I started my Pinterest account in late April 2026 — approximately two weeks after starting my blog at digitaldailyincome2026.com. Everything I am sharing here comes from three weeks of actually using Pinterest as part of my online income strategy — not from reading about it and summarising what other people say. I want to be upfront about that. Three weeks is not a long time. I am not going to show you a Pinterest analytics screenshot with hundreds of thousands of monthly views and claim that is what you can expect quickly. What I can show you is what I did, what happened, and what I learned — which is more useful than either exaggerated success claims or vague theoretical advice. Why I Started Pinterest After my failed CPA marketing attempt with Affmine — where I spent real money on Adsterra push traffic, got 2,205 impressions, 104 clicks, and zero conversions before getting my account suspended — I rebuilt my entire approach to online income around one principle. Free traffic before ...
When I started my blog at digitaldailyincome2026.com in April 2026 I had no idea which ad network to use. I read comparison articles that all said the same generic things — AdSense pays the most, BidVertiser is easiest to get approved, Media.net is good for US traffic.
None of those articles told me what actually happens when you apply as a brand new blogger with a fresh domain and zero traffic history. So I am going to tell you that instead.
Why I Needed Ad Networks in the First Place
After my CPA marketing failure with Affmine — where I spent real money on Adsterra traffic, got 2,205 impressions, 104 clicks, and zero conversions before getting suspended — I decided to switch strategies completely.
Instead of paying for traffic and hoping it converted, I would build a blog, attract free traffic, and earn from ads placed on my pages. Every visitor would earn something — not through a conversion I had to hope for but through ad clicks that happened naturally as people read my content.
The concept made sense. The reality of getting approved turned out to be more complicated than I expected.
My Experience With BidVertiser
BidVertiser was the first network I applied to because everything I read said it was beginner friendly with no minimum traffic requirement.
What actually happened: my first application was rejected because I was using a free blogspot subdomain. BidVertiser requires a paid custom domain for approval. This was not clearly stated anywhere I had read. I found out by getting rejected.
I bought a custom domain — digitaldailyincome2026.com — for approximately $9 from Namecheap. Connected it to my Blogger blog. Reapplied to BidVertiser.
This time they approved me. The process involved adding a verification code to my blog HTML — a comment tag that BidVertiser uses to confirm you own the domain. Once verified my zone status changed from "Not Verified" to "Pending Editorial Review" and eventually to "Verified."
I added BidVertiser banner ads and native ads to my blog through Blogger's Layout gadget system. The ads started showing — I could see a Shopify ad and a Java Burn ad in my sidebar when I opened the blog in an incognito window.
The earnings from BidVertiser in my first weeks: very small. The dashboard showed ad requests — 644 in the first week — but zero clicks for a long time. BidVertiser pays per click so zero clicks means zero earnings. The ads were showing but nobody was clicking them.
This taught me something important about ad placement. Sidebar ads get very low click rates. Ads placed within content — between paragraphs, at the end of articles — get significantly more clicks. I should have positioned my ads inside the content from the beginning rather than in the sidebar.
My Experience With Adsterra as a Publisher
I already knew Adsterra as an advertiser — I had bought traffic from them for my failed CPA campaign. But Adsterra also has a publisher programme where you place their ads on your website and earn from visitors.
I signed up as an Adsterra publisher and added my blog. They approved it quickly — much faster than BidVertiser — and automatically created three ad units: a Popunder, a Native Banner, and a Social Bar.
The Social Bar is a floating bar that appears at the bottom of the screen. The Native Banner blends into content. The Popunder opens a new tab when someone visits your site.
Getting the ads to actually display correctly on Blogger took some troubleshooting. The HTML code has two parts — a script tag and a div tag — and both need to be in the right place. I initially added them incorrectly and the ads showed as text labels rather than actual ads.
Once I fixed the placement the ads displayed properly. My Adsterra earnings in the first weeks: $0.07 from 130 impressions. Very small but real. Adsterra pays per thousand impressions rather than per click so it earns even when nobody clicks — just much more slowly.
My Experience Applying to Google AdSense
AdSense was always the goal. Every comparison article I read confirmed that AdSense pays significantly more per click than either BidVertiser or Adsterra. The approval process is stricter but the earnings make it worth pursuing.
I applied to AdSense on May 3rd 2026 — about five weeks after purchasing my domain. My blog had 14 published articles at the time.
The application process involved adding an AdSense code snippet to my Blogger HTML and verifying domain ownership. Both steps worked correctly — my ads.txt showed as Authorised and the site verification went through.
Then I waited.
After nine days the status changed from "Getting ready" to "Needs attention" with the reason: "Low value content."
This rejection was genuinely disappointing after weeks of work. But I understand now what caused it and I am fixing it properly before reapplying.
The content I had published — while researched and accurate — read like it could have been written by anyone. It lacked the specific personal details, real numbers, and first person experience that Google's systems use to identify genuinely valuable human-written content.
I have since rewritten my most important articles completely — adding my real numbers, my actual platform experiences, my genuine failures and lessons. I also added a real author bio to every article and real screenshots from my actual accounts. My domain needs to reach three months of age before reapplying — that date is July 14th 2026.
What I Actually Learned Comparing These Three Networks
Having now used all three — BidVertiser and Adsterra actively on my blog, and AdSense through the application process — here is what I actually think rather than what comparison articles typically say.
BidVertiser is genuinely beginner friendly but requires a custom domain. The approval process is transparent and their support team responded to my queries. The earnings per click are lower than AdSense but the approval barrier is much lower. For a new blogger who needs something running while building toward AdSense approval BidVertiser makes sense as a starting point.
Adsterra as a publisher is different from Adsterra as an advertiser — I had used them as an advertiser for my CPA campaign and the experience was frustrating. As a publisher they approved my blog quickly and the setup was relatively straightforward once I understood where to place the code. The CPM model — earning per thousand impressions — means you earn something from every visitor even without clicks which is psychologically reassuring when you are just starting.
AdSense remains the clear target for any blogger serious about earning from display advertising. The CPC rates — cost per click — are significantly higher than either alternative. My niche of making money online attracts advertisers willing to pay more per click because the audience is commercially valuable to them. Once I get AdSense approved and running the earnings from the same traffic will be meaningfully higher than what BidVertiser or Adsterra produce.
The Practical Strategy I Recommend
Based on my actual experience — not just research — here is what I think makes sense for a new blogger.
Start with BidVertiser immediately after getting a custom domain. Get something running. See real ads on your pages. Earn small amounts. This proves the model works and keeps motivation high during the slow early months.
Add Adsterra alongside BidVertiser. The two networks earn in different ways — BidVertiser per click, Adsterra per impression — so they complement each other rather than competing.
Remove both networks before applying to AdSense. Google prefers a clean site during review. Too many third party ad scripts running simultaneously can cause technical issues that trigger rejection.
Apply to AdSense once your domain is at least three months old and you have 20 or more well written personal experience articles published. Wait for approval. When it comes replace the other networks with AdSense and compare the earnings difference.
That is the real comparison — not which network sounds best in theory but which combination makes practical sense at each stage of building a blog.
I am currently at the stage of waiting for my domain to age before reapplying to AdSense. BidVertiser and Adsterra ads have been removed from my blog to present a clean site for the upcoming review. The traffic keeps coming. The content keeps improving. July 14th is the reapplication date.
The earnings comparison between AdSense and the alternatives will be something I document honestly on this blog when I eventually have both running. That is the kind of real data comparison that actually helps people — not the theoretical version that most articles provide.
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About the Author
Anand UN started Digital Daily Income in April 2026 after losing money on a failed CPA marketing campaign. He writes honestly about making money online — the failures, the lessons, and what actually works — based on real personal experience. Every number and platform mentioned on this blog comes from something he personally tried or researched thoroughly.
Read more at digitaldailyincome2026.com
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