Adsterra Review After 40 Days (First Payment)

Adsterra Review After 40 Days (First Payment)

In this article, I’ll share my review of Adsterra after using it for about 40 days across multiple blogs. Plus, I’ll talk about my first payment from Adsterra.

Initially, I considered adding this as an update to my previous Adsterra review, but that article was already too long. So, I decided to create a separate post instead.

Adsterra Earnings and Payment Experience

So far, payments from Adsterra have been smooth.

• Earnings are pretty good—sometimes even better than AdSense.
• Traffic from non-premium countries has a very low value.
• The ad format isn’t ideal for blogs that you want to maintain long-term.
• There’s limited control over ads (pop-ups still appear unexpectedly).

My Adsterra Earnings After 40 Days

A few days ago, I finally received my first payment from Adsterra, and it was quite decent.

• First payment: $1,200
• Payment was processed via Hyperwallet, reducing PayPal fees significantly. Normally, PayPal transfer fees can be quite annoying.
• The next payment is looking promising as well.

Total Earnings in 40 Days

After using Adsterra for about 40 days, my total earnings have reached $4,000.

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Number of Websites Running Adsterra Ads

As of now, I have Adsterra ads running on 22 blogs. These include:

• Blogs that were repeatedly rejected by AdSense.
• Blogs with very low AdSense earnings.
• Many blogs with fewer than 100 daily visitors, resulting in minimal AdSense income.

I placed all of these blogs under Adsterra, assigning a unique ad code to each site.

My goal? Just experimenting! I wanted to see which niches generate the highest RPM on Adsterra so I could focus on those when creating new websites.

Minimum Visitors Required to Earn Money

Obviously, more visitors mean higher earnings. But to earn at least $1 per day, you don’t necessarily need a huge amount of traffic—as long as your visitors come from premium countries.

Example 1: Blog with 20-40 Visitors per Day

• Keywords are too broad.
• Visitors come from multiple countries, including India and Nigeria.
• Earnings are quite low.

Example 2: Blog with 20-40 Visitors per Day (All from the USA)

• Targeted keywords for the US audience.
• Earnings are significantly higher compared to the first blog.

Does Niche Affect Adsterra Earnings?

Yes, just like other ad networks, your niche greatly impacts your earnings.

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

1. Visitor location matters most – Regardless of the niche, if your visitors are from premium countries, you’ll earn decent revenue.
2. High-RPM niches + premium traffic = high earnings – Some niches have a much higher RPM, significantly boosting revenue when combined with premium traffic.

I haven’t personally hit that second point yet (lol), but I’ve seen others with similar traffic earning way more just because of their niche selection.

Which Niches Have High RPM?

There’s no fixed answer, but many high-CPC AdSense keywords tend to have high RPM on Adsterra as well.

The Downsides of Adsterra

Now, let’s talk about the not-so-great aspects of Adsterra.

Not Suitable for High-Quality Blogs

One major drawback is the lack of control over the ads.

For example:

• If you only use Display Ads, you can filter out categories like gambling, casino, or adult content.
• However, if your traffic is even moderately high (100+ visitors/day), pop-up ads will still appear, even if you didn’t enable them!
• These pop-ups do not follow the Display Ads filter settings, which can be frustrating.

Previously, I mentioned that you could request to disable pop-ups completely. However, I later realized this only works temporarily—they eventually start appearing again.

The only option is to contact customer support and ask them to reduce pop-up frequency. This helps a little, but still not ideal.

Final Thoughts: Should You Use Adsterra?

Adsterra isn’t the best choice for high-quality blogs that you want to maintain for the long run.

However, it can be a good alternative in these cases:

• If your niche isn’t suitable for AdSense.
• If you have blogs with visitors from premium countries, but they aren’t eligible for Mediavine, Monumetrics, or similar high-paying ad networks yet.

So, that’s my experience with Adsterra so far. If you haven’t tried it yet, you might want to sign up using this link! 😆