How to Set Up Adsterra on Blogger: Part 28 — WordsByEkta🌿

How to Set Up Adsterra on Blogger — The Honest Walkthrough: Part 28

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

Part 27 of this series covered all the ad network alternatives available to Blogger bloggers while waiting for AdSense. This article is the hands-on follow-up — specifically how to set up Adsterra from zero, which ad formats to pick, and exactly where to paste the code inside your Blogger theme so ads appear without breaking anything.

Everything here is from direct experience. I set this up myself on WordsByEkta the same day I wrote it.

Quick Answer
Adsterra is the most beginner-friendly AdSense alternative for Blogger — no minimum traffic, same-day approval, and a $5 minimum payout. For a personal content blog, use only Native Banner and Display Banners. Paste the codes into your Blogger theme HTML, not into individual posts. The whole setup takes under 30 minutes.
Step-by-step Adsterra publisher signup and ad code placement guide for Blogger blogs in 2026, with green leaf motif — WordsByEkta
Setup done. Ads live. Now we document it — WordsByEkta🌿

Why Adsterra for Blogger

Most ad networks either require thousands of monthly visitors before they accept you, or they technically accept small blogs but then serve you ads so irrelevant that nobody ever clicks. Adsterra sits in a different category — it explicitly supports Blogger and Blogspot blogs, has no minimum traffic threshold, and approves accounts within hours rather than weeks.

It is not a replacement for AdSense. The CPM rates are lower and the advertiser quality is different. But while you are building traffic and waiting for AdSense approval, Adsterra keeps the system live and earning something. That is the honest use case.

Before you start: Avoid pop-under and Social Bar formats entirely if your blog has personal or emotional content. Those formats interrupt the reading experience and will push readers away permanently. Stick to display banners and native banners only.

Step 1 — Create Your Publisher Account

1 Sign up at Adsterra

Go to beta.publishers.adsterra.com/signup and fill in the form as a Publisher — not an Advertiser.

Fields to fill:

  • E-mail — your regular email
  • First and Last Name — your real name
  • Login — a simple username you will remember
  • Password — make it strong
  • Messenger — select WhatsApp from the dropdown, then add your number
  • Country — select India (or your country)

Tick the Terms and Conditions checkbox and click Sign Up. The Cloudflare security check completes automatically.

Check your email — Adsterra sends a verification link. Click it to activate your account.

Step 2 — Add Your Website

2 Add your Blogger blog

After logging in, you land on the Websites page. Click ADD WEBSITE.

In the dialog that opens:

  • Website URL — paste your full Blogger URL, for example https://yourblog.blogspot.com
  • Website category — open the dropdown and select Other. There is no Blogs category in their list, so Other is the correct choice for a personal blog.
  • Adult ads — leave this OFF

Step 3 — Choose Ad Formats

3 Select only these formats

Under Choose Ad Unit Format, tick only:

  • ✅ Native Banner
  • ✅ Banner

Leave Popunder, Smartlink, and Social Bar unticked. When you tick Banner, it expands to show size options. Select 300x250 and 728x90.

Click ADD. Your website appears in the list with 3 ad units — Native Banner, Banner 300x250, and Banner 728x90 — all showing Active status almost immediately.

Active status means: Adsterra has crawled your site, verified it is real, and approved it. Their system can now serve ads to your visitors. No further action needed on the Adsterra side.

Step 4 — Get Your Ad Codes

4 Copy the three codes

Click on your website row to expand it. You will see the three ad units listed. Click GET CODE on each one and copy the code shown in the dialog. Save all three codes somewhere — Notes app, a draft post, anywhere accessible.

The Native Banner code looks like this:

<script async="async" data-cfasync="false"
  src="https://pl....effectivecpmnetwork.com/.../invoke.js"></script>
<div id="container-..."></div>

The Banner codes each contain an atOptions script block with the key, height, width, and a second invoke.js script tag.

Step 5 — Paste Codes in Blogger Theme

Adding codes to your Blogger theme means ads appear on every post automatically — you do not have to touch individual posts. Go to Blogger → Theme → Edit HTML and use Ctrl+F to find each location.

Native Banner — after comments and share buttons

Search for the closing section i.e. after your comments and share buttons and place just before </article>. Find the last </article> that closes the post and paste the Native Banner code just before it, wrapped in a post-only condition:

<b:if cond='data:view.isPost'>
<div style="text-align:center; margin:20px 0;">
  <!-- your Native Banner code here -->
</div>
</b:if>

The data:view.isPost condition ensures this ad only shows on individual post pages, not on your homepage feed. This keeps your homepage clean and is better for AdSense review too.

Banner 728x90 — top of every page

Search for <body> in the theme HTML and paste immediately after the opening body tag:

<div style="text-align:center; margin:10px 0;">
  <!-- your 728x90 Banner code here -->
</div>

Banner 300x250 — bottom of every page

Search for </body> and paste just before it:

<div style="text-align:center; margin:20px 0;">
  <!-- your 300x250 Banner code here -->
</div>
Check on mobile after saving. The 728x90 is a wide format. Preview your blog on your phone after pasting. If it overflows horizontally, wrap it in a CSS media query to hide it on screens under 768px.

Step 6 — Payment Setup

Go to the Finance or Billing section in your Adsterra dashboard (the dollar sign icon in the left sidebar). Available payment methods include PayPal, Paxum, WebMoney, and crypto options.

For most Indian publishers, PayPal is the most familiar and trustworthy option. The minimum payout for PayPal via Adsterra is $25. Paxum has a $5 minimum if you want to receive your first payment sooner.

You may not be able to save a payment method until your balance shows some earnings — that is normal. Set it up when your first few dollars appear.

Refer Other Bloggers and Earn 5% Lifetime

Adsterra has a referral programme. When another publisher signs up using your referral link and starts earning, you receive 5% on their lifetime revenue — automatically, with no extra effort from you and at no cost to them

To find your referral link: go to the left sidebar in your Adsterra dashboard and click Referrals. Click Generate Invite to create your unique link. You can also download a referral banner in PNG or GIF format in various sizes to place on your blog.

Transparency note: The link below is my referral link. If you sign up through it, I earn 5% on your future Adsterra revenue — at no cost to you whatsoever. I am mentioning this because my readers deserve to know. If you prefer not to use a referral link, simply go to adsterra.com directly.

🌿 Try Adsterra — No Minimum Traffic, Instant Approval

If you are a Blogger or small publisher still waiting for AdSense, Adsterra is worth trying. Same-day approval, $5 minimum payout, and it explicitly supports Blogspot blogs.

Sign Up on Adsterra →

Referral link — I earn 5% on your revenue at no cost to you

What to Realistically Expect

With low traffic from India, earnings will be very small — a few cents to a few dollars per month at most. Adsterra CPM for Tier 3 traffic (India, most of South Asia) runs roughly $0.10 to $0.50 per thousand impressions.

If your traffic comes from the US, UK, or Canada, CPM rates improve significantly — Native Banners can reach $2 to $5 per thousand impressions for Tier 1 audiences.

The practical value of setting this up now is not the money — it is having a live, working ad system in place that earns passively as your traffic grows. When AdSense eventually approves you, you will already understand exactly how ad placement works in your theme, and the transition will be smooth.

Do not watch the earnings dashboard daily. Check once a week. Focus on content and indexing — those are what move traffic, and traffic is what moves revenue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I run Adsterra and AdSense at the same time?
Yes. Running both simultaneously is allowed. Most bloggers who get AdSense approval keep Adsterra running alongside it, using a sensible total number of ad units per page.

Will having Adsterra ads hurt my AdSense approval?
No. AdSense reviews content quality, site structure, and policy compliance — not which other networks you use. Just keep ad density reasonable when you apply.

Why did I choose Other as the website category?
Adsterra's category list does not include a Blogs option. Other is the most accurate available choice for a personal content blog.

Why only Native Banner and Banner formats?
Pop-unders and Social Bar formats open new browser tabs or display aggressive overlays. For a personal blog where readers came to read, those formats damage the experience more than they earn. Banner and Native formats are non-intrusive and load within the page naturally.

The 728x90 ad is overflowing on mobile. What do I do?
Wrap the banner div in a media query to hide it on small screens. Add this to your theme CSS: @media (max-width: 767px) { .adsterra-leaderboard { display: none; } } and add that class to the wrapping div.

Everything I Learned — So You Don't Have To Figure It Out Alone

The technical mistakes I made in year one — the full HTML inside Blogger, the missing meta descriptions, the duplicate H1 tags, the links closing articles — I have written all of it down. Every fix. Every discovery. Every hour of confused trial and error turned into a clear guide.

🌿 The WordsByEkta Blogger Technical Series

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