There are a lot of traffic exchanges on the internet.
Most of them work on a relatively simple concept: surf other members’ websites, earn credits or points, and spend those credits getting your own website viewed.
Traffic Ad Bar takes that basic concept quite a bit further.
Traffic Ad Bar combines a traffic exchange with a points-based advertising system, guaranteed monthly traffic on paid memberships, priority advertising, banner advertising on higher-level memberships, automatic search-engine submission, and a broader advertising network that extends beyond the site’s own members. The current site specifically describes Traffic Ad Bar as more than a traditional traffic exchange because members’ websites can also be advertised through its wider network.
The program was founded by Darren Merrett, and the service is operated by Z5 Internet Ltd., a company incorporated in the United Kingdom.
But the feature that really caught my attention isn’t simply the guaranteed traffic.
It’s the ability to multiply the points you earn.
That changes the economics of participating.
Instead of simply earning one point and getting one unit of advertising value in return, paid members can earn substantially more points from the same activity.
And when you’re building a larger traffic system, that kind of leverage can be extremely useful.
What Is Traffic Ad Bar?
Traffic Ad Bar is a traffic exchange and advertising platform where members can promote websites, landing pages, affiliate offers and other legitimate web properties.
The basic concept is straightforward:
You view other members’ websites → you earn points → you use those points to advertise your own websites.
But Traffic Ad Bar adds several layers on top of that basic exchange.
The current platform offers:
- Free membership
- Manual surfing
- Daily email-link advertising
- Multiple website slots
- Point-based advertising
- Paid memberships
- Guaranteed monthly visitors
- Bonus points
- Priority placement
- Banner advertising
- Advanced statistics
- Detailed statistics
- Referral commissions
- Advertising through the broader Traffic Ad Bar network
- Automatic search-engine submission
The result is a platform that can be used either as a simple free traffic exchange or as a much more automated advertising tool.
Free Traffic Ad Bar Membership
Traffic Ad Bar has a genuine free membership.
The current signup page promotes free website traffic, a free advertising profile, automatic search-engine submission, advertising to members and advertising through the network. New members are also currently advertised as receiving 100,000 free points when they join.
The free account allows you to list:
- Up to 100 primary-URL daily email links
- Up to 100 other-URL points
- Up to 5 websites/URLs for general surfing
- 5 total URLs
The free account is obviously more limited than the paid memberships, but it gives someone a way to test the platform before spending anything.
And that’s important.
You can determine whether the traffic and point system fit your strategy before committing to a paid membership.
The Traffic Ad Bar Point System
This is where Traffic Ad Bar starts becoming more interesting.
Traffic exchanges normally have an obvious limitation:
You have to do the work to earn the credits.
Traffic Ad Bar’s paid memberships attack that limitation by multiplying the points generated by your activity.
According to the current upgrade information:
- Pro Lite can credit you with up to 5 points for every point earned while viewing websites
- Pro can provide up to 5 points per point on general website viewing and up to 20 points per point earned on your primary URL
- Platinum can provide up to 5 points per point on general website viewing and up to 20 points per point on the primary URL
That’s potentially a dramatic difference from simply earning points at the basic rate.
Why Point Multiplication Matters
Let’s use a simple example.
Suppose a free member earns 100 points through surfing.
If another membership level effectively turns that same activity into 5 times as many points, the member could have 500 points instead of 100.
And when primary-URL activity receives the higher multiplier, the difference can become even more substantial.
That’s why I don’t think the upgrades should be evaluated solely by asking:
“How many guaranteed visitors do I get?”
A better question is:
“How much advertising capacity does my activity create?”
That’s a much more interesting measurement.
Pro Lite
Pro Lite costs $9.99 per month.
The current comparison gives Pro Lite:
- 1,000 guaranteed visitors per month
- Up to 500 primary-URL daily email links
- Up to 200 other-URL points
- Up to 25 general-surfing websites
- 8 total URLs
- 2,500 bonus points
- Priority placement on the Traffic Ad Bar
- Priority profile placement
It does not include banner advertising.
For someone who wants to move beyond free membership without spending $20 or $40 per month, Pro Lite is an interesting middle ground.
You’re paying less than ten dollars a month and getting both guaranteed traffic and substantially greater advertising capacity.
Pro
Pro costs $19.99 per month.
This is where Traffic Ad Bar becomes considerably more powerful.
The Pro membership includes:
- 2,000 guaranteed visitors per month
- Up to 1,000 primary-URL daily email links
- Up to 300 other-URL points
- Up to 50 general-surfing websites
- 10 total URLs
- 10,000 bonus points
- High Priority placement
- High Priority profile placement
- 5 banner advertisements
- Advanced Stats
The jump from Pro Lite to Pro is only $10 per month, but the bonus-point allowance increases from 2,500 to 10,000 and the guaranteed traffic doubles from 1,000 to 2,000 monthly visitors.
And this is the first level where banner advertising becomes available.
That makes Pro particularly interesting for someone who doesn’t want to rely exclusively on traditional traffic-exchange surfing.
Platinum
Platinum costs $39.99 per month.
This is the top membership level.
Platinum provides:
- 4,000 guaranteed visitors per month
- Up to 2,000 primary-URL daily email links
- Up to 500 other-URL points
- Up to 100 general-surfing websites
- 20 total URLs
- 50,000 bonus points
- Top Priority placement
- Top Priority profile placement
- 20 banner advertisements
- Detailed Stats
- Downloadable custom reports in PDF and CSV formats
The 50,000 monthly bonus-point allowance is particularly significant.
That’s five times the Pro allowance and twenty times the Pro Lite allowance.
So Platinum isn’t simply “the membership with the most traffic.”
It’s a much larger advertising-capacity package.
Traffic Ad Bar Upgrade Comparison
| Feature | Free | Pro Lite | Pro | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Price | Free | $9.99 | $19.99 | $39.99 |
| Guaranteed Visitors | — | 1,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| Primary URL Daily Email Links | 100 | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| Other URL Points | 100 | 200 | 300 | 500 |
| General Surfing | 5 | 25 | 50 | 100 |
| URLs Listed | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
| Bonus Points | — | 2,500 | 10,000 | 50,000 |
| Priority | — | Priority | High | Top |
| Banners | — | — | 5 | 20 |
| Statistics | Basic | Basic | Advanced | Detailed |
| Detailed PDF/CSV Reports | — | — | — | Yes |
The upgrade table makes one thing very clear:
Each level is designed for a different advertising workload.
Someone who wants a little extra traffic may be perfectly happy with Pro Lite.
Someone running several campaigns and wanting banner advertising may find Pro more attractive.
Someone managing a much larger advertising operation has a completely different reason to consider Platinum.
Guaranteed Monthly Traffic
Traffic Ad Bar currently guarantees:
- 1,000 visitors/month on Pro Lite
- 2,000 visitors/month on Pro
- 4,000 visitors/month on Platinum
The official site describes these as guaranteed monthly visitor levels and says upgrades can put advertising on autopilot.
This is an important feature—but it should be interpreted correctly.
A guaranteed visitor isn’t the same thing as a guaranteed lead or customer.
The value of the traffic depends on what you’re promoting and what happens after someone arrives.
For that reason, I would treat the guaranteed traffic as advertising inventory, not guaranteed business results.
If you’re sending those visitors to a well-designed landing page, however, the traffic becomes another measurable input into your funnel.
Bonus Points
This is one of the features I think deserves more attention.
Traffic Ad Bar advertises monthly bonus-point allowances of:
- 2,500 on Pro Lite
- 10,000 on Pro
- 50,000 on Platinum
That means the upgrade isn’t simply buying visitors.
You’re also receiving additional advertising currency that can be used within the system.
And then you have the point multipliers on top of that.
This creates a potentially powerful combination:
Your activity earns points → your membership multiplies those points → bonus points are added → those points become advertising capacity.
That’s the part of Traffic Ad Bar that makes me look at it as more than a basic traffic exchange.
Primary URL Multiplication
The primary URL is particularly important.
According to the current upgrade information, Traffic Ad Bar can credit members with up to 20 points for every point earned on the primary URL at the higher membership levels.
That’s a huge multiplier compared with basic participation.
Obviously, the exact practical value depends on how Traffic Ad Bar calculates and applies those points, but strategically the concept is straightforward:
The system rewards you more heavily for activity associated with your primary promotion.
That gives you a reason to think carefully about which page you designate as your primary URL.
If you’re using Traffic Ad Bar as part of a broader marketing strategy, I would not treat that URL casually.
It’s potentially one of the most valuable pieces of advertising real estate in the account.
Banner Advertising
Banner advertising becomes available with Pro and Platinum.
Pro members can advertise 5 banners, while Platinum members can advertise 20 banners.
That opens another layer of promotion.
Instead of relying exclusively on text links and traffic-exchange visitors, you can put visual advertising into the mix.
For someone promoting several programs, landing pages or components of a larger traffic system, having multiple banner slots can be useful.
Platinum’s 20-banner allowance is particularly substantial.
Priority Advertising
Paid memberships also receive priority on the Traffic Ad Bar.
Pro Lite receives Priority.
Pro receives High Priority.
Platinum receives Top Priority.
This matters because visibility isn’t only about how many advertising units you have.
Where your advertising appears can matter just as much.
The higher memberships therefore combine:
- More advertising capacity
- More points
- More guaranteed traffic
- More URLs
- More banners
- Better placement
It’s a multi-dimensional upgrade rather than simply purchasing more traffic.
Advanced and Detailed Statistics
Traffic Ad Bar also recognizes something that many traffic exchanges overlook:
You need to know what is actually happening.
Free members receive basic statistics.
Pro members receive Advanced Stats, allowing reports to be customized by hits/views and types.
Platinum members receive Detailed Stats, including filtering by:
- Country
- URL
Platinum users can also download custom reports in PDF and CSV formats.
For someone running a serious advertising strategy, this matters.
Traffic isn’t particularly useful if you don’t know where it came from or which promotion received it.
Better reporting allows you to start asking questions such as:
- Which URL gets the most traffic?
- Which countries are producing visitors?
- Which promotion is getting exposure?
- Which traffic sources are worth continuing?
- Which pages should be removed?
- Where should advertising effort be concentrated?
That moves the program from “send me traffic” toward measurable advertising.
Referral Commissions
Traffic Ad Bar also has a referral commission structure that increases with membership level.
Current commissions advertised by the program are:
| Membership | Upgrade Commission Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 10% | 6% | 4% |
| Pro Lite | 25% | 15% | 10% |
| Pro | 30% | 20% | 15% |
| Platinum | 35% | 35% | 35% |
This provides another potential reason for upgrading if you expect to refer other members.
But I wouldn’t recommend upgrading solely because of the commission percentage.
The primary question should always be:
Will I actually use the additional advertising capacity?
If the answer is yes, the referral commissions become a bonus rather than the reason for the purchase.
Traffic Ad Bar Is More Than a Traffic Exchange
This is probably the biggest point I want to make about the program.
Calling Traffic Ad Bar simply a “traffic exchange” doesn’t really tell the whole story.
The current site says members’ websites can be advertised not only to other Traffic Ad Bar members but through its broader advertising network, including other traffic exchanges and websites.
That’s important.
It means Traffic Ad Bar is designed as a traffic distribution network, not merely a closed loop where members view one another’s websites.
The program is attempting to extend the reach of member advertising beyond its own internal surfing audience.
That’s a much more interesting proposition.
How We Use Traffic Ad Bar
This is where Traffic Ad Bar starts making sense inside our larger traffic strategy.
I don’t see it simply as:
“Join another traffic exchange and surf for credits.”
Instead, I see it as a potential traffic multiplier and distribution point.
The key is deciding what we want Traffic Ad Bar to accomplish.
For example, we could use it to send visitors toward a strategy page, landing page or other traffic asset.
Those visitors then enter another part of the system.
And that’s where the real question becomes:
What does that visitor produce after the first click?
Does the visitor see another offer?
Does the page generate an email subscriber?
Does the visitor join a traffic program?
Does the visitor become a referral?
Does that traffic generate credits somewhere else?
Does the destination page feed another traffic exchange?
That’s the kind of downstream value we’re interested in.
The Traffic Machine Connection
Traffic Ad Bar can also potentially connect with other components of the overall system.
For example:
Traffic Exchange → Traffic Ad Bar → Strategy Page
or:
Safelist → Traffic Ad Bar → Landing Page
or:
Traffic Ad Bar → another traffic program → additional advertising exposure
And because the paid memberships can multiply points, the system can potentially help turn the work performed in one part of the traffic machine into additional advertising capacity within another part.
That’s the part I find most interesting.
We’re no longer looking at individual programs in isolation.
We’re asking:
How does this program help the next program?
That’s a much more useful way to evaluate traffic systems.
One Visitor Isn’t Always Just One Visitor
This is becoming one of the most important measurements in our overall strategy.
Suppose Traffic Ad Bar sends one visitor to a page.
At the most basic level, that’s one visitor.
But what happens if that visitor:
- Joins an email list?
- Clicks another traffic source?
- Signs up for a program?
- Becomes a referral?
- Generates credits?
- Visits a viral advertising page?
- Enters another traffic loop?
Now that original visitor has produced secondary value.
Traffic Ad Bar itself doesn’t guarantee that any of those things will happen.
That’s up to the destination page and the strategy behind it.
But the platform can be used as one input into that larger process.
Who Is Traffic Ad Bar Best For?
I think Traffic Ad Bar is best suited for marketers who:
- Regularly use traffic exchanges
- Want additional website traffic
- Promote multiple websites
- Want guaranteed monthly visitor packages
- Want to earn and multiply advertising points
- Use banner advertising
- Want higher advertising priority
- Need statistics
- Want to automate part of their advertising
- Are building a larger traffic ecosystem
It may be less interesting for someone who only needs occasional visitors to a single website.
The more advertising you do, the more useful the additional capacity becomes.
What I Like About Traffic Ad Bar
The Point Multiplication
This is probably my favorite feature.
The ability to multiply earned points changes the basic traffic-exchange equation.
You’re not simply surfing for credits.
You’re potentially using the membership level to increase the advertising value of your activity.
Guaranteed Traffic
The 1,000–4,000 monthly visitor guarantees give paid members predictable traffic inventory.
That’s useful when planning campaigns.
Banner Advertising
Pro and Platinum members can add banners to the mix, which makes the platform more versatile.
Priority
Higher visibility can be valuable when you’re competing for attention with a large number of other advertisers.
Statistics
The advanced and detailed reporting options are important for anyone who wants to test rather than guess.
The Broader Network
The fact that Traffic Ad Bar says it distributes member advertising through a broader network makes it more interesting than a purely internal traffic exchange.
Things To Keep In Mind
Traffic Ad Bar still operates within the limitations of traffic-exchange advertising.
A visitor is not automatically a prospect.
A prospect is not automatically a lead.
A lead is not automatically a customer.
The quality of your destination page and offer still matters enormously.
The point multipliers also shouldn’t be interpreted as multiplying the value of your business by 2,000%.
They multiply points within the Traffic Ad Bar system.
That’s an important distinction.
Similarly, guaranteed visitors mean guaranteed traffic delivery—not guaranteed conversions.
And paid memberships are only worthwhile if you actually use the additional advertising capacity.
Is Traffic Ad Bar Worth Upgrading?
For me, this comes down to usage.
Pro Lite is the inexpensive test.
At $9.99/month, it gives you 1,000 guaranteed monthly visitors and a meaningful increase in advertising capacity.
Pro is where things become substantially more interesting because you get 2,000 guaranteed visitors, 10,000 bonus points, higher limits and five banner slots.
Platinum is designed for a much heavier advertiser. The 4,000 guaranteed visitors, 50,000 bonus points, 20 banners, 20 URLs, top priority and detailed reporting make it a very different level of advertising capacity.
I wouldn’t automatically recommend Platinum simply because it has the most features.
I’d recommend choosing the level that matches how much advertising you can actually use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Traffic Ad Bar free?
Yes. Traffic Ad Bar offers a free membership with basic advertising functionality.
How much does Traffic Ad Bar cost?
The current monthly upgrade prices are $9.99 for Pro Lite, $19.99 for Pro and $39.99 for Platinum.
Does Traffic Ad Bar guarantee visitors?
Paid memberships currently advertise guaranteed monthly visitor levels of 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000 depending on membership.
Does Traffic Ad Bar have banner advertising?
Yes. Banner advertising is included with Pro and Platinum memberships.
Can I list multiple websites?
Yes. The number of websites/URLs increases with membership level, from five on the free account to 20 on Platinum.
Does Traffic Ad Bar have referral commissions?
Yes. Referral commissions increase with membership level, with Platinum advertising commissions as high as 35%.
Does Traffic Ad Bar provide statistics?
Yes. Free members receive basic statistics, Pro members receive Advanced Stats, and Platinum members receive Detailed Stats with country and URL filtering plus PDF/CSV reporting.
Who founded Traffic Ad Bar?
The current Traffic Ad Bar website identifies Darren Merrett as its founder.
Final Verdict
Traffic Ad Bar is easy to dismiss if you look at it as nothing more than another traffic exchange.
I don’t think that’s the right way to look at it.
The more interesting part of Traffic Ad Bar is the combination of traffic, points, point multiplication, guaranteed visitors, advertising priority, banners and reporting.
The point multiplication in particular gives paid members something that isn’t present in a basic traffic exchange.
You’re not merely paying for visitors.
You’re potentially increasing the amount of advertising capacity generated by your activity while simultaneously receiving guaranteed traffic and additional advertising resources.
That’s leverage.
And leverage is exactly what we’re looking for when we’re building a larger traffic system.
The free membership gives you an opportunity to test the platform.
Pro Lite provides a relatively inexpensive way to add guaranteed traffic and increased advertising capacity.
Pro is where the feature set becomes considerably more useful for a serious advertiser.
And Platinum is built for someone who intends to make Traffic Ad Bar a substantial part of their advertising operation.
For our purposes, however, the most important question isn’t:
“How much traffic does Traffic Ad Bar give me?”
It’s:
“What can I make that traffic do after it arrives?”
If we can connect Traffic Ad Bar to the rest of our traffic ecosystem, then the first visitor doesn’t necessarily have to be the end of the transaction.
It can be the beginning of another loop.
And that’s what makes Traffic Ad Bar worth paying attention to.
Promo Codes & Exclusive Offers
If we have a current Traffic Ad Bar promo code or exclusive offer available, we’ll make it available through our email list.
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**The goal isn’t simply to find more places to buy traffic.
It’s to find ways to make every visitor—and every advertising credit—work harder.**
