Hi, everyone! As I mentioned before, Ave and I have started a section on how to make money blogging. We’ve been so fortunate to be able to monetize our blog and we want to share just how we do it.
Now we introduce you to RankSeller, one of my personal favorites!
RankSeller is a service that makes it easier for companies to reach out to bloggers and webmasters. It’s a marketplace for content marketing and companies who want to have their products and services spoken about by bloggers. It’s also very international, offering this service in a bunch of languages: Italian, German, Spanish, Turkish, English, Polish, Dutch and French.
There are 2 ways to get hired on RankSeller:
- A company directly contacts you – they won’t see your site until you respond with a sign of interest. They can only view your metrics, price, social media numbers and any information you add – such as the bio.
- When you apply to a campaign. Companies start campaigns and provide information on what they’re looking for. If you fit their needs, give it a go by applying! You’ll get a notice if you’re picked, at which point you will have 6 days to complete.
About the company
Rankseller is a German company that offers advertisers the opportunity to work with relevant publishers. I’ve had numerous conversations with their team, and they are an excellent, hard working staff who really value bloggers.
Who is this open to?
RankSeller likes genuine and quality blogs interested in publishing sponsored and advertorial content. They are not overly picky but they do have the following requirements:
- Must match one of their languages (Italian, German, Spanish, Turkish, English, Polish, Dutch and French)
- Must be a real blog, not created for spam
- Must be online for at least 6 months
- Regularly maintained and updated
- Should not be overloaded with advertisements, pop-ups, and foot/sidebar links for SEO purposes
Brands they work with
RankSeller works with a variety of international brands, including companies from Italy or Germany who want to branch out to English speaking countries. Currently, most campaigns are in foreign languages, rather than English but it will expand with them.
Offers
Offers will reach you by email, including any new campaigns relevant to your site. We’ve been very successful at receiving offers for campaigns and booking them! The offers can range in type – some are sponsored posts that require linking out, others may ask for a promotion of their videos or posting images from their sites, and so on. You can accept or apply to those that interest you.
Added Benefits
- Great customer service and team behind RankSeller
- Ability to communicate with hiring company
- Can extend publication date to 10 days
Payment
RankSeller will take 30% commission of your revenue, but you can take it into account when you’re setting up a proposed price. In comparison to other services, it’s a fair and low commission.
All payments are covered in Euros since RankSeller is based in Germany. You can request payment when you reach 25 Euros, at which point, it needs to be approved and paid out. The process can take about 3 weeks, but it’s never failed for me. They’re true to their word when it comes to payment.
Our final thoughts
RankSeller is one of my favorite services for sponsored opportunities. It’s new to the English speaking scene but it will grow – which means more opportunities for us bloggers. Once you sign up, you won’t have to do anything to keep updated but wait for campaign emails and updates to reach your inbox – it’s that easy.
I will have to look into this. Is this available for the USA too?
Absolutely! As long as you don’t mind being paid in Euros. 🙂
If it’s good enough for the Ronitinator, it’s good enough for me! ^_^
I need to check this out. I am looking to monetize my blog.
I really do not want to do many product reviews and I simply refuse to do follow links anymore since I lost my PR and did not get it back for 8 months!! I will check this out because I would love to monetize my blog–but I have found that most of these places want do follows.
Yeah, it’s a complicated issue for sure. :/ You can specify in RankSeller if you’re willing to do follow links or not when you submit your site. I’ve seen that Sverve is really good for sponsored promotions with nofollow links.
This is great to know. I get so many sponsored post opps in my inbox that I never thought about seeing them out from a place like this before, but I will keep it in mind!
I will check this out. It looks very interesting.
If they do no follow then it would be for me. An interesting company to check out.
You can specify in RankSeller if you’re willing to do follow links or not when you submit your site.
This is a great resource for new bloggers or bloggers looking to monetize their blogs.
I am always interested in new ways to make money. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you for this one Ronnie. I knew you and Ave were, as they say in NY, – good people. 🙂
Really cool! I didn’t even know about this site before!
Wasn’t familiar with them either but will sign up today!
I will have to check this out after we get settled, it is nice to have one spot for companies and bloggers to get together.
I’m clicking over to take a look. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never really set my heart onto earning for my blog, but maybe, just maybe.
I just love this. Thank you for sharing I will be checking this out asap.
I’m always looking for new revenue streams for my blog. Haven’t tried this one yet. Heading there now to check it out. Thanks!
I am always looking for new ways to connect. I like the idea of them finding me.
Ooh thank you for this! I have been looking into doing some sponsored posts!
Just to let you know I signed up. I like what they do and glad you introduced them to us.
I am in US, but will sign up and see what happens. Thanks for sharing!
I’m bookmarking this site right now! Thanks for another great post on how to make some money!
Thank you I would love to be paid for writing a review or sponsored post free stuff is awesome but so is a pay check.
I haven’t heard of RankSeller that I can recall. I might have to check it out. Thanks!
I don’t like the whole idea of taking 30% commission but if the payment is high, then I guess it wouldn’t be too big of a deal and I could live with it. Thing is, we don’t work for peanuts so i hope thats not the case with this site!
You set your own price here. A lot of these sites take 50% commission, so I’m pretty happy with the 30%. 🙂 I also take it into account when I’m placing my price, so really, my profit is about the same than it would be if I was contacted directly.
Many take like 50% commission, so this sounds great~!
Looks very interesting. I am sure there are many blogs that can use the extra income.
Thanks for sharing this. I’d never heard of RankSeller before.
Thanks for sharing. I need to remember this for when I have reached the 6 month mark!
This is a new program to me – I will check it out. I like the fact that you can name your own price.