-profit company - is the sole entity licensed under section 54 of the Gambling Control Act 2022 to run online and telephone gambling on its existing product lines: 4D and TOTO lotteries, plus football and motor-racing betting. It operated under an exempt-operator status from 2016 until the GCA 2022 took effect; since 25 October 2022 it has held a formal licence, renewed effective 25 October 2025. **Singapore Turf Club** was previously the second authorized operator, covering horse-racing and lottery-style products (its precise licensing/exemption status under the current framework isn't independently confirmed here and shouldn't be assumed). That changed in 2024: Singapore Turf Club ran its final race meeting in October 2024 as part of the government's decision to redevelop the Turf Club's Kranji site, ending more than 180 years of horse racing in Singapore. With racing wound down, Singapore Pools stands as the only meaningfully active licensed operator for online gambling in the market - a shift worth flagging explicitly, since older sources still describe a two-operator "duopoly" that no longer reflects the operational reality. No other entity - domestic or foreign, however well-licensed in its home jurisdiction (Malta, the UK, Curaçao, or elsewhere) - can lawfully offer online casino games, online poker, or online sports betting to persons in Singapore. This is precisely why "online casino singapore legal" as a search phrase is misleading if read as "which online casino is legal here": the honest answer is that none are, in the sense of a privately operated online casino platform. The only lawful path for a Singapore resident to gamble online is through Singapore Pools' own regulated channels. ### Singapore Pools' regulated remote betting Singapore Pools operates its online channel directly through its own website and app, restricted to registered account holders who complete identity verification tied to their Singapore NRIC or equivalent. Bets are limited to the specific product categories it holds exemption for - lottery draws, football, and motor-racing - meaning even Singapore Pools itself cannot lawfully expand into, say, online casino table games or slots without a separate exemption or licensing change. Account holders are also subject to the same self-exclusion and family-exclusion tools described below, applied directly at the account level. ## Penalties: why Singapore's model is stricter on players than most Western markets Most Western regulatory models - the UK's, for example - place enforcement weight almost entirely on *operators*: an unlicensed operator faces fines or a criminal referral, while the player who unknowingly used an unlicensed site faces little to no direct legal exposure. Singapore is a deliberate outlier here, and it's the detail most worth understanding before touching this market in any commercial capacity. - **Operators of unlawful gambling services:** face substantial fines and imprisonment on conviction, with materially higher maximum fines and longer maximum sentences for repeat offenders. As of 2026, confirm the exact current fine ceilings and sentencing bands against the GCA's in-force text or a licensed Singapore legal source before citing a specific figure - these thresholds are precisely the kind of number worth double-checking against the primary statute rather than a secondary summary. - **Agents and intermediaries** (those helping route bets or payments to unlawful operators) face their own separate, still-substantial penalty tier, distinct from and generally lower than the operator tier but still carrying a real risk of imprisonment. - **Individual players** who gamble with an unlawful, non-exempt provider are themselves liable to prosecution - a fine and/or a custodial sentence on conviction is possible, not merely a civil or administrative penalty. This player-facing liability is the single sharpest difference between Singapore's model and most Western consumer-protection-first frameworks, and it's the detail that should most change how anyone marketing into or writing about this market frames the risk. - **Enforcement is active, not theoretical.** The Singapore Police Force and the GRA regularly publicize arrests and investigations tied to unlawful remote gambling operations and associated money-mule bank account misuse, underscoring that this is a live enforcement priority rather than a dormant statute. Because exact fine and sentence figures are amended periodically and carry real legal consequences if misquoted, treat any specific dollar or year figure you see cited (including in this guide) as directionally accurate only - verify the current maximums against Singapore Statutes Online or the GRA directly before using them in any compliance-facing context. ## Social safeguards: self-exclusion and family exclusion Singapore pairs its prohibition-first legal model with one of the region's more developed harm-minimization infrastructures, administered by the **National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG)**, a statutory board under the Ministry of Social and Family Development: - **Self-exclusion:** Any individual can apply to the NCPG for self-exclusion, which bars them from Singapore's casinos and from Singapore Pools' betting products (including its online channel) for a minimum period before it can be lifted. Applications are free, confidential, and - notably - automatically approved once submitted, removing any discretionary barrier to opting in. - **Family exclusion:** Family members who can demonstrate they're negatively affected by a person's gambling - including online gambling with Singapore Pools - may apply to the NCPG for a Family Exclusion Order against that person, extending protection beyond the gambler's own decision-making. - **Third-party exclusion** rounds out the toolkit, allowing exclusion requests to be raised through additional statutory channels beyond self- and family-initiated applications. This combination - strict legal prohibition on the supply side, plus accessible opt-out tools on the demand side - is a deliberate policy design, and it's worth citing directly whenever a piece of content discusses Singapore's approach: the country isn't just "anti-gambling," it's built a specific harm-reduction infrastructure around the narrow legal exemption it does allow. ## Singapore vs. Germany: two opposite regulatory philosophies Singapore's near-total prohibition model sits at one extreme of the global regulatory spectrum. For a useful contrast, look at **[Germany](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-germany)**, the subject of a companion deep-dive in this content series - Germany runs a licensed, multi-operator model under its Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag), where private operators meeting technical, financial, and responsible-gambling criteria can obtain a license to legally offer online slots, poker, and sports betting to German residents, subject to deposit limits and a centralized exclusion database (OASIS). | Dimension | Singapore | Germany | | --- | --- | --- | | Regulatory philosophy | Default prohibition; single licensed non-profit operator | Default licensing; open (if strict) application process | | Legal online operators | Singapore Pools only (post-2024) | Dozens of licensed private operators | | Regulator | Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), since Aug 2022 | Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) | | Products available online | Lottery, football, motor-racing betting only | Online slots, poker, sports betting, and more | | Player liability for unlawful play | Yes - fines and/or imprisonment possible | No direct criminal liability for using an unlicensed site | | Self-exclusion infrastructure | NCPG self-exclusion and family exclusion | Nationwide OASIS self-exclusion database | For anyone planning international campaigns, content, or affiliate strategy across both markets, this table is the fastest way to see why a one-size-fits-all approach fails: what's a routine licensed-operator sponsorship deal in Germany is a criminal offense on the operator side - and a personal legal risk for the player - in Singapore. See our companion guide, [Where Is Online Gambling Legal? A Country-by-Country Guide for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/online-gambling-legal-countries), for how Singapore and Germany each fit into the broader global regulatory landscape spanning prohibition, state-monopoly, and open-license models. Continue reading there for the full country-by-country breakdown. ## What this means if you're advertising or building an affiliate strategy around Singapore If Singapore appears anywhere in your targeting list for an iGaming, betting, or [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) campaign, the practical takeaway is simple: there is no lawful private online casino, poker, or sportsbook offer to promote to Singapore residents, full stop. Any campaign, landing page, or affiliate offer that implies otherwise carries real legal exposure - for the operator, for any local affiliate, and, uniquely in this market, for the end player themselves. This is exactly the kind of [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning)-specific compliance nuance that makes granular targeting non-negotiable rather than a nice-to-have. TrafficSigma's GEO targeting lets advertisers explicitly exclude restricted markets like Singapore from a campaign entirely, alongside device, OS, and carrier-level targeting across 248+ GEOs - letting you keep Singapore traffic out of a gambling-vertical push, pop, or native campaign with the same precision you'd use to target a market in. TrafficSigma does not provide Singapore compliance advice and does not offer any way to bypass Singapore's remote-gambling restrictions - the platform's role here is reach and GEO-level exclusion control, not a compliance workaround. ## Advertising into Singapore's gambling market: what changes for you Singapore's gambling laws boil down to three things worth remembering: the market runs on default prohibition rather than open licensing, Singapore Pools is now effectively the sole lawful online gambling channel following the Turf Club's 2024 closure, and - unlike most Western markets - individual players face real legal exposure for using an unlawful provider, not just the operators behind it. The Gambling Control Act 2022 and the Gambling Regulatory Authority tightened and consolidated this model rather than loosening it, and nothing in current policy signals movement toward opening the market to private operators. For advertisers and affiliates, the safest and most scalable path is treating Singapore as a market to precisely exclude - or, if pursuing a lawful non-gambling angle (sweepstakes-style, skill-based, or affiliate content about the regulatory landscape itself rather than an unlicensed offer), to build campaigns with GEO controls tight enough to avoid ever touching Singapore's restricted gambling vertical directly. TrafficSigma's targeting stack was built for exactly this kind of precision across 248+ GEOs. ### Frequently asked questions **Is online gambling legal in Singapore?** Only in one narrow case: Singapore Pools, a government-linked, not-for-profit company, is the sole entity licensed under the Gambling Control Act 2022 to offer online betting on lottery draws, football, and motor-racing. All other online casino, poker, and sports betting services - including well-known international brands - are unlawful for Singapore residents to use, regardless of where that operator is licensed. **What is the Gambling Control Act 2022?** It's Singapore's consolidated gambling statute, in effect since 1 August 2022, which brought physical and remote (online) gambling regulation under one law and one regulator, the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA). It replaced the older, narrower Remote Gambling Act framework that previously governed online betting alone. **Is the Singapore Pools monopoly still a duopoly with Singapore Turf Club?** Not anymore in practice. Singapore Turf Club previously offered horse racing and lottery-style products alongside Singapore Pools (its precise licensing status isn't addressed here), but it ran its final race meeting in October 2024 as part of a government redevelopment plan for its Kranji site. Singapore Pools - licensed under section 54 of the Gambling Control Act 2022 since 25 October 2022 - is now the only actively operating licensed operator for online gambling. **Can Singapore residents legally use offshore online casinos?** No. Using any online gambling service that isn't Singapore Pools' own exempt channel is unlawful under Singapore's gambling laws, and - unusually compared to many Western jurisdictions - the individual player, not just the operator, can face a fine or imprisonment on conviction for doing so. **What happens if you're caught operating an illegal online gambling business targeting Singapore?** Operators and agents involved in unlawful remote gambling face significant fines and potential imprisonment on conviction, with steeper maximum penalties for repeat offenders. Singapore's police and regulators actively investigate and publicize enforcement actions against unlawful remote gambling networks, so this is treated as a live enforcement priority rather than a dormant rule. **What safeguards exist for problem gambling in Singapore?** The National Council on Problem Gambling administers free, confidential self-exclusion (barring a person from casinos and from Singapore Pools' products, including online) and family exclusion (allowing family members to request exclusion on behalf of someone affected by another's gambling). Both mechanisms apply directly to Singapore Pools' regulated online channel, not just physical casinos. # Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide Published: 2026-06-16 Modified: 2026-06-20 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Popunder, Ad Formats. The global advertising market is on pace to hit **$1.26 trillion in 2026**, with roughly 69% of that spend now digital, according to Statista's Market Forecast - and inside that digital slice, eMarketer projects overall programmatic advertising spend (not display specifically) to reach **around $725 billion in 2026**. [Popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) ads are one of the oldest, cheapest-to-scale corners of that programmatic display world, and one of the most misunderstood: most media buyers can describe a [pop-up](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads), but far fewer can explain what actually makes a **popunder** different, how a publisher gets paid for one, or how to launch a popunder campaign that converts instead of just annoying users. The TrafficSigma team analyzed how popunder traffic works end-to-end - from the browser-level mechanics through the publisher payout model to the advertiser buying process - so both sides of the market can use it correctly. This guide breaks down what popunder ads are, how popunder traffic advertising works [for publishers](https://trafficsigma.com/for-publishers) and advertisers, where to buy popunder traffic (and what to look for in a pop ads network before you do), real popunder [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) benchmarks by [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), and where pop traffic still earns a place in a 2026 media plan. ## The framework: three things you need to understand about popunder ads There's no single "right" way to think about popunder ads - it depends on which seat you're sitting in. A publisher cares about frequency caps and payout rates; an advertiser cares about GEO targeting and creative approval; a compliance team cares about browser policy and ad-quality standards. Rather than treating popunder as one monolithic topic, this guide organizes it around the three models that actually structure the format: - **The mechanical model:** what a popunder ad literally does at the browser level, and why that mechanism is what separates it from a pop-up or a direct-link/direct-[click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) ad. - **The publisher earning model:** how a site owner turns popunder inventory into CPM revenue, and why frequency capping is the single biggest lever on that revenue. - **The advertiser buying model:** how a media buyer sources popunder traffic, targets it by GEO/device/OS, and sets it up to convert instead of just generating impressions. Every section below maps to one of these three models, plus a terminology-clarification segment (popunder vs. pop-up vs. [direct click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/direct-click)) and a compliance segment on frequency caps and browser/platform policy - the two areas where most confusion, and most policy risk, actually live. ## What is a popunder? How popunder ads work mechanically A **popunder** is a browser window or tab that opens **behind** the page a user is actively viewing, triggered by a click anywhere on the host page - a button, a banner, a video player, even a blank area of the layout - or, less commonly, by a script that fires on page load. Because the new window opens underneath the active one rather than in front of it, the user doesn't see it immediately. They only encounter the popunder ad when they close, minimize, or switch away from their current tab - at which point the advertiser's landing page is sitting there, already loaded, waiting for a few seconds of unforced attention. This is the core mechanical answer to "what is popunder": it's a same-click, background-tab ad delivery method, not an interruption format. That single mechanical difference - behind versus in front - is why popunder inventory built a durable market for two decades: the ad doesn't block the content the user came for, so it doesn't get closed on reflex the way a pop-up does. It also means popunder ads work the same way whether the trigger is a native site element (a "play" button, a download link) or an ad tag inserted specifically to fire the popunder - which is why "popunder traffic advertising" is sold as its own inventory type by pop-focused ad networks rather than bundled generically into "display." Modern browsers complicate the pure window.open() version of this mechanic. Chrome and other major browsers have shipped native pop-up-blocking logic for years, and Chrome specifically targeted "tab-under" behavior - a script silently swapping the current tab's content while opening a new one in the background - starting around 2017, with broader "abusive experience" blocking following in Chrome 71. That's why popunder delivery today typically routes through JS-based tab-opening mechanics and ad-network SDKs tuned to browser policy, rather than the raw script tags that worked a decade ago. A popunder example in 2026 is far more likely to be served through a vetted ad network's tag than a raw window.open() call a site owner wrote themselves - which is also the practical reason most publishers route popunder monetization through a network instead of self-serving it. ## Popunder vs. pop-up vs. direct click: the terminology that trips people up "Popup/popunder traffic" gets used as one phrase constantly, but the three related terms describe three different user experiences, and mixing them up leads to the wrong targeting and creative decisions: - **Pop-up:** opens **in front of** the page the user is viewing, forcing an interaction (usually a close click) before they can continue. This is the classically disruptive format and the one most ad-quality standards explicitly restrict. - **Popunder:** opens **behind** the active window, as described above. Because the user isn't interrupted mid-task, popunder traffic generally produces calmer, less-forced engagement than pop-up traffic, and most pop-focused networks report advertisers seeing stronger results from popunder placements for exactly that reason. - **Direct click (sometimes called direct link):** no separate window at all - clicking a page element (or, on some networks, any point on the page) sends the user's current tab straight to the advertiser's landing page. There's no "behind" or "in front"; the user's own tab simply navigates. Direct click is the simplest and lowest-friction format of the three, but it also fully replaces the page the user was on, which is a different UX trade-off than either pop format. Advertisers researching "popunder ads examples" often find creative from all three formats mixed together in screenshots, because the landing pages themselves can look identical - the difference is entirely in how the tab/window got there, not in the creative on the page. ## The publisher earning model: how site owners make money with popunder ads For publishers, popunder is one of the simplest inventory types to monetize because it doesn't require a dedicated ad slot in the page layout - it monetizes a click or a page load, not a banner position. The standard model is straightforward: - The publisher (any site owner - a streaming, download, gaming, or utility site, most commonly) integrates a popunder tag from an ad network. - Every qualifying user action (per the network's rules - typically the first click on the page within a capped window) triggers a popunder ad to load behind the active tab. - The publisher gets paid **CPM** - a rate per 1,000 popunder impressions actually served - with the network taking a share and passing the rest through as publisher payout. The one variable that determines whether that CPM stays high or collapses is **frequency capping.** Ad-quality case studies from pop-focused networks consistently point to **one popunder [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression) per unique visitor per 24 hours ("1/24")** as the industry-standard cap: it's the ceiling that keeps per-impression value high and keeps the user experience light enough that visitors keep coming back. Publishers who push caps higher - 3/24 or 5/24 - can generate more raw impression volume from the same traffic, but each individual impression tends to sell for less, and repeat-visitor engagement typically degrades faster, which is why 1/24 remains the default recommendation across the format. Getting this cap right is genuinely more important to a publisher's long-run popunder revenue than almost any other single setting. It's also worth publishers knowing where they can't run popunder inventory at all: **Google's [AdSense](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/adsense-alternatives) policy explicitly states that a site cannot run AdSense ads if the site "contains or triggers pop-unders,"** regardless of whose ad is doing the triggering - a direct, quotable policy line from Google's own AdSense blog. That doesn't ban popunder monetization outright; it means a publisher has to choose a lane - AdSense-compliant display, or a dedicated pop/[popunder network](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-popunder-ad-networks) - rather than blending the two on the same page. For publishers and media buyers who already understand the frequency-capping fundamentals above and want the next level of detail - how to raise volume without eroding CPM, and how to avoid the most common popunder ads how to earn mistakes. ## The advertiser buying model: how media buyers launch popunder campaigns On the buying side, if you want to buy popunder traffic, the process looks the same as most performance-format media buying: a self-serve dashboard, GEO/device/OS targeting, a bid or CPM rate, and a [frequency cap](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/frequency-cap), then daily optimization against conversion data. What makes pop traffic specifically attractive to performance media buyers is the combination of scale and cost: because the ad loads without competing for a visible ad slot, popunder inventory is abundant and - outside a handful of premium GEOs - cheap relative to most display formats. Not every pop ads network is built the same way, though. A pop up ads network that only exposes a flat CPM bid and no targeting depth will burn budget on irrelevant GEOs and devices; a stronger popup ad network exposes granular controls - GEO, device, OS, carrier, and frequency cap - plus fraud filtering, so the same nominal CPM actually converts. That gap in tooling, more than any difference in raw traffic volume, is what separates networks worth testing from ones to avoid. This is exactly the model TrafficSigma's own popunder and domain-redirect inventory is built around: pop/popunder traffic starting from **$1.00 CPM**, served across **248+ GEOs** with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier-level targeting, plus [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) and Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) tools that let a buyer optimize spend toward actual conversions instead of guessing at a flat bid. Frequency-cap controls and three-level fraud protection sit on top of that targeting layer specifically so popunder volume doesn't get wasted on the same handful of over-served users or on [non-human traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic) - a real risk in any inventory type sold on raw impression volume. Popunder traffic advertising over-indexes with a specific set of verticals, and the pattern is consistent across pop-focused ad networks' own vertical breakdowns: **[iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) and [betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical)** are repeatedly named as the strongest-performing category for popunder, thanks to a cold-to-warm funnel that suits an unexpected background tab landing on an offer; **[dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical)** converts fast on the same logic; **antivirus, VPN, and utility/software offers** are cited as consistently strong performers; and **[sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) and [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical)** (particularly in Tier-2/Tier-3 GEOs with localized creative) round out the format's best-fit categories. If you're planning where popunder traffic advertising earns its budget, start with those verticals before testing further afield. **Real popunder CPM benchmarks by GEO** (industry rate-card and blog-published ranges, not audited analyst figures - treat as general market context, not a guaranteed rate): *Source: industry rate-card and ad-network-published ranges cited in this article - general market context, not audited analyst figures.* - **Tier-1 (US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia):** roughly **$3.00–$6.00+ CPM**, with premium placements occasionally reaching $10. - **Mid-tier markets:** roughly **$3.00–$4.50 CPM**. - **Tier-2/Tier-3 markets:** CPMs fall sharply, with broad availability starting from around **$0.50 CPM**. Those ranges represent the open pop-ad market broadly, gathered from multiple ad-network rate cards and blogs - actual popunder CPM on any specific campaign depends heavily on GEO, device mix, targeting precision, and creative-to-offer fit. TrafficSigma's own published floor for pop/popunder traffic is **$1.00 CPM**, positioned at the accessible end of that broader market range so smaller budgets can still test GEOs before scaling. ## Compliance and frequency-cap best practices for popunder ads Popunder sits in an unusual regulatory position: it's disliked by users in roughly the same way pop-ups are, but it isn't named as its own category in the most widely cited ad-quality standard. The **Coalition for Better Ads' Better Ads Standards** - the industry benchmark built from large-scale consumer testing - explicitly names pop-up ads (desktop and mobile) as a disqualified experience type. Popunders sit adjacent to that finding in spirit, but the Coalition's public standards documentation doesn't carry a separately named popunder rule, so treat popunder as "in the same disruptive-format conversation as pop-ups" rather than "explicitly banned by the same named standard." What does carry direct, sourceable weight is browser and platform policy: - **Chrome and other major browsers actively block "tab-under" behavior** - a script that silently opens a new background tab while hijacking the current one - a policy Chrome began rolling out around 2017 and expanded under its broader "abusive experiences" enforcement in Chrome 71. This is the main reason popunder delivery today runs through vetted ad-network tags rather than raw legacy scripts. - **Google's AdSense policy bars any site that triggers pop-unders from running AdSense at all**, as covered above - a hard line publishers need to plan around, not a gray area. - No IAB-specific popunder standard exists publicly, so the practical compliance bar for both publishers and advertisers comes down to three levers: **frequency capping** (1/24 as the accepted norm), **GEO/device targeting precision** (so volume goes to relevant, receptive users instead of blanket-blasting), and **fraud/quality filtering** (so paid impressions are real human traffic, not bot-inflated volume). Networks that build all three into the buying and publisher dashboards - rather than leaving them to manual configuration - are the ones that keep popunder viable as a format instead of letting it degrade into the low-quality reputation it's fought for years. For a deeper look at how fraud filtering specifically protects popunder and other high-volume ad spend, see TrafficSigma's [How to Buy Website Traffic Without Buying Bots: A 2026 Buyer's Guide](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/buy-website-traffic-without-bots). ## Popunder, pop-up, and direct click: CPM and buyer fit at a glance Reading the three formats side by side makes the practical differences easier to apply when you're deciding what to buy or what to run as a publisher. | Format | Where it opens | User interruption level | Typical buyer | Typical CPM range (2026, industry-published) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Popunder | Behind the active tab | Low - seen only when user switches/closes tabs | iGaming, dating, VPN, antivirus/utilities, sweepstakes, Nutra | $0.50–$6.00+ (GEO-dependent; TrafficSigma floor $1.00 CPM) | | Pop-up | In front of the active tab, forcing interaction | High - blocks content until closed | Legacy display/affiliate offers; increasingly restricted by browsers and ad-quality standards | Comparable gross CPM to popunder in raw terms, but heavily blocked/filtered by modern browsers, reducing effective delivered volume | | Direct click / direct link | Replaces the current tab entirely | Medium - no popup window, but the original page is gone | Performance offers prioritizing lowest friction (subscriptions, downloads, sign-ups) | Typically sold as [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) rather than CPM; not directly comparable on a CPM basis | Every figure in this table already appears in the sections above - use it as the fast reference, not as a new data source. ## Is popunder still worth running in 2026? Popunder ads earn their place in a 2026 media plan for the same reason they've survived two decades of ad-format churn: the mechanic itself - loading behind the active tab instead of in front of it - sidesteps the instant-close reflex that kills pop-up performance, while still delivering a real, unforced few seconds of landing-page attention. The three things that actually determine whether a popunder campaign or publisher integration performs are the same three this guide walked through: getting the frequency cap right (1/24 as the accepted norm), targeting the GEOs and verticals where popunder converts best (iGaming, dating, VPN, antivirus/utilities, sweepstakes, and Nutra lead the list), and buying or serving through a network that handles fraud filtering and browser-policy compliance for you instead of leaving it to a raw script tag. That's the exact gap TrafficSigma's popunder and domain-redirect inventory is built to close: pop/popunder traffic from **$1.00 CPM**, across **248+ GEOs**, with the GEO/device/OS targeting, frequency-cap controls, and fraud protection that turn popunder from a blunt-volume format into a controllable performance channel. Whether you're a publisher deciding on a frequency cap or a media buyer testing a first popunder GEO, the setup work is the same either way - start small, cap aggressively, and scale what the data actually supports. --- Sources referenced: Statista. ### Frequently asked questions **What is a popunder ad?** A popunder ad is a browser window or tab that opens behind the page a user is actively viewing, usually triggered by a click on the host page. The user only sees it when they close, minimize, or switch away from their current tab, which is what separates it from a pop-up ad that opens in front and forces immediate interaction. **How is a popunder different from a pop-up or a direct click?** A pop-up opens in front of the active window and blocks it until closed; a popunder opens behind the active window and is only seen later; a direct click (or direct link) has no separate window at all - it simply navigates the user's current tab straight to the landing page. All three can point to identical landing-page creative; the difference is purely in how the user arrives. **How do publishers earn money from popunder ads?** Publishers integrate a popunder ad tag from a network and get paid CPM - a rate per 1,000 impressions served - every time a qualifying click triggers a popunder. Frequency capping is the biggest lever on that revenue: the industry-standard cap of one popunder per unique visitor per 24 hours is widely cited as the setting that keeps CPMs high without degrading the user experience enough to hurt repeat visits. **How do I choose a popunder ad network as an advertiser?** Prioritize GEO and device/OS targeting depth, transparent CPM rates by tier, built-in frequency-cap controls, and fraud/quality filtering - those four factors determine whether your budget reaches real, receptive users or gets wasted on repeat impressions and bot traffic. Networks offering Micro Bidding or Target CPA-style optimization on top of that targeting layer make it easier to move from a flat CPM buy to a performance-optimized one. **Is popunder traffic beginner-friendly?** Yes - popunder is one of the lower-cost, lower-complexity formats to test because it doesn't require display-ad creative sizing or placement bidding, just a landing page and a GEO/vertical to target. Starting with a small budget in one or two GEOs, at a conservative frequency cap, is the standard way both new advertisers and new publishers de-risk a first popunder run before scaling. **What are typical popunder CPM rates in 2026?** Industry rate cards and ad-network blogs put Tier-1 popunder CPMs (US, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia) in roughly the $3.00–$6.00+ range, mid-tier markets around $3.00–$4.50, and Tier-2/Tier-3 markets as low as $0.50 CPM. These are published industry benchmarks rather than audited analyst figures, so treat them as general market context - actual rates vary by targeting precision and creative-to-offer fit. # Where to Buy Push Traffic: A Practical Buying Checklist for 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/where-to-buy-push-traffic Published: 2026-06-18 Modified: 2026-06-20 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Push Traffic, Push Ads, Paid Traffic. By TrafficSigma's internal estimate, the web [push advertising](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads) market is tracking toward the low single-digit billions in annual spend in 2026 - treat that as directional context rather than a cited industry figure - and a growing share of that spend now comes from affiliates buying [push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic) directly through [self-serve platforms](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/self-serve-ad-platforms) rather than through managed media buys. That shift is good for budgets but bad for anyone who skips the due diligence - the same $0.003 [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) quote can mean a fresh, opted-in Tier 1 subscriber list on one seller's platform and a stale, recycled Tier 3 list on another's. The TrafficSigma team put together this buying checklist after reviewing how self-serve push platforms price, disclose, and filter their inventory - so you know exactly what to check before you commit a deposit, not after a campaign underperforms. This guide is deliberately narrow: it's about **where and how to buy push traffic**, and how to vet push notification traffic sources specifically, not push format mechanics or a network-by-network ranking. If you're still unclear on what push traffic actually is before you shop for a seller, our companion post [What Is Push Traffic? A Quick Definition for Affiliates](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic/) covers the format in under five minutes. If you've already decided to buy and want a ranked comparison of specific networks, see [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks/). This page sits between those two: it's the checklist you run before you pick a name off that list. ## How push traffic buying actually works Buying push traffic isn't a single transaction type - it's three different purchase models that look similar on a pricing page but behave very differently once a campaign is live. Understanding which model you're actually buying under is what the rest of this checklist depends on. - **Self-serve CPC/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) bidding:** you fund an account, set a bid per [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) (push traffic sources for affiliates are almost universally CPC-based; some networks also expose a CPM option), pick GEOs and targeting, and the platform's auction fills your impressions in real time. This is the dominant model for buying push ads today because it gives you direct control over spend pacing and [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) mix. - **Managed/account-managed buys:** above a spend threshold (commonly $500-$2,000/month), networks assign an account manager who tunes targeting and source whitelists on your behalf. Useful once you're scaling a proven offer, but it adds a layer between you and the raw bid data, which makes this checklist's transparency criteria harder to verify directly. - **Reseller/broker traffic:** a smaller, less transparent tier of sellers buy bulk push inventory from primary networks and resell it, sometimes blended across multiple upstream sources under one dashboard. This is where subscriber-freshness and fraud-disclosure problems concentrate - a broker has no direct relationship with the original opt-in list, so they often can't answer basic freshness questions at all. For most affiliates buying push notification traffic for the first time, self-serve CPC bidding directly with a primary network is the safer starting model - it's the only one of the three where you can independently verify every criterion below before you pay. In practice, that means the strongest push traffic for affiliates almost always comes from a direct, self-serve relationship rather than a managed or brokered one. ## What to check before you buy: 3 things that actually determine campaign quality There's no universal "best seller" for push traffic - a $30/day [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical) test in Tier 3 GEOs has different tolerance for risk than a $3,000/day [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) scale-up in Tier 1. But three checks apply regardless of budget, and skipping any one of them is how affiliates end up buying push ads that look cheap and perform expensive. ### 1. Subscriber-base freshness A push subscriber list decays the moment it stops being actively re-verified - users uninstall browsers, revoke permissions, or simply go inactive, and a network that never purges that list is selling you impressions against dead inventory. Ask directly: does the seller disclose how often it refreshes or purges its subscriber base, and does it separate "total subscribers" from "active subscribers in the last 30 days"? A seller that can only quote a single lifetime subscriber count with no freshness detail is a weaker bet than one that publishes an active-subscriber or recent-engagement figure, even if the raw headline number is smaller. Buying action: request or check for subscriber-tier or activity-tier targeting (new/recently-subscribed vs. standard vs. remnant) - if the platform lets you bid specifically into a "new" or "high-activity" segment, that's itself evidence the seller is tracking freshness internally rather than treating the list as static. ### 2. Minimum deposit and funding friction Minimum deposits to buy push ads on self-serve platforms commonly range from roughly $50 at the low end up to $150-$200, with wire-transfer minimums sometimes set higher than card minimums on the same platform. The deposit size itself isn't a quality signal, but the funding options are: a seller that only accepts crypto or an obscure processor, with no card or standard wire option, is harder to dispute a charge with if the traffic underperforms and is a mild red flag worth weighing against everything else on this list. Buying action: match deposit size to your test budget, not the other way around - a $50-minimum seller lets you test a new GEO or vertical without over-committing before you've verified traffic quality firsthand, which is the entire point of a first buy. ### 3. GEO and CPC transparency The single biggest gap between sellers is whether the CPC or CPM you're quoted is push-specific and GEO-specific, or a blended platform-wide average that includes cheaper formats or GEOs you're not actually targeting. A transparent seller shows you the real-time bid floor and suggested bid inside the campaign builder for your exact GEO and device combination before you commit budget - not just a homepage "starting from $0.001" headline that may reflect a single low-value Tier 3 market. Buying action: before funding an account, use any free bid-estimator or campaign-builder preview the platform offers to check the actual suggested CPC for your specific target GEO. If a seller won't show real bid data until after deposit, treat that as a transparency gap, not standard practice. ## GEO and CPC benchmarks: what push traffic actually costs Push CPCs vary by GEO tier more than by network brand, so use this as general market context to sanity-check any quote you receive - not as a guaranteed rate from any specific seller. These are uncited, editorially-compiled **floor** CPC ranges, not published market averages; competitive bids in Tier 1 GEOs in particular routinely run well above the floor once you're bidding against other advertisers for the same subscribers. | GEO Tier | Example Markets | Typical Push CPC Floor | What Drives the Range | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tier 1 | US, UK, Germany, Australia | ~$0.03-$0.10 | Higher subscriber value, more competing advertisers, richer targeting data | | Tier 2 | Brazil, India, Poland | ~$0.01-$0.03 | Mid-size subscriber pools, moderate advertiser competition | | Tier 3 | Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and similar | ~$0.003-$0.01 | Large raw subscriber volume, lower advertiser competition, lower per-click value | The practical rule that follows from this table: never blend GEO tiers in one campaign and judge performance off a single blended CPC. A Tier 1 and a Tier 3 audience convert at completely different rates and price points, so a "great CPC" in a mixed-GEO campaign can hide a Tier 1 segment that's actually overpriced. Split campaigns by tier from day one, even if it means running three smaller line items instead of one broad one. ## Step-by-step: your first push traffic campaign launch checklist Once you've picked a seller against the three criteria above, use this 8-step sequence to go from account creation to a live campaign without skipping a setup step that quietly costs you budget later. 1. **Fund a test deposit, not a scale budget.** Start at the platform's minimum deposit tier ($50-$150 territory for most self-serve networks) so your first spend is a quality test, not a commitment. 2. **Pick one GEO tier per campaign.** Choose a single Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3 market to start - resist the urge to target multiple tiers in one line item, per the benchmark table above. 3. **Prepare creative to spec before building the campaign.** Push notification titles typically hold up well under roughly 40 characters and description text under roughly 100-120 characters before truncation on mobile devices; icon images generally need to be a 192x192px square, with any accompanying banner image around an 800x450px (16:9) frame. Confirm exact limits in your chosen platform's campaign builder, since individual networks vary slightly. 4. **Set targeting beyond just GEO.** Layer device type, OS, and - where available - carrier-level targeting, plus subscriber activity-tier if the platform exposes it, rather than launching on GEO alone. 5. **Set a conservative starting bid and daily cap.** Bid near the platform's disclosed floor for your GEO tier rather than the top of the benchmark range, and cap daily spend at a level you're comfortable losing entirely during the test window. 6. **Launch and hold for a real sample size before judging.** Push click-to-[conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) data needs enough volume to be meaningful - judging a campaign on the first few hundred clicks almost always produces a false read in either direction. 7. **Review source-level performance, then adjust.** Most self-serve platforms report performance by traffic source or subscriber segment; pause or reduce bids on sources producing clicks with zero conversions before scaling the sources that are actually converting. 8. **Scale budget only after a clean sample confirms profitability.** Increase daily caps in increments once you have enough converting volume to trust the number, rather than jumping straight from test budget to full scale. ## Red flags: when to walk away from a push traffic seller Most of the criteria above are about picking the better of several legitimate options. These are different - they're reasons to walk away from a seller entirely rather than just rank them lower. - **Undisclosed subscriber age or source.** If a seller can't or won't say roughly how the subscriber list was built (organic opt-in vs. purchased/aggregated lists) or how old the average subscriber relationship is, you have no way to estimate real engagement before you pay. - **No fraud-filtering disclosure at all.** Every legitimate push network can describe, at minimum, whether it runs automated bot/click-farm detection on push traffic specifically - not just a generic sitewide anti-fraud claim borrowed from its display or native inventory. A seller with zero answer here is a seller with no answer, full stop. - **[CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr) spikes with no conversion lift.** Once a campaign is live, a sudden jump in click-through rate that isn't matched by any increase in conversions is one of the most reliable signs of [non-human traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic) - bots click, they don't sign up or buy. Treat this as grounds to pause a source immediately, not to wait and see. - **Traffic concentrated in GEOs or hours you didn't target.** Clicks arriving from countries outside your targeting list, or an unnaturally flat volume graph that ignores time zones and normal waking hours, both point to automated or [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy)-driven click patterns rather than genuine subscribers. - **No real bid transparency before deposit.** As noted above, a seller that won't show actual GEO-specific bid data until after you've funded an account is asking you to buy blind - a legitimate [self-serve platform](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/self-serve-platform) lets you preview suggested bids in the campaign builder first. - **Pressure to skip the test-budget step.** Any seller pushing you straight to a large deposit before you've verified traffic quality on a small test is optimizing for their first invoice, not your campaign's long-term profitability. ## Where to buy push traffic without the guesswork The decision that actually matters is less "which network has the lowest headline CPC" and more "which seller can answer every question in this checklist without hedging" - [subscriber freshness](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/subscriber-freshness), real GEO-specific pricing, and push-specific fraud filtering are the three factors that separate a profitable push campaign from an expensive lesson. Run the test-budget sequence above before committing real spend, regardless of which seller you choose. If you're buying push traffic to run alongside other formats - Telegram Mini App ads, pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic), [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), or native - consolidating that spend on one platform is worth considering on its own merits. TrafficSigma runs push and Telegram traffic from $0.006 CPC with 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions across 248+ GEOs, granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting, [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) and Target [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) controls, and 3-level fraud protection applied to every format - the same account that buys your push traffic can also scale pop, native, and Telegram Mini App campaigns without a second onboarding. For the full push-format playbook once you've picked a seller - creative testing, scaling tactics, and campaign structuring - see [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks). And if you want a ranked comparison of specific networks against these same criteria, see [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks/). ### Frequently asked questions **Where can I buy push traffic?** You can buy push traffic directly through self-serve ad networks that carry push inventory, such as TrafficSigma, or through managed buys once your monthly spend crosses a network's account-manager threshold (commonly $500-$2,000). Avoid unverified resellers or brokers who can't answer basic questions about subscriber-list freshness or fraud filtering. **How much does it cost to buy push traffic?** Push CPCs typically range from roughly $0.003-$0.01 in Tier 3 GEOs, $0.01-$0.03 in Tier 2 GEOs, and $0.03-$0.10 in Tier 1 GEOs, though the exact floor varies by network and by how the seller segments subscriber quality. Always check the platform's own campaign-builder bid estimate for your specific GEO rather than relying on a homepage headline rate. **What's the minimum budget to start buying push ads?** Most self-serve push networks accept minimum deposits between roughly $50 and $200, which is low enough to run a real test campaign in a single GEO before committing to a larger scale-up budget. Start at the platform's minimum tier rather than funding a large deposit on your first buy. **Is it safe to buy push traffic for affiliate offers?** Push traffic is generally lower-risk for fraud than several other formats, since the underlying subscription model makes it harder for bots to generate fake opt-ins in the first place - but seller quality still varies widely. Stick to the checklist in this guide (subscriber freshness, deposit transparency, GEO/CPC transparency, and fraud-filtering disclosure) and you significantly reduce the risk of buying low-quality inventory. **How do I know if the push traffic I bought is real subscribers and not bots?** Watch for a sudden rise in click-through rate with no matching rise in conversions, clicks arriving from GEOs or hours you didn't target, or an unnaturally flat traffic pattern that ignores time zones - all three are classic signs of automated or click-farm activity. Pause any source showing these patterns immediately rather than waiting for a full billing cycle to confirm it. **Should I buy push traffic directly from a network or through a reseller?** Buy directly from a primary network whenever possible - a direct relationship with the network that owns the subscriber base is the only way to independently verify subscriber freshness, real GEO-specific pricing, and push-specific fraud filtering. Resellers and brokers add a layer of opacity that makes every criterion in this checklist harder or impossible to confirm. # Top 10 Self-Serve Ad Platforms for Affiliates and Media Buyers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/self-serve-ad-platforms Published: 2026-06-21 Modified: 2026-06-24 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Self-Serve Advertising, Media Buying, Ad Networks. Grand View Research's Programmatic Advertising Platform Market report puts that market (a broader category than "self-serve" specifically, since it includes managed and hybrid buying alongside self-serve) at roughly **$14.2 billion in 2026**, growing at a 27.1% CAGR to $41.4 billion by 2030 - Grand View Research does not publish a market sized specifically as "self-serve advertising," so treat this as the closest available [proxy](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy) rather than a direct figure for the self-serve segment alone. *Source: Grand View Research, Programmatic Advertising Platform Market report.* More advertisers are moving away from managed-service ad reps toward direct campaign control, using self-serve ad tools to bid, target, and optimize themselves instead. That shift matters most for affiliates and media buyers running push, pop, native, and Telegram traffic, where margins are won or lost in the bid, the [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), and the fraud filter - not in a slow email thread with an account manager. The TrafficSigma team tested, compared, and ranked the self-serve advertising technology affiliates actually use in 2026 - pulling real minimum deposits, real [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc)/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) floors, and real format coverage instead of marketing copy. Below are the 10 self-serve ad platforms and self-serve ad marketplaces worth your budget this year, including where TrafficSigma itself fits for push, pop, and Telegram Mini App traffic specifically. ## Self-serve platforms live or die on these seven criteria There's no single "best" self-serve platform for every buyer - a push-and-pop affiliate running [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) offers needs something very different from a brand running native content discovery. Instead of a generic scorecard, we compared each self serve ad network against the criteria that actually decide whether a self-serve advertising platform is usable at real budget: - **Self-serve depth:** how much of the platform is genuinely self-service - real-time dashboard, campaign builder, and bid controls with no forced account-manager gatekeeping - versus a "self-serve" label bolted onto what's really a managed sales process. - **Pricing floor and model:** the actual minimum CPC/CPM published for the platform's core format, and whether it offers CPC, CPM, SmartCPM/auto-bid, or [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) Goal pricing. - **Minimum deposit:** the real dollar figure needed to open a self-serve advertiser account and start spending, since this determines how accessible the self serve advertising technology is to smaller media buyers. - **GEO and format coverage:** how many countries the network delivers into and how many traffic formats (push, pop, native, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), Telegram) it supports natively, since format breadth is what lets one dashboard replace three vendor relationships. - **Targeting and optimization tools:** the granularity of GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting and whether the platform offers automated bid optimization (micro-bidding, target CPA, smart algorithms) rather than flat manual bidding only. - **Fraud protection:** whether the network runs its own bot/fraud filtering on traffic sources, since self serve ad marketplaces without this are a direct threat to [ROI](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/roi) at scale. - **Vertical fit for affiliates:** whether the platform actively supports high-payout verticals (iGaming, [Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/Forex, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical), [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical)) rather than restricting or deprioritizing them. This section is the reason the list below isn't a rehash of generic "top ad networks" content - every entry was checked against the same seven criteria. ## Which 10 self-serve platforms earn their place on pricing and depth? The TrafficSigma team runs and buys traffic across this exact competitive set daily - 248+ GEOs, five traffic formats, and a self-serve dashboard built specifically for affiliates, which is why we know this landscape from the buying side, not just from reading other people's reviews. Here is the full list before the detailed breakdown: 1. TrafficSigma 2. RichAds 3. PropellerAds 4. Adsterra 5. Adcash 6. HilltopAds 7. Zeropark 8. RollerAds 9. MGID 10. Taboola Now let's review each self-serve ad platform in detail. ### 1. TrafficSigma TrafficSigma is a global self-serve ad network built specifically for performance marketers running iGaming, Finance/Forex, Nutra, dating, sweepstakes, and other high-payout verticals, with full self-serve dashboard access from account creation - no forced managed-service gate. It's one of the few self serve ad networks for affiliates that natively covers Telegram Mini App ads alongside the more established push and pop formats in a single interface. Push and Telegram ads start from $0.006 CPC and pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) traffic starts from $1.00 CPM, with delivery across 248+ GEOs and granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting. The platform runs on 5B+ daily push and Telegram impressions, 4B+ daily pop impressions, and 1B+ daily domain-redirect impressions, and layers in Micro Bidding, Target CPA, and Performance Mode for automated bid optimization rather than flat manual bidding only. Campaigns are backed by 3-level fraud protection and vetted premium sources, which matters most in exactly the verticals TrafficSigma leans into - iGaming and Finance/Forex traffic gets hit hardest by bot and click-fraud activity industry-wide, so filtering at the source level rather than after the click protects budget instead of just reporting on waste after it's spent. For affiliates already running push, pop, or Telegram traffic, consolidating into one self-serve ad marketplace with this much format breadth cuts the vendor-management overhead of running three separate dashboards. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve ad network (push, in-page push, pop/popunder, domain redirect, native, Telegram Mini App, [calendar push](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/calendar-push-format)) - Terms/Pricing: Push/Telegram from $0.006 CPC; pop/popunder from $1.00 CPM - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: Self-serve account, no forced managed minimum ### 2. RichAds RichAds is a self-serve ad network built for affiliate marketers, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, offering eight traffic formats from a single self-serve dashboard. It positions itself around AI-driven bid and targeting optimization layered on top of manual self-serve controls. The platform's self-serve minimum deposit is $150, with [push ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads) starting from $0.005 CPC (RichAds' published minimum for push), [native ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide) from $0.001 CPC, pop traffic from $0.5 CPM, domain ads from $1.5 CPM, and Telegram ads from $0.015 CPC. RichAds self-reports several billion daily impressions across 200+ GEOs and integrates with a range of third-party trackers (unverified exact counts - confirm current specifics on RichAds' own site), which matters for affiliates who already run a fixed attribution stack and don't want to switch tools to onboard a new traffic source. RichAds layers AI-based bid, targeting, and fraud-prevention automation on top of its self-serve dashboard, and pairs the self-service tier with account-manager support for advertisers who deposit $500 or more. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (push, pop, native, domain redirect, Telegram, calendar) - Terms/Pricing: Push from $0.005 CPC; native from $0.001 CPC; pop from $0.5 CPM - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $150 minimum deposit ### 3. PropellerAds PropellerAds is a multisource self-serve advertising platform founded in 2011 and headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, used by more than 50,000 active advertisers according to the company's own published figures. It covers popunder, push, in-page push, [interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads), and native formats from one self-service dashboard. Self-serve minimum deposit sits at $100 for card payments ($1,000 for wire transfer), with push CPC starting from roughly $0.005 depending on GEO and format. PropellerAds spans 195+ GEOs and claims up to 15 billion daily ad impressions, and its self-serve system offers CPM, CPC, SmartCPM (automated bidding), and CPA Goal 2.0 pricing models rather than flat manual bidding only. The SmartCPM option auto-sets bids based on the advertiser's targeting, which reduces the manual bid-tuning workload for affiliates running large GEO/device-targeting matrices across dozens of campaigns at once. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (popunder, push, in-page push, interstitial, native) - Terms/Pricing: Push from ~$0.005 CPC; CPM/SmartCPM/CPA Goal 2.0 available - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit (card) ### 4. Adsterra Adsterra is a self-serve advertising network and SSP launched in 2013, delivering into 248 GEOs with more than 35 billion monthly ad impressions by the company's own reporting. Its self-serve platform is built around its Social Bar and in-page push formats alongside standard popunder, native, and banner inventory. Self-serve minimum deposit is $100 via card, $200 via crypto, or $1,000 via wire transfer, and Adsterra sets a minimum total/daily campaign budget of $25 on CPM and CPC pricing models. The platform's Traffic Estimator tool recommends competitive CPM, SmartCPM, and CPC rates per GEO before launch, which shortens the trial-and-error bidding cycle for affiliates testing a new country. Adsterra's CPA pricing option on top of CPM/CPC gives performance-focused affiliates a way to pay only for validated conversions rather than raw impressions or clicks, which is a meaningful difference from platforms that only price on traffic delivered. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve network (Social Bar, in-page push, popunder, native, banner) - Terms/Pricing: $25 minimum CPM/CPC campaign budget; CPA available - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit (card) ### 5. Adcash Adcash is a self-serve DSP founded in 2007 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, making it one of the longer-running self serve ad networks still actively used by affiliates. The self-serve platform covers popunder, native, banner, autotag, interstitial, and in-page push formats. The self-serve minimum deposit is $100, well below the $1,000 minimum on Adcash's separate managed-service tier, and the platform accepts card, bank transfer, PayPal, Skrill, Revolut, Capitalist, and crypto (USDC, BTC, ETH) payments. Adcash's "SmartTag" auto-tag technology automatically rotates ad formats within a single placement, which can lift fill rate and [effective CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ecpm) without the advertiser manually testing each format. For affiliates who value platform longevity as a signal of reliability, Adcash's near two-decade operating history is a genuine differentiator most newer self serve advertising platforms can't match. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Multi-format self-serve DSP (popunder, native, banner, interstitial, in-page push) - Terms/Pricing: CPM/CPC self-serve bidding, GEO-dependent floors - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit (self-serve tier) ### 6. HilltopAds HilltopAds is a self-serve pop and banner ad network operating since 2013, commonly used by affiliates running finance and crypto vertical offers alongside its broader popunder and in-page push inventory. The self-serve platform supports popunder, direct link, in-page push, and instream VAST/VPAID video formats. Self-serve minimum deposit is $100 for most payment methods, and HilltopAds supports an unusually wide set of pricing models for a pop-focused network - CPM, CPC, CPA, [CPL](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpl), CPI, CPS, and CPO - giving affiliates flexibility to pay on the metric that matches their offer type instead of being locked into CPM or CPC only. The network's anti-bot and traffic-quality filtering is specifically positioned around finance and crypto verticals, where fraudulent clicks are historically concentrated, which is a relevant differentiator for affiliates running those specific offer categories. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve pop/banner network (popunder, direct link, in-page push, VAST/VPAID video) - Terms/Pricing: CPM/CPC/CPA/CPL/CPI/CPS/CPO pricing options - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit ### 7. Zeropark Zeropark is a self-serve ad exchange built around pop and domain-redirect traffic, operating since the early 2010s and co-founded by Robert Gryn alongside Poland-based development company Codewise. It's one of the self-serve ad marketplaces most associated with domain redirect as a distinct traffic format rather than a side offering. Note that Zeropark no longer sells [push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic) - its current formats are pop and domain redirect only. The platform's minimum CPC starts around $0.005, and Zeropark surfaces a recommended bid automatically once an advertiser selects a target country, reducing guesswork for affiliates entering a new GEO for the first time. Zeropark's targeting is built around the same pop/redirect audience its exchange has specialized in for over a decade, which affiliates running direct-response and offer-wall campaigns tend to value over broader but shallower GEO coverage. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve exchange (pop, domain redirect) - Terms/Pricing: CPC from ~$0.005 - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: Self-serve account, GEO-dependent recommended bid ### 8. RollerAds RollerAds is a self-service push ad network established in 2019, positioned as a low-barrier entry point for newer affiliates thanks to one of the lowest minimum deposits and CPC floors on this list. It supports three push-family formats: standard push notifications, on-click push, and in-page push. Self-serve minimum deposit is $50, and the platform bills only for delivered clicks with a minimum CPC around $0.001 - among the lowest published floors of any self serve advertising platform reviewed here. RollerAds's narrower format focus (push only, versus the five-plus format breadth of the largest networks) trades format diversity for depth and simplicity specifically in push traffic. For affiliates testing a new push campaign or offer with limited starting budget, RollerAds's combination of a $50 deposit and sub-cent CPC floor lowers the cost of a first test meaningfully compared to platforms with $100+ minimums. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve push-only network (push, on-click push, in-page push) - Terms/Pricing: CPC from ~$0.001 - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $50 minimum deposit ### 9. MGID MGID is a self-serve native advertising platform founded in 2008, now delivering a reported 185 billion monthly impressions across 200+ countries through more than 32,000 direct publisher relationships. Its self-serve platform gives advertisers, agencies, and performance marketers direct control over budgets, targeting, and creative testing without a mandatory managed-service layer. Self-serve minimum deposit is $100, though MGID's own guidance recommends starting with $500-$1,500 in initial budget to gather enough data for its optimization algorithms to work effectively - a meaningfully higher practical entry point than the push/pop networks on this list. Targeting runs on GEO (down to state/country level), browser language, browser, and device/OS parameters. MGID's scale is concentrated specifically in native, in-feed content-style placements rather than push or pop formats, making it a complementary rather than competing choice for affiliates who already run push/pop traffic elsewhere and want a native channel for content-driven offers. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve native advertising platform - Terms/Pricing: Recommended $500-1,500 starting budget for optimization - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: $100 minimum deposit ### 10. Taboola Taboola is a publicly traded self-service native advertising platform headquartered in New York, widely used for content-discovery-style native placements across premium publisher inventory. Its self-serve interface lets advertisers set CPC or CPM bids directly rather than going through a managed insertion order. Taboola's minimum bid is around $0.01 per click, but the platform requires a minimum campaign budget of roughly 30x the bid amount, and recommends a daily budget in the $50-100+ range for its optimization algorithm to gather enough conversion data to perform well - a materially higher practical spend floor than the push/pop networks on this list. Reported average CPCs run around $0.60 on desktop and $0.30 on mobile for native placements. Taboola's core strength is premium publisher placement and brand-safe native inventory, which suits affiliates and advertisers prioritizing content-discovery-style native campaigns over the raw CPC economics that push and pop formats are built for. **Highlights:** - Type/Category: Self-serve native content-discovery platform - Terms/Pricing: Min bid ~$0.01 CPC; 30x bid minimum campaign budget - Cadence/Frequency: Self-serve, always-on campaign launch - Requirements/Minimum: Recommended $50-100+/day for algorithm optimization ## What do pricing, minimum deposit, and format coverage look like across these 10 platforms? Every self-serve advertising platform above looks similar on the surface - a dashboard, a bid field, a GEO selector - but minimums, pricing floors, and format coverage differ enough to change which one actually fits your budget and vertical. Use this table as the fast reference; every figure already appeared in the entry above it. | Platform | Type/Category | Terms/Pricing | Minimum Deposit | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TrafficSigma | Push, in-page push, pop, domain redirect, native, Telegram Mini App, calendar push | Push/Telegram from $0.006 CPC; pop from $1.00 CPM | No forced minimum | Affiliates running push/pop/Telegram in iGaming, Finance, Nutra | | RichAds | Push, pop, native, domain redirect, Telegram, calendar | Native from $0.001 CPC; push from $0.005 CPC | $150 | Affiliates wanting 8 formats + AI bid automation | | PropellerAds | Popunder, push, in-page push, interstitial, native | Push from ~$0.005 CPC; SmartCPM/CPA Goal | $100 | High-volume advertisers wanting auto-bid tools | | Adsterra | Social Bar, in-page push, popunder, native, banner | $25 min CPM/CPC campaign budget; CPA available | $100 | Advertisers wanting CPA pricing + rate estimator | | Adcash | Popunder, native, banner, interstitial, in-page push | CPM/CPC, GEO-dependent | $100 | Advertisers valuing platform longevity + auto-tag | | HilltopAds | Popunder, direct link, in-page push, VAST/VPAID video | CPM/CPC/CPA/CPL/CPI/CPS/CPO | $100 | Finance/crypto-vertical affiliates | | Zeropark | Pop, domain redirect | CPC from ~$0.005 | Self-serve, GEO-dependent bid | Direct-response and offer-wall pop/redirect campaigns | | RollerAds | Push, on-click push, in-page push | CPC from ~$0.001 | $50 | New affiliates testing push on a small budget | | MGID | Native content placements | Recommended $500-1,500 starting budget | $100 | Content-driven native campaigns | | Taboola | Native content-discovery placements | Min bid ~$0.01 CPC; 30x bid budget rule | Recommended $50-100+/day | Brand-safe premium-publisher native reach | ## Weigh pricing floor against self-serve depth before you commit The decision usually comes down to three factors: how much of your budget you can risk on a first test (minimum deposit and CPC floor), which formats your vertical actually converts on (push and pop still dominate iGaming and Finance/Forex; native suits content and lead-gen offers), and whether the platform's targeting and fraud tools match the scale you're planning to run at. A $50 push test on RollerAds and a $500 native test on MGID are solving two completely different problems - match the platform to the campaign, not the other way around. For affiliates and media buyers already running or planning push, pop, native, domain redirect, or Telegram Mini App traffic specifically, TrafficSigma's self-serve dashboard consolidates all five formats into one account with granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting, Micro Bidding, Target CPA, and Performance Mode optimization, and 3-level fraud protection built for high-payout verticals from day one - rather than stitching together three separate vendor logins to cover the same format range. --- Sources referenced: Grand View Research, PropellerAds. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best self-serve advertising platform in 2026?** There's no single best platform for every use case - it depends on format and vertical. RichAds and PropellerAds lead on multi-format breadth and scale, RollerAds suits low-budget push tests and Zeropark suits low-budget pop/domain-redirect tests, MGID and Taboola lead on native content placements, and TrafficSigma is a strong fit specifically for affiliates consolidating push, pop, native, domain redirect, and Telegram Mini App traffic in one self-serve dashboard. **How does a self-serve advertising platform actually work?** You create an advertiser account, fund it via the platform's minimum deposit, then build a campaign directly in the dashboard - selecting format, GEO, device/OS targeting, creative, and a CPC/CPM/CPA bid - without going through a sales rep or insertion order. Campaigns typically go live within minutes of approval, and most platforms let you adjust bids and targeting in real time based on live performance data. This is the same self serve programmatic advertising loop across every platform on this list - only the formats, minimums, and self-serve ad tools around bidding differ. **How do I choose between self-serve ad networks?** Start with your vertical and format: push and pop networks like RollerAds, Zeropark (pop/domain-redirect), and TrafficSigma suit iGaming, Finance, and Nutra offers, while native platforms like MGID and Taboola suit content-driven and lead-gen campaigns. Then compare minimum deposit against your test budget, and check whether the platform offers automated bid optimization (SmartCPM, Target CPA, Micro Bidding) since that reduces manual tuning as you scale. **Are self-serve ad platforms beginner-friendly, or is there a learning curve?** Most self-serve platforms are usable by a first-time affiliate within a day, since the core loop - pick format, pick GEO, set a bid, launch - is intentionally simple. The learning curve is really in reading performance data and adjusting bids/targeting profitably, which is why platforms with automated optimization tools (like TrafficSigma's Micro Bidding and Target CPA, or PropellerAds's SmartCPM) shorten the time to a profitable campaign for newer buyers. **Do self-serve ad networks charge more than working with a managed account?** Not inherently - self-serve and managed tiers on the same platform typically use the same underlying CPC/CPM auction, so the price difference comes from minimum deposit requirements (managed tiers often require $1,000+ versus $50-150 for self-serve) rather than a per-click markup. Self-serve simply removes the account-manager layer, which lowers the entry cost but shifts optimization work onto the advertiser. **How many GEOs do the top self-serve ad platforms cover?** Coverage ranges roughly from 195+ GEOs (PropellerAds) to 248 GEOs (Adsterra), with most major networks - TrafficSigma at 248+ GEOs and RichAds at 220+ - covering the large majority of active affiliate-marketing geographies. Broader GEO coverage matters most for affiliates running geo-diversified offers or testing new markets before committing budget to a primary GEO. # How to Monetize a Telegram Channel, Bot, or Mini App in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/telegram-channel-bot-monetization-guide Published: 2026-06-24 Modified: 2026-06-28 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Telegram, Monetization. Telegram reported total company revenue of roughly $870 million for the first half of 2025 - a figure that spans Toncoin-related revenue (roughly $300 million), Telegram Premium subscriptions (roughly $223 million), and in-app advertising (roughly $125 million), not advertising revenue alone. Treat $870M as Telegram's whole-company H1 2025 revenue, and the roughly $125 million figure as the advertising-specific slice within it. *Source: Telegram-reported H1 2025 revenue breakdown, as cited in this article.* A meaningful share of Telegram's advertising and monetization revenue is built to flow to the people who actually built the audience: channel admins, bot developers, and Mini App owners. The TrafficSigma team analyzed every official and third-party monetization path currently open to Telegram publishers - the built-in Ad Platform, Telegram Stars, affiliate/[CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) promotion, and third-party Mini App ad networks - to map out which one fits which kind of audience. This guide is written for **channel, bot, and Mini App owners monetizing their own audience**. ## The four monetization models every Telegram owner should know There's no single "best" way to monetize a Telegram presence - the right model depends on your format (channel vs. bot vs. Mini App), your audience size, and whether your content lends itself to ads, paid content, or commerce. Four distinct models cover almost every real monetization path available to Telegram publishers in 2026: - **Telegram's official Ad Platform:** native, in-channel ads that Telegram itself sells and inserts between your posts, splitting the revenue with you automatically. This is the only model Telegram operates and pays out directly. - **Telegram Stars and paid content:** a first-party digital currency that lets you charge subscribers directly for exclusive posts, bot features, or channel subscriptions - no advertiser or ad inventory required at all. - **Affiliate and CPA promotion:** using your existing audience's trust to promote third-party offers (apps, casinos, trading platforms, subscription products) for a commission per install, deposit, or sale, independent of any Telegram-native payout system. - **Third-party ad networks for Mini Apps and smaller channels:** external networks that plug ad inventory into properties Telegram's own Ad Platform doesn't reach - Mini Apps, bots, and channels below the official platform's subscriber floor. Each model has a different audience-size floor, payout mechanism, and content fit - the sections below break down exactly how each one works, who qualifies, and what it actually pays. ## Telegram's official Ad Platform: the built-in revenue-share model Telegram's Ad Platform is the company's own in-house system: it sells sponsored messages to advertisers and inserts them between posts in eligible public channels, then pays a cut of that revenue - your Telegram channel ad revenue - straight back to the channel owner. It launched its revenue-sharing program in March 2024, and the mechanics have stayed stable through 2026. Think of this section as the core of any Telegram ads monetization guide, since it's the only payout model Telegram runs and pays out directly. **Eligibility.** Your channel must be **public** (have a permanent t.me/ username, not just an invite link) and have **at least 1,000 subscribers**. There's no application or approval step beyond that threshold - ads begin appearing automatically once a channel qualifies and the owner opts in. **[Revenue share](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare).** Telegram pays channel owners **50% of the ad revenue** generated from ads shown in their channel. Payouts accrue in **Toncoin (TON)**, the cryptocurrency of The Open Network, and are withdrawn through **Fragment**, Telegram's TON-based marketplace and payout rail, **with no platform fees** on the withdrawal itself. **How to enable it.** From your channel, go to **Settings → Statistics → Monetization**, toggle ads on, and link a TON wallet through Fragment to receive payouts. You can also choose to reinvest earned TON directly into Telegram Ads, collectible usernames, or Telegram Premium gifting instead of cashing out - a meaningful option for admins actively growing their channel rather than extracting income from it. **Real economics.** CPMs vary sharply by niche and [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) - [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance), crypto, and tech channels consistently outearn general entertainment or meme channels per thousand views, and a channel's per-view payout in TON fluctuates with advertiser demand in that vertical. The practical implication: this model rewards channels that have already reached the 1,000-subscriber floor with an engaged, niche-specific audience - it's a passive layer on top of organic growth, not a strategy for channels still building their base. | Requirement | Detail | | --- | --- | | Eligible property | Public channels only (permanent t.me/ username) | | Minimum audience | 1,000 subscribers | | Revenue share | 50% to the channel owner | | Payout currency | Toncoin (TON) | | Withdrawal route | Fragment, no platform fee | | Setup path | Settings → Statistics → Monetization | ## Telegram Stars: direct monetization without a subscriber floor Telegram Stars, launched in June 2024, is Telegram's own in-app digital currency, purchased by users through Apple, Google, or Telegram's PremiumBot and spent inside the app on digital goods, bot features, channel subscriptions, and creator support. Unlike the Ad Platform, **Stars has no minimum-subscriber requirement** - it works for a brand-new channel or bot with a handful of followers just as well as a large one, which makes it the natural starting point for owners who haven't hit 1,000 subscribers yet. **How channels use it.** Admins can gate individual posts behind a Stars paywall - followers see a preview or announcement in the free feed, and the full post unlocks only after paying in Stars - or set up a recurring **Stars-based channel subscription** for ongoing exclusive content, mixing free and paid material in the same channel without forcing every follower into a subscription. **How bots use it.** Bot developers can charge Stars for digital products sold inside the bot itself - courses, e-books, premium features, in-game items, or access tiers - with the payment flow handled entirely by Telegram's native Stars API, so there's no separate payment processor to integrate for digital goods specifically. **Withdrawal mechanics.** Stars earned from real user payments (not purchased Stars) can be converted to TON via Fragment once your balance passes **1,000 Stars**, subject to a **21-day holding period** from when each batch of Stars was received - a fraud-prevention window, not a platform fee. Face value runs roughly **$0.013-$0.02 per Star**, though the actual net after [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) typically lands around 75-88% of face value depending on the route and volume, and Apple/Google's standard 30% in-app-purchase cut applies when a user buys Stars on mobile (it doesn't apply to Fragment-side conversion of already-earned Stars). **Best fit.** Stars suits creators with genuinely exclusive content worth paying for directly - a niche newsletter, a trading-signals channel, a course delivered via bot - rather than general-interest channels better served by ad revenue or promotional commissions. | Requirement | Detail | | --- | --- | | Eligible property | Channels or bots, any audience size | | Minimum audience | None | | Use case | Paid posts, channel subscriptions, in-bot digital goods | | Payout currency | TON (converted from Stars via Fragment) | | Withdrawal threshold | 1,000 Stars, 21-day holding period per batch | | Platform cut | ~0% from Telegram; Apple/Google take 30% on mobile Star purchases | ## Affiliate and CPA promotion: monetizing audience trust directly Independent of anything Telegram itself pays out, channel and bot owners can monetize by promoting third-party offers to their audience under an affiliate or CPA (cost-per-action) arrangement - earning a fixed commission per install, signup, deposit, or sale rather than per ad [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression). This is the oldest and, for many niche channels, still the highest-earning model, because it converts on trust rather than ad-inventory scale. **How it works in practice.** A channel owner joins an affiliate program relevant to their niche (finance apps, VPNs, trading platforms, subscription software, [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) and casino operators, [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical) apps), gets a tracked referral link or promo code, and posts native-feeling recommendations, tutorials, or "deal" posts to their audience. Payout structures range from a flat CPA per qualified action to a percentage revenue share (RevShare) on what the referred user spends over time - RevShare deals in high-payout verticals like [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) commonly run in the 25-45% range of the referred player's net revenue, which can substantially outearn a one-time CPA payout for a channel with loyal, repeat-engaging followers. **Why it fits Telegram specifically.** Channel and group formats are unusually well-suited to affiliate promotion because Telegram audiences are opted-in and high-trust by nature - a subscriber joined voluntarily and reads posts directly, without an algorithmic feed diluting reach the way it does on other platforms. That trust is exactly what converts affiliate offers at a higher rate than cold traffic. **Where to find offers.** Niche-specific [affiliate networks](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/top-affiliate-networks) and individual brand affiliate programs both work; the key selection criteria are payout terms, GEO fit for your subscriber base, and whether the advertiser allows Telegram as a traffic source at all (some verticals restrict channel-based promotion in their terms - always confirm before running a campaign). | Requirement | Detail | | --- | --- | | Eligible property | Any channel, bot, or group with an engaged audience | | Minimum audience | None (trust density matters more than size) | | Payout structure | Flat CPA per action, or RevShare (commonly 25-45% in iGaming) | | Payout source | The affiliate program/network, not Telegram | | Key risk | Verticals/advertisers may restrict Telegram as a traffic source | ## Third-party ad networks: monetizing Mini Apps and smaller channels Telegram's own Ad Platform only reaches public channels over the 1,000-subscriber threshold - it doesn't serve ads inside **Mini Apps**, **bots**, or smaller channels below that floor. That gap is filled by independent, third-party ad networks that plug directly into Mini App inventory and bot conversations, paying developers per impression or per [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) instead of waiting on Telegram's own revenue share. **Ad formats available.** Mini App-focused networks typically offer banner placements, full-screen interstitials shown between game levels or app actions, and rewarded interstitials where the user opts in to watch an ad in exchange for an in-app bonus or currency. Rewarded formats consistently outperform forced placements - click-through rates on rewarded interstitials are commonly reported well above standard mobile display ads (unverified figures cite ranges as high as 20-40% versus 0.5-2%, though these aren't independently confirmed), because the user has already chosen to engage before the ad plays. **Typical rates.** Published rates on at least one Mini App-focused network cluster around **$0.015 per click** for push-style ad units, **roughly $0.40 [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm)** for standard banners, **around $1.50 per 1,000 clicks** for interstitials, and **$3.00-$3.80 CPM** for video and in-bot placement formats - these are near-identical to one vendor's published pricing rather than an industry-wide average, and figures vary by GEO, vertical, and network, so confirm current rates directly with whichever network you're evaluating rather than treating this as a fixed benchmark. **Where TrafficSigma fits for Mini App owners.** If you own a Telegram Mini App - a game, utility, or tool built on Telegram's Mini App platform - TrafficSigma's ad network runs Telegram Mini App ad placements as one of its core inventory types, alongside push notification, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), and native formats, across 248+ GEOs. For a Mini App owner monetizing their own inventory (rather than buying traffic), the practical takeaway is the same one that applies to any ad-network decision: compare CPM by GEO and vertical, check minimum payout thresholds, and confirm fraud-filtering before committing meaningful ad-unit real estate inside your app. | Ad format | Typical rate | Best use case | | --- | --- | --- | | Push-style ad units | ~$0.015 per click | Bots, smaller channels | | Standard banner | ~$0.40 CPM | Mini App persistent placements | | [Interstitial](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads) | ~$1.50 per 1,000 clicks | Between game levels/app actions | | Rewarded interstitial | Same CPM tier, higher [CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr) than forced placements (unverified figures cite up to 20-40%) | Games/utilities with an in-app reward currency | | Video / in-bot placement | $3.00-$3.80 CPM | High-engagement Mini Apps and bots | ## Choosing the right model for your audience size and format The four models aren't mutually exclusive - most established Telegram publishers run two or three simultaneously. The decision comes down to three factors: **format** (channel, bot, or Mini App), **audience size** (below or above the 1,000-subscriber Ad Platform floor), and **content type** (broadcast content vs. exclusive/paid-worthy content vs. a transactable app). A channel under 1,000 subscribers has no access to the official Ad Platform yet, so Stars-based paid posts or affiliate promotion are the realistic starting points. A channel past that threshold gains the Ad Platform's passive 50% revenue share as a baseline layer, and can stack affiliate promotion or Stars subscriptions on top for additional income from the same audience. A bot developer selling digital goods leans on Stars natively, since the payment flow is already built into the Bot API. A Mini App owner - running a game, utility, or tool rather than a broadcast channel - is the one case where a third-party ad network is often the primary monetization layer rather than a supplement, since the Ad Platform doesn't serve Mini App inventory at all. ## Which monetization model fits your channel? Getting Telegram monetization right comes down to matching the model to what you actually have: your subscriber count against the Ad Platform's 1,000-subscriber floor, the exclusivity of your content for Stars, and the trust density of your audience for affiliate promotion. Owners who stack two or three of these models - official ad revenue plus Stars plus a relevant affiliate offer - consistently out-earn owners who lean on just one. For Mini App owners specifically, ad monetization isn't optional in the same way it is for channels - it's often the primary revenue layer, since Telegram's own Ad Platform doesn't reach Mini App inventory at all. TrafficSigma's ad network runs Telegram Mini App placements alongside push, in-page push, and native formats across 248+ GEOs, giving Mini App owners a way to monetize their own inventory with the same granular GEO and device targeting that advertisers use to buy it. --- Sources referenced: Telegram. ### Frequently asked questions **What's the best way to monetize a Telegram channel?** There's no single best method - it depends on your subscriber count and niche. Channels over 1,000 subscribers get the most passive value from Telegram's official Ad Platform (50% revenue share), while smaller channels or those with genuinely exclusive content typically earn more from Stars-based paid posts or affiliate/CPA promotion. **How many subscribers do I need to enable Telegram's Ad Platform?** Your channel must be public (have a t.me/ username) and have at least 1,000 subscribers. There's no separate application process - you simply enable monetization from Settings → Statistics → Monetization once you qualify. **Can I monetize a Telegram bot without an ad network?** Yes. Telegram Stars lets bot developers charge directly for digital goods, features, and subscriptions inside the bot, with no minimum-subscriber requirement and no third-party ad inventory involved at all - it's often the fastest path to revenue for a new bot. **How do I choose between Telegram Stars, ads, and affiliate promotion?** Match the model to your content: use Stars if you have genuinely exclusive, paywall-worthy content; use the official Ad Platform once you clear 1,000 subscribers for passive baseline income; and use affiliate/CPA promotion if your audience trusts your recommendations enough to act on them - many owners run more than one model at once. **Is Telegram Mini App monetization different from channel monetization?** Yes. Telegram's official Ad Platform only serves public channels over the subscriber threshold - it doesn't insert ads inside Mini Apps. Mini App owners instead rely on third-party ad networks for in-app banner, interstitial, and rewarded-ad placements, since that inventory sits outside what Telegram's own Ad Platform reaches. **How much can a Telegram channel realistically earn from ads?** It depends heavily on niche, GEO, and subscriber engagement - finance, crypto, and tech-focused channels consistently earn more per thousand views than general entertainment channels. Rather than a fixed number, treat the 50% revenue share as a baseline layer worth stacking with Stars or affiliate income for a meaningfully higher combined total. # What Are Tier 3 Countries? Tier 1, 2, and 3 GEOs Explained for Media Buyers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning Published: 2026-06-27 Modified: 2026-06-29 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: GEO Targeting, Media Buying. Global internet penetration hit 73.8% as of DataReportal's April 2026 snapshot - roughly 6.1 billion people online *Source: DataReportal, April 2026 snapshot* - and media buyers split that population into three cost-and-value brackets before writing a single ad. That bracket is the "tier." The TrafficSigma team breaks down what tier 3 countries means, the tier 3 GEO meaning behind the label, and where tier 3 traffic fits in a media plan. ## How the tier 1, tier 2, tier 3 countries framework works In affiliate marketing and media buying, there's no single official body publishing a definitive tier 1 tier 2 tier 3 countries list - it's an industry shorthand, and networks draw the lines slightly differently. The logic behind it is consistent, based on three things: - **Purchasing power:** GDP per capita and disposable income, which decide whether users can realistically become paying customers. - **[Cost per click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) / [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression):** how expensive it is to reach a user - this tracks purchasing power closely, since demand bids traffic up in wealthier markets. - **[Conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) value:** what a converted user is worth - a $200 average deposit in one country versus $5 in another changes a campaign's economics entirely. Networks weigh these differently, so you'll see disagreement at the edges. The core of each tier, below, rarely moves. ## Tier 1 countries Tier 1 is the smallest group and the most expensive to advertise in: the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the rest of Western Europe and the wealthiest Nordic markets. Internet penetration here is near-saturated and disposable income is high - exactly why every advertiser wants in and CPC/[CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) rates run highest. Tier 1 traffic converts at the highest value per user, but competition for that user is fierce, so cost-per-acquisition is also highest. ## Tier 2 countries Tier 2 sits in the middle: Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Thailand, Poland, and the Philippines are typical examples, alongside much of Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. These are markets with a growing middle class, improving internet infrastructure, and rising willingness to spend online - without tier 1's saturation or price competition. That's why tier 2 is often the sweet spot once tier 1 CPCs get too expensive to test profitably: cheaper traffic, a real paying audience, less bidding pressure. ## Tier 3 countries Tier 3 is what most people mean by "what are tier 3 countries" in a media-buying context: developing economies with lower average income, less mature payment infrastructure, and enormous online populations. Typical tier 3 GEOs include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, Vietnam, and Myanmar, plus much of Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. India and Egypt are commonly classified as tier 2 or tier 3 depending on the network - this is genuine industry disagreement rather than a settled classification, so check how your specific traffic source tiers those two before building a campaign around the assumption. Tier 3 traffic is the cheapest on the market and high-volume by definition - some of these countries rank among the largest internet populations on earth despite low average spend per user. That's an economic classification, not a judgment of worth, and it's exactly why tier 3 traffic isn't "throwaway" traffic - it's a distinct tool for distinct uses, covered next. ### Comparison table: tier 1 vs. tier 2 vs. tier 3 countries | Tier | Example countries | Relative traffic cost | Purchasing power | Best use case | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Tier 1 | US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland | Highest | Very high | High-value verticals ([Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/Forex, premium [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical)) where [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) justifies cost | | Tier 2 | Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Poland, Thailand, Philippines | Medium | Medium-to-high, rising | Balanced growth markets, expanding iGaming and [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) audiences | | Tier 3 | Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, Vietnam (India, Egypt: commonly tier 2 or tier 3 depending on network) | Lowest | Lower, but improving | High-volume testing, creative/funnel validation, utilities, sweepstakes | ## Why media buyers deliberately use tier 3 traffic Cheap doesn't mean useless - tier 3 traffic solves problems tier 1 traffic is too expensive to solve: - **Test creatives and funnels cheaply.** Validate a new hook or landing page before committing tier 1 budget. - **Run high-volume verticals profitably.** Sweepstakes and utilities depend on volume, not one high-value conversion. - **Build retargeting pools at scale.** A big, cheap top-of-funnel audience feeds a pipeline a small tier 1 budget couldn't populate. - **Diversify GEO risk.** Spreading spend beyond competitive, regulation-sensitive tier 1 markets limits exposure to any one market's swings. The tradeoff: lower purchasing power per user and lower payouts - "different unit economics," not "low quality." TrafficSigma's 248+ GEO coverage lets buyers move between tier 1, 2, and 3 targeting in one dashboard, so scaling from tier 3 tests into tier 1 or tier 2 is a targeting change, not a new platform. ## Which GEO tier should your campaign target? Tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 countries aren't an official standard - they're shared shorthand for purchasing power, traffic cost, and conversion value. Match the tier to the goal: tier 1 when a high payout justifies a high CPC, tier 2 for growth-market upside at moderate cost, tier 3 when the goal is volume or cheap testing. That takes granular targeting across every tier in one place - which is exactly what TrafficSigma's 248+ GEO network with device, OS, and carrier-level targeting is built for, whether the campaign is a tier 1 Finance/Forex push or a tier 3 sweepstakes volume play. --- Sources referenced: DataReportal. ### Frequently asked questions **What are tier 3 countries?** Developing markets with lower average purchasing power and less mature payment infrastructure, but very large online populations - Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, and Vietnam are typical examples. India and Egypt are commonly classified as tier 2 or tier 3 depending on the network. "Tier 3" describes traffic cost and conversion value, not a judgment about the market. **What's the difference between tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 countries?** Tier 1 (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Western Europe) has the highest purchasing power and traffic cost. Tier 2 (Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Poland, Philippines) sits in the middle. Tier 3 has the lowest cost and largest volume. **Is there an official tier 3 countries list?** No - it's an industry convention, not a World Bank or IMF standard, and networks draw the lines slightly differently. Core countries in each tier are broadly agreed on; borderline markets vary by source. **Is tier 3 traffic worth buying?** Yes, for the right use case: creative and funnel testing, high-volume verticals like sweepstakes and utilities, and retargeting-pool building - just not campaigns needing a high average order value. **How do I target tier 3 GEOs specifically?** Use a platform with granular country-, device-, OS-, and carrier-level targeting rather than buying broad, untargeted volume. TrafficSigma's 248+ GEO coverage supports this across push, pop, native, and Telegram Mini App formats. **Can a country move between tiers over time?** Yes. Tiers track economic indicators and infrastructure, both of which shift over time as a country's purchasing power and internet infrastructure mature - it's a snapshot of current conditions, not a permanent label, which is also why sources sometimes disagree on borderline markets like India or Egypt. # Top 12 Affiliate Networks for Media Buyers in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/top-affiliate-networks Published: 2026-06-29 Modified: 2026-07-02 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Affiliate Marketing, Ad Networks. The global affiliate marketing channel continues to grow at scale in 2026, with Asia-Pacific widely cited as the fastest-growing region - though specific market-size figures (total channel spend, the platform/software layer, regional share) vary considerably by research firm, so this guide doesn't hang its argument on any single headline number. *Directional context only - market-size estimates for affiliate marketing vary considerably by research firm.* For a media buyer, that number translates into a simple reality: whichever network you pick to run offers through determines your commission model, your payout speed, and how many verticals you can actually diversify into from one login. The TrafficSigma team reviewed commission structures, payout terms, and vertical coverage across the affiliate networks media buyers rely on most in 2026 to build this ranking - spanning multi-vertical [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) networks, [nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical) and mobile specialists, and the mainstream ecommerce networks that still move real volume. Below are the 12 best affiliate networks worth an application this year, what each pays, and how to actually get traffic in front of the offers once you're approved. ## Payout reliability, vertical breadth, and five more: the criteria behind this ranking There's no single "best" affiliate network for every media buyer - a nutra-focused CPA network that pays daily is the wrong fit for an ecommerce content site chasing recurring commissions from mainstream retail brands, and a beginner testing their first funnel needs different terms than someone running six-figure monthly ad spend. Instead of picking one "winner," the TrafficSigma team evaluated each network against the criteria that actually determine whether an affiliate network is worth your application. - **Commission structure and models offered:** Whether the network runs CPA, [CPL](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpl), CPS, [RevShare](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare), or a mix, and whether commission is a fixed per-action rate or negotiated per offer. Networks locked into one rigid model score lower than ones that flex to the vertical and the affiliate's volume. - **Payout terms and reliability:** Minimum payout thresholds, payment frequency (daily, weekly, Net-7, Net-30, Net-60), accepted payment methods, and each network's track record of paying on time without disputes. - **Vertical and offer breadth:** How many verticals - nutra, [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical), [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance), mobile/app-install, [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical), ecommerce, mainstream retail - sit under one affiliate account, since a broad catalog lets you pivot without reapplying elsewhere. - **[GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) coverage and offer exclusivity:** Whether the network's offers span Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 GEOs, and whether it runs exclusive in-house offers versus purely reselling other networks' inventory. - **Tracking and reporting technology:** Real-time dashboards, Smartlink/auto-optimization tools, [postback](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/postback-s2s) support, and API access - media buyers running paid traffic can't optimize against a lagging report. - **Approval difficulty and beginner accessibility:** Whether the network approves new affiliates quickly with light vetting, or requires an established track record, referrals, or a phone interview before granting access. - **Affiliate manager and support quality:** Whether the network assigns a dedicated affiliate manager who proactively shares high-converting offers, versus a generic ticket queue. Weigh these against your own traffic sources, target verticals, and experience level before picking a primary network - the right fit depends on what you're already sending and where you want to expand, not just which network advertises the biggest offer catalog. ## Payout reliability and vertical breadth decide this list of 12 affiliate networks The TrafficSigma team runs paid traffic into affiliate offers across 248+ GEOs every day, which means we see firsthand which top rated affiliate networks actually approve affiliates fast, pay on schedule, and support high-volume push, pop, native, and Telegram Mini App traffic without friction. That vantage point - plus direct experience with the tracking stacks and Smartlink technology behind each network - is what shaped this list. Here are all 12 networks, in order, before the detailed breakdown below: 1. CrakRevenue 2. MaxBounty 3. Mobidea 4. ClickDealer 5. AdCombo 6. Adsterra CPA Network 7. Awin 8. CJ Affiliate 9. ShareASale 10. Rakuten Advertising 11. FlexOffers 12. MyLead Now let's review each affiliate network in detail. ### 1. CrakRevenue CrakRevenue is a Quebec-founded CPA network established in 2010 (commonly cited as headquartered in Quebec City), known first for its adult-vertical roots but now running a genuinely broad multi-vertical catalog spanning dating, nutra, mobile, sweepstakes, and casino offers under one login. For a media buyer diversifying across several high-payout niches rather than committing to a single vertical, that breadth is the actual selling point - one approval unlocks campaigns across markedly different offer types instead of forcing a separate application per niche. Commission runs on CPA, CPL (single and [double opt-in](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/doi)), PPS, and RevShare (including lifetime RevShare on some dating and adult-adjacent offers), with payouts processed on a Bi-Monthly Net 7, 15, or 30 basis - new affiliates start on Net 30 and graduate to faster cadences as their account matures. Minimum payout is $100 for MassPay, Paxum, and PayPal, or $500 for Bitcoin and wire transfer, across five available payment methods. A 5%-for-life referral commission on recruited sub-affiliates adds a secondary income stream some media buyers use to offset slower ramp months. The network's dating and nutra offer depth specifically is where it earns a spot on a general-purpose list like this one - media buyers who know CrakRevenue only for its casino vertical are often surprised by how much volume its non-gambling verticals actually move. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical CPA network (dating, nutra, mobile, sweepstakes, casino) - Terms: CPA, CPL ([SOI](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-soi)/DOI), PPS, RevShare (including lifetime on select offers) - Cadence: Bi-Monthly Net 7/15/30; $100 minimum (MassPay/Paxum/PayPal), $500 (Bitcoin/wire) - Requirements: Network application; approval covers all verticals at once ### 2. MaxBounty MaxBounty is a Canadian CPA network running since 2004, one of the longest continuously operating performance networks still active today, with an offer catalog spanning finance, nutra, mobile app installs, market research/surveys, and mainstream lead-gen. Its longevity is a real credibility marker in a space where networks routinely fold - affiliates researching this list will notice several defunct names still floating around review sites, and MaxBounty's two-decade track record stands out against that backdrop. Commission is set per offer rather than as one flat network-wide rate, spanning CPA, CPL, and CPI models. New affiliates start on a monthly Net-15 payout, then move to weekly payouts once they've banked at least one payment and opted into electronic payment methods. The minimum payout threshold is $100, with earnings rolling over to the next period if you fall short, and payments run through Payoneer and Tipalti, covering check, ACH, PayPal, wire, and Intercash depending on your country. A dedicated affiliate manager is assigned at signup rather than a shared support queue, and MaxBounty's weekly-payout graduation path is a genuine incentive structure for media buyers scaling spend month over month. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical CPA network (finance, nutra, mobile, surveys, mainstream lead-gen) - Terms: CPA / CPL / CPI, set per offer, not network-wide - Cadence: Net-15 monthly to start, graduating to weekly; $100 minimum - Requirements: Application review; dedicated affiliate manager assigned at approval ### 3. Mobidea Mobidea is a Portugal-founded mobile-first CPA network operating since 2011, with more than $500 million paid out to over 200,000 affiliates across 2,000+ mobile offers. Its core differentiator is an AI-powered Smartlink that auto-routes a click to whichever live offer converts best for that visitor's GEO, device, and carrier - a meaningful edge for media buyers running broad mobile traffic who don't want to manually split-test dozens of individual offers. Verticals include leadgen, mVAS, VPN and CPI (app installs), sweepstakes, dating, credit-card submits, nutra, and auto insurance, with most offers public and a smaller set of exclusive offers reserved for vetted affiliates. Payouts run weekly with a $50 minimum (daily payouts for VIP-tier affiliates), settled as single-tier commissions via PayPal, Paxum, Capitalist, wire/SEPA, or crypto (BTC, LTC, USDT, USDC). The weekly-minimum-at-$50 combination is unusually friendly for media buyers still scaling a new mobile campaign, since it returns cash fast enough to reinvest in testing rather than parking it behind a high threshold. **Highlights:** - Type: Mobile-first CPA network (leadgen, mVAS, VPN/CPI, dating, nutra, sweepstakes) - Terms: CPA/CPL, single-tier commissions, Smartlink auto-optimization - Cadence: Weekly ($50 minimum); daily for VIP affiliates - Requirements: Application review; exclusive offers reserved for vetted affiliates ### 4. ClickDealer ClickDealer is an international CPA network founded in 2012, running its own in-house [tracking platform](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/tracker) across more than 40 verticals and upward of 16,000 live offers. Digital Media Solutions acquired ClickDealer in 2023 for roughly $40 million, though the network continues to operate and be marketed under its own ClickDealer brand. Where this list's gambling-focused companion guide covers ClickDealer narrowly for its casino offers, the real story for a general media buyer is the sheer horizontal spread: ecommerce, finance, pay-per-call, travel, crypto, gaming, and binary options sit alongside dating and nutra in the same dashboard, which makes it a practical single hub for testing multiple niches without juggling logins. Commission models include [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc), CPL, CPI, CPA, CPS, and RevShare, selected per offer. Payment terms vary by account type: Regular Affiliate accounts carry a $500 minimum monthly payout, while Smartlink-Only accounts drop that minimum to $100, and weekly or bi-weekly cadences are available once an affiliate demonstrates consistent volume. Payments process via PayPal and bank transfer among other methods. Over a decade of continuous operation and a global Smartlink product make ClickDealer a solid default network for media buyers who want breadth first and will narrow into a specific vertical once they see which offers convert on their traffic. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical CPA network (40+ verticals: ecommerce, finance, dating, nutra, travel, crypto) - Terms: CPC / CPL / CPI / CPA / CPS / RevShare, selected per offer - Cadence: Monthly by default ($500 minimum, Regular); $100 minimum on Smartlink-Only accounts - Requirements: Application review; weekly/bi-weekly cadence unlocked with consistent volume ### 5. AdCombo AdCombo is a CPA network specializing in nutra offers - health, wellness, and diet products - while also running gambling, dating, mobile, forex/crypto trading, and sweepstakes verticals for affiliates who want a nutra-first network with room to diversify. Its offer catalog leans heavily toward Tier-2 GEOs across Eastern Europe, South Asia, and Latin America, making it a strong pick specifically for media buyers whose traffic skews outside the saturated Tier-1 markets. Commission runs on CPA, CPL, and CPS models depending on the offer, with payouts processed twice weekly and a $50 minimum - a notably fast cadence for a nutra-heavy network, where COD (cash-on-delivery) confirmation delays are common industry-wide. Payment methods include Payoneer, WebMoney, PayPal, bank transfer, Paxum, ePayService, and Capitalist. For media buyers already running push or native traffic into Tier-2 GEOs, AdCombo's nutra depth in exactly those markets is a natural pairing rather than a network you'd need to adapt your GEO mix around. **Highlights:** - Type: Nutra-specialist CPA network (also gambling, dating, mobile, trading, sweepstakes) - Terms: CPA / CPL / CPS, set per offer - Cadence: Twice weekly; $50 minimum - Requirements: Application review; strongest fit for Tier-2 GEO traffic **Running [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) traffic specifically? Go deeper than a general network list.** [Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs) is TrafficSigma's dedicated breakdown of operator-direct casino and sportsbook programs - RevShare tiers, CPA bands, GEO licensing footprint, and payout terms for names like Bet365 Partners, 888 Affiliates, and Entain Partners, none of which duplicate the general-purpose networks covered here. Continue reading for the full iGaming-specific rankings, or keep going below for networks spanning nutra, dating, finance, and mainstream verticals. ### 6. Adsterra CPA Network Adsterra CPA Network launched in the early 2020s (reported around 2021, though the exact date isn't independently confirmed) as the performance-network arm of the established Adsterra ad platform, and was recognized as Best CPA Network 2022 at the Sigma Awards - a fast rise for a network only a few years old. Its offer catalog concentrates on antivirus, utility/software, VPN, iGaming, games, dating, and sweepstakes, verticals chosen deliberately to pair with the pop, push, and native traffic Adsterra's own ad platform specializes in. Commission is fixed per campaign, with payouts made bi-weekly once traffic is verified; balances under $50 carry over, while balances above $50 with verified traffic pay out automatically. Minimum payout runs as low as $5 for some withdrawal options, though certain methods require a $100 threshold. Payment options include wire transfer, PayPal, WebMoney, Paxum, Bitcoin, and Tether, backed by 24/7 support. Because the network shares infrastructure and vertical focus with a major traffic platform, media buyers already running software, VPN, or utility offers get an unusually tight feedback loop between what converts on traffic and what the network's offer desk actively pushes. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical CPA network (antivirus, utility/software, VPN, iGaming, dating, sweepstakes) - Terms: Fixed commission per campaign - Cadence: Bi-weekly, auto-pay above $50; minimum as low as $5 on select methods - Requirements: Application review; verticals tuned to pop/push/native traffic ### 7. Awin Awin is a mainstream global affiliate network, part of the Axel Springer group (taken private by KKR in 2019-2020), connecting affiliates to more than 30,000 advertiser brands across retail, travel, finance, and SaaS - the kind of network a media buyer adds specifically to diversify into recurring, non-gambling, non-adult commercial categories. Each advertiser sets its own commission rate and cookie duration inside the network rather than one flat network-wide rate, so a fashion retailer might pay 5-8% per sale while a SaaS advertiser pays a flat $30-80 per qualified lead. Awin runs on a "when paid" model: your commission moves from Pending to Cleared only once the advertiser has validated the sale and paid Awin's invoice, then disburses on Awin's bi-monthly schedule (the 1st and 15th of each month). The minimum payout threshold starts as low as $20 for US publishers, and higher-trust affiliates can request early "on-demand" payment for a small fee rather than waiting for the standard cycle. For media buyers whose portfolio needs a legitimate mainstream-brand layer alongside higher-payout verticals, Awin's advertiser count and low payout floor make it an easy secondary network to run in parallel. **Highlights:** - Type: Mainstream affiliate network, part of Axel Springer group (retail, travel, finance, SaaS; 30,000+ advertisers) - Terms: Commission and cookie duration set per advertiser (typically 5-8% retail; flat CPA for SaaS leads) - Cadence: Bi-monthly (1st/15th), "when paid" model; $20 minimum for US publishers - Requirements: Application review; on-demand early payout available at higher trust levels ### 8. CJ Affiliate CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction) is one of the oldest mainstream affiliate networks still operating, connecting affiliates to established consumer brands across retail, travel, and finance through a self-serve advertiser marketplace. It's less a single niche network than a directory of individually-negotiated brand programs, which makes it a good complement to a high-payout CPA network rather than a replacement for one. Payment terms run Net-20 from month end, with a $50 minimum for direct deposit or $100 for check - and affiliates can adjust their own account threshold under Administrative Settings rather than being locked to the default. International publishers get paid via a Payoneer integration for local-currency disbursement. Commission rates and cookie windows are set per advertiser, same as Awin, so actual [earnings per click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/epc) vary brand to brand rather than following one network rate card. The advertiser directory's brand recognition is the draw here: media buyers running content or comparison-style traffic alongside paid campaigns get access to household-name programs that a pure CPA network typically won't carry. **Highlights:** - Type: Mainstream affiliate network (retail, travel, finance brand directory) - Terms: Commission and cookie duration set per advertiser - Cadence: Net-20 from month end; $50 minimum (direct deposit) / $100 (check) - Requirements: Application review; per-advertiser approval within the network ### 9. ShareASale ShareASale is a retail-focused performance marketing network with a large roster of brand partners (published figures vary widely by source, from roughly 6,500 up to 25,000+, so treat any specific count as approximate), acting as merchant of record for affiliate payouts across its entire advertiser base. Free signup for affiliates and a broad, mostly-mainstream advertiser mix make it a common second or third network for media buyers who want ecommerce and content-driven offers running alongside their primary CPA vertical. Payouts process on the 20th of each month for the prior month's locked commissions, once an affiliate clears a $50 threshold, via check, direct ACH deposit for US publishers, or Payoneer for international affiliates. Because ShareASale charges merchants a $35 monthly platform fee plus a 20% network fee on commissions, brand-side program terms tend to be more conservative than a dedicated CPA network's rates - worth knowing before assuming ecommerce commissions will match nutra or dating payouts. The advertiser breadth and the free, low-friction signup make ShareASale a reasonable low-commitment way to test whether a mainstream retail vertical is worth building into a broader portfolio. **Highlights:** - Type: Retail/ecommerce performance network (brand-partner count varies by source, roughly 6,500-25,000+) - Terms: Commission set per merchant; ShareASale acts as merchant of record - Cadence: Monthly (20th of month), prior month's locked commissions; $50 minimum - Requirements: Free affiliate signup; per-merchant program approval ### 10. Rakuten Advertising Rakuten Advertising is an enterprise-grade global affiliate network, the affiliate arm of the wider Rakuten group, running affiliate programs for established consumer and retail brands with commission and cookie terms set individually by each advertiser - typically 2-20% per sale depending on category, with cookie windows commonly running 7-30 days. Its enterprise brand relationships tend to skew toward larger, more established advertisers than smaller boutique networks carry. Payouts are processed monthly via PayPal, direct deposit, or check, with regional payment thresholds generally sitting around $50. Because Rakuten operates as a marketplace of individually managed advertiser programs rather than one network-wide offer type, affiliates need to review each advertiser's specific terms rather than assuming a single blanket rate applies across the platform. For media buyers building a content or comparison-site layer alongside paid-traffic campaigns, Rakuten's roster of larger retail and travel brands adds a stable, lower-volatility income stream to sit next to higher-payout CPA verticals. **Highlights:** - Type: Enterprise affiliate network (retail, travel, consumer brands) - Terms: Commission set per advertiser (typically 2-20% per sale); 7-30 day cookie windows - Cadence: Monthly; roughly $50 minimum (varies by region) - Requirements: Application review; per-advertiser program approval ### 11. FlexOffers FlexOffers runs one of the largest affiliate catalogs in the mainstream space, aggregating thousands of advertiser programs across retail, finance, SaaS, and travel under one dashboard. Its size is the main draw for media buyers who want maximum advertiser variety without applying to dozens of individual programs separately. Standard payout terms run Net-60 monthly, though top-performing affiliates graduate to Net-7 fast-pay terms, and some affiliates qualify for weekly payouts once they clear minimum volume requirements. The minimum payout threshold is reported as low as $25 for US publishers via check, bank transfer, or Payoneer, though some individual programs set a higher $50 floor. On the advertiser side, FlexOffers charges a 3% network fee on total sale volume (or 20% of publisher commission), which is worth knowing if you ever sit on the merchant side of a relationship too. The Net-7 graduation path mirrors MaxBounty's model and rewards consistent volume - a meaningful incentive for media buyers planning to scale spend through this network specifically rather than treating it as a one-off test. **Highlights:** - Type: Mainstream affiliate network (large aggregated advertiser catalog) - Terms: Commission set per advertiser program - Cadence: Net-60 standard, graduating to Net-7 for top performers; $25-50 minimum - Requirements: Application review; per-program approval within the aggregated catalog ### 12. MyLead MyLead is a global affiliate network operating since 2014 with more than 5,500 active offers spanning dating, nutra, sweepstakes, surveys, fashion, and gaming - positioned specifically as an accessible entry point for media buyers new to affiliate marketing rather than a high-barrier specialist network. Approval tends to be faster and less document-heavy than networks requiring an established track record. Commission runs across five models - CPL, CPS, CPA, PPI, and COD - giving new affiliates room to pick the lowest-friction option (CPL signups convert well on informational or beginner traffic) before moving into higher-payout CPA or CPS offers as they gain experience. Reported minimum payout figures vary by source - commonly cited around €100 on standard terms, with some accounts reportedly able to withdraw from as little as $20 - processed via bank transfer or a range of regional online payment systems; confirm the current threshold directly with MyLead before relying on either figure. For a media buyer running their first campaigns on this list, MyLead's combination of low entry barriers, a low CPL-driven starting minimum, and a genuinely global GEO catalog makes it one of the more forgiving networks to learn the fundamentals of CPA offer-picking on before graduating to specialist networks like AdCombo or Mobidea. **Highlights:** - Type: Multi-vertical affiliate network (dating, nutra, sweepstakes, surveys, gaming) - Terms: CPL / CPS / CPA / PPI / COD, selectable by affiliate experience level - Cadence: Standard ~€100 minimum (some accounts as low as $20); no reported payment delays - Requirements: Fast approval; strong fit for affiliates new to CPA/affiliate marketing ## Which of the 12 affiliate networks wins on commission model, payment cadence, and vertical fit? Every network's landing page claims "industry-leading payouts," which is exactly why the actual terms differ more than they look at first glance - minimum thresholds, payout cadence, and vertical depth vary enough that two "CPA networks" can produce very different real cash flow. Use this table to compare all 12 side by side before applying. | # | Network | Type | Commission Model | Payment Cadence | Best For | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | CrakRevenue | Multi-vertical CPA network | CPA / CPL / PPS / RevShare | Bi-monthly Net 7/15/30 | Diversifying across dating, nutra, mobile, sweepstakes | | 2 | MaxBounty | Multi-vertical CPA network | CPA / CPL / CPI (per offer) | Net-15 to weekly | Long-track-record network, dedicated affiliate managers | | 3 | Mobidea | Mobile-first CPA network | CPA / CPL, Smartlink | Weekly ($50 min) | Mobile, leadgen, and app-install traffic | | 4 | ClickDealer | Multi-vertical CPA network (40+ verticals) | CPC / CPL / CPI / CPA / CPS / RevShare | Monthly ($500 min); weekly at volume | Broad multi-vertical testing under one login | | 5 | AdCombo | Nutra-specialist CPA network | CPA / CPL / CPS | Twice weekly ($50 min) | Tier-2 GEO nutra offers | | 6 | Adsterra CPA Network | Multi-vertical CPA network | Fixed per campaign | Bi-weekly (min. as low as $5) | Software/VPN/iGaming paired with pop/push/native traffic | | 7 | Awin | Mainstream affiliate network | Set per advertiser | Bi-monthly, "when paid" ($20 min) | Recurring mainstream retail/travel/finance offers | | 8 | CJ Affiliate | Mainstream affiliate network | Set per advertiser | Net-20 ($50-100 min) | Household-name brand directory | | 9 | ShareASale | Retail/ecommerce network | Set per merchant | Monthly, 20th ($50 min) | Free-signup ecommerce diversification | | 10 | Rakuten Advertising | Enterprise affiliate network | Set per advertiser (2-20%) | Monthly (~$50 min) | Larger retail/travel brand relationships | | 11 | FlexOffers | Mainstream affiliate network | Set per advertiser program | Net-60 to Net-7 ($25-50 min) | Maximum advertiser variety in one dashboard | | 12 | MyLead | Multi-vertical affiliate network | CPL / CPS / CPA / PPI / COD | Standard (~€100 min) | Beginners learning CPA fundamentals | ## Which affiliate network should you apply to first? Choosing the right affiliate network comes down to three factors that matter more than any single headline payout figure: how fast and reliably the network actually pays, how much vertical breadth sits under one login so you're not stuck reapplying every time your traffic mix shifts, and whether the approval bar matches your current experience level rather than locking you out until you already have volume. A beginner picking MyLead's low-friction CPL offers to learn the ropes and a scaled media buyer running MaxBounty's weekly-payout tier are both making the right call for where they are - the mistake is picking a network built for someone else's stage. Once you've picked a network and been approved into offers, the harder problem is usually getting enough qualified clicks in front of those offers to hit a network's minimum payout threshold on schedule. That's where a dedicated traffic source matters as much as the network itself: TrafficSigma runs push, [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push), pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic), native, [domain redirect](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format), and Telegram Mini App ad traffic across 248+ GEOs, with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting plus Micro Bidding and Target CPA optimization built specifically for the high-payout verticals these networks specialize in - nutra, dating, finance, sweepstakes, and more. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the best affiliate network for beginners in 2026?** MyLead is one of the more accessible top rated affiliate networks for beginners, with fast approval, a low starting commission threshold, and CPL offers that convert on simple, low-friction traffic. FlexOffers and ShareASale are also low-barrier options for affiliates who want mainstream retail offers rather than CPA/CPL campaigns to start. **What is the best CPA affiliate network for high-payout verticals?** For nutra, dating, mobile, and sweepstakes specifically, MaxBounty, CrakRevenue, Mobidea, and AdCombo are consistently among the top-rated CPA affiliate networks, each with a slightly different vertical specialty and payout cadence - AdCombo for Tier-2 nutra, Mobidea for mobile leadgen, MaxBounty for finance and mainstream lead-gen breadth. **How do affiliate marketing networks actually pay affiliates?** Most networks pay on either a fixed CPA/CPL/CPS rate per completed action or a percentage-based RevShare tied to ongoing customer value, disbursed on a schedule ranging from daily/weekly (mobile and nutra specialists) to Net-30/Net-60 (mainstream ecommerce networks), once the affiliate clears a minimum payout threshold that typically runs $20-500 depending on the network and payment method. **How do I choose between competing affiliate networks?** Match the network to your traffic type and vertical first, then compare payout cadence and minimum thresholds, since a network that pays 5% more but holds funds for 60 days can produce worse actual cash flow than a slightly lower-paying network on a weekly cycle. Approval difficulty matters too - don't apply to a network built for six-figure monthly spend if you're testing your first campaign. **Is affiliate marketing still profitable for new media buyers in 2026?** Yes - the global affiliate channel continues to grow at scale in 2026, with double-digit growth widely reported in fast-moving regions like Asia-Pacific (exact market-size figures vary by research firm), and new networks like MyLead and Adsterra CPA Network specifically target lower-barrier entry for affiliates without an established track record. Profitability still depends on matching offers to the right traffic source and GEO rather than the network alone. **Can I use TrafficSigma as an affiliate network?** No - TrafficSigma is a traffic source, not an affiliate network. Once you've picked a network from this list and been approved into offers, TrafficSigma is where you drive qualified push, pop, native, and Telegram Mini App traffic to those offers across 248+ GEOs. # What Are Pop-Up Ads? Meaning, Examples, and Pop-Up vs. Popunder Explained https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads Published: 2026-07-02 Modified: 2026-07-06 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Popunder, Display Advertising, Ad Formats. Pop-up ads have been part of the web since the late 1990s, and browsers gradually rolled out built-in blockers to stop them - Opera and Mozilla shipped native pop-up blocking years before Internet Explorer, which didn't add it until Windows XP Service Pack 2 in 2004, despite being the dominant browser at the time. That gradual, uneven rollout explains almost everything about how the format is used today. This guide gives you a direct answer to **what are pop up ads**, walks through real pop up ads examples, and lines them up side-by-side against [popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) ads so you stop confusing the two. The TrafficSigma team runs both formats at scale across 220+ [GEOs](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), so this isn't theory - it's what actually happens when either format hits a real browser in 2026. ## What is pop up ads advertising, in one definition? **Pop up ads meaning:** a pop-up ad is a secondary browser window that opens *in front of* the page a user is already viewing, forcing itself into the foreground where it's immediately visible and has to be closed or clicked before the user can keep reading. That's the whole mechanic - no ambiguity, no regional variation, just a window that opens on top instead of blending into the page like a banner does. The format dates back to the late 1990s, widely credited to programmer Ethan Zuckerman, who built the pop-up window while working at the web-hosting service Tripod.com, as a way to run an ad without visually tying an advertiser's brand to whatever a user had published on their own page. Zuckerman later called the invention a mistake he regretted, and the backlash that followed is exactly why the format looks the way it does today: heavily filtered rather than freely served. There are two structural types worth knowing before you look at examples: - **Standard pop-up:** opens as a new, smaller browser/tab window layered on top of the current page the instant a trigger fires (page load, [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click), timer, exit-intent). - **Modal/in-page overlay:** technically renders inside the same page (not a separate browser window) but behaves identically from the user's point of view - it covers the content and demands a dismissal click. Most of what people call "pop-ups" on modern sites are actually this type, since real new-window pop-ups are blocked so aggressively. ## Pop up ads examples you'll actually recognize - **Newsletter/email-capture overlay:** appears 5-10 seconds after page load or on scroll, asking for an email address before letting the reader continue. - **Exit-intent pop-up:** fires when the cursor moves toward the browser's close/back button, typically offering a discount code to stop the user from leaving. - **Age-verification or geo-consent pop-up:** common on [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [betting](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical), and alcohol-brand sites, blocking page content until the user confirms eligibility. - **Download/app-install pop-up:** on mobile web, prompts the user to open or install an app before viewing the requested content. - **Ad-network pop-up (the affiliate/media-buying kind):** a monetization pop-up triggered by an ad tag on a publisher's site, opening a full advertiser landing page in the foreground - the format most relevant to affiliates and media buyers running traffic. ## Pop up vs popunder: the difference that actually matters The naming confusion between these two formats is one of the most common mix-ups in performance marketing, and it's worth being precise about, because the mechanics - and the economics - are opposite in one key way. A **pop-up** opens *in front of* the active browser window. The user sees it immediately, has to act on it immediately, and browsers have spent two decades building blockers specifically tuned to catch this exact behavior - so a large share of pop-ups never render at all on a hardened browser or with an ad blocker installed. A **popunder** opens *behind* the active browser window. The user doesn't see it until they close, minimize, or switch away from the window they're currently using - at which point the popunder is sitting there, already loaded, on its own. Because it never interrupts the page the user came to see, it triggers far fewer pop-up-blocker heuristics and survives in far more browsers, which is the main reason media buyers and affiliates default to popunder (also sold as "OnClick") inventory over classic pop-ups for paid traffic today. | | Pop-Up Ads | Popunder Ads | | --- | --- | --- | | **Visibility timing** | Opens in front of the active window - seen instantly | Opens behind the active window - seen only when the user closes/switches windows | | **Browser-blocker sensitivity** | High - targeted directly by built-in blockers since the early 2000s | Lower - often bypasses standard pop-up-blocker logic entirely | | **Typical [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm)** | Generally low, but pricing is volatile since so many impressions get blocked before they're ever counted | Typically starts around $0.30-$0.50 CPM, with volume-based scale across GEOs | | **Common use case** | On-site [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion) tools: email capture, exit-intent offers, age/consent gates | Paid traffic monetization and buying: affiliate offers, iGaming, [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical), [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) campaigns | Every fact in this table is drawn directly from the definitions and mechanics above - nothing new is introduced here, it's simply the two formats lined up side-by-side so you can scan the difference in one glance. If you're buying or selling traffic rather than just running an on-site email-capture tool, popunder is almost always the format you actually want. For a full breakdown of setup, targeting, and how the buy-side and publisher-side economics work, see TrafficSigma's companion guide, [Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide) - it picks up exactly where this definition leaves off. ## The pop-up format that won't tank your bounce rate If your goal is on-site conversion - capturing an email, flashing a consent notice, saving an abandoning visitor - a pop-up (or, more accurately today, an in-page modal) is the native tool for the job, and blocker interference is a manageable cost of doing business. If your goal is buying or monetizing paid traffic at scale, the pop-up's blocker exposure makes it the weaker economic choice, and popunder/OnClick inventory is the format that actually survives the trip from ad tag to eyeball. TrafficSigma runs pop/popunder traffic from $1.00 CPM across 248+ GEOs with granular device, OS, and carrier targeting, so once you know which format your funnel needs, launching it is the next step, not a separate research project. ### Frequently asked questions **What are pop up ads, exactly?** Pop up ads are secondary browser windows (or, on modern sites, in-page overlays that behave the same way) that open in front of the page a visitor is already on, demanding attention or a dismissal click before they can continue. **What's the difference between a pop-up and a popunder?** A pop-up opens in front of the active window and is seen instantly; a popunder opens behind it and is only seen when the user closes or switches windows. That timing difference is also why popunders face far less browser-blocker interference. **Are pop-up ads still effective in 2026?** For on-site tools like email capture and exit-intent offers, yes - they're a standard, expected UX pattern. For paid traffic buying, most media buyers and affiliates have shifted to popunder/OnClick inventory instead, since a large share of true pop-up impressions get blocked before they render. **Do browsers block pop-up ads?** Yes. Every major browser now ships a built-in pop-up blocker, though the rollout was uneven - Opera and Mozilla added native blocking well before Internet Explorer, which didn't gain it until Windows XP Service Pack 2 in 2004 - specifically because unsolicited pop-up windows became one of the most complained-about ad formats on the early web. **Why do pop-up ads and popunder ads get confused so often?** Because they're built from the same underlying browser mechanic - a secondary window triggered by a script - and differ only in stacking order (front vs. behind). That single technical difference is also the entire reason their blocker exposure and typical CPM diverge. **Which format should I use if I'm buying traffic, not just running my own site?** Popunder. It's the format actually sold at scale by ad networks for affiliate, iGaming, Nutra, and sweepstakes campaigns, precisely because it survives blockers that would otherwise strip out a classic pop-up before it ever gets seen. # What Is a Proxy? A Practical Guide for Affiliate Marketers (2026) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy Published: 2026-07-05 Modified: 2026-07-07 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Media Buying, Affiliate Marketing. The global proxy server market is valued at roughly **$1.9 billion in 2026**, on pace to reach **$2.6 billion by 2031** at a 6.5% CAGR, according to Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence - growth driven largely by ad verification and geo-testing demand. *Source: Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence.* For affiliate marketers, that tracks directly with how many campaigns now need a local-market check before spend goes live. The TrafficSigma team put together this guide to answer the question plainly, then get into what actually matters for performance marketers: which proxy type to use, when, and why a proxy isn't the same tool as a VPN or an [antidetect browser](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-an-antidetect-browser). ## What is a proxy? To **define proxy** simply: a **proxy** (short for proxy server) is an intermediary server between your device and the internet. Your traffic goes through it first, and it forwards the request using its own IP address and location - the site you're visiting sees the proxy's IP, not yours. That's the **proxy server meaning** in one line, and the working **proxy definition** for this guide: a stand-in connection that lets you appear to browse from somewhere else. ## Why affiliate marketers actually use proxies A **proxy for affiliate marketing** isn't a privacy tool - it's a QA tool. Three use cases dominate: - **Geo-testing ad creatives.** Before a campaign goes live in Germany, Brazil, or the Philippines, confirm the landing page, currency, language, and offer render correctly from an IP in that market - not from your office IP, which often gets a default or English-language fallback. - **Ad and compliance verification.** Networks and advertisers use local-market IPs to confirm a redirect chain shows the approved creative, the correct disclaimer, and the contracted destination URL in each [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) - and that no unauthorized domain hijacks the chain mid-redirect. - **Avoiding account and IP flagging.** Platforms flag accounts that log in from the same IP across too many unrelated profiles. A dedicated proxy per account keeps routine, legitimate account management from tripping fraud signals meant for abuse. Used this way, a proxy confirms what a real user in a real market actually sees, before you spend a media budget finding out the hard way. ## Types of proxy There's no single "best" proxy - the right type depends on what you're checking and how often. Four types cover almost every affiliate-marketing use case: - **Datacenter proxy:** IPs hosted on cloud/server infrastructure, not a real residential or mobile connection. Cheapest and fastest, but easy for platforms to flag as non-residential - best for high-volume, low-sensitivity checks rather than final compliance sign-off. - **Residential proxy:** Routes traffic through a real home IP assigned by an ISP to an actual household. Looks like ordinary consumer traffic, making it the standard choice for geo-testing ad creatives and offer pages. - **ISP proxy:** A hybrid - registered to a residential ISP (so it looks residential) but hosted on stable server infrastructure instead of a rotating household connection. Gives you a static, fast, residential-looking IP for sessions that need to stay put longer than typical residential IPs allow. - **Mobile proxy:** Uses IPs assigned by mobile carriers to real 3G/4G/5G devices. Carrier-grade NAT shares IPs across huge subscriber pools, making them the hardest for a platform to block without blocking real users - at the highest cost and slowest provisioning. For a straightforward **residential proxy vs datacenter proxy** call: pick datacenter for cheap, high-volume, low-scrutiny checks, and residential (or ISP, for a static session) whenever the test needs to survive the same fraud and bot-detection layer a real visitor would face. ## Proxy vs VPN vs antidetect browser These three terms get used interchangeably, and that's where most confusion (and most account bans) comes from. Each solves a different problem: - **Proxy:** changes your apparent IP and location only. No encryption, no change to your browser fingerprint (screen size, fonts, timezone, WebGL, and the dozens of other signals a site reads). - **VPN:** also changes your IP, plus encrypts the whole connection for privacy. Like a proxy, it leaves your fingerprint untouched - a platform still sees the same device behind a new IP. - **Antidetect browser:** doesn't touch your IP by itself - it isolates and customizes the fingerprint so each profile looks like a distinct device. Typically paired with a dedicated proxy per profile, since platforms cross-check IP and fingerprint together. For **proxy vs VPN**: a VPN fits general encryption and privacy; a proxy is the lighter, faster tool when only the apparent location needs to change. Neither replaces an **antidetect proxy** setup - pairing a dedicated proxy with an antidetect browser profile - which is what real account-level separation requires. ## A brief note on responsible use Proxies are legitimate infrastructure used daily for QA, ad verification, and account security - by affiliates, brand-safety teams, and ad platforms themselves. Used responsibly, they confirm what real users see; they should never fabricate traffic, fake clicks, or misrepresent a visitor's actual location to an advertiser. Test against your own campaigns and disclosed terms, and check the acceptable-use policy of any network or proxy provider before running verification at scale. ## Comparison table: proxy types at a glance | Proxy type | Source of IP | Speed | Cost | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Datacenter | Cloud/hosting infrastructure | Fastest | Lowest | Bulk, low-sensitivity checks | | Residential | Real home ISP connection | Moderate | Mid-high | Geo-testing ad creatives, offer QA | | ISP | ISP-registered, server-hosted | Fast | Mid-high | Long, static verification sessions | | Mobile | Mobile carrier network | Slowest to provision | Highest | High-scrutiny account/compliance work | ## Pick a proxy type for the job, not the price The right proxy choice comes down to three factors: how closely the destination site scrutinizes traffic, how long a session needs to stay on one IP, and your budget for that level of realism. Datacenter handles cheap, high-volume checks; residential and ISP handle real-market geo-testing and compliance; mobile handles the highest-scrutiny account work. None of this replaces getting your actual campaign infrastructure right. Once creatives, GEOs, and compliance are verified, the next step is running them on traffic already built for scale and fraud protection - which is where TrafficSigma's 248+ GEO network and 3-level fraud protection come in. For a deeper look at how traffic-quality and fraud checks work alongside proxy-based verification, see [How to Buy Website Traffic Without Buying Bots: A 2026 Buyer's Guide](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/buy-website-traffic-without-bots). --- Sources referenced: Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence. ### Frequently asked questions **What is a proxy server in simple terms?** A proxy server is an intermediary that relays your internet requests using its own IP address, so the destination site sees the proxy's location instead of yours. It's the same underlying mechanism whether you're checking a geo-restricted ad or just browsing anonymously. **What's the difference between a residential proxy and a datacenter proxy?** A residential proxy uses a real home IP assigned by an ISP, so it looks like ordinary consumer traffic to the destination site. A datacenter proxy uses IPs hosted on server infrastructure - cheaper and faster, but easier for ad platforms and anti-bot systems to flag as non-residential. **Is a proxy the same as a VPN?** No. Both change your apparent IP, but a VPN also encrypts your full connection and is built for privacy, while a proxy is typically lighter-weight and faster since it skips encryption. Neither one changes your browser fingerprint. **Do I need an antidetect browser as well as a proxy?** If you're managing multiple accounts on the same platform, yes - a proxy alone changes your IP but not your device fingerprint, and platforms check both together to detect linked accounts. Pairing one dedicated proxy per antidetect browser profile is the standard setup. **How do affiliates use proxies for ad verification?** Affiliates and compliance teams use local-market residential or ISP proxies to view a live ad, landing page, or redirect chain from inside the actual target GEO, confirming the creative, disclaimer, and destination URL match what was approved before real budget spends against it. **Is it legal to use a proxy for affiliate marketing?** Using a proxy for legitimate QA, geo-testing, and compliance verification is standard industry practice and not illegal. It becomes a problem only when used to misrepresent traffic sources, fabricate clicks, or violate a specific network's or platform's terms of service - always check those terms first. # What Is In-Page Push? The Ad Format That Skips the Permission Prompt (2026) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push Published: 2026-07-08 Modified: 2026-07-11 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: In-Page Push, Push Ads, Ad Formats. In-page [push ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads) generate CTRs as high as 22-33% in verticals like e-commerce, [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical), and [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance) - roughly 10-30x what classic web push notifications pull, per Adsterra network performance data. *Source: Adsterra network performance data* That gap exists because the format borrows the exact visual language of a real system notification, then skips the one thing classic push needs to work: a visitor who already opted in. The TrafficSigma team breaks down what in-page push is, how it differs mechanically from classic push notifications, and where each format fits in a 2026 media-buying stack. ## The framework: two push formats, one visual language Both formats fight banner blindness by borrowing the credibility of a system-level alert, but they're built on different technical foundations: - **Classic (web) push notifications** are OS-level messages sent through the browser's native Push API. A visitor must [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) "Allow" on a subscription prompt before anyone can message them. Once subscribed, alerts can land in the device's tray even after the browser is closed. - **In-page push (IPP)** isn't a real system notification. It's a widget - HTML/CSS/JS rendered inside the page - styled to look like a native push alert (icon, headline, short body text, close button), anchored to a page corner. No subscription, no permission dialog, no browser API: the "notification" is just markup on the page. That distinction - opt-in OS notification vs. no-opt-in visual mimic - is what determines reach, cost, and lifespan below. In-page push shows only while the page stays open and can't be re-triggered later; what it trades in persistence, it gets back in reach. With no subscription step, it renders for every visitor on every device, including iOS, where classic web push only fires if the visitor has already installed the site as a home-screen web app - a step almost nobody takes from a paid landing page. ## In-page push ads vs. classic push notifications | Dimension | In-Page Push | Classic Push Notification | | --- | --- | --- | | Permission/subscription required? | No - renders on page load, no opt-in | Yes - visitor must click "Allow" on browser prompt | | Persists after tab/browser closes? | No - tied to the open page | Yes - can land in device tray even when browser is closed | | iOS / Safari support? | Yes - full support, no install step | Limited - only works if the site is added to the home screen; not supported in a normal Safari tab | | Typical [CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr) | Roughly 13-33% by vertical ([iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) ~13.8%, finance ~26%, utility ~33%) | Roughly 0.5-3% - still well above the well-under-1% norm for display banners | | Typical [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) / pricing | Commonly well under $1 up to $5+ CPM depending on GEO and vertical, also sold [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc)/[CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) | Comparable or slightly higher CPM on similar inventory, also sold CPC | | Best use case | iOS reach, cold/anonymous traffic, high-volume landing-page awareness | Re-engaging opted-in subscribers, time-delayed alerts, remarketing on Android/desktop | In short: in-page push wins on *reach* (every visitor, every OS, zero opt-in friction); classic push wins on *durability* (it can reach someone hours after they've left your site). Neither is strictly better - they answer different questions. ## Where in-page push fits in a media-buying stack In-page push isn't a replacement for classic push - it covers the gap classic push can't close. Reach for it when the offer needs iOS reach (classic push there requires a home-screen install almost nobody does), when you're buying cold anonymous traffic that needs monetizing on the first pageview, or when you want push-format CTR without first building a subscriber list. Classic push still earns its place when the campaign needs to reach someone *after* they've left the site - cart-abandonment nudges or time-delayed remarketing. Most performance-focused media buyers in 2026 run both formats side by side. For the full mechanics of the classic format - subscriber acquisition, pricing models, creative specs - see [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks). TrafficSigma supports in-page push natively alongside classic push in the same self-serve dashboard, so testing both against one offer takes a single campaign setup rather than two platforms. ## In-page push or classic push: which one you should run The choice comes down to two questions: does this offer need iOS reach, and does the message need to survive after the visitor closes the tab? In-page push answers the first with a clean yes and the second with a hard no - built for immediate, cross-device engagement on cold traffic, not long-lived remarketing. Classic push is the mirror image: durable and re-triggerable, but Android/desktop-only and dependent on an opt-in list you build first. For iGaming, finance, sweepstakes, and other high-payout verticals where cold traffic and iOS reach both matter, in-page push belongs in the stack from the first test budget. TrafficSigma runs both formats from one dashboard, with the same [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), device, and carrier targeting controls. --- Sources referenced: Adsterra. ### Frequently asked questions **What is in-page push?** In-page push is an ad format rendered inside a webpage that visually mimics a native push notification (icon, headline, short text, dismiss button) but requires no browser subscription or permission prompt. It disappears when the page or tab closes, unlike a real OS-level push notification. **Is in-page push the same as a push notification?** No. A classic push notification is a real OS-level message delivered through the browser's Push API after opt-in; in-page push is a widget on the page itself with no opt-in step and no ability to reach the visitor once they leave. **What's the difference between in-page push and web push?** Web push (classic push) requires subscription and can reach a device even after the browser is closed, including hours or days later. In-page push requires no subscription and works on every device including iOS, but only displays while the page is open. **Do in-page push ads work on iPhone?** Yes - this is one of its main advantages. Classic web push on iOS only works if the visitor added the site to their home screen as a standalone web app, which most visitors never do. In-page push has no such requirement and renders on iOS the same as on Android and desktop. **What CTR should I expect from in-page push ads?** Reported CTRs vary by vertical, commonly 13-33% (utility and finance run highest, iGaming around 13-14%), well above the 0.5-3% typical of classic push and far above standard display banners, which typically run well under 1%. **Is in-page push better than classic push notifications?** Neither is strictly better - they solve different problems. In-page push wins on reach (iOS support, no opt-in friction, works on cold traffic); classic push wins on persistence (it can reach a visitor after they've left the site). Most 2026 media buyers run both. # What Is Popunder Traffic? A Quick Definition for Media Buyers https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic Published: 2026-07-10 Modified: 2026-07-14 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Popunder, Paid Traffic. **Popunder traffic is inventory sold by the [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression): a full browser tab or window that opens behind a publisher's site the moment a visitor clicks anywhere on the page**, then waits, already loaded, for the user to close their active tab. It's priced almost exclusively on a [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm) basis - commonly $0.30-$5.00+ per 1,000 impressions depending on [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), device, and quality tier - rather than per [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click), which is what separates it from most other display formats. That's the direct answer. Below is what makes traffic *popunder* traffic as a sourced, priced inventory type - not the full mechanics of running a campaign, which the TrafficSigma team already covers in **[Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide)**, the complete pillar guide to the format. ## Popunder traffic advertising: how it fits the rest of your media buy Popunder traffic advertising sits alongside push, native, and [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push) as a standard self-serve inventory type - the difference is the placement mechanic (a full tab behind the active window) and CPM-first pricing. "Pop traffic" is common shorthand for the same inventory; "popup/popunder traffic" loosely combines the front-loading and back-loading variants, but popunder is the more widely supported today. It's sourced almost entirely from publishers who can't monetize with standard banner/display units - download portals, streaming/file-sharing sites, and adult content are the classic sources, plus general-content sites adding it as extra revenue. A popunder ad network aggregates this across thousands of publisher placements into one buyable feed, targetable by GEO, device, OS, and carrier - TrafficSigma's own network runs 4B+ daily pop impressions across 248+ GEOs this way. ## Popunder traffic quality: the signals that actually move it Sold as raw impression volume, quality varies far more here than in click-based formats - check these signals before trusting any CPM quote: - **Fraud and bot filtering:** real-time detection of [non-human traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic); unfiltered pop feeds are the easiest inventory type to pad with junk volume. - **Frequency capping:** how many times one user sees a popunder per window (commonly one to a few per day) - uncapped feeds inflate impressions without adding reach. - **Unique users vs. raw impressions:** a feed of mostly unique visitors beats one re-serving the same users, at an identical CPM. - **Source vetting:** vetted, premium publisher sources versus an open, unmoderated exchange. - **Post-click behavior:** bounce rate after the popunder loads - a quick bounce signals mismatched targeting, however cheap the CPM. A quality-filtered CPM almost always sits above an unfiltered, bulk-volume quote for the same GEO - that premium is the cost of the filtering above, which is why "cheapest CPM" is the wrong first filter for a source. ## How popunder traffic is priced and measured Popunder is a CPM format, not [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) or [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) - the advertiser pays for the impression itself, win-or-lose on [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion), unlike push or native, often bought on CPC. CPM scales with GEO tier and device: Tier-1 desktop (US, UK) commands the highest market-average rates, commonly in the $3-$6+ range at strong quality and running higher still on some networks; Tier-2/3 GEOs and mobile can run under $1, with TrafficSigma's own pop/popunder feed starting from $1.00 CPM. Note this reflects typical market pricing, not any single network's floor CPM - floor rates (the minimum a network will accept) are usually lower than what quality traffic actually clears at. *Source: industry rate-card and ad-network-published ranges cited in this article - general market context, not audited analyst figures.* Since CPM measures cost per impression, not outcome, optimize toward cost-per-converted-user - a cheaper CPM from a weak source can cost more per conversion than a pricier, filtered one. ## What popunder traffic buys you that other formats don't Popunder traffic is a distinct inventory type, not just a synonym for "[popup ads](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads)" - aggregated from publisher placements that load a full tab behind the user's active window, priced by CPM rather than click, and separated from junk volume by fraud filtering, frequency capping, unique-user ratios, and source vetting. Buy it on quality signals first and CPM second, and measure success on cost-per-converted-user, not the sticker price. Ready to move from definition to launch - targeting, budgets, publisher-side earning models, and compliance? The pillar guide has the full walkthrough: **[Popunder Ads: What They Are, How They Work, and How to Earn From Them in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/popunder-ads-guide)**. ### Frequently asked questions **Is popunder traffic the same as popup traffic?** No. A popup interrupts the active window immediately; a popunder loads behind it and stays hidden until the user closes their current tab - the less disruptive of the two, though "popup/popunder traffic" is often used as a combined market term. **Where does popunder traffic come from?** Mostly publishers monetizing inventory that doesn't fit standard display programs - download sites, streaming/file-sharing platforms, and adult content, plus general-content sites adding it as secondary revenue. A popunder ad network aggregates that inventory into one targetable, biddable feed. **What makes popunder traffic "good quality"?** Real-time fraud/bot filtering, sensible frequency capping, a high ratio of unique users to total impressions, and vetted publisher sources rather than an open, unmoderated feed. **Is a low popunder CPM always a better deal?** No. CPM measures cost per impression, not cost per outcome. A cheap, unfiltered CPM often costs more per converted user than a pricier, well-filtered source - evaluate cost-per-conversion alongside the raw CPM. # What Are Push Ads? Every Push Ad Format Compared (2026) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads Published: 2026-07-13 Modified: 2026-07-15 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Push Ads, Ad Formats. RollerAds, a push ad network, published its own 2026 market analysis estimating the global web push advertising market at roughly $3.22 billion in 2026, climbing to $3.61 billion by 2030 - a figure worth noting as a competing network's own estimate rather than independent third-party research *Source: RollerAds 2026 market analysis (a competing push ad network's own published estimate)* - and that figure doesn't even count the in-page and calendar variants competing for the same ad budgets. Push ads meaning, in practice, has splintered into at least three genuinely different formats that get lumped under one label, and mixing them up is the fastest way to buy the wrong traffic for your offer. The TrafficSigma team maintains this page as the definition-and-decision hub for the entire push category: what push ads are, the types of push ads you'll actually encounter, and how push ads vs in page push vs [calendar push](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/calendar-push-format) shake out on permissions, cost, and vertical fit. **What is push ads?** Push ads are notification-style advertisements - a small icon, a short headline, and a line of body text - delivered to a user's device or browser as if they were a native system alert, rather than embedded in a webpage as a traditional banner. That single definition now covers three structurally distinct delivery mechanisms, which is exactly why "push ads" search intent keeps splitting into narrower questions. This page answers the umbrella question and then routes you to a dedicated deep-dive on whichever sub-format you're actually buying or running. ## The 3 push ad sub-types, at a glance There's no single "push ads" product to evaluate - there are three delivery models that happen to share a notification-style creative format. Everything else about them (how a user opts in, where they run, how long they last, what they cost) is genuinely different, which is why treating them as interchangeable is the single biggest mistake new media buyers make with this traffic type: 1. **Classic push notifications** (also called OS push or web push): a subscription-based alert delivered to a device's native notification tray - the original push format, and the one most people mean by default when they say "push ads." 2. **In-page push**: a banner styled to *look* like a push notification but rendered inside a publisher's webpage instead of the OS notification tray - built specifically to route around the opt-in step classic push requires. 3. **Calendar push**: an ad delivered as a scheduled event inside a user's calendar app (most commonly iOS Calendar), reached via a one-time calendar-subscription opt-in rather than a per-notification permission prompt. All three get bought and sold as "[push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic)," all three price primarily on [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc) or [CPM](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm), and all three lean on the same psychological hook - a notification-shaped creative earns more attention than a static banner. Where they diverge is permission mechanics, persistence, typical performance, and which verticals they suit - which is what the framework below breaks down before you commit budget to any one of them. ## How classic push, in-page push, and calendar push actually differ The three formats split along four practical axes: whether the user has to grant an OS-level permission, whether the ad can reach the user outside an active browsing session, what [CTR](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr)/CPM range to expect, and which verticals each format fits best. **Permission model** is the foundational difference. Classic push requires an explicit one-time browser or app permission grant ("Allow notifications?") before a user ever receives a message - this is also the format Chrome has restricted, since Chrome automatically blocks and can revoke notification permissions from sites it identifies as sending intrusive or misleading notifications. In-page push needs no OS permission at all - the ad is just page content, so it sidesteps Chrome's notification-permission crackdown entirely. Calendar push uses a middle-ground model: a one-time calendar-subscription opt-in (typically via an email or webpage prompt), after which ads land as events without any further per-message consent. **Persistence and reach** flow directly from that permission model. Classic push notifications reach a subscriber's device tray even when they're not on any website - the defining advantage of the format, and why classic push still posts the strongest raw CTR of the three, commonly cited in the 0.5%–3% range, well under 1% for standard display banners. In-page push only fires while a user is actively on a participating publisher's page, capping its reach to live sessions but compensating with strong on-page engagement and comparatively easy CPC-based buying. Calendar push sits between the two: once subscribed, a user keeps receiving calendar-event ads independent of active browsing, giving it reach closer to classic push while running on infrastructure (the device calendar app) that isn't subject to browser notification-permission rules at all. **Cost and platform coverage** are where format choice becomes a budget decision. Classic push is Android- and desktop-browser-heavy, since Apple's Safari and iOS have historically restricted web push support far more than Chrome has. In-page push runs on any device with a browser - desktop or mobile, iOS included - which is precisely why buyers turn to it when a campaign needs iOS reach that classic push can't deliver. Calendar push is overwhelmingly an iOS-native play, built to reach the Apple audience that classic web push structurally can't touch, subscribed through the native Calendar app rather than a browser. **Vertical fit** follows from those reach patterns. Classic push's low CPC floor and Android/desktop concentration make it a workhorse for [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical), [sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical), and [Nutra](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical) offers chasing volume at scale. In-page push's page-embedded, no-permission format suits verticals where a clean, bannerless first [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression) matters - [dating](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical), [finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance)/forex, and software/utility offers that need to look credible on the [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click)-through. Calendar push's iOS skew makes it the format of choice specifically when an offer's audience or [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) mix leans Apple-heavy - certain finance, subscription, and app-install campaigns where reaching iOS users at all is the point. | Factor | Classic push | In-page push | Calendar push | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Permission required? | Yes - explicit OS/browser opt-in | No - rendered as page content | Yes - one-time calendar subscription | | Works without an open browser session? | Yes | No - session-bound | Yes | | Primary platform strength | Android, desktop browsers | Any browser, incl. iOS | iOS (Calendar app) | | Typical CTR range | 0.5%–3% | Generally higher than classic push on-page | Comparable to classic push once subscribed | | Common pricing model | CPC / CPM | CPC (most common), also CPM/[CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) | CPC / CPM | | Best-fit verticals | iGaming, sweepstakes, Nutra | Dating, finance/forex, software/utilities | iOS-skewed finance, subscriptions, app installs | | Chrome/Safari permission-crackdown exposure | High - direct target of Chrome's notification-permission blocking/revocation | None - no notification permission involved | Low - outside the browser-notification framework entirely | Read the practical implication straight off that table: if Chrome's abusive-notification enforcement or Apple's browser restrictions are already cutting into your subscriber base or GEO mix, in-page push and calendar push are the two formats built to route around exactly that friction - not because they're "better" in the abstract, but because they don't depend on the permission surface being restricted. ### Classic push notifications - go deeper Classic push is the original format and still the biggest volume driver in the category, but its full mechanics - subscriber acquisition, OS-level anatomy of a push creative, and how CPC floors move by GEO - deserve their own explanation rather than a repeat here. For the complete breakdown of how a push notification ad is actually structured (icon, title, body, CTA, URL) and OS/browser-specific limits, see our companion guide, [What Is a Push Notification Ad? Format and Anatomy Explained](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-push-notification-ad/). If you want the fastest possible definition without the full anatomy walkthrough, our quick-reference [What Is Push Traffic? A Quick Definition for Affiliates](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic/) covers the term itself in under four minutes. ### In-page push - go deeper In-page push's entire value proposition is built around skipping the permission prompt classic push requires, which changes both how you buy it and how it performs across session-bound traffic. Rather than re-explain the format's mechanics and use cases here, see our dedicated guide: [What Is In-Page Push? The Ad Format That Skips the Permission Prompt](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push/). ### Calendar push - the format without its own guide yet Calendar push is the newest and smallest-volume of the three formats in most affiliate media-buying stacks, and it doesn't yet have its own dedicated deep-dive in this library - treat the mechanics above (subscription-based, iOS-native, event-style creative) as the current baseline, and expect a standalone guide as calendar push volume scales. ## Next step: sourcing traffic for your chosen format Knowing the types of push ads is only half the decision - the other half is sourcing traffic that doesn't waste your test budget on stale subscriber lists or bot-heavy inventory. Our buying-side companion guide, [Where to Buy Push Traffic: A Practical Buying Checklist for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/where-to-buy-push-traffic/), walks through what to check before you pay, GEO/CPC benchmarks, and the red flags that separate real sellers from junk. If you want a ranked comparison of specific sources rather than a buying checklist, see [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks/), which compares 9 networks on CPC, subscriber quality, and fraud filtering. TrafficSigma runs all three formats - classic push, in-page push, and calendar push - from one dashboard with granular GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting, so switching between formats to route around a Chrome permission restriction or chase iOS reach doesn't mean switching platforms. ## The format matters more than the category "Push ads" isn't one product, so picking well means matching permission model, platform reach, and vertical fit to your specific offer - not just picking whichever format is loudest in your feed. Classic push still wins on raw CPC and Android/desktop scale, in-page push wins wherever iOS reach or a permission-free first impression matters, and calendar push wins specifically when your audience is iOS-heavy and nothing else can reach them. Once you've matched a format to your offer, the next step is running it on infrastructure that doesn't force a platform switch every time your GEO mix or vertical changes. TrafficSigma serves classic push, in-page push, and calendar push side by side from one self-serve dashboard, with the same GEO, device, OS, and carrier targeting controls across all three - so testing a format shift costs you a campaign, not a new vendor relationship. --- Sources referenced: RollerAds. ### Frequently asked questions **What is the meaning of push ads?** Push ads are notification-styled advertisements - an icon, short headline, and body text - delivered to a device or browser to resemble a native system alert rather than a traditional embedded banner. The umbrella term covers classic push notifications, in-page push, and calendar push, which differ in permission requirements and delivery mechanics despite sharing that same notification-style creative format. **What are the main types of push ads?** The three main types are classic push notifications (delivered to the OS notification tray via subscriber opt-in), in-page push (a push-styled banner rendered inside a webpage with no permission prompt), and calendar push (delivered as calendar-app events via a one-time subscription, mostly on iOS). Each is bought and priced separately even though all three are marketed under the "push ads" umbrella. **Push ads vs in-page push vs calendar push - which should I use?** Use classic push when you want the lowest CPC floor and are targeting Android/desktop volume at scale. Use in-page push when you need iOS reach, want to avoid Chrome's notification-permission restrictions entirely, or are running verticals like dating and finance where a clean on-page creative matters. Use calendar push specifically when your GEO or audience mix is iOS-heavy and classic web push can't reach those users at all. **Do push ads require a permission prompt?** Classic push does - the user must explicitly allow notifications before receiving any. In-page push does not, since the ad is rendered as ordinary page content. Calendar push requires a one-time calendar-subscription opt-in, after which no further per-message permission is needed. **Are push ads still effective given Chrome's notification crackdown?** Yes, but the crackdown has reshaped which push format performs best. Chrome automatically blocks and can revoke notification permissions from sites it identifies as sending intrusive or misleading notifications, which pressures classic push subscriber growth specifically. In-page push and calendar push are both structurally unaffected, since neither depends on the browser notification-permission system Chrome is restricting. **What CTR should I expect from push ads?** Classic push commonly runs in the 0.5%–3% CTR range, well above standard display banners, which typically run well under 1%. In-page push generally performs at or above that range on-page, since users are actively engaged with the surrounding content when the ad appears. Actual results vary heavily by GEO, creative, and vertical, so treat these as directional benchmarks rather than guarantees. # What Is a Push Notification Ad? Format and Anatomy Explained (2026) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-push-notification-ad Published: 2026-07-16 Modified: 2026-07-19 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Push Notifications, Push Ads, Ad Formats. The push notification software market is valued at roughly $1.83 billion in 2026 (up from $1.58 billion in 2025), and is projected to reach $3.78 billion by 2031 at a 15.61% CAGR, according to Mordor Intelligence. *Source: Mordor Intelligence, push notification software market forecast.* That scale rests on a deceptively simple unit: a structured message that lands in a device's notification tray, no app install required. This guide from the TrafficSigma team breaks down exactly what a push notification ad is made of, field by field. For buying strategy and scaling tactics, read the **[9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks)** - this page stays narrowly on the anatomy. ## What is a push notification? A push notification is a message a browser or OS delivers to a user's device on behalf of a website the user previously opted into, without that site being open. On the web, this runs on the W3C Push API: a site requests permission once, the browser registers a subscription endpoint, and future messages render in the OS or browser's own notification UI, not the website's code. A push notification **ad** uses the same mechanism commercially - an advertiser or ad network sends the message instead of the site the user subscribed on. The anatomy is identical; only who's sending it changes. ## The anatomy of a push notification ad Every push notification ad, regardless of network or vertical, is built from the same six fields. Character limits and icon/image sizes below are approximate and platform-dependent - they come from observed OS/browser UI behavior rather than a published spec, so always test your actual creative on your target platforms before finalizing copy: - **Icon:** small square brand image, typically 192×192px (48×48px minimum) - the only element guaranteed to display everywhere. - **Title:** bolded headline, roughly 40-50 characters before most combinations truncate it with an ellipsis. - **Body:** supporting line, roughly 80-120 characters depending on OS - Windows 11 Chrome allows ~141, macOS Firefox closer to 120. - **CTA button(s):** up to two optional buttons (e.g., "Shop Now") with their own [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) destination. Chrome is the primary renderer; others fall back to a single click-through. - **Large image (optional):** a wider banner inside the notification, chiefly on Chrome - giving the creative a "mini display ad" look. - **Landing URL:** the destination the notification (or CTA button) opens on click. If a creative renders oddly, it's almost always because one of these six fields exceeded its platform's real limit - not because the format is broken. ## How the format differs by OS and browser Push notification ads are **not** one universal creative. One major platform doesn't support the classic version at all. The character limits in the table below are approximate, observed behavior rather than a documented spec, and can shift with OS/browser updates - test on your actual target platforms rather than treating these as fixed. | Platform | CTA buttons? | Large image? | Title / body limit (approx.) | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Chrome (Windows 11) | Yes | Yes | ~70 / ~141 chars | Most feature-complete rendering | | Edge (Windows, Chromium) | Yes | Yes | Similar to Chrome | Shares Chromium's engine | | Firefox (Windows) | No | No | ~49 / ~200 chars | Title + body + single click-through only | | Chrome (macOS) | No | Limited | ~43 / ~86 chars | macOS Notification Center overrides buttons | | Chrome (Android) | Yes | Yes | Similar to desktop Chrome | System tray, alongside native app alerts - highest-engagement surface | | Safari (macOS) | No | No | Native macOS style | Standard web push supported | | **Safari (iOS)** | **Not supported** | **N/A** | **N/A** | **Classic web push doesn't work in Safari on iOS.** Since iOS 16.4, push only works for a site added to the Home Screen as an installed web app. Plan a non-push fallback for iOS traffic. | Practical takeaway: build the base creative for the lowest common denominator (title + body + icon, no image, no button, ~45/85 characters), then let Chrome/Edge/Android show the fuller version automatically. ## Push notification advertising examples by field length 1. **Compact / universal-safe** (renders everywhere, including Firefox and Safari desktop): Title *"3 Free Spins Are Waiting For You Right Now"* (44 chars) + Body *"Claim yours before midnight. No deposit needed to start playing."* (67 chars). Icon only, no CTA button, single click-through. 2. **Full Chrome/Android** (with CTA button and image): Title *"Your Deposit Match Bonus Just Doubled Today"* (45 chars) + Body *"New players get 100% up to $200 plus 50 free spins on top slots. Offer expires in 24 hours."* (94 chars). CTA button *"Claim Bonus"*, icon + banner image, separate click destination on the button vs. the body. Both front-load the offer into the title and keep the body to one concrete detail - never relying on the CTA button or image being present, since on roughly half of real-world traffic they won't be. ## From anatomy to a working campaign Which of a push notification ad's six fields actually render depends entirely on the visitor's OS and browser, and iOS Safari doesn't support the classic format at all - so design for the lowest common denominator and let richer platforms show the fuller version automatically. Getting the anatomy right is step one; targeting the right [GEOs](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning), OS mix, and bid strategy is what turns a well-formatted creative into a profitable campaign, covered in TrafficSigma's [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks). TrafficSigma's inventory spans 248+ GEOs with granular device, OS, and carrier targeting, so you can route Chrome/Android-eligible traffic to richer creative and fall back to compact copy everywhere else. --- Sources referenced: Mordor Intelligence. ### Frequently asked questions **What is a push notification ad, in one sentence?** A browser- or OS-rendered message - icon, title, body text, an optional CTA button and image, and a landing URL - sent on behalf of a site or network the user previously opted into, used commercially to drive clicks to an offer. **What is the character limit for a push notification title and body?** Roughly 40-50 characters for the title and 80-120 for the body, though these are approximate, platform-dependent figures based on observed OS/browser behavior rather than a published spec - Windows 11 Chrome tends to allow more body text before truncating than macOS Firefox does. Write to the tightest limit for cross-platform campaigns and test on your actual target platforms. **Does push notification advertising work on iPhone?** Not in the classic sense. Safari on iOS doesn't support standard web push for an open browser tab - since iOS 16.4, push only works once a user adds the site to their Home Screen as an installed web app. Plan a fallback format (in-page push, native ads) for iOS-heavy GEOs. **Why do my push ads look different on Chrome vs. Firefox?** Each browser owns its own rendering engine. Chrome and Edge (Chromium-based) support CTA buttons and large images; Firefox shows only icon, title, and body with a single click-through. Design the base creative assuming Firefox's stripped-down rendering. **Do I need an app to run push notification ads?** No. Web push notification ads run through a browser subscription on a website - no native app or app-store listing required, unlike SDK-based native mobile-app push. # What Is Push Traffic? A Quick Definition for Affiliates https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic Published: 2026-07-19 Modified: 2026-07-23 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Push Traffic, Push Ads. **Push traffic is paid traffic delivered through browser- or OS-level push notifications to users who previously opted in to receive them.** It's not a website visitor and not a display [impression](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression) - it's a subscriber on a permission-based list, reached the same way a site would reach them with a "your order shipped" alert, except the message is an ad. This is also what most buyers mean when they say push notification traffic - the two phrases are interchangeable. Most networks price it by [CPC](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc), with real [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) costs ranging from roughly $0.003-$0.02 in Tier 3 GEOs up to $0.05-$0.10+ in Tier 1 markets, depending on device, OS, and targeting precision - these ranges are a TrafficSigma editorial estimate based on typical published network rates, not an audited industry figure. *Source: typical push-traffic CPC ranges cited in this article, TrafficSigma editorial estimate.* The TrafficSigma team built this glossary entry because "push traffic" gets used loosely across the industry - sometimes to mean the ad format (what the notification looks like), sometimes the buying mechanics (where to source it), and sometimes, correctly, the underlying inventory type. This page covers only the third meaning: what push traffic *is*, structurally, before you go anywhere near buying it. ## Push traffic meaning: the three parts of the definition Break "push traffic" into its three load-bearing components and the term stops being vague: - **Subscriber-based:** every user in a push traffic pool actively clicked "Allow" on a browser or app permission prompt at some point - usually on a publisher site unrelated to the eventual advertiser. That [single opt-in](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-soi) event is what creates the addressable subscriber, and it's what separates push traffic from a cold display impression. - **Notification-delivered:** the ad arrives as a native OS- or browser-level notification (an icon, a short headline, a body line) rather than as a banner or in-page unit. It shows up outside the browsing session entirely - on a lock screen, in a notification tray, or in-app - which is precisely why it converts on users who aren't currently on any website. - **CPC-priced, list-sourced inventory:** advertisers buy access to these opted-in lists almost exclusively on a cost-per-click basis, and the supply itself is aggregated by ad networks from thousands of publisher sites running subscription prompts, then resold at volume. Pricing tracks [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) tier and list freshness far more than it tracks creative quality, which is part of why push traffic advertising stays cheap relative to search or social CPCs. Put together: push traffic advertising is subscriber inventory, monetized through notification placements, transacted on a click-cost basis - not a specific ad unit design and not a specific buying platform, just the underlying traffic type those two things run on. ## Push traffic vs. the format and the buying process Two related questions get bundled into "what is push traffic" that deserve their own answer elsewhere. If you're asking what the actual notification unit looks like - icon size, title/body character limits, how it renders on Android vs. desktop Chrome - that's ad-unit anatomy, not traffic type, and TrafficSigma's [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks) covers it in full. If you're asking where to actually [buy push traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/where-to-buy-push-traffic), what GEO-level CPC benchmarks look like, and how to vet a subscriber list's quality before spending budget, that's the complete buying guide - the next step in this cluster. --- ### Frequently asked questions **What is push traffic?** Push traffic is paid clicks sourced from users who opted in to browser or app push notifications, then monetized by an ad network showing those users notification-style ads instead of - or alongside - the publisher's own alerts. It's an inventory/traffic-type term, not a specific network or ad format name. **Is push traffic the same as push notification ads?** No. Push notification ads describes the ad unit itself (the notification's visual anatomy - icon, headline, body text). Push traffic describes the underlying subscriber inventory that unit gets delivered to. You can't run push notification ads without push traffic, but the two terms answer different questions. **How is push traffic priced?** Almost always CPC (cost per click), not CPM. Real-world click costs commonly run from about $0.003-$0.02 in lower-tier GEOs to $0.05-$0.10+ in competitive Tier 1 markets, varying by device type, OS, carrier, and how fresh the opted-in subscriber list is. **Where does push traffic come from?** From publisher websites that run a browser-level subscription prompt asking visitors to allow notifications. Ad networks aggregate these opted-in subscribers across thousands of publisher sites, then resell access to advertisers by GEO, device, and OS segment. **Is push traffic still worth using in 2026?** Yes, for verticals that convert on volume and low click costs - iGaming, sweepstakes, Nutra, dating, and finance/forex remain the heaviest users of push inventory, precisely because subscriber lists are large, cheap, and renew constantly as publishers keep adding new opt-ins. # What Is SOI (Single Opt-In)? Affiliate Marketing Glossary (2026) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-soi Published: 2026-07-21 Modified: 2026-07-23 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: SOI, Affiliate Marketing, Sweepstakes. "SOI" gets searched for a lot of unrelated reasons that have nothing to do with performance marketing - people looking up statements of interest, statistics-of-income tax data, or store operating income. In affiliate and [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) marketing, SOI means something narrow and specific, and getting the definition right matters because it directly changes what an offer pays and how it converts. The TrafficSigma team put this glossary entry together to answer the affiliate-marketing meaning of **SOI** plainly - what single opt-in actually requires from a lead, how it compares to [DOI](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/doi), and where [SOI offers](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) tend to show up. ## What does SOI mean in affiliate marketing? In performance marketing, **SOI stands for single opt-in**, and the **single opt-in meaning** is deliberately narrow: a lead converts the moment they submit one action - almost always an email address, or a short form with a name and email - with no second step required. There's no confirmation email to [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click), no verification code to enter, no waiting period. The affiliate network's tracking pixel fires as soon as the form is submitted, and that's the [conversion](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion). This is worth stating explicitly because the broader web use of "SOI" (statement of interest, schedule of investments, statistics of income) is a completely different concept. This guide is scoped only to **SOI in affiliate marketing** - the lead-generation and CPA/[CPL](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpl) model. Three category types structure how SOI sits inside the wider lead-gen landscape: - **Single opt-in (SOI):** one action, instant conversion, no verification step. - **Double opt-in (DOI):** the same initial form, plus a required confirmation click (usually via email) before the lead counts. - **CC Submit / trial offers:** a step beyond both - the user enters payment details, which raises payout further but also raises the bar for conversion. SOI sits at the volume end of that spectrum: easiest to convert, lowest friction for the user, and - as the next section covers - the lowest payout per lead as a direct tradeoff. ## SOI vs DOI: how the extra step changes payout The mechanical difference between **SOI vs DOI** is a single confirmation step, but that one step changes the entire economics of the offer. With **SOI offers**, a user fills in a form once and the lead counts immediately. Nothing verifies that the email is real, active, or that the person meant to submit it - which means volume is high but a meaningful share of leads are low-quality: fake addresses, typos, or users who just clicked through to reach the next page. Networks price that risk into the payout, so SOI offers typically pay less per lead than the same offer run as DOI. With **DOI offers**, the same initial form is followed by a mandatory confirmation - usually a "click to verify" link sent to the submitted email. That extra click filters out invalid addresses and low-intent submissions before the advertiser ever pays for the lead, which is why DOI commands a meaningfully higher payout per conversion: the advertiser is buying a verified contact, not just a form submission. The practical tradeoff for an affiliate is volume versus payout, not a straightforward "better or worse": - **SOI:** higher [conversion rate](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cr-conversion-rate), lower payout per lead, faster to test at scale - often recommended as a starting point for affiliates new to CPA/CPL offers because the funnel has fewer drop-off points. - **DOI:** lower conversion rate (some users never complete the confirmation click), higher payout per lead, and a cleaner lead file - better suited once an affiliate has a proven funnel and wants to shift toward quality over raw volume. A campaign that looks profitable on SOI can look unprofitable if the same traffic is pushed into a DOI version of the offer without adjusting expectations for the conversion drop from that extra step, and vice versa: a DOI offer's higher payout can still underperform an SOI offer on total revenue if the traffic source doesn't have the intent to complete a confirmation click. **The compliance tradeoff that goes beyond payout.** Because SOI never verifies that the person submitting the form actually owns and controls that email address, lists built this way carry meaningfully higher spam-complaint and deliverability risk than DOI lists once an advertiser starts emailing them. That's not just a data-quality issue - jurisdictions with strict consent requirements for marketing communications, GDPR in the EU being the most commonly cited example, generally treat double opt-in as the standard way to document that a subscriber actually consented, since the confirmation click is itself evidence of consent that a single form submission can't provide. Affiliates and advertisers running SOI offers into consent-sensitive markets should treat that as a real compliance consideration, not just a lead-quality one. ## Where SOI offers are most common **SOI offers** show up wherever the advertiser's goal is building a large contact list quickly and the cost of a lower-quality lead is manageable: - **Sweepstakes and prize-draw offers** - one of the largest verticals for SOI, where users submit an email for a chance to win a gift card, gadget, or cash prize. Volume matters more than immediate lead quality here, which is exactly what SOI is built for. - **Newsletter and content sign-ups** - publishers and list-building advertisers who plan to warm up leads over time via ongoing email, rather than needing a verified subscriber on day one. - **[Finance](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance) and lead-gen verticals** - simple contact-info submissions (loan interest, insurance quotes) where the advertiser's own sales team does the qualification work after the lead comes in, rather than relying on the opt-in step to pre-qualify it. - **Mobile content and app-install adjacent offers** - quick single-field submissions used as a low-friction entry point before a deeper funnel. ## Comparison table: SOI vs DOI at a glance | Model | User action required | Conversion speed | Typical payout | Lead quality | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SOI (Single Opt-In) | One form submission (e.g., email) | Instant | Lower | Lower - unverified | High-volume testing, sweepstakes, newsletters | | DOI (Double Opt-In) | Form submission + confirmation click | Slower (depends on confirmation) | Higher | Higher - verified | Proven funnels, quality-sensitive advertisers | ## Choosing between SOI and DOI for your offer The choice between SOI and DOI comes down to what an advertiser is actually optimizing for: SOI trades payout for volume and speed, DOI trades volume for a verified, higher-value lead. Neither model is universally "better" - the right one depends on whether the offer's funnel can absorb unverified leads or needs the confirmation step to protect quality. Once the offer economics are clear, the next variable that decides whether an SOI or DOI campaign is actually profitable is the traffic behind it - volume alone doesn't help if it isn't reaching users likely to complete even a single form. That's the part TrafficSigma's 220+ [GEO](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) network and granular targeting are built to solve. For more on the sweepstakes vertical where SOI offers are especially common, see [What Is Sweepstakes? How the Sweepstakes Casino Model Works for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-sweepstakes-casino-guide). ### Frequently asked questions **What does SOI stand for in affiliate marketing?** SOI stands for Single Opt-In - a lead-generation model where a user's form submission (typically just an email address) counts as a conversion immediately, with no confirmation step required. **What is the difference between SOI and DOI?** SOI counts a conversion on a single form submission with no verification. DOI requires that same form submission plus a confirmation click, usually via email, before the lead counts - which filters out low-intent or invalid submissions. **Why do SOI offers pay less than DOI offers?** SOI offers pay less per lead because the lack of a verification step means a higher share of unverified, low-quality, or fake submissions. Advertisers price that risk into the payout, while DOI's confirmed leads command a higher rate since the advertiser is buying a verified contact. **Are SOI offers a good starting point for new affiliates?** Yes - SOI offers are commonly recommended for affiliates new to CPA/CPL marketing because the funnel has only one step, which makes it easier to test traffic sources and landing pages without a confirmation-click drop-off complicating the data. **Which verticals use SOI offers most?** Sweepstakes and prize-draw campaigns are the largest use case, alongside newsletter sign-ups and simple finance or lead-gen forms where the advertiser qualifies leads after the fact rather than relying on the opt-in step itself. **Does "SOI" always mean Single Opt-In?** No. Outside of affiliate and performance marketing, "SOI" more commonly refers to unrelated terms like a statement of interest or statistics of income. This glossary entry covers only the affiliate-marketing meaning. # What Is Sweepstakes? How the Sweepstakes Casino Model Works for Affiliates in 2026 https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-sweepstakes-casino-guide Published: 2026-07-24 Modified: 2026-07-26 By Nico Jaroszewski, SEO, PR, and PPC Expert. Category: Sweepstakes, iGaming, Gambling. [Sweepstakes](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical) casinos have become one of the fastest-growing categories in the US online gaming market since 2020, with gaming-industry analysts tracking the sector's revenue climbing from a niche curiosity into a significant vertical in only a few years. That growth is exactly why "what is sweepstakes" and "sweepstakes casino" have become two of the most-searched, most-debated phrases in US [iGaming](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical) - and why affiliates and media buyers keep running into the model without a clear map of how it actually works, where it's legal, and what it means for a compliant campaign. The TrafficSigma team works with affiliates and media buyers running Sweepstakes as one of our core supported verticals, so we get asked the same questions on a weekly basis: what actually makes a sweepstakes casino different from a real-money casino, how does the sweepstakes affiliate model differ in payout structure, and what has to appear in the creative to stay compliant. This guide answers all three - the sweepstakes model explained in plain terms, how sweepstakes vs. real money casino affiliate deals diverge, and what driving sweepstakes traffic responsibly actually looks like in 2026. **What is sweepstakes, in one line?** A sweepstakes casino is an online gaming site that runs on a dual-currency promotional-sweepstakes structure - not a real-money gambling license - which is why it can legally operate in most US states where licensed online casino play is otherwise restricted or unavailable. That's the mechanism behind every keyword in this space, and it's the mechanism this guide unpacks. *This article is general information for affiliates and media buyers, not legal advice. Sweepstakes law is state-by-state and changing quickly in 2025-2026 - always confirm current regulation in any state you plan to target before running sweepstakes traffic there.* ## How does the sweepstakes casino model actually work? There's no single regulator that defines "sweepstakes casino" the way a state gaming commission defines a licensed online casino - the model exists because it was built, deliberately, on a different area of law: promotional sweepstakes statutes rather than gambling statutes. Understanding that distinction is the entire foundation for everything else in this guide, from which states are reachable to what your creative can legally claim. Three structural models explain almost everything you'll encounter in this space: - **The dual-currency sweepstakes model:** The category this guide is about. Players get two virtual currencies - one purchasable, play-only currency (commonly branded "Gold Coins" or an equivalent) with no cash value, and a second, redeemable currency (commonly branded "Sweeps Coins" or "Sweeps Cash") that can convert to real prize money once wagering requirements are met. Critically, the redeemable currency is never sold directly - it's given away free with a Gold Coin purchase, through daily login bonuses, social promotions, or a mail-in "alternate method of entry" (AMOE). Because the valuable currency is always obtainable without payment, the product falls under sweepstakes promotion law rather than gambling law in most US states. - **The licensed real-money casino model:** A regulated online casino holds an actual state gaming license, players deposit and wager real currency directly, and the operator is confined to the specific states where it holds a license - typically a short list of regulated iGaming states rather than the broad reach a sweepstakes brand can claim. - **The pure social-casino model:** No redeemable currency at all - players buy virtual chips purely for entertainment, with zero prize-redemption path. This sits closest to a mobile game monetization model and carries the lightest regulatory profile of the three, but it also carries none of the "win real prizes" hook that makes sweepstakes casino offers convert as affiliate traffic. Nearly every "how do sweepstakes casinos work" question resolves to that first bullet. It's the legal architecture, not a marketing gimmick, and it's why sweepstakes casino apps can advertise nationally in ways a single-state licensed casino brand cannot. ## Sweepstakes vs. real money casino: what's actually different This is the comparison every new affiliate in the space needs before touching a single creative asset, because the two models differ on the exact dimensions that determine where you can run traffic, what you can claim in an ad, and how you get paid. **Legal basis.** Real-money casinos operate under a gaming license issued by a specific state regulator and are confined to that state (or a small handful of states that share licensing). Sweepstakes casinos operate under general sweepstakes/promotions law - no purchase necessary, an always-free path to the redeemable currency - which is why they can be offered in a much broader footprint of states than licensed real-money casino products, though that footprint is not universal and is actively shrinking in some states (more on this below). **Player funding.** In a real-money casino, a deposit is a wager - the player is directly purchasing chances to win. In a sweepstakes casino, a Gold Coin purchase is framed as buying play-only entertainment currency, with the redeemable Sweeps currency attached as a promotional bonus rather than something bought outright. That distinction is the single most important sentence an affiliate can internalize, because creative that blurs it (implying players are "buying chances to win real money") undermines the exact legal basis the operator relies on. **Where it's available.** A licensed real-money online casino is typically live in only a handful of US states (think single digits) because full iGaming licensing is still a state-by-state legislative process. A sweepstakes casino brand can typically operate nationally minus a specific, and currently growing, list of restricted or banned states - Montana became one of the first states to pass an explicit sweepstakes-casino ban, effective October 1, 2025, California enacted its own outright ban (AB 831) effective January 1, 2026 - notably extending liability under that ban to payment processors, geolocation providers, and promotional partners, not just the operators themselves - and by mid-2026 that list of states that have banned sweepstakes casinos or taken active enforcement action also includes, at minimum, New York, Washington, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, Indiana, Maine, Tennessee, and Illinois, with more states actively considering similar legislation. New York's ban (S.5935, signed December 2025) is statewide and carries fines of up to $100,000 per violation, following cease-and-desist letters the New York Attorney General sent to 26 sweepstakes-casino platforms. Because that list changes state-by-state and month-by-month, affiliates should verify current legal status in every state they plan to target before every campaign, and should not rely on any published list - including this one - as a substitute for that check. **Affiliate payout structure.** Real-money casino affiliate deals commonly run on [revenue share](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare) tied to a player's real-money net losses, or a flat [CPA](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa) per funded real-money deposit. Sweepstakes casino affiliate deals more commonly run on CPA per qualified Gold Coin purchase or per verified new depositor, since there's no "real-money loss" line item to share in - the commercial event being rewarded is a purchase of play currency, not a gambling loss. Expect sweepstakes CPA offers to sit in a different, often more consistent range than real-money iGaming CPA, precisely because the underlying compliance risk profile is different. **Creative and disclosure obligations.** Real-money casino ads generally must include licensed-operator disclosures and standard responsible-gambling messaging. Sweepstakes casino ads carry a different, non-optional obligation instead: clearly disclosing the free "no purchase necessary" entry path and that a purchase does not improve a player's chances, since that disclosure is part of what keeps the offer inside sweepstakes law rather than gambling law. Skipping it isn't just a compliance nicety - it undercuts the operator's entire legal footing. **Related reading:** if you're comparing this to other regulated verticals TrafficSigma supports, our [Top 15 Gambling Affiliate Programs and Platforms for 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/gambling-affiliate-programs) guide breaks down CPA/RevShare terms and payout cadence across licensed real-money gambling affiliate programs for side-by-side comparison. ## Sweepstakes compliance and creative-disclosure norms for affiliates Compliance in this vertical isn't one rule - it's a small stack of obligations that layer on top of each other, and missing any one of them is what turns a normal campaign into a shut-down account or, worse, a platform-level enforcement action against the operator you're promoting. - **The "no purchase necessary" disclosure.** Every sweepstakes casino promotion needs a clear, visible statement that a free entry method exists and that purchasing play currency does not increase a player's odds of winning. This has to be legible in the creative itself, not buried three clicks deep on a landing page. - **FTC endorsement-style disclosure for affiliate and influencer content.** If your creative reads as an endorsement or personal testimonial ("I won on this app"), it needs a clear, unambiguous advertising disclosure positioned where a user sees it before engaging - not appended after a fold, and not only spoken in a video with no on-screen text. - **Geo-fencing at the campaign level, not just the landing-page level.** Because legality is state-specific and the list of restricted states is actively growing, affiliates need [geo-targeting](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning) baked into the media buy itself - matching current operator-approved states - rather than relying on the landing page to turn away the wrong traffic after the [click](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click) has already been paid for. - **No real-money-equivalence language.** Creative should never frame Sweeps Coins as identical to cash gambling, use phrases like "bet real money," or imply guaranteed winnings - that framing directly contradicts the promotional-sweepstakes legal basis the whole model depends on. - **State-specific registration triggers.** A small number of states (historically including Florida and Rhode Island) impose additional sweepstakes-specific registration or bonding requirements above a certain prize-value threshold - an operator-side compliance detail, but one affiliates should know exists so they can ask the right question before assuming every state works the same way. Other states, including New York, have gone further and banned the sweepstakes-casino model outright rather than simply regulating it, so "registration required" and "banned" are not the same category and affiliates need to check which applies before targeting a given state. - **Ongoing monitoring, not a one-time check.** With state legislatures actively introducing new sweepstakes-specific bills through 2026 and several operators facing active litigation over marketing claims, "compliant last quarter" does not guarantee "compliant this quarter" - build a habit of re-checking state status and operator terms on a recurring cadence, not just at campaign launch. Recent enforcement activity underscores why this matters. Multiple state regulators and attorneys general issued cease-and-desist actions against sweepstakes-casino operators in the 2025-2026 period, and several major sweepstakes brands are currently facing consumer-protection litigation over how their promotions were marketed - reported by multiple gaming-industry trade outlets. None of this means the model is going away; it means the compliance bar for anyone promoting it, affiliates included, is rising, not staying flat. ## Driving compliant sweepstakes traffic in 2026 Once the legal model and the compliance stack are clear, the practical question for a [media buyer](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/media-buyer) becomes: what does a well-built sweepstakes traffic campaign actually look like, format by format? **Format fit.** Sweepstakes casino offers tend to perform well across push notification and [in-page push](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push) (fast, native-feeling re-engagement for players who already know the dual-currency mechanic), native placements (longer-form context to explain the Gold Coins/Sweeps Coins model to a colder audience), and pop/[popunder](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic) traffic (high-volume top-of-funnel reach for driving new signups at scale). Telegram Mini App ads are an increasingly relevant channel too, since a growing share of sweepstakes-adjacent casual-gaming and prediction-style audiences are already active inside Telegram. **Targeting precision matters more here than in almost any other vertical**, because "is this offer even legal to show this user" is a targeting question, not just a performance one. Granular GEO, device, and carrier-level targeting lets a media buyer route sweepstakes creative only into currently-approved states and exclude the growing patchwork of restricted ones automatically, rather than hoping a landing-page disclaimer catches the mismatch after the click is already paid for. **Optimization toward the right event.** Because sweepstakes affiliate payouts are typically tied to a qualified Gold Coin purchase or verified signup rather than a real-money deposit, campaigns should optimize toward that specific event from day one - using Target CPA and [Micro Bidding](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding) to protect margin while the algorithm learns which GEOs and placements actually convert to a qualifying purchase, not just a click. **Fraud protection is non-negotiable at scale.** Sweepstakes offers, like any high-payout CPA vertical, attract incentivized and [bot traffic](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic) that inflates signups without producing real qualified purchases. Multi-layer fraud filtering before spend ever reaches an offer is what keeps a sweepstakes campaign's real [conversion rate](https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cr-conversion-rate) - and an affiliate's standing with the operator - intact. This is exactly the profile TrafficSigma's Sweepstakes vertical support is built around: granular GEO/device/OS/carrier targeting to respect the current state-by-state legal map, Telegram Mini App, push, in-page push, native, pop/popunder, and domain-redirect formats to match sweepstakes audiences at every funnel stage, and 3-level fraud protection plus vetted premium sources to keep spend pointed at real, convertible traffic rather than noise. **Related reading:** for the broader mechanics of the format most sweepstakes media buyers lean on early in the funnel, see our [9 Best Push Notification Ad Networks for Affiliates in 2026](https://trafficsigma.com/blog/best-push-notification-ad-networks). ## Comparison table: sweepstakes casino vs. real-money casino vs. social casino Options in this space can look similar from a distance - coins, spins, leaderboards - but the legal basis, funding model, and affiliate economics differ enough that treating them interchangeably is the fastest way to misconfigure a campaign. Every fact below already appears in the sections above. | Model | Legal basis | Player funding | Typical state reach | Affiliate payout structure | Key disclosure requirement | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sweepstakes casino | Promotional sweepstakes law (no purchase necessary / AMOE) | Buys play-only currency; redeemable currency given free | Broad, national-minus-restricted-states, and shrinking as new bans pass | CPA per qualified purchase or verified signup | "No purchase necessary" + purchase doesn't raise odds | | Real-money online casino | State gaming license | Direct real-money deposit and wager | Narrow, limited to specific licensed states | RevShare on net losses, or CPA per funded deposit | Licensed-operator ID + responsible-gambling messaging | | Social casino | General app/consumer law (no prize redemption) | Buys virtual chips for entertainment only | Broadest, effectively unrestricted | Ad-monetization or in-app-purchase CPA, lower average payout | Standard in-app-purchase disclosures only | ## Running compliant sweepstakes campaigns: what the model requires Getting the sweepstakes casino model right comes down to three things: understanding that the dual-currency, no-purchase-necessary structure is a legal foundation and not a marketing detail, treating the list of restricted states as a living document you verify per campaign rather than a fact you memorize once, and matching your creative's disclosures and payout expectations to that structure instead of borrowing real-money casino conventions that don't apply. For affiliates and media buyers, that means the traffic side of the equation deserves the same precision as the compliance side. TrafficSigma's Sweepstakes vertical support pairs granular GEO/device/carrier targeting with push, in-page push, native, pop/popunder, domain-redirect, and Telegram Mini App formats - so you can reach sweepstakes audiences at scale in currently-approved states without gambling your account, or your operator's standing, on a targeting mismatch. ### Frequently asked questions **What is sweepstakes, in the context of online casinos?** "Sweepstakes" in this context refers to a legal and business model where an online gaming site uses a dual-currency structure - a purchasable play-only currency and a separately-given, redeemable currency - to offer casino-style games under promotional sweepstakes law rather than a gambling license. It's the reason these sites can operate in many US states where licensed real-money online casino play isn't available. **How do sweepstakes casinos work, step by step?** A player buys a bundle of play-only currency (commonly called Gold Coins) and receives a bonus allocation of a second, redeemable currency (commonly called Sweeps Coins) as part of that purchase, or free through daily login bonuses, social promotions, or a mail-in alternate method of entry. The player uses either currency to play casino-style games; only the redeemable currency can convert to a real cash prize, and only once any wagering requirement is met. **Is sweepstakes casino the same as real money casino?** No. A real-money casino requires a state gambling license, direct real-money deposits, and is confined to a narrow set of licensed states. A sweepstakes casino runs on sweepstakes law, funds play with a purchasable play-only currency plus a separately-given redeemable currency, and - while it can typically be offered more broadly - is not available everywhere, and that list of restricted states is actively changing through 2025-2026. **Is sweepstakes casino traffic legal to promote as an affiliate?** Generally yes, in states where the underlying operator is legally permitted to operate, provided the creative includes the required "no purchase necessary" and no-odds-increase disclosures, avoids real-money-equivalence language, and is geo-targeted to currently-approved states. This is genuinely fast-moving law, not a fixed checklist - confirm current state status and platform terms before scaling any campaign, and treat this guide as a starting framework rather than a legal opinion. **How do sweepstakes affiliate programs pay differently than real-money casino programs?** Sweepstakes affiliate deals typically pay CPA per qualified Gold Coin purchase or verified new signup, since there's no real-money wagering loss to share in. Real-money casino affiliate deals more often pay revenue share on a player's net losses, or a flat CPA per funded real-money deposit. Expect different payout curves and different compliance obligations attached to each. **What traffic formats work best for driving sweepstakes casino offers?** Push notification and in-page push for fast, native-feeling re-engagement, native ads for explaining the model to colder audiences, pop/popunder for high-volume top-of-funnel reach, and Telegram Mini App ads for casual-gaming-adjacent audiences already active on Telegram - each paired with granular GEO/device/carrier targeting to respect the current state-by-state legal map. ## Glossary # CPC (Cost Per Click) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpc A pricing model where the advertiser pays only when a user clicks the ad. The bid is per click, not per impression, so cost scales directly with engagement rather than reach. Also called: CPC, Cost Per Click, Pay Per Click. Related terms: cpm, ctr, epc, roas. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # CPM (Cost Per Mille) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpm A pricing model billed per 1,000 ad impressions, regardless of clicks. Favors campaigns optimizing for reach/branding over direct response, and rewards inventory with strong viewability. Also called: CPM, Cost Per Thousand Impressions, Cost Per Mille. Related terms: ecpm, cpc, impression. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # CPA (Cost Per Action) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpa A pricing model where the advertiser pays only when a defined action completes - a sale, a deposit, a form fill. Shifts most of the performance risk from advertiser to traffic source, which is why CPA offers typically pay a premium over CPC. Also called: CPA, Cost Per Action, Cost Per Acquisition. Related terms: cpl, revshare, roi, conversion. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # CPL (Cost Per Lead) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cpl A CPA variant where the paid action is a qualified lead (an email, a phone number, a signup) rather than a purchase. Common in nutra, finance, and insurance offers where the sale happens off-platform after the lead is captured. Also called: CPL, Cost Per Lead. Related terms: cpa, doi, soi. See Nutra traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/nutra # RevShare (Revenue Share) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/revshare A pricing model where the traffic source is paid a percentage of the revenue a referred player or customer generates over time, instead of a flat fee per action. Standard in iGaming affiliate deals, where a converted player's lifetime value can dwarf a one-time CPA payout. Also called: RevShare, Revenue Share, Rev Share. Related terms: cpa, hybrid-pricing, ltv, igaming-vertical. See iGaming traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/igaming # Hybrid Pricing https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/hybrid-pricing A deal structure that combines an upfront CPA payment with a smaller ongoing RevShare cut - the affiliate gets paid immediately for the acquisition and keeps a share of the long-term value, splitting the risk between both sides. Also called: Hybrid, Hybrid Deal, CPA + RevShare. Related terms: cpa, revshare, ltv. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # eCPM (Effective Cost Per Mille) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ecpm The normalized revenue-per-1,000-impressions figure used to compare campaigns bought on different pricing models. Calculated as (total revenue / total impressions) x 1,000, so a CPC or CPA campaign's real yield can be benchmarked against a CPM buy on equal terms. Also called: eCPM, Effective CPM. Related terms: cpm, roi, roas. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # ROI (Return on Investment) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/roi The percentage return on total campaign spend: (revenue - cost) / cost. Unlike ROAS, ROI nets out cost first, so it answers "did this campaign make money" rather than "how much did it bill back." Also called: ROI, Return on Investment. Related terms: roas, cpa, ltv. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/roas Revenue generated per unit of ad spend, expressed as a ratio or multiple (e.g. "3x ROAS" = $3 revenue per $1 spent). Unlike ROI, ROAS does not subtract the spend itself, so a campaign can show a strong ROAS and still be unprofitable once margin is applied. Also called: ROAS, Return on Ad Spend. Related terms: roi, cpa, ecpm. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # EPC (Earnings Per Click) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/epc Average affiliate payout per click sent to an offer: total earnings divided by total clicks. The standard metric affiliates use to compare offers and traffic sources on equal footing, independent of the underlying pricing model (CPA, RevShare, hybrid). Also called: EPC, Earnings Per Click. Related terms: cpc, cr-conversion-rate, cpa. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # CR (Conversion Rate) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/cr-conversion-rate The percentage of clicks (or visits) that complete the target action - a sale, a signup, a deposit. The single biggest lever on EPC and ROAS: a small CR improvement compounds through every downstream pricing metric. Also called: CR, Conversion Rate, CVR. Related terms: ctr, epc, conversion. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # CTR (Click-Through Rate) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ctr The percentage of impressions that result in a click: clicks divided by impressions. A creative/placement-quality signal more than a revenue one - a high CTR with a low downstream CR usually points to misleading creative, not strong traffic. Also called: CTR, Click-Through Rate. Related terms: cpc, cpm, cr-conversion-rate. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # LTV (Lifetime Value) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/ltv The total revenue a converted user generates over the full length of their relationship with an advertiser, not just the first action. RevShare and hybrid deals are priced against projected LTV rather than a single conversion event. Also called: LTV, Lifetime Value, CLV, Customer Lifetime Value. Related terms: revshare, hybrid-pricing, roi. See iGaming traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/igaming # Push Traffic https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic Ad traffic delivered as OS-level push notifications that users opted into (usually via a browser permission prompt), rendered outside the browser like a native system notification. Also called: Push Traffic, Push Notifications Traffic. Related terms: push-notification-ad, in-page-push, subscriber-freshness. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-traffic # Push Ads https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads The advertising format built on push traffic: notification-style creative (icon, title, short body) served to opted-in subscribers, typically priced on CPC. Also called: Push Ads, Push Advertising. Related terms: push-traffic, push-notification-ad, cpc. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-push-ads # In-Page Push https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push A push-styled ad unit rendered INSIDE a webpage rather than as a real OS notification - it mimics the push look without requiring the user's notification permission, which makes it exempt from browser push opt-in restrictions. Also called: In-Page Push, IPP, Native Push. Related terms: push-traffic, push-notification-ad, native-advertising. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-in-page-push # Push Notification Ad https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-push-notification-ad A single push-format creative unit: the icon, title, and body text a subscriber sees in an actual system notification. The base building block of a push traffic campaign. Also called: Push Notification Ad, Notification Ad. Related terms: push-traffic, push-ads-format, frequency-cap. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-push-notification-ad # Popunder https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic An ad that opens in a new browser window or tab BEHIND the active one, so the visitor only sees it after closing or minimizing their current window. High-volume, low-CPM format popular for iGaming, sweepstakes, and software offers. Also called: Popunder, Pop-Under, Pop Traffic. Related terms: pop-up-ads, clickunder, cpm. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-popunder-traffic # Pop-Up Ads https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads An ad that opens in a new window or tab IN FRONT OF the active one, forcing an immediate view before the visitor can return to what they were doing - the more intrusive, more visible sibling of the popunder. Also called: Pop-Up, Popup Ads. Related terms: popunder, clickunder, interstitial-ads. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-are-popup-ads # Clickunder https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/clickunder A popunder variant that only fires on a user click anywhere on the page (rather than on page load), landing the new window behind the current one. Reads as less intrusive than a load-triggered popunder because it never interrupts a passive visit. Also called: Clickunder, Click-Under. Related terms: popunder, pop-up-ads. See Pop Ads: https://trafficsigma.com/pop-ads # Native Advertising https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide Paid placements styled to match the look and feel of the surrounding content (a recommendation widget, an in-feed card) rather than reading as a distinct ad unit - trading the popunder/push formats' interruption for lower ad-blindness. Also called: Native Ads, Native Advertising. Related terms: in-page-push, ctr. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/native-advertising-guide # Direct Click https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/direct-click Traffic monetized by redirecting a mistyped or expired-domain visit straight to an advertiser's offer, with no intermediate ad creative shown - the visitor's single click (or navigation) is the entire ad unit. Also called: Direct Click, Direct Navigation Traffic. Related terms: domain-redirect-format, cpc. See Domain Redirect: https://trafficsigma.com/direct-click # Domain Redirect https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/domain-redirect-format A traffic format monetizing expired, mistyped, or parked domains by redirecting that traffic to an advertiser landing page or offer instead of a parking page. Also called: Domain Redirect, Zero-Click Traffic, Parked Domain Traffic. Related terms: direct-click, prelander. See Domain Redirect: https://trafficsigma.com/direct-click # Calendar Push https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/calendar-push-format An ad format delivered as an invite to the user's device calendar app rather than a browser or OS notification - it survives independent of browser permissions and notification settings, which gives it different reach characteristics than push. Also called: Calendar Push, Calendar Ads, Calendar Spam. Related terms: push-traffic, push-notification-ad. See Calendar Push: https://trafficsigma.com/calendar-push # Interstitial Ads https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/interstitial-ads A full-screen ad shown at a natural transition point in an app or mobile flow (between levels, on app open) rather than layered over existing content. Common in mobile app monetization because the transition point is a built-in, non-disruptive placement. Also called: Interstitial, Interstitial Ads, Full-Screen Ads. Related terms: pop-up-ads, cpm. See Mobile Apps traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/mobile-apps # GEO https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning Shorthand for the country/region a traffic segment or campaign targets. A campaign's GEO mix is usually the single biggest driver of its CPC/CPM and conversion rate, since payout tiers and regulation both vary heavily by country. Also called: GEO, Geo-Targeting, Geography. Related terms: tier-1-2-3-countries, cpc, cpm. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning # Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3 Countries https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning A rough classification of GEOs by purchasing power and traffic cost: Tier 1 (US, UK, Western Europe, Australia) has the highest CPC/CPM and payouts; Tier 3 (developing markets) is the cheapest but highest-volume, and often the better fit for volume-driven offers. Also called: Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, Tier Countries. Related terms: geo, cpc, cpm. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/tier-3-countries-geo-meaning # SOI (Single Opt-In) https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-soi A lead-capture flow where the user's information is accepted after ONE step (e.g. submitting an email), with no confirmation click required. Converts at a higher rate than DOI but the resulting lead list is lower-quality and unverified. Also called: SOI, Single Opt-In. Related terms: doi, cpl, sweepstakes-vertical. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-soi # DOI (Double Opt-In) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/doi A lead-capture flow that requires a SECOND confirming action (typically clicking a link in a confirmation email) before the lead counts. Lower conversion rate than SOI, but the verified lead list converts and retains better downstream - many CPL offers require DOI specifically. Also called: DOI, Double Opt-In. Related terms: soi, cpl. See Sweepstakes traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/sweepstakes # Prelander https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/prelander An intermediate page a click passes through before reaching the advertiser's actual offer - used to pre-qualify or warm up the visitor (a quiz, a review page, a countdown) so only more-engaged traffic reaches the final offer page. Also called: Prelander, Pre-Lander, Bridge Page. Related terms: domain-redirect-format, cr-conversion-rate. See Push Ads: https://trafficsigma.com/push-ads # Whitelist https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/whitelist A campaign targeting rule that restricts delivery to an explicit approved list of publishers/sources/placements - only inventory on the list is eligible to serve. Also called: Whitelist, Allowlist. Related terms: blacklist, tracker. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Blacklist https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/blacklist A campaign targeting rule that excludes specific publishers/sources/placements from delivery - the inverse of a whitelist, usually built from a source's underperforming or low-quality inventory over time. Also called: Blacklist, Blocklist, Denylist. Related terms: whitelist, bot-traffic. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Frequency Cap https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/frequency-cap A limit on how many times a single user can be shown the same ad within a given time window. Protects both conversion rate (repeat exposure to the same creative decays quickly) and subscriber goodwill on opt-in formats like push. Also called: Frequency Cap, Freq Cap. Related terms: subscriber-freshness, push-notification-ad. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Subscriber Freshness https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/subscriber-freshness How recently a push subscriber opted in. Fresh subscribers (opted in within days) convert meaningfully better than stale ones (opted in months ago) - subscriber age is one of the strongest predictors of a push segment's performance. Also called: Subscriber Freshness, Fresh Subscribers. Related terms: push-traffic, frequency-cap. See Push Ads: https://trafficsigma.com/push-ads # Micro Bidding https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/micro-bidding Making small, incremental bid adjustments (by GEO, placement, or time of day) rather than large across-the-board changes, so a campaign converges on its optimal bid without overcorrecting on limited data. Also called: Micro Bidding, Micro-Bid Optimization. Related terms: cpc, cpm, roi. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # Postback / S2S Tracking https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/postback-s2s A server-to-server notification sent from the advertiser's tracker back to the traffic source the instant a conversion fires, with no reliance on the user's browser (which pixel-based tracking needs and ad blockers routinely break). Also called: Postback, S2S, Server-to-Server Tracking. Related terms: tracker, cpa. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Tracker https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/tracker A platform that records clicks, attributes conversions back to the originating campaign/source, and reports performance - the system of record media buyers use to see which traffic sources and creatives are actually profitable. Also called: Tracker, Tracking Platform, Click Tracker. Related terms: postback-s2s, cr-conversion-rate. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # GIVT (General Invalid Traffic) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/givt Invalid traffic identifiable through simple, known-list-based methods - declared crawlers, known data-center IPs, pre-published bot lists. The easier of the two IAB-defined invalid-traffic categories to filter. Also called: GIVT, General Invalid Traffic. Related terms: sivt, bot-traffic. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # SIVT (Sophisticated Invalid Traffic) https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sivt Invalid traffic that mimics real human behavior closely enough to evade simple filters - hijacked devices, cookie stuffing, automated click farms. Requires behavioral analysis (not just IP/user-agent lists) to detect, and does the real budget damage. Also called: SIVT, Sophisticated Invalid Traffic. Related terms: givt, bot-traffic, fingerprinting. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Bot Traffic https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/bot-traffic Clicks and impressions generated by automated scripts rather than real users - the umbrella term GIVT and SIVT both fall under. Inflates volume metrics while producing zero real conversions, which is why fraud filtering is a pricing issue as much as a trust one. Also called: Bot Traffic, Non-Human Traffic. Related terms: givt, sivt, proxy. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Antidetect Browser https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-an-antidetect-browser A browser built to present a unique, consistent device fingerprint per profile - so one operator can run many isolated identities without platforms linking them back to the same machine. Standard tooling for affiliates running multiple ad accounts. Also called: Antidetect Browser, Anti-Detect Browser. Related terms: fingerprinting, proxy. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-an-antidetect-browser # Proxy https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy A server that routes a device's traffic through a different IP address before it reaches the destination site - used to appear as browsing from a different location, or to isolate accounts by IP the way an antidetect browser isolates them by fingerprint. Also called: Proxy, Proxy Server, Residential Proxy. Related terms: antidetect-browser, fingerprinting, geo. Read the full guide: https://trafficsigma.com/blog/what-is-a-proxy # Fingerprinting https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/fingerprinting Identifying a device by the combination of its browser/hardware signals (screen size, fonts, GPU, timezone, and dozens more) rather than a cookie - resilient to cookie clearing, which is exactly why it's used both for fraud detection AND for antidetect-browser evasion. Also called: Fingerprinting, Device Fingerprinting, Browser Fingerprinting. Related terms: antidetect-browser, proxy, bot-traffic. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # iGaming https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/igaming-vertical The online casino, poker, and gambling vertical - typically priced on RevShare or hybrid deals given high per-player lifetime value, and one of the most heavily GEO/regulation-dependent verticals in performance marketing. Also called: iGaming, Online Gambling, Online Casino. Related terms: revshare, ltv, betting-vertical. See iGaming traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/igaming # Sweepstakes https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/sweepstakes-vertical A vertical built on free-entry prize-draw offers, typically monetized via SOI/DOI lead capture at CPL rather than a direct sale - high volume, low friction, and a common entry point for affiliates new to paid traffic. Also called: Sweepstakes, SOI Offers, Sweeps. Related terms: soi, doi, cpl. See Sweepstakes traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/sweepstakes # Nutra https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/nutra-vertical The health, supplement, and wellness product vertical - commonly run on CPA or CPL with a landing-page/prelander flow, and one of the most creative-sensitive verticals given tight ad-policy restrictions on health claims. Also called: Nutra, Nutraceuticals. Related terms: cpa, cpl, prelander. See Nutra traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/nutra # Dating https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/dating-vertical The online dating and relationship-app vertical - runs on CPA (signup), CPL, and RevShare deals depending on the platform, with GEO and gender-ratio targeting mattering more here than in most other verticals. Also called: Dating, Dating Offers. Related terms: cpa, revshare, geo. See Dating traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/dating # Forex / Finance https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/forex-finance The trading, forex, and financial-services vertical - typically higher payout, lower volume, and the most regulation-sensitive vertical in this list, with GEO eligibility varying sharply by local financial law. Also called: Forex, Finance, Trading Offers. Related terms: cpa, geo, roi. See Forex / Finance traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/finance-forex # Betting https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/betting-vertical The sports and event-betting vertical - shares most of its pricing and regulatory dynamics with iGaming (RevShare/hybrid deals, heavy GEO dependence) but indexes more on live-event timing and seasonal demand. Also called: Betting, Sports Betting. Related terms: igaming-vertical, revshare, geo. See Betting traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/betting # Impression https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/impression One instance of an ad being served/rendered to a user, whether or not they notice or interact with it. The base unit CPM pricing (and reach reporting) is built on. Also called: Impression, Ad View. Related terms: cpm, ctr. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # Click https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/click A user interaction with an ad that sends them to the advertiser's landing page or prelander. The base unit CPC pricing is built on, and the entry point every downstream conversion-rate metric measures from. Also called: Click, Ad Click. Related terms: cpc, ctr, cr-conversion-rate. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # Conversion https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/conversion The completion of the action a campaign is optimizing for - a sale, a deposit, a lead, a signup. What a tracker records via postback/S2S, and the numerator in every conversion-rate calculation. Also called: Conversion, Goal Completion. Related terms: cr-conversion-rate, postback-s2s, cpa. See pricing models: https://trafficsigma.com/pricing # Smartlink https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/smartlink A single tracking link that auto-routes each click to the best-matching offer from a pool, based on the visitor's GEO, device, and carrier - removes the need to manually pick one offer per campaign, common in sweepstakes and nutra media buying. Also called: Smartlink, Smart Link. Related terms: sweepstakes-vertical, geo, tracker. See Sweepstakes traffic: https://trafficsigma.com/sweepstakes # Media Buyer https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/media-buyer The role (in-house or affiliate) responsible for planning, launching, and optimizing paid traffic campaigns - choosing GEOs, formats, and bids, then iterating on the tracker's performance data. Also called: Media Buyer, Affiliate Marketer. Related terms: tracker, micro-bidding. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers # Self-Serve Platform https://trafficsigma.com/glossary/self-serve-platform An ad platform where the advertiser sets up, launches, and manages campaigns directly through a dashboard - budgets, targeting, and creative - without going through an account manager for every change. Also called: Self-Serve Platform, Self-Serve DSP. Related terms: media-buyer, tracker. See advertiser tools: https://trafficsigma.com/for-advertisers ## Case Studies # Pop Ads Case Study: How to Promote Shopee App Campaign in Vietnam https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/shopee-app-vietnam-pop-ads Client: Agency. Goal: CPA (installs) ~$0.32. GEO: VNM. Category: E-commerce. An agency approached TrafficSigma with a well-known E-commerce app-install offer for the **Vietnamese market**. The goal was volume: as many quality installs as possible while keeping the cost per install (CPA) close to **$0.32**. ## Why pop ads for app installs Pop traffic circulates enormous daily volume across mobile-first GEOs like Vietnam, which makes it a natural fit for high-volume app-install campaigns where each conversion is inexpensive and the funnel is short. - Massive mobile reach across Tier-3 GEOs at low CPMs. - Short funnel: a single tap opens the store listing. - Fast feedback loop for creative and source optimization. ## The result By narrowing to the best-performing sources and capping frequency, the campaign delivered thousands of installs while holding the CPA around **$0.32** - hitting the agency target. # Push Ads Case Study: Trading Offer for Italy https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/push-trading-italy Client: Solo marketer. Goal: CPA ~$50 reg. GEO: ITA. Category: Finance. ### Eyebrow Case Study ### Heading Push Ads Case Study: Trading Offer for Italy ### Subheading Explore the new strategy to benefit from Trading offer promotion in Italy with push traffic and optimization by TrafficSigma. ### Stat Header - Period 26 days - Client Solo marketer - Goal CPA ~ $50 reg - GEO ITA - Traffic channel Push ads ### Push Ads Case Challenge: Maximizing Efficiency for Tier-1 Trading Offer Promotion - Recently, our regular client who is already worked with many advertising formats at TrafficSigma, discovered a very lucrative Trading offer, yet quite demanding in terms of traffic quality. Mostly focusing on push ads campaigns, the client decided to get along with it and achieve the required results with the help from TrafficSigma managers and platform is optimization functionality. ### Sections - "I have been launching campaigns on TrafficSigma traffic for a few years now, and tested various formats like push ads, in-page, pops, domain redirect and even Telegram mini apps. As working mainly with financial offers, particularly Trading platforms, push traffic seemed like bringing the best results. Tier-1 geos show good CR for this niche, so do particular Tier-3 geos, but I stopped at Italy, as it features the best FtD rate by my experience."The initial goal was to utilise as many tools as required to keep the campaign is CPA within $50. For that, the push ads campaign was decided to launch in an in-house automatic optimization flow, with expected regular traffic sources adjustments by TrafficSigma managers manually. As the estimated campaign is duration was set up to a month, the daily budget was calculated at $150. - In order to start moving towards the desired CPA target immediately, the push campaign was adjusted exactly to get more chances on successful optimization. - The in-house optimization flow at TrafficSigma is set to select only the most performing traffic sources according to targeting parameters, whitelists, and then add them to the campaign. Thus, the sources with the highest response are going to be prioritized by default, potentially increasing the CR.Performance Mode is the perfect opportunity to set effortless traffic filtering, since push ads circulate millions of impressions daily across all the popular geos. - An example of creatives used for Trading offer promotion on push ads The best tactic to detect the creatives that will attract relevant users is to add as many product-related variables as possible, and monitor which perform better than the others. This way, by gradually removing the under-delivering creatives, the campaign will be slowly narrowed to target audience only with the precise advertisements.By adding about 5 different creatives, trying separate approaches to the audiences, we supplied the campaign with Italy-oriented push ads of strong Finance/Trading resemblance. - Narrowing down the push campaign is parameters from the launch is not only highly non-advisable, but also might be harmful as that will leave out great parts of traffic and potential audience. Considering that, after selecting Italy as the target geo, we left the primary and advanced specifying options regarding regions of the country, OS, language, browser, internet carriers, untouched.The only noticeable adjustment was setting the Impressions cap and Clicks cap both to 1 action for a person per day. Limiting these options narrows down the interactions with the potential audiences to the extent of paying only for the engagement that is more likely to bring conversions. - Since the primary target is taking only the best cost-effective traffic sources, the optimal budgeting for the push ads campaign was estimated to include as many potential sources as possible. The daily budget was set at $150, while the traffic distribution locked on ASAP, providing placements as soon as the bid hit the WinRate. - Furthermore, to supply campaigns only with the traffic of the greatest converting potential, we targeted the Premium group that contains only the already tested and performing sources. This was to secure the provision of high-quality traffic flows to the offer, while all the filtering tools to determine the most efficient push sources applied. - As required to enable some tools for advanced optimization at TrafficSigma, we connected the affiliate marketing tracking software and made sure the traffic data and conversion were attributed correctly. This was preceding the adjusting of Automated rules, a helpful optimization functionality to filter traffic sources by custom criteria on performance or profitability.To cover all the possible angles, additionally to rule-based optimization, we decided to also adjust costs with Micro bidding on some parameters at TrafficSigma manager is discretion every week. - Setting the time when the users would be the most active and responsive was also an important topic at launching the push ads campaign, and it was agreed on the displayed schedule. The audience from Italy who was particularly interested in Financial or Trading products online was expected to reach its activity peak at the selected time gap as many leads were gathered primarily during that daytime on similar promotions before. ### Results Heading Case Study Results: Cost-Effective Push Ads Promotion of Trading Offer in Italy ### Results Table - Registrations 87 - Deposits 32 - Cost per conversion $45.4 per reg / $121.87 per dep - Impressions 196 million - Clicks 92K - CPC $0.042 - Spend $3,900 ### Closing Sections - After 26 days the campaign was paused to estimate the results and even at first sight they were great.By the end of that period, the push ads campaign gained over 193 million impressions and more than 90K clicks, as the average final CPC was at $0.042. Since the client is offer was counting on both new leads and deposits, those were 86 and 32, respectively.The interesting fact is that supported by automated optimization and manager is custom bidding occasional interference several times a week, the CPA costs were significantly reduced down to about $45 per registration and $121 per deposit. - "Previously, me and my manager tested various strategies for promoting in Italy, including Manual CPC set ups, New subscriber lists, not only on push ads. By agreeing on an automatic solution promised to be the most optimal and not that complex, the results were more than satisfying. The CPA price was successfully reduced almost in half from the initial point, $45 for a lead on average, and sometimes we get it even cheaper."As the goal was complete, it seemed like a good tactic to get cheaper leads with push traffic, even though targeting Tier-1 regions that demand higher budgets. In fact, both with TrafficSigma managers expertise and automatic tools to optimize traffic sources it was achieved even with a slightly greater outcome than expected. Our client seemed pleased with the results and wished to proceed with the tests in the future, as we share this push ads case for the benefit of our marketers. # How Telegram Ads Bring 2.8 million impressions on UK iGaming Offers https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/telegram-uk-igaming Client: Solo marketer. Goal: Registrations. GEO: UK. Category: iGaming. Read about a successful iGaming offer launch in the UK with Telegram ads. # 2.9k Conversions on Russia Gambling offer with Telegram Ads https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/russia-gambling-telegram Client: European agency. Goal: Registrations. GEO: Russia. Category: Gambling. Find out how an agency got 2.9k conversions in less than a month. # Case study for Casino offer with 74.48% ROI on pop ads in Japan https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/casino-japan-pop-ads Client: Direct advertiser. Goal: Registrations, FTD. GEO: Japan. Category: Gambling. A direct advertiser ran a **casino offer in Japan** on pop traffic for five months, optimizing steadily toward first-time deposits (FTD) rather than chasing raw registration volume. ## Approach Rather than launching wide, the campaign started narrow on the most trusted Premium sources, then expanded only into sources that proved out on deposit rate. Frequency caps kept spend focused on users most likely to convert. ## Results after five months - More than 1,000 conversions accumulated over the run. - A final ROI of 74.48% on the casino offer. The takeaway: patient, deposit-led optimization on pop traffic can turn a demanding Tier-1 GEO like Japan into a durable, profitable channel. # Gambling Offer On Bangladesh With 119% ROI https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/gambling-bangladesh-pop-ads Client: Affiliate. Goal: FTD. GEO: Bangladesh. Category: Gambling. Learn how to launch Gambling offer on pop traffic and gain real profit. # Gambling Offer On Canada With 23% ROI https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/gambling-canada-push-email Client: Affiliate. Goal: Deposits. GEO: Canada. Category: Gambling. Learn how to launch Gambling on Canada with a mixed approach - email marketing + push ads. # Dating on Germany with 37.17% ROI https://trafficsigma.com/case-studies/dating-germany-inpage-push Client: Affiliate. Goal: Registrations. GEO: Germany. Category: Dating. 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This page explains how we source facts, verify figures, correct mistakes, and disclose our own commercial interest in the topics we cover. ### Sections - Articles are written by people who work on TrafficSigma's own advertising platform, so a large share of what we publish - ad format mechanics, targeting options, pricing models, campaign workflows - is drawn directly from how the platform itself operates. - Where an article cites a figure, statistic, or claim about the wider industry rather than about TrafficSigma, we name the source inline, in the sentence making the claim - a regulator, an industry research firm, a platform's own published data - so a reader can see where a number came from without leaving the paragraph. 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