Traffic Exchanges

Hit exchanges, also called start page or surf exchanges, are a recent phenomenon on the Internet. It actually a form of banner exchange. You will visit the site of a member of an exchange, and in exchange, another member of the exchange will visit your site.

Effectiveness of such a method of advertising has been diluted by the recent explosion of hit exchanges on the web. There have also been many instances of cheating, in which a script is used to generate visits to a site.

However, if you have a product that is of interest to webmasters, and is low cost or has a free version, there is no harm in giving hit exchanges a try.

I have listed a small selection of the better and more popular exchanges below.

Name of Program	Earning Ratio	Referral Percentage	Remarks
ShareAdSpace	varies	10,3,2	Credits earned can be converted to cash. You can also win some credits in their jackpot game.
TrafficSwarm		1 credit down to 5 levels	Surfers can choose which site they want to view, giving you better returns for your ads.
CashClicking	1:2	10,10,10,10,10	A new exchange by the people who brought you WebmasterQuest. You are able to sell your credits here.
TheGreenXchange	1:3	50,50,50,50	Also offers free autoresponders and ad tracking.
TrafficG	1:2	10,10,10,10,10	Offers very unique traffic
WebmasterQuest	1:2	10,5,2,1,1	An exchange that seems absolutely paranoid about cheating. Good for us surfers.

The above list is by no means exhaustive. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of such exchanges around the web. Check out the sites at the bottom of this page for a more exhaustive list.

For those power users of start page programs, I have developed a small javascript start page rotator.

Just copy everything in the message box below into a text editor, don't forget to change the start page url to reflect YOUR ID, and save it as a html file. Copy the html file into your website. And remember to point the home page of your browser to the html file.

Traffic Exchange Listings

If you have a site that offers an extensive and updated list of traffic exchanges, please email.