TrafficStars review: cashing out from $10

How TrafficStars pays publishers

TrafficStars self-bills its publishers every week, Monday to Sunday, or every month, as soon as the chosen minimum is reached, using its own platform statistics. Publishers pick a minimum from $10 up to $2,000 or €2,000, within the floor set for each method: $10 for USDT on TRC-20, $100 for Paxum, Cosmopay, Capitalist, PayPal, ACH and SEPA, $500 for bitcoin and $1,000 or €1,000 for international wire.

Fees come with examples. On a $1,000 payout, USDT costs $4.50, bitcoin $30 and a SWIFT wire $35. PayPal takes 2%. For a US publisher, ACH at $100 avoids SWIFT fees altogether. Euro payouts by SEPA or wire are converted at the invoice-date rate plus a 1% margin.

TrafficStars ad formats for publishers

Publishers create spots for banners, popunders, native, video, classic and in-page push, and full-page interstitials. MasterSpot puts banners, native and outstream video into the same auction on a single placement, at 300×100, 300×250, 728×90, 900×250, 1300×480 or custom native size, with optional refresh every 30, 60, 90 or 120 seconds. Compliance filters can be set spot by spot to keep unwanted ads off a site.

TrafficStars rules for publisher sites

New sites go to the compliance team, which takes up to a day, and the site name has to match its URL. Sites under construction, thin on content or overloaded with ads are refused, as are tools that inflate impressions or clicks, auto-refresh included. TrafficStars checks publisher sites regularly. If it finds forbidden content or activity, it can close the account without notice and keep the remaining revenue. It may also ask a publisher for a security deposit under a separate agreement.

A publisher who has received a first payout can refer others for 5% of their earnings for life, provided they get at least one payout every twelve months.

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