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The Adsense Check for $132,994.97

About once every other day I get a question about the AdSense Check in my Gallery. I originally posted the check in this thread. Its most visited page on shoemoney.com (behind the main page course) with 1-2k unique visits per day.

So just going through the 120 emails or so in the last year on the subject I will answer questions-

  • 1) How much of the check was profit?

    At the time my expenses were 1 server @ 299$ per month for hosting. I would say atleast 130k was profit.

  • 2) How much of the traffic was pay per click?

    None of it was pay per click. Back then I did not know anything at all about pay per click.

  • 3) Where did all your traffic come from?

    About 70% of the traffic was direct 15% from search engines and 15% from referrals.

  • 4) How much traffic did the site get to get that much money?

    About 75k uniq per day.

  • 5) Why did you get a paper check and not wire?

    Back then Google did not do wire transfers for amounts of $10,000.00

  • 6) Do you think its possible to still earn that kind of revenue? (most often asked question)

    Yes.

  • 7) How long did it take to make revenue?

    I never tried to make any money the first 1.5 years it was running. I just concentrated on providing a good service. About 2 years after I started the site It started to do good revenue from AdSense

  • 8) Can you show the full month report from AdSense for that month?

    Sure.

and here is the full month report: (I have permission from Google to display this in my blog and in my presentations. Please check with Google before you disclose any of your reporting)



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Comments

  1. dizi izle

    wooow.. omg.. nice
    That check is truly an inspiration because it shows what hard work, determination, and sticking to something can bring results. Thanks for sharing it and keep up the good work.

  2. Reviews

    it is very crazy. thank you

  3. Reviews

    it is very nice. great job ,thank you very much.

  4. nikahsekeri

    Yes.. I agree with both of your. I use shoemoney’s adsense check as my pc’s wallpaper. It is a good inspiration for me to work hard with my blog. Thanks a lot.. :)

  5. kpsofts

    This check changed your life,isn’t it?Not only money but also fame (-;

  6. 9sky

    wow, its amazing, pretty high ecpm!!

  7. Cash Makers

    AdSense isn’t an easy cash maker as it was in the days. Try diversifying, there are many other ad networks out there.

  8. Kindaichi

    I was feeling discouraged until I saw this !

    • Beauty World

      Me too… That is a lot of Money ..!!

  9. owain

    Wow. That’s amazing! : )

  10. LakshmiNarayana

    This article really encouraged me the will in me to earn money through “google-adsense”! Thanks for providing an article with full of cheque proofs! Thanks a lot!
    (www.knoweverything.tk)

  11. tomek

    Interesting. I see the check is from 2005. Now it is 2009. I know the per click has gone down over those years, and most ads are PPC. How are the earnings today. I see this web does not even have AdSense anymore.? I know the guy that runs this content rich one http://www.maxi-pedia.com , and from what he told me, he does not make even a tiny tiny fraction of that.

  12. Sarah

    I guess you might be the one and only one that earns that much through Google Adsense.

  13. Elbpoet

    Just wanna say: I like this photo.

  14. JL Hill

    Just wondering (and I am sorry if this has been asked) how much of the check did you reinvest in your business?

  15. nilai3

    wow! unbelievable income in adsense !! Really amazed me … How about now? Still the same income? Wow

  16. jox

    Im really inspired with that check you got there.

  17. Kirk

    This is extremely good ppc, you are making $1.40 per click on over 4000 clicks. Those days are gone but the day where you did 4000 clicks at 25 cents per click is more realistic now.

  18. Arfan

    I always wondered wondered about the picture until i read this post, interested =)

  19. Jeremy

    Why we have the same name Jeremy but different earning? LOL. Teach your newly elected brother on how to make big checks from adsense. Congratulations! Bravo!

  20. Ardhianto Adhi Nugroho

    unbelieveble…

  21. Ardhianto Adhi Nugroho

    AWESOME!!! i wish i could get to

  22. Tryksager

    That’s a check I would like to cash in ;)

  23. Clifford

    This is really motivation. WOW, i can not believe this, im only doing $120 a month. I have a long way.lol. Well Done

  24. TechNald

    incredible! how did you do that? your amazing sir!

  25. Anil Jadhav

    give me advise about adsense

  26. chubbypetsgarden.com

    Wow! I am inspire by the check…

  27. hipoteca multidivisa

    the biggest check that i have receibe from adsense is 20 USD$ :)

  28. Ravi

    This result inspires us to reach us to that level. I wish if I can archive just 25% of it.

  29. Eric Tan

    Can’t get enough of this picture…

  30. Simulador de Hipotecas

    I wish I had a check like this…

  31. hjhartutikspd

    my new web is marketing hero. are you make alot of money with shoe money please!

  32. hjhartutikspd

    my new web is marketing hero. please. we make a lot of money with shoe money!

  33. Wendy

    That check is truly an inspiration because it shows what hard work, determination, and sticking to something can bring results. Thanks for sharing it and keep up the good work.

  34. Patrick Smith

    Wow! That’s quite a check! :P Good for him!

  35. Webmaster Forum

    1 word :

    amazing

  36. Amigo

    Hi !!
    I have recently joined Adsense. However i dont have much knowledge about this kind of things. i have started it for my interest.
    now after getting into this, i want to go deeper. Please guide me through all the basic knowledge required for it.

    Thank you

  37. Justin Khoury

    Probably the most famous photo in the SEO world. Very very inspiring.

  38. DavidTan

    What an inspiration Shoe. I’m sure you are earning more than this nowadays. Cheers!

  39. Affiliate Marketing Podcast

    Tis’ always nice to look back on this post. Very inspiring.

    ~ Dave

  40. MJL

    All I can say is… WOW!

  41. Life is Colourful

    This is my inspiration as well… but how come it was not money from PPC, then what was the medium of advertising back then in 2005?

  42. Josh

    Very nice!

  43. Josh

    Wow! Very nice. I would be lucky if I got a fraction of that, all I make with my lousy arcade website (www.abigarcade.com) is $10-30 a month. You are very lucky mate. Keep up the good work. I would like to know what is your website name.

  44. ALLAIN JULES C@MMUNICATION

    Congratulations !

  45. Blog Images

    Happy for you, it does inspire and hope you get more success stories!

  46. James B.

    Nice. If i got money like that for one year i would be ecstatic. Maybe in ten years.

  47. scott

    Wow … what a motivator

  48. Nick

    I don’t think it’s possible now with all this competition :( .

  49. abhishek arora

    couldnt believe that if you had not showed the check ! wow!

  50. abhishek arora

    well done ! couldnt believe that it was possible – till i saw the check!

  51. weleh

    Hey dude you make Indonesian looks jerk. Mau promosi ditempat lain nyuk

  52. Jason Brailow

    That is sooo awesome. Good on ya!

  53. coches de importacion alemania

    Mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense

  54. coches de importacion alemania

    <a href=” mas motivacion no existe para usar adsense”

  55. coches de importacion alemania

    Esta dificil de repetir esto otra vez. Ya que aún no hemos probado adsense, más motivación que esta no existe.

  56. Reverse Funnel System Blog

    What a check! Didnt see anything like this. How long it takes you to earn such money?

  57. Part Time Blogger

    That picture is amazing thats more than most footballers earn in a month aswell

  58. UFC-Forums.com

    Never would have believed it was possible.

  59. Abdul Wadud

    Wow. Inspiring.

    Btw, your eyes look quite demonic. :D

  60. Abdul Wadud

    Wow. Inspiring.

  61. Skruknott

    I agree. Finding a niche is the most important thing you can do, really

  62. Skruknott

    How is it possible to make as much as 2M per month? That guy must have an insane number of visitors. Even to get 1 out of 100 to click with so many visitors are stunning. Simply wow…

  63. Skruknott

    Thanks for sharing all this. We are gonna be the first ones in Norway to break the 100.000 USD per month. You are truly inspirational! Thanks!

  64. Tim

    I think this amount is just a DREAM for me :)
    It’s just too much…

    –blog for dream–

  65. Matthias

    Wow, great.. But this is a long time ago.. What do you earn with that today?

  66. Ali Roman

    thats truly inspirational, you are the man..

  67. Phillip

    Man, soon… very soon…

  68. Cory

    Careful what you wish for! LOL I had a site a few years ago that jumped from .04 – .10$ a day in earnings to 3-400$ a day (was a World of Warcraft Mod site during the Beta of the game). Google sent me my 11,204.34$ check.. and now the IRS wants about half :)

  69. free sms-call

    wow..$132,994.97 .nice post

  70. Adsense Profit Guides

    I like this check.

  71. Adsense Profit Guides

    Hoho. What a thing to do like this. Thanks , shoemoney. there are so many guys who shut their mouths about their ways of making money. You are different.

  72. Link Snitch

    Thanks for posting that. Lots of information I have thought about asking for a while, but I have yet to write you. I want our first time to be something special.

    LOL, not like that!

  73. chetan

    I would have retired after earning for an year lol :D

  74. chetan

    Yep traffic is one of the main and important thing in making your ads get clicked.

  75. WideScreen Wallpapers

    That is one hefty check man, goodluck with your future ventures man.

  76. John

    Holy Smokes! An inspiration to us all! Keep up the great work.

  77. Mahesh Mohan

    Awesome…. I have posted your earnings in DP… http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=5162321

  78. ketan

    $132,994.97 is huge man! how did you start promoting your site?

  79. Steven Finch

    Thanks for the info. Thats pretty cool

  80. Hooper

    You da man! Where else can you earn that kind of cabbage. Here is to many more of those being issued by Google.

  81. Multidivisa

    Para lo que se puede ver en las web y blog de español, parece un CTR muy bajo y un CPM extraordinariamente alto.

  82. coches alemania

    Felicidades por el éxito. Google podía poner como historias de éxito este ejemplo, pero me imagino que en español no será facil llegar a esas cifras.

  83. scamfreemoneytalks

    Wow! that’s a big one. congratulations. anyway i think i don’t think any blogger would earn that much nowadays. i believe the climate has changed a bit from the 2005 environment. but as long any single blog can generate USD10000 is already a big accomplishment. i hope i could learn a lot from your blog.

  84. Samantha

    Damn, that is so crazy. I wish that I could rake in $130K a month! That’s $1.5 million a year… you can retire so early!

  85. Tony Smith

    Every time I look at this check, I want to cry….I have so much to learn…*SIGH*

  86. Joeychgo

    Notice, Jeremy doesnt have super high CTRs or anything. He has one thing… Traffic! Thats the whole key to making money online.

  87. budapestagent

    Do you have any explenation for the eCPM jump between 8th and 9th?
    I mean its less PIs, less clicks but 5 times the cash!

  88. joko s

    Nggak usah terlalu mengharapkan yang besar dulu donk. Kerja keras dan perlu waktu. Yang mau browsing dapet dollar, silahkan klik link di atas. Lumayan buat tambahan….

  89. Myspace Layouts

    God damn, I thought for sure that was from arbitrage. Thanks for telling a little bit more about how it was made.

    Does the site still make this kind of money or has it gone down? I thought I heard that you sold it recently.

  90. Martin

    Congrats, wow i still newbie in adsense, must work hard. would you tell me the secret. hehehehe. Wow i want to be like you get the check hehehe.

  91. piah

    Dear Shoe,
    Please teach me how to achieve that figure. Adopt me as your lovely student. I will always remember you until you die.

  92. joko

    Nggak usah mengharapkan langsung dapet dollar banyak dulu, lha wong dia juga perlu kerja keras juga dan waktu. Yang mau ikutan browsing di bayar dollar, silahkan klik link diatas. Pendaftaran gratis……kok..lumayan dapet tambahan dollar….

  93. Profit Baron

    Congratulations Shoe. I’ve been following your blog for a while, since noticing you around the digitalpoint forums.

    Very inspiring to fellow other webmasters that money can be earnt online if they work hard.

  94. ubai

    sumpah deh..itu $$$$ banyak banget…

  95. Free Letterhead Templates

    Why does the eCPM vary so hugely even though you have such large impressions?

  96. Jason was here

    Will you marry me?? haha jk im married allready and dont swing that way…
    but will you at least let me put a rotating full page banner ad on all your sites for free? I have a bunch of sites that could use a bump in traffic……hahahahahaha
    Always love to hear your stories…keep it up….
    So as stands now are you in the million dollar a month bracket yet?

  97. Ashish

    Thats LOADS OF MONEY man…COOL

  98. Michael Woo

    This is just so sweet :)

    Wish I could make $1m hohoho

  99. Amit

    May be he blocked some of the MFA’s though it was confusing for me too in the beginning since the income just jumped thrice is a couple days.

  100. Amit

    If you have some real good like shoemoney you can also make a similar check :)

  101. Amit

    Just read this blog dude you will easily learn :)

  102. Mark Barba

    You work very hard, you give out amazing tips, and you really know your stuff — and i’ve read before that you hate it when people say you are “lucky”. BUT… Was the success of nextpimp down to any luck at all??

    Is there a post about the history of nextpimp — i’d love to read it! sort of a wikipedia page on “nextpimp

    Love the blog.
    .

  103. Vern at Aim for Awesome

    ha! That’s so amazing. Thanks for letting us in on this. I’m laying on my side (after falling down on my back) and typing this… I’m not sure I’m getting up for a while. 75,000 visitors gave you thousands of dollars per day… that’s so amazing. I am struggling for a few dollars per day. Hmm… me thinks something bigger is on order for my site! GREAT POST. Thanks man. Vern

  104. gaman

    Is that Marcus of PlentyOfFish.com?

  105. ShoeMoney

    test

  106. ShoeMoney

    I was contacted by Google about the jump but it was more like a “Hello and congratulations on your success. I will be your representative” kind of thing

  107. widis

    Hello, i am from indonesia, nice article guy. Thanks.

  108. wong ndeso

    Hello, I am from Indonesia, may you teach me about Google adsense? Thankyou.

  109. Niche Guy

    That picture is how I found the blog :)
    Still amazes me, and inspiring!

  110. John M Weaver

    The service and the money both clearly work bro…Everyone wins…especially Google!

  111. Klaudio

    Incredible and impressive!
    My problem to the 132994$ check :) is concentrating on the money and not on the service :p

  112. David Isserman

    That’s amazing…the power of the web (and Google) is amazing, isn’t it?!

  113. Smart websites make money

    Man, the only thing that crosses my mind is that with a few small improvements you would have probably doubled your check. The CTR was really low and you still made that kind of money, damn!

  114. tolonosika

    132k, 132 comments!!! wOOV that’S bizarre!!!

  115. Backlink Checker

    I heard of plentyoffish earning that so much high amount from adsense only.

  116. pondlife

    I just wanted to be able to say I’d posted a comment on this historical thread ;)
    I know that Shoemoney has said that people are too hung-up on figures and this blog proves that because people just want to stare at this open-jawwed. …myself included! …it’s still inspiring though :)

  117. ptv

    Very inspiring post.

    Thanks.

  118. moneyseeker

    who is he and what’s the site ? please let us know . . .

  119. Deibson Albernas

    Thanks so much. Hope all is well with you!
    made in brazil

  120. brad

    drools…..

  121. Neon

    this is inspiring. that one month money is probably 3 years of working for a normal person. getting 5-figure check is already extremely hard. 6-figure check is totally in my dream.

  122. Edman

    How on earth did you make the RPC go up from $0.25 to $1.5 overnight? Was it just a stroke of luck or did you actually do anything?

  123. Affiliate Marketing Tips

    Nice check :o ). The good money is still available through adsense, but the rules are not the same as they used to be. Really inspiring to see someone having had excellent results in the past

  124. chetan

    6 digit income in a month is for sure a huge deal..

    And i was always wondering how you did that!!!

  125. John Loch

    Don’t plan on sleeping anytime soon either. He had timing, and a favorable niche playing to his advantage.

    There’s nothing special about his approach. For all intents and purposes, he got lucky.

    There’s a hell of a lot of sites out there that give people what they need. Not all of them make that sort of money.

    For example, he’d be hard pressed to pull 25% of that nowadays if he tried it again on the same site (via AS).

    His 10K experiment is my favorite. I think thats what deserves a closer look because it can be reproduced (unlike his AS check above), I’ll bet he could successfully repeat that experiment – a different niche perhaps, but I’ll bet he could do it. I like it because it has nothing to do with his branding or audience. :)

  126. John Loch

    That piccy never gets old.

    Right niche at the right time, thats for sure. :)

    More power to ya Shoe..

    I wouldn’t mind seeing another one of your 10K experiments again.. that would certainly be worth a look :)

  127. Mike Huang

    As I’ve said to myself before, this is simply amazing…so I’ll say it again. WOW!!!!!!

  128. nate

    Thanks for showing this Shoe. It’s enlightening and inspiring :)

  129. great008

    Shoe you are the man!! You are definitely one of my big inspirations and that check rules man!!!!!

  130. Fizfaz

    Really impressive me..! Cheers..

  131. motorsportBABESau

    that monthly report is absolutely sensational

    i cant even imagine getting 1000’s of adsense clicks in a day

  132. mick

    Someone stated above “ah the good old days”

    think and take heed :)
    The game has changed dramatically..only a few guys trusted in googles pockets now continue untouched IMO

  133. Gary

    First of all, I think it’s time more people started looking at creating better content on blogs such as you mention. I’ve been working hard at developing a great article directory where marketer’s can submit there articles to drive traffic to there sites. It’s nice to see a post with absolute proof adsense is not dead and that there are many of us who generate quite a nice check from Google. Thanks for the motivating picture!

  134. Manns

    Farrrk me, that is really good. Hard work + creative thinking, good on you SM. Simply awesome.

  135. Keith Cash

    I cannot get enough of seeing this check, It inspires me everyday. Maybe your could make a copy and put on a t-shirt. I think it would sale.

    Cheers

  136. Tim

    At long last, the wait is over! How many people have you inspired with that picture? I was going to wallpaper my bathroom with it but…that would have been a little weird. I have had some fun making silly banners in Photoshop with it. If anything, maybe this will inspire people to go out and create a useful site instead of blogging about making money :) Thanks for sharing the love, Shoe!

  137. John M Weaver

    This is a pretty well known photo…How about doing a new one??

  138. Shoemoney, it was really cool of you to share this. Makes me want to go right back to the keyboard and work a heck of a lot harder. Congrats.

  139. corey

    LMAO

  140. Greg

    I agree advertisers bid more, but a 6x jump overnight. It makes me wonder if Google (unknowingly to you) upped the percentage payout, combined with Ad Rate increase. Also, agree with Shoes AdSense tips from the forum…IDC had a $30k/mo Adsense acct get canceled. We had NO back-up account and still do not to this day – we diverted traffic to other monetization.

    Just fascinated by the massive EPC jump while all other stats remain consistent. Wish we had greater visibility into Google.

  141. Jente

    I think english is also better as dutch…

  142. SEO Buzz Box

    King of the ringtone!

    http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nextpimp.com/

    …an interesting study, thanks for sharing. :)

  143. Jack

    A domain doesnt have to be catchy or generic to get type-in traffic. As Shoe said, it has to have a community and/or just a site people like to go to. I go to shoemoney.com almost every day directly. And I don’t use a search engine. I type it in. There are dozens of forums and blogs as well as regular old sites that I type domains in or access bookmarks for on a daily basis. You create a community of people that want to be involved or fresh content that updates and people will kee coming back and will get new traffic and retain visitors.

  144. printnpost.com

    also a great thig to go back to this..keep us all going!…def going to make this a story for my authors.

  145. Daniel

    NOOOO! The question we all want answered is – Do you STILL make insane money from the site??

  146. jim

    write about other stuff :)

  147. jim

    nice, that’s probably a understatement too

  148. Jente

    wow, more then $1 a click average. I have to do it with $0.16 a click… That makes a difference.

  149. bloggernoob

    i think that is the check that launched a thousand blogs.

  150. mascix

    I believe there was some adwords amount for that check. if is that true can you clear second question ? :)

    I truly follow your blog :D

  151. ShoeMoney

    advertisers bid more. nothing changed on the site

  152. Hustle Strategy

    I haven’t slept real good since I have seen it. Now that I know it is possible and how it is possible, I am trying to do it.

  153. Backlink Checker

    I am sure, detailed stats picture will surpass views of check picture. :p

  154. big money

    Mister Shoemoney, I made a post in your forum: http://forums.shoemoney.com/showthread.php?t=627

    I think this calls for a Shoemoney show featuring Mr. Shoemoney explaining marketing methods for receiving “Direct Traffic”. Explain the same step by step processes, tools and resources you used, we all want to learn about direct traffic marketing, especially what you did for this site. Even if it was a long and complicated process, we still would like to hear it and then study it (at least I would). I think this would make a great show!
    ALL WHO WANT SHOEMONEY TO DO THIS SHOW OR POST SAY “AYE!”

  155. King Jacob

    Lets see Im making .003 times that :)

  156. King Jacob

    The way things are going you are better off not depending on a pension for retirement.

  157. King Jacob

    Id say a $1 rpc is special you usually dont get that good of a rpc from just plastering adsense.

  158. CaribWebDev

    thats one fat cheque

  159. King Jacob

    If you read the post, it says 2 years;)

  160. nextebizguy

    Linkbait…. ;)

  161. Greg

    Shoe,
    Can you shed some light on what happened to make the AdSense EPC go up 6X. For example Aug 5 and Aug 21 have essentially the same Click # stats, yet the clicks were worth 6X more. Do you recall if the adsense ads themselves changed, etc. It appears teh change happened on the 9th Day of the month whatever it was.

    Just really interested in how you increased the EPC to over $1 around the 9th and onward.

  162. Catherine L

    This is pretty amazing income from adsense for just one site. Does it still do as well as it did back then?

  163. MyGoodFinds

    Wow! I would be happy with $5K per month. Just enough to tell my great aunt to stop bugging me to go find myself a real job to pay me my 401(k) and pension for retirement.
    I just want to work from home and some people don’t get it.

  164. Farmer

    Traffic on that page must have dipped. ;)

  165. rhyan

    that was seems to be a great profit and to think running on a $299 amount of server per month. 75k uniq for sure that would eat a lot of bandwith.

  166. sir jorge

    I wish I could ever get that much.

  167. Allyn Paul

    dunno what nextpimp is really about because my company blocks that page! It’s a “forbidden URL!!!”
    Thanks, now I’m gonna get fired for trying to look at your success! LOL

  168. SonicReducer

    Awesome. Any 6 figure month is a good month for sure!

  169. Jonathan Volk

    Amazing post. Very inspiring for sure.

    Thanks for getting permission from google to post that screenshot – it really helps!

    ~Jonathan

  170. Rick

    YOUR KILLIN ME MAN!

    I can’t get past 1K per mo.

  171. Ginene

    I never get enough of reading this. Wow! This is truly freaking amazing!

  172. Nick

    I have a few sites that have a CTR of about 3-4% I wish I had half as much traffic as that site.

    Nice to see all the adsense stats.

  173. Coldie

    KooL, I like ur check den ur foto. LOL Good Luck & GREAT successful ahead, Jeremy. :)

  174. hanji of money-code

    Thanks for answering those questions! As everyone has said, that image is very inspiring. I’m also liking that CJ check that is floating around as well.. you are the man.

    hanji

  175. Overclock

    Ahh..I take 3 month to make $80..:(

  176. CPA Affiliates

    Nice Breakdown of the common questions.

  177. sockmoney

    Ahh the good ol’ days… =)

  178. Tom

    Very inspirational, thanks Shoe!

  179. Bruno Silva

    Geez… my overall adsense income is 100 times lower than that!

  180. serge

    Thanks for the share. You answered some of the questions that I actually had. I wonder how much you make on that site now though?

  181. Chris Jacobson

    Very inspiring Shoe!

  182. jennifer

    I have another question for you on this – How long did it take to get to that total?? It seems to have taken me forever to get over the 100.00 mark on my Google adsense account. Now I get it every month but not anything like you get!!

  183. jeanzei

    I’m wondering how long it’ll take me to make $100 :( ( horrible i know – but I’m still a rookie. t hanks for all the awesome info as usual!

  184. McBilly

    That check really does inspire me a lot. And that 2M per month buddy of yours is also a great story. Still hoping for some of that action. :)

  185. Vingold

    It is this kind of post that keeps you on top. A lot of people here tales of “super-affiliates” making over $100K a month – its almost an urban myth on the internet. Everyone seems to know a friend of a friend. Its like big foot.

    But then you come out and say BAM! Here is a picture of Big Foot. And not only that – but here is how I found Big Foot and he’s out there and you can find him too if you work hard, try a lot of ideas and find something people like.

    Excellent post.

  186. stupid 3gp

    eCPM is the big question here. How you manage to have such eCPM may me Pure United States Traffic?

  187. Kiltak

    This is really depressing :) Even though your CTR sucks, you’re able to make a fortune anyways..

    *sigh*

  188. big money

    Shoemoney, I have a question about your direct traffic, how could you get so many type ins, homepages and bookmarks? How long was that site around for? I can’t see how “nextpimp” would just be some really hot random word someone would type-in to their browser lol. How did you originally make “nextpimp” such a hot name and what steps did you do to market that name so you would get direct traffic??? Thanks!

  189. George Kim

    Very nice. Thanks for sharing details! Great motivation right there. :)

  190. Datenrettung

    Very impressive!!!

  191. jim

    Hey Shoe, any idea why your eCPM spiked around 10 days in? It goes from single dollar digits to over $20, any idea why? (if you can remember that far back)

  192. Dbyt3r

    How long did it take for nextpimp to get these results?

  193. Domtan

    The good old adsense days. That’s one the best photos there Jeremy.

  194. Zubair Paracha

    You were having RPC around 1$ – so dere’s nothing special about the site – dat RPC did everything for YOU !!

  195. ibt

    Shoe, how about your March 2007 $750K CJ Check? What is net profit and how many campaign are you running from CJ?

  196. misyel

    i was amazed and motivated. have to work hard to earn $$$, thanks for posting it.

  197. Ventrilo

    I need to meet this guy

  198. Ventrilo

    yea that site really was beast

  199. Ventrilo

    Every time I see that picture I get jealous

  200. Mubin

    Who da Man? Shoe da Man. You Da Man. Shoe Da Man.

  201. marhgil

    wow!!! this is totally inspiring. now I see that my amount per click is normal compared to yours :D

  202. Tech For Novices

    Truly inspiring article

  203. Strategic Internet Marketing

    *please allow me to express myself* OMFG!

  204. Lorenzo

    Shoe,

    What change did you make to make your CPC go from 27 cents to $1.44 ?

    The reason you became famous was because of this change if you kept at 27 cents per click you would of only made around 30k that month…please share.

  205. Rxbbx

    @ Tim Spangler
    That CJ saldo is insane.. :)

  206. Wayne Liew

    Its good to see you explaining all the steps needed to get a such big check from Google.

    I have a question for you as well. Will anyone get banned from Google Adsense make such great money with other ad networks? If possible, what are they?

  207. Neil Duckett

    Some seriously mad figures there man.

  208. David

    Thanks for reply. Thanks for sharing.

    Maybe a subject to give your opinion on – building sites that people want? You can make a few quick bucks with junk, but sustainable income requires a site that people enjoy / need / want?

  209. Mr Daz

    Bee Gads, your eCPM and your CTR are lower than mine, that’s just pure traffic netting you that kind of revenue. I need to go on some traffic boosting kick right now. Anyone got several 100K of visitors per day going cheap like?

  210. Sam Nova

    I’m impressed but what I would really like to see is the numbers for last month or so. You do mention it bounces a lot, so is that from 75K to 150K pr month :)
    Man, about setting goals, I’m just waiting for the day I can get the first 100$.

  211. ShoeMoney

    direct traffic = type in or bookmarks, homepages… I know most people dont understand but its free traffic and what happens when you have a service people really want

  212. $1000 Dollar Project

    Thanks for the insight, its a massive feet of skill to get that sort of earnings, but your buddy who is pulling in 2M WOW! jeez i would love a slice of that action, thats a legendary www photo!

  213. Tim Spangler

    http://www.shoemoney.com/gallery/v/misc/commission-junction.jpg.html

    haha wtf. You are a crazy, awesome man, Shoe.

  214. Nathan

    Surely now that you are as much of a celebrity as you are, the site must be doing a whole lot better? As mentioned previously, you have good reader loyalty and i guess when buying things online people need that level of trust – so you must be getting a whole lot more now? :P

  215. JoeTech.com

    Wow… Your CPM was great. I was wondering about some of those same questions. I show that check to my wife every time I need a few more minutes in front of the computer to write on my blog or work on a site.

  216. Blog Contests

    Hmmm, I always had an idea it was NextPimp. Insane.

  217. David

    Would you like to expand on what you mean by ‘direct’ traffic? Direct from where? What did / does it cost?

  218. Dolphin

    Wow ..congrats! Something to aspire to lol. I’m a relatively new blogger to the scene (about a year old, give or take) but it’s been more of a hobby than anything else. I’ve recently decided to give Adsense a try.

    It must feel like winning the lottery (not that I’d know lol)

  219. Alex

    Shoe,

    I went back and read the posts in the DigitalPoint forum. I was rollin’ when some guy asked you why you had not answered his emails and pm’s…… You replied because he was a “stalker”. That was hilarious.

    Also, you say your friend “was” doing 2m per month. Since you used past-tense is he now retired on a island or incarcerated? :)

    Lastly, The fact you are responding to emails at 1 in the morning goes to show that money never sleeps. Thanks for the info you are always willing to share…

  220. jblu

    Great stats! Don’t we all want a check that size in the mail every month?

  221. Jack

    Shoe, you’re crazy man!! oh my…

  222. Dave

    2m per month!!! Holy Sh*t!!!

  223. ShoeMoney

    it bounces around a lot. We also do a lot of direct ad sales.

  224. DavidYin

    Yes, this cheque is so famous in the AdSense world. The report is what I see first time.
    You are the powerful writer.

  225. Marco Richter

    I would have another question on this. Was that just a very big spike in earnings, or does the site make that money continously, let´s say a bit lower ~ 100k?

  226. ShoeMoney

    I have a good friend that was doing about 2M per month.. so that would be about 65k per day so yes 100k every few days for sure is possible

    • JESUS

      how can i learn to do this, i am new to this any advise?

  227. Alex

    What a beautiful site to look at!!!

    as a follow up to the last Q&A above. I was reading a blog where the guy said he knew of people that were generating $100,000 every couple of days. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS POSSIBLE?

  228. Stealth Employed.com

    That picture of you holding the massive check is one of the weighing factors in my decision to do what I do. Having that picture posted all the time on the site must create a lot of reader loyalty huh?

  229. Ferrarislave

    Really nice, thanks for posting. Unlike others, I’m happy for people who achieve numbers like this, good work!

  230. Harshad

    I come here and watch that cheque whenever I feel lazy to work. The cheque motivates me to work more. :D

  231. Nick Sullivan

    That’s awesome.

  232. Shaun Carter

    It’s pretty impressive that Google lets you share CTR information. That check really is amazing and the fact that it came from one site is unreal. I’m sure now it pales in comparison to what you’re generating online.

  233. Olgi

    Yes this is one of the most inspiring photos I have ever seen :) Good Luck Jeremy and hope you break the 150k barrier (i have the same challenge but in a lower scale (15k))

  234. ed of semlaguna.com

    i always inspired by this photo…

    • Champ

      Yep this is one of the many things I can look at daily and it keeps me going. It is a good inspiration.

      • Martin

        Yes.. I agree with both of your. I use shoemoney’s adsense check as my pc’s wallpaper. It is a good inspiration for me to work hard with my blog. Thanks a lot.. :)

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