Lately I havn’t been checking my Adsense account too much as the inactivity has been pretty depressing! But today I thought I’d login to see how much I had earnt from a collection of sites. To my excitement (and relief), I finally realised that I had broken the $100 barrier for Adsense so that they can now pay me.
I hate having my money kept in someone else’s hands. I think that’s why services like Text Link Ads and Adbrite which pay you monthly whatever you earn are taking off so much. And for the vast majoirty of webmasters out there, $100 is pretty damn hard to make, even in the life of your website.
I managed to get a PIN Code, despite it getting lost in the post a couple of time, and I setup my account so that earnings are directly deposited into my personal bank account which will be easier and quicker than a cheque. So I’ll definitely give you guys a screenshot once I get my payment.
Conclusion here is that there are so many other ways to diversify apart from the Adsense Bread and Butter so if you’ve got a bit of spare time this evening, research into other income methods and ways whereby you can make monthly, consistent money that don’t rely on happy-go-lucky clicks. And… I love you Google!
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16 responses so far ↓
1 Angela // Jan 21, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Congratulations on your first google check! That’s fantastick news for sure. I also love the little “i love google” graphic. So cute!
2 Alfa // Jan 22, 2007 at 9:42 am
Way to go!
I remember the very 1st time I broke that $100 payout limit. Kinda exhilarating.
3 Andrew // Jan 22, 2007 at 10:34 am
Congratulations Adnan, its a great feeling. Only down side from a U.K perspective is the weak dollar. You’ll be looking at a payout near £50 mark, Only a year ago your payout would have been closer to £60. Its still £50 in your pocket now reinvest!
4 Ray Dotson // Jan 22, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Hi Adnan, I recently broke that barrier myself. AdSense earnings keep going up each month, too. Congratulations!
5 melayu boleh // Jan 22, 2007 at 2:20 pm
still earning 1 cent per day
6 adnan // Jan 22, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Angela (lol I love that pic as well), Alfa, Andrew and Ray thanks so much for the encouragement and I really couldn’t have done it without you guys!
Alfa - you’re right. When you finally achieve a goal it really is something to celebrate about even when it is as small as this.
Andrew - yeah the US conversion rate is a real bummer! The rate today is 1.98!!!! That’s insane and pretty crap for me. Wow I should be buying loads of stuff from the US and save a lot of money.
But £50 is better than nothing and beats getting that money for working in a supermarket!
Hey Ray! Congrats on your increasing Adsense.
Finally Melayu don’t despair. Keep writing daily and engaging in conversations with others and you could soon find yourself managing a blog thats income is a few dollars per day.
Thanks again guys for the incredible support. The last 10 months of blogging have been a rollercoaster ride!
7 Quick to Congrats to Adnan of Blogtrepreneur - Flee the Cube // Jan 23, 2007 at 4:01 am
[...] Just a shoutout to Adnan for breaking the $100 AdSense hurdle! I remember jumping that hurdle not too long ago (and then realizing I’d knocked it down anyway because my tax info was incomplete) and it felt good. Of course, judging by the number of TLAs on his sidebar, I’m sure he’s much happier with his earning from alternate sources. • • • [...]
8 iqbal // Jan 23, 2007 at 7:49 am
hi adnan
congratulations. Its nice to earn some money. I have recently got the book ADSENSE CODE (what google never told you abut money making) by JOEL COMM. Its nice book and soon I’ll be having my own Web site
and will try to put those techniques told by Joel Comm.
That googe love you is nice.
bye.
9 Paul // Jan 24, 2007 at 9:44 pm
AdSense didn’t always have the $100 barrier, Google used to pay by cheque at the end of each month if you’d reached $100 or more, but they also paid you at the end of the year (by cheque, as BACS payments weren’t offered back then), regardless of how much you’d made.
It does seem a bit silly though that Amazon can offer payouts at £10 (less if you’re selling things via their marketplace rather than as an affiliate) but Google insist on holding on much longer. It would also be nice if they converted my AdSense earnings to sterling on the control panel rather than just when they paid me.
10 adnan // Jan 26, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Lol thanks Iqbal. I havn’t read many ebooks on Adsense merely because there isn’t that much to learn. To really get your hands dirty, I would suggest that you get a domain, hosting and download wordpress and get playing around with positioning and blending of the ads. But good luck with that. anyway.
Paul - oh right I didn’t know that - learn something new everyday!
Lol yeah I know it does get your hopes up when you login and realised you made a dollar. But using the extremely crappy exchange rate that only converts to 50p! Dam the UK’s stronger currency!
11 KeVin // Jan 27, 2007 at 1:49 pm
congrats adnan,
looks like we reach the $100 in the same month..a good start for 2007 huh..
I agree on you about reading books on adsense. I believe to earn well from adsense is to get started right away and learn which work best as you tried it….ebook are just like a reminder for certain things that you might have mislook…that all…
can’t wait to see your screenshot tho…
regards,
KeVin
12 awild // Jan 29, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I’m on target to crack the $100 mark in about a month figuring in my site’s growth rate. It’s exciting to see money coming in from side projects like this. Makes me think, when will this not be a side project anymore?
13 adnan // Jan 30, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Thanks Kevin and I’ll be posting it up and soon as Google puts it in my account!
awild - I know you from YGG right? What’s your screenname their again? Yeah congrats with The Ad Blog - I see its really taken off and you’re lucky that you’re gonna reach the $100 mark so quickly - its taken me nearly a year to get that far!
14 Pinoy Mac Lover // Feb 2, 2007 at 8:49 am
Congratulations!
I haven’t even reached the $50 mark yet but stories like this give me hope that with hard work, I, too, will reach that hundred dollar mark one day.
15 adnan // Feb 2, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Thanks Pinoy - keep working away at the content and the clicks will come!
16 Entrepreneur // Jan 4, 2008 at 3:34 am
I guess the days of the $100,000 checks like that of Shoemoney are gone. I mean, even John Chow doesn’t use adsense anymore even though he used to earn by the thousands per month. What gives?
Adsense just doesn’t pay anymore. I used to get to the $100 mark in 2 months, now I’m lucky if I can break it in 3. So yes, the money just stays with Google …
There are many other ways to make money now as everyone is realizing that Adsense doesn’t pay the bills.
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