Is TNX.net for your blog?

It has been such a long time since I’ve posted here, and I’m really sorry about that. I love blogging, and I’ve been trying to keep up with so many things at the same time. I’ve actually been thinking about launching a new site, and I’d like to gauge some interest on it. I’ll be sure to let you guys know first about it here, before it’s launched.

One of the main goals when people try to blog is to make money. Well, I’ve recently been asked to try out a service that might not be so new anymore, but I think is really innovative and can really help blogs make money. If you want, you can try it out for yourself here: TNX.net: Sell links on every page of your site to thousands of advertisers!

Of course, just telling you to sign up doesn’t mean anything without telling you what the system is all about. TNX.net, like Text-Link-Ads, is in the business of selling text links on blogs and websites. However, they have a little bit of a different philosophy when it comes to selling links. You don’t pay for links on specific websites. You purchase points, which you can use to put on sites, which are grouped by pagerank. You don’t necessarily get to pick which sites you are placing your ads on, but rather the pagerank of the sites. This serves several purposes:

1. It gets more people involved in the TNX.net system, allowing many more publishers to earn money or points whereas a system like Text-Link-Ads is geared towards specific sites.
2. You get links to pages that have the PR you specify, allowing you to gain “natural” links on those pages, and hopefully increasing your own PR.

Now how have I done with this system myself? Well here is a screenshot of what I’ve managed to earn over about a month, without much effort at all. As you can see, I’ve earned about 8160 TNX points in just about a month. It translates to about $7 if you were to sell out the points. The selling system is pretty interesting, with a set amount of payback per points sold back to TNX. Right now, the payback is at 0.82 per 1000 points. This doesn’t seem that high, but it is supposed to get better as more publishers and advertisers sign up.

The real value, I believe, lies in using these points to campaign on other blogs and websites. I’ll be trying this out soon, and letting you know the results. You should be able to increase the ranking of your page this way, if the ads are placed properly on the site. That is my one big issue with TNX.net. It doesn’t appear to have a wordpress widget, which can make it kind of difficult to place, especially for XHTML and CSS doofuses like me.

Overall, I believe that TNX is a viable solution for those who haven’t been accepted to Text-Link-Ads, or as an alternative for those who don’t want to use TLA. It’s very cost efficient for advertisers, and very easy to use for publishers. Give it a go, and let me know what you think!