Yahoo Search Marketing Budget Tip

Yahoo Search Marketing is a very common way to drive traffic to affiliate landing pages but there is one thing I just CANNOT STAND about Yahoo Search Marketing…

The way that they bill your credit card.

One of the most important things for people starting in affiliate marketing is budgeting. Knowing how much you can afford to spend and keeping to it is important.

With the default billing style in Yahoo search marketing, it’s practically impossible to stay on budget if you hit a good campaign! For those who do not know, Yahoo Search Marketing tries to “precharge” and keep your account balance at around 3 days worth of search marketing so if you have any down time (like a weekend), your account will continue to run for most of it.

IE: You spend $100 per day on average so they’re going to want to charge your card up so your balance is $300 or more. Silly right?

That’s where my tip comes into play…

You can actually call up Yahoo Search Marketing (1-866-924-6676) and request to be moved to prepaid billing without automatic refill. When you call be sure to have your account number (found in Administration panel) and your email handy.

With prepaid billing you simply pay $100 and your account will run till the balance is $0. If you want to run more ads, you add more funds.

The great thing about this is that now if I know my budget is $1,000 for the month I add $1,000 and I dont spend a dime over that.

Pretty cool huh?

This also works for Yahoo Search Marketing accounts in the UK.