Have you never run a push campaign before, but heard that this is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to start in affiliate marketing?
That is absolutely right. Push notifications look like a personal message or an important alert from a website — they are hard to miss. This format can bring you traffic just a couple of hours after you hit the “Launch” button. And for your first time, it is almost perfect.
In this article, we will tell you where to start, which buttons to click, how much money to put in for tests, and how not to waste your budget in the first day. No magic — just step‑by‑step actions and real‑life examples.
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Push advertising is a paid ad that looks like a notification from a messenger or a browser. It appears on the screen on top of other windows. On a computer, it usually shows up in the bottom right corner. On a phone, it looks like a pop‑up message. The user sees it even after they have closed the website where they subscribed.
What a push notification consists of:
On mobile devices, you often only see the icon, the headline, and the text. On a computer, you also see the large image. Either way, the ad does not look like a standard banner. Instead, it disguises itself as a system message or a message from a familiar service.
Three reasons.
First — a low entry barrier. The ad network MyBid lets you run push campaigns starting from $100. You do not need to gather five thousand dollars just to give it a try.
Second — fast results. Your campaign gets through moderation in a couple of hours — and traffic starts flowing. Within a day, you will already see if you are getting conversions.
Third — a friendly content policy. Push advertising allows many verticals without cloaking: gambling, nutra, dating, sweepstakes, antivirus software. Bans are almost unheard of.
Do not rush into your account. First, prepare three things.
1. A tracker. Without it, you are like a pilot without instruments. A tracker will show you which traffic sources bring conversions and which just eat your budget. You need to connect it before creating your campaign. In MyBid, the help center has instructions for Binom, Voluum, and other trackers.
2. One hypothesis. Do not try to test everything at once. Choose one offer, one country, one ad format. Your goal is to understand whether that combination works or not. A clean experiment with no extra variables.
3. A minimum budget. Do not put in a thousand dollars right away. For your first test, $100–200 is enough. That will let you get a couple of hundred clicks and see the first signals.
Now, let’s go button by button. Follow the order.
In MyBid, several options are available.
For a beginner, we recommend starting with CPC. That way, it is easier to control your costs and understand whether a click pays off.
A creative for a push campaign in MyBid is not just one image — it is a set of four elements:
Examples of good headlines: “You have received a bonus”, “Your account will be deleted”, “Who viewed your profile”. They imitate system alerts or messages from messengers.
For your first test, prepare 3–5 different versions. Change the headlines and the text — they are usually what determines how clickable your ad is.
The most common mistake beginners make is targeting that is too narrow. They think: “I will set iOS 17.2, browser Safari, city New York — and I will get perfectly targeted traffic.” In reality, they get zero impressions.
At the start, it is enough to set:
Before launching, take a look at the Traffic Chart section in the MyBid dashboard. This tool shows you the available traffic volume based on your filters and the competitive bids. It helps you avoid guessing.
Set your daily limit two or three times higher than your average bid. For example, if your bid is $0.01 per click, you can set a daily limit of $10–20. That will be enough to gather some statistics.
Your total campaign budget — how much you are ready to spend to find out whether the offer works — is usually $100–200.
Click “Create” — your campaign goes to moderation. Go have some tea.
After you create your campaign, do not panic if it does not appear in the active list. Check the “Moderation” tab in your MyBid account. The statuses are:
If the status is Approved, but in the Enabled column you see “Pending” — wait another hour. Sometimes the system needs a little time to start showing your ads.
Fresh data based on MyBid statistics. This table is for Android — it is the easiest to start with.
Geo | Vertical | Example offers |
|---|---|---|
Philippines (PH) | Sweepstakes, finance, utilities | Lucky Spin, Crezu, CCleaner |
Singapore (SG) | Utilities, finance | App Booster Lite, Bitcoin Pro |
Thailand (TH) | Utilities, sweepstakes | Nox Cleaner, The Society of Millionaires |
Brazil (BR) | Finance, utilities, sweepstakes | Santander, MelhoresCartoes, Estas Vivo |
USA (US) | Antivirus, dating | McAfee, Tinder |
Germany (DE) | Antivirus, gambling | Avira, PokerStars |
Indonesia (ID) | Gambling, betting | Sbobet, Maxbet |
What the verticals mean:
Pick one of these geos and one type of offer — and run your test.
Mistake 1. Over‑targeting. You set 10 filters and then wonder why you get no impressions. Start broad, then narrow down.
Mistake 2. Aggressive capping. You set 1 impression per day — and traffic does not come. Leave capping empty or set it to 10/24.
Mistake 3. Drawing conclusions after $50. You spend fifty dollars, see no conversions, and shut down the campaign. That is a shame. For a clean test, you need at least 200–500 clicks (tens of thousands of impressions). Sometimes conversions come on the second day.
Mistake 4. No tracker. You see that there are no conversions, but you do not know at which stage people drop off. A tracker shows you everything.
Mistake 5. Direct links instead of a pre‑lander. Push traffic converts poorly if you send it straight to the offer. Use a pre‑lander — an intermediate page that warms up the user.
From $100. Less than that — too little data. More than that — too risky for a test.
For testing, launch 3–5 versions. If after 1,000 impressions your CTR is below 0.5%, change your headlines and text. Even successful creatives need to be refreshed every 2–3 weeks because they “burn out”.
Check your campaign status (it should be Active). Make sure your bid is not lower than the market rate (look at the Traffic Chart in MyBid). Widen your targeting. Also make sure you did not choose iOS for regular push — it does not work there.
Regular push notifications are not available on iOS. In MyBid, use in‑page push. It is easier for a beginner to start with Android.
You have received 200 clicks and zero conversions. Or your cost per click is five times higher than planned. Then stop.
It is a push notification that only works inside a website, without a browser subscription. It is available on iOS. Volumes are smaller, but the quality is often higher. For your first time, it is not necessary.
Push advertising is an honest and clear way to start your journey in affiliate marketing. The ads look like ordinary notifications, they are hard to miss, and the cost per click starts from $0.01 depending on the geo. You do not need to be a programming genius or spend tens of thousands of dollars. It is enough to prepare a tracker, take $100, pick one country from the table above, and launch a campaign using our checklist.
The main thing — do not fiddle with the settings during the first hour. Let the system collect data. And do not be afraid to make mistakes. The first campaign almost never turns a profit. But by the second one, things will be much clearer.
If you want to try a platform with a low entry barrier and support for beginners — sign up for MyBid. In your personal account, a promo code for your first tests will be waiting for you, and the managers will help you avoid wasting your budget at the start. Launch your first campaign today — and in a couple of days, you will have your first statistics, and maybe even your first profit.
