Ads4Dough Review - Is This Affiliate Network On the Money?

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Ads4Dough is an affiliate marketing network based out of New York that prides itself on offering top payouts with lightning fast commission payments. Do they really deliver on these claims? In this review, we’ll explore in-depth into what Ads4Dough has to offer.

First of all, the Ads4Dough site could use a bit of design work. Other than the logo and the top banner, the site is bland and unfocused. The colors are a bit dull and the fonts are all different sizes. An affiliate network definitely needs to make a good first impression and a quality design can definitely help to give off a more professional feel. I think Ads4Dough would do much better if they invested in a custom design that was consistent throughout the site. The back-end looks like it was taken from the default software.

I also recommend utilizing social proof on the homepage. How many affiliates does Ads4Dough have? How many advertisers? How much money has the network generated thus far? All of these numbers show that the network is active and will give reason for new members to sign on.

In terms of SEO, Ads4Dough is missing out a huge opportunity. For example, the title of the homepage is “www.Ads4dough.com”. Utilizing keywords in the title tags as well as other on-page attributes will significantly improve potential for organic traffic that will bring on new leads.

Other than some of those issues, I like what I see. Ads4Dough seems to be taking a humorous and carefree position on their business and marketing. For example, there are numerous references to Homer Simpson and the About page has pictures of cartoons from King of the Hill, The Simpsons, and Family Guy. I’m not sure if that’s the most professional thing to do, but it’s definitely unique and that’s necessary in a competitive space like affiliate marketing.

Honestly I think the homepage can be worked on to improve conversions and to sell potential users on the network. I’m not sold just by looking at the site. How would I benefit from joining the Ads4Dough network? Show me more.

Moving on the back-end, it looks like Ads4Dough is using the DirectTrack affiliate management system. It’s a good system but not much customization has been done. Again, I highly recommend a custom redesign of all of the website components. Nothing is worse than a default theme.

In terms of offers, Ads4Dough has over 300 offers from high quality companies like NetFlix and Stamps.com. Just going through the list I see some of the offers that I have personally promoted on some of the bigger networks. If you are an affiliate looking for the highest payouts, I recommend you sign up with Ads4Dough and compare the offers to what you are currently running. You may find some good ones in there.

Ads4Dough also has a rewards program based on performance and a referral system where you can earn 4% from all of the affiliates you refer to the system.

All in all, Ads4Dough needs a lot of work before it becomes a powerhouse affiliate network. I definitely think it has potential but a site redesign is crucial before it can make bigger strides in the industry. Check out Ads4Dough and see for yourself.