Review: Move over TLA, here comes TNX

Well, maybe not move over, but you know what they say about catchy headlines. TNX.net aims to be the source that all bloggers are going to use to sell text ads on their blogs.

So I checked it out.

Signing up was easy and I was approved in a matter of minutes. My next step was to check out the requirements for using their service.

Pagerank: You must have a pagerank of at least 1, first of all. My sites all range from 1 to 5, so we’re a go on this one.
Number of visitors: Currently, there is no restriction on this. Good news for me for this blog.

Links: The links must be visible. No below the fold text links. They want their links to be noticed. I can understand this, if I’m shucking out hard earned cash for a text link, I want it in plain sight.

Theme: No erotic sites or pyramid schemes. Check.

PHP: Your blog must have PHP support, otherwise the ads won’t work. Check.

I moved forward to get the code and install it, and that was rather painless. Notice that nothing appears on your site until it is indexed by their system and links are sold to advertisers.

So how much can I make? I took a look at the income calculator and was hoping that when I plugged in Earsucker.com, which is a pagerank 5 domain, it would tell me that I could make a ton of money with their service. Instead, here is what I got:

I have to enter in the amount of pages and their specific pagerank? Say what?

Moving right along…..

The best part about the service is their affiliate program:

The purpose of any partner program is to attract new participants and advertisers to the system. When you bring a new webmaster to the system, you will receive 13.3% of all “TNX-points”, he/she will earn in the future (a reward for referring an advertiser is also available). This amounts to almost half of the system’s comission! Interest is paid for the lifetime.

So if you want to check TNX out for their text link ads, then do so at your own risk. I signed up just to pimp out the service and get some free advertising!

Of course dont forget leaflet delivery as a way to promote your business.