AdSense Referrals:
- When a publisher who signed up for Google AdSense through your referral earns their first $5 within 180 days of sign-up, you will be credited with $5.
- When that same publisher earns $100 within 180 days of sign-up and is eligible for payment, you will be credited with an additional $250.
- If, in any 180-day period, you refer 25 publishers who each earn more than $100 within 180 days of their respective sign-ups and are all eligible for payout, you will be awarded a $2,000 bonus (bonus payouts are limited to 1 per year).
AdWords Referrals:
- When an advertiser you refer spends $5 within 90 days of sign-up (in addition to the $5 sign-up fee) you will be credited with $5.
- When that same advertiser spends $100 within 90 days of sign-up, you will be credited with an additional $40.
- If, in any 180 day period, you refer 20 advertisers who each spend more than $100 within 90 days of their respective sign-ups, you will be awarded a $600 bonus (bonus payments are limited to 1 per year).
Google is very serious about keeping their industry market share for online advertising. They are doing everything they can to attract more and more publishers along with more and more advertisers. It’s really a win-win situation for them.
I honestly don’t think they’re losing any money on the deal. It’s a way for publishers to want to promote both AdWords and AdSense even more as an incentive to get something in return for reaching a specific mark. Google gets more advertisers, more publishes, more revenue. It’s a win-win. This is a very smart move for them.
