I use Voxant on a couple of my celebrity blogs and have made some reasonable money from them. I think the most I received in a month was $401.75, which was very acceptable.
I made the money by having the videos play automatically when someone goes to the blogs. Okay, this may annoy some but I'm out to make money!
For this the rate varied month to month but was about $3.50 to $4 for every 1000 plays. I thought this to be fair.
I've now only just realised that the rate for June autoplays has been slashed to just 50c per 1000. So that's a 75% pay cut!
For videos, where readers have to click to watch the video, this is still at $3.50 per 1000 for June. Of course this is less profitable as visitors have to click and watch the video/ads to be included in the 1000.
Another move they have made is, to quote their blog:
"Therefore, moving forward, we will only be compensating you for impressions that come from North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand."This I can understand - advertisers wishes have to be met.
The slash of the autoplay rate I'm not so happy about.
May well have to look for a replacement programme to compensate. But that seems to be the way of making money with blogs. It's about keeping up to date and moving around when necessary.
Good luck,
Mike
