Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Wow where to start. So much to say.

I find that on JuicyAds and Plugrush often at the beginning and end of the month rates paid to publishers are garbage. I think I remember starting a thread once when UK mobiles were something like 50 cents per 1k.

I find Trafficshop is a little bit more consistent but it's usually between $1.30-$1.50. Maybe it's worth it to send traffic to them for the first five and last five days of the month?

There has been a shit load of topics about this including from one guy who was claiming that plugrush was charging sellers way more than what they were actually paying to publishers for certain countries. But PR had some sort of defense to this such as that not everyone pays the same rate. Use search to see it.

I think malware has helped bump up rates in the past for popunders. And mobiles used to be better with more favorable billing laws in germany.

As far as the brokers getting together and deciding on a fair price I always suspected the opposite. With little competition it's easy for them to collude. I couldn't say whether it happens but it could. It's not like the government would bust them for anti-trust violations.

As paysites and everything else goes to hell expect ad rates to fall too. In the end someone has to buy for there to be value. Less buying = less money = reduced rates