Traffic Sources 19

Hands-on notes on PropellerAds, push, pop, native and other traffic sources.

Articles are written in Chinese. Titles and summaries are translated; each article page links to the full Chinese original.

Traffic SourcesLatest · 2026.07.29

Months in the Making: PropellerAds Promo Codes (+ Optimization Guide)

Through a recent collaboration with PropellerAds, I finally managed to get a batch of promo codes.

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I've Run PropellerAds for Years. Here's Why I Never Switched

Every media buyer knows there's no once-and-for-all choice when it comes to traffic sources.

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I Ran PropellerAds This Way, and the Results Surprised Me

Lately, the first thing many people ask after adding me on WeChat is how to make PropellerAds campaigns profitable.

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2025 Push Publisher Guide: Catch the Last Window of Opportunity

As Google AI cracks down on Push, this guide shows publishers how to keep monetizing push subscriptions with a Google Sheets script (or n8n workflow) that automates domain rotation, Safe Browsing checks and lander updates. Keywords: domain rotation, Google Sheets, cloaking, Google AI, Google App, n8n.

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Passive Income in 3 Minutes: Push Ads

A line that hits home: yes, income while you sleep means earning some return without having to put your time into it.

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Push Ads: Building Your Own Push Subscriber List (Part 2)

Part 1 showed how to build your own push list with OneSignal and test offers on those subscribers, but monetizing that way is slow and making creatives and A/B tests is a hassle. So Part 2 flips it: collect push subscribers for a platform, Monetizer's Collect Subscribers, and get paid per subscriber.

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Push Ads: Building Your Own Push Subscriber List (Part 1)

While spying on ads a while ago, I noticed some affiliates trying to build their own push lists on their pre-landers. Hmm... can that actually make money?

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How to Get a Native Ad Campaign to 100%+ ROI

Before I tried native ads, I'd heard plenty of discouraging things about them.

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Native Ads: MGID & Content.ad (Bonus at the End)

What is a native ad? To borrow my earlier description: if it doesn't look like an ad, it's a native ad.

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A Rarely Mentioned Traffic Source That Works Well (Part 3)

Followers of my WeChat Official Account kept asking for a third traffic source recommendation; I've been busy, so it took until now to write it.

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A Rarely Mentioned Traffic Source That Works Well (Part 2)

Following Part 1 on TrafficStars, this installment covers SelfAdvertiser: sign-up without a photo ID, a $100 first deposit, PPV and Domain traffic, and how to set up a campaign.

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Everyone Says They Run DSP, But What Does That Actually Mean?

Ask affiliates or teams what they're running lately, or ask a job candidate what traffic they buy, and the answer is often 'DSP', but is it what you imagine? A simple breakdown based on my own understanding of DSPs.

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A Rarely Mentioned Traffic Source That Works Well (Part 1)

Friends often ask me to recommend a quality traffic source. Honestly, everyone is short on high-quality traffic and always digging for valuable sources, so does being rarely mentioned mean low quality?