I have been using 7Search as a PPC (pay-per-click) traffic source for about three years now and have spent quite a bit of money promoting both affiliate campaigns and some of my own projects. I have found that although the traffic quality is much lower on 7Search than you would find on a 1st tier search engine ad network like Google AdWords, there are still many benefits to using 7Search and overall I highly recommend them.
Advantages of 7search
Cheap Traffic
Like most PPC ad networks, 7Search uses a bidding system. You bid on each keyword that you want to use to drive traffic to your site through their search system. For the most part, you are going to be able to drive traffic to your site or affiliate link by bidding less than $0.10 per click. It really depends on the niche and keywords you are focusing on, but in general you should be able to get some decent traffic for less then $0.05 per click. I personally refuse to pay more than $0.08 per click on 7Search (I don’t bid any higher than that) and have had successful campaigns where I got thousands of clicks for just a penny each.
In comparison, if you were to go on Google AdWords or Microsoft adCenter and bid on keywords you’d probably end up paying a lot more.
Low Minimum Deposit
This is one of the main reasons I keep going back to 7Search to test campaigns. They have a very low minimum deposit of just $25. So, if you want to test a few email/zip submits campaigns your upfront cost is just $25. The traffic is cheap to begin with so you are going to be able to do a pretty decent test (around 500 clicks more than likely) with just the minimum $25 deposit.
Direct Linking Allowed
The main reason I suggest 7Search to new PeerFly publishers is that they allow affiliates to directly link. You can just copy and paste your PeerFly link.
Good Keyword Tool
The keyword tool to add keywords on 7Search is pretty good. Shows your estimated searches, clicks, and the top 3 bids. It’s easy to use and you can build a nice keyword list in just a few minutes.
Easy to setup campaign
Setting up a campaign on 7Search is quick and painless. You just enter your add information, build a keyword list, and submit.
Disadvantages of 7Search
Traffic Quality
I think I’ve made it apparent that there are many good features that 7Search has. However, there is one major disadvantage that they have over other bigger search PPC networks and that is the traffic quality. Overall, you are not going to see the great conversion rates with 7Search that you might see with AdWords or adCenter. You can tweak and optimize your campaign all you want, but the traffic quality just won’t be quite as good.
The good thing is that there is plenty of traffic available and it’s cheap. You can still build a very profitable campaign with 7Search!
What offers work well with 7search?
I have noticed that our publishers at PeerFly see the best results with 7Search traffic with our email submits and short form offers. These are high converting offers and we have a wide variety so you should have no trouble finding some cheap keywords. You don’t want to try anything too complicated like a payday offer.
In conclusion, 7Search has proven to be a very good source of cheap traffic. You are able to direct link to affiliate offers and their interface is easy to use so it only takes a few minutes to setup a campaign. If you have $25 to spare on a test, I highly suggest it!
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3 blog i read about 7 search review and all post say work for email submit offer,
i think i need to try 7 search, hope i luck at 7 search
I promote ipad 5 in peerfly using 7Search, and get information from the advertiser that the traffic quality is poor, and I finally banned.
Is 7Search still be used for other offerings?
You stand the chance to get blacklisted (not banned) on any offer with any traffic source. Yes, the traffic quality isn’t the best at 7search, but it’s still worth testing. I suggest split testing several offers. We currently have 85 iPad offers at PeerFly. There’s plenty of room there for you to split test :)
As I mentioned, I suggest testing our email/zip submits (not just iPad) :)
i love this traffic source and that’s where i started promoting CPA offers , and for me some sale offers worked really well :P but for newbies i will recommend email submits for sure ;)
I’ve never used 7search before. Since the min. deposit is just $25, I’m going to setup some campaigns and see what happens :D
I’m trying to come up with ways of making money with peerfly that is almost guaranteed to return more money than I put in. PPV sounds like a good idea and I got like $1000 to spend. It’s just that I’m such a newbie in the field that I’m too scared to use it. Would be awesome to get some help.
I understand your concern, but it’s important to understand that you will probably not profit on your first campaign. There’s a learning curve, just like with anything else. It’s good that you have a budget to start with. If you want to try PPV, I suggest looking through my list of top PPV networks. You may also want to check out CPVDen for some free PPV advice.
I signed up using your link but I can’t find my $25 free credits. Do I need to fund my account first?
Yes, once you fund your account with $50 or more the $25 bonus will be added. You will be emailed by a representative at 7Search :)
Am I the only one who gets 2-3% CR with this traffic? I am new to this PPC thing, but I’ve seen way better CR with free traffic. My EPC is like 0.05, I can’t see a way to profit from this network. I am running 8 different campaigns and only one of them seems to be profitable.
The conversion rate won’t be tremendous, but you can get it to profit (as you said you have). The trick is optimizing for keywords and sources.
I’m signing up for 7Search. They require a website address which I don’t have. How can I proceed?
You are going to direct link so I believe it will be fine if you simply put peerfly.com.
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1 more thing. I am learning which ad networks are not quite motivated as much as other networks. I ran an ad and got many clicks and no conversions. I used bid4keywords. My question is why would I have clicks and no conversions? Just curious. I think it is fabulous that you have this site. It lets people know that you are available and willing to help in this vast, often difficult area of learning as affiliate marketing.
Getting clicks and no conversions is usually a sign that your traffic just isn’t working out. I’ve never heard of bid4keywords and that might be the issue.
Hello luke,
After reading your blog, i can make profit by promoting peerfly email&zip submit offer on 7search, 3-5dollar net profit per day with my 7 winning campaigns(epc>cpc). But small traffic volume is a problem. I feel i need one year’s effort and time to cultivate 50 winning campaigns to make 15 dollar net profit per day! Can you give me some advice. thanks!!
Hi Luke! I have a question that to some may seem silly. I just wanted to know when people talk about “testing” their campaigns–how do they do that. It still requires money taken from your account to test a campaign, right? Or is there a way to do so without a cost? Thank-you
Yes, testing still requires money. Basically, I consider all campaigns a “test” until I get them break even or profitable and then I work on “scaling” that campaign. I guess it’s just a way to make myself feel better about losing money at first. lol :)
Do you start of with a low amount of money in your account and then wait to see conversions before adding more? And if you are getting conversions then ‘scaling’ would mean to up the annie so-to-speak because you are on to something? Thank-you
Well, you can set a daily budget so it doesn’t really matter how much money you actually have in your account. Yes, I would keep a close eye on your campaigns and budget accordingly.
Can i withdraw my deposit if i wish…????
You would have to email 7Search or ask on their Live Chat.