Federated won't touch you unless you have 1m US uniques. And the nature of your site is such that I don't think Adsense will do it for you.

I've seen sites listed on FM that have far less than 1M uniques. Given that we get thousands of uniques a day, it seems like we've graduated from Adsense, but not enough for FM? Dilemma...

I tried FM (my site has 800k-1.2m page impressions / month; mainly US traffic) and they said 'come back when you get 1m US uniques. But you're right - they have sites that are definitely smaller.

Where does your traffic come from? How many page impressions per user?

Also worth keeping in mind that FM takes a 50% cut.

tribal fusion, valueclick, and burst media are ones to consider trying, but they all also require applications.

they have traffic requirments, too, but they're more reasonable than FM, down in the 2000 uniques or 100k pageviews range.

OK, we're well above that so will give those a try. Cheers!

All of those networks will pay low CPMs though, that's the issue. It is blind network stuff, by and large. Low = less than $1 CPM per ad unit.

If its really $1CPM, we're better off sticking to Google Adsense where we can get higher than $1 eCPM.

It's $1CPM at best. The range is sort of 40c - 70c, from memory. They talk big but it's just distressed inventory, nothing targeted.

spend some time and test them all out. see what gets you the best rate.

tribal fusion can and will more than $1 CPM, depending on the site and category and such. i know that for a fact. can't speak to the other sites, don't have enough experience.