Widgetbucks a SCAM? But they are paying isn’t it?

I knew some to the publishers out there are receiving their paycheck/paypal for their Oct earnings since last week onwards, but not for me as I only joined Widgetbucks (WB) in the middle-end of Nov, so guess will not getting pay by next Jan 08.

Ok, the reason that I blog this is because some of publishers like me (yes, it happened to me also) are getting the pinch as our click-earnings were take away from the account without any notices. Besides Tay, the admin for superbloggingtips.comDigitaPoint.com as well. Some of them lost more than 20 days of earnings. What is wrong with WB? experiencing this, there were few others who reported the same incidents at

I have captured a reply-comment made by the Mpire Marketing Director from superbloggingtips.com, hope it would clear some of the doubts :

Hi all, Dean from WidgetBucks here. Thought I’d swing by to provide some commentary, not to change any opinions though - minds seem to be pretty well made-up already, so I don’t want facts to get in your way. First, the changing of earnings figures in a given day is not because people are breaking the rules and getting suspended. The change people are seeing is when figures go from “pending” to “audited.” Pending (listed in red) is an estimate based on the RPC of that particular category. Audited (in black) is the actual, final figure after our feed providers scrub the data, removing credit for international clicks, which they are unwilling to pay for. This is an important point here. These merchants — mostly located in the US (more on this in a minute) — don’t value the int’l clicks (i.e. outside US and Canada) and won’t pay for them. WB, in turn, is unable to pay publishers for them, and as a result, a drop is seen from pending to audited. But we’re launching some solutions — because WB DOES value this traffic, it DOES want to continue running a sustainable business, and we are NOT a scam (if we were, would we be working to find solutions to external conditions?). Within the next week or so 1) we are offering CPM ads for that Int’l traffic, 2) we are removing the “pending” figures because, while it satisfied many publishers who wanted figures fast, fast, fast, it was also confusing to others (yours is a case in point), 3) we’ve made some adjustments to increase what were eroding RPCs and 4) we are presently working on locating global merchants (i.e. outside the U.S.) so we can offer PPC ads for int’l clicks. And, 5) by the way, yes, we are paying people 10 days ahead of schedule. Finally, we do not suspend people for no reason — in each and every case, there was a violation of a term of service and we let each person know via email. We are now gating our entry process so new publishers need to be approved before joining our network — this should help our network quality substantially. Look, we are working to optimize our two-month-old network and right now, it’s not perfect but we’re certainly listening and actively trying to improve it. Does imperfection make WB a scam? I think to draw that conclusion is overreaching, inaccurate — and in my opinion, a sensationalized headline to draw unwitting traffic to your site. Stay tuned for other things to come from us. Dean Jutilla, Marketing Director, Mpire (the company behind WidgetBucks)

After Adsense abandoned me (about a good 9 months with them), no choice that I have to look for other alternatives to support my site. WB is one of the best solution to substitute Adsense. They have huge potential as they still young (but run by experienced guys) and innovative in the sense of doing business.
For those want to know how do you make money with WB? - Yes, you make money on a ‘per click’ (CPC) basis and WidgetBucks claim that those who’ve tested them are getting $3-$6 CPM. Payment is via Check or Paypal but you need to hit $50 before to trigger your first payment.
You will get $25 as SignUp Bonus - In fact this is actually easier than it might seem as they start every publisher off with $25 in their account as a signup bonus so all you need to earn is another $25 to get a $50 or more to your bank.
WidgetBucks will allow you to run as many ads on a page as you like and you can use this system with AdSense according to their FAQ.

Generally, I like WB as it’s young and it is out to compete Adsense. What i dislike the most is the Ad-widget slow down the site loading speed significantly. Do you experience it? The widget will be the last to load and it takes up much resources then Adsense.

Don't bother the posts below, but if you are free, why not?

1. WidgetBucks Sending October Payments This Week
2. Update: International CPM Reporting
3. Yahoo Can Grow Faster Than Google?
4. Widgetbucks Update: International CPM Q&A
5. WidgetBucks is accepting non-US/Canada traffic, started today :)