Our Story

Ad tech that
gives a damn.

Apes of Ads was built by performance marketers who were exhausted by black-box platforms, inflated CPCs, and publishers getting underpaid. We built the network we always wished existed.

Transparent

No hidden fees. No undisclosed data usage. Every click, impression, and payout is visible in real time to both sides.

Fair

Publishers deserve proper pay. Advertisers deserve real traffic. We designed every policy with fairness as the first requirement.

High-Performance

We measure everything against real conversion outcomes — not vanity metrics. Every system is optimised for results, not reports.

Core Values

What guides everything we build.

Radical Transparency

No hidden fees. No undisclosed data brokers. No algorithm you can't interrogate. Every dollar that flows through the Apes of Ads network is reported in full — in real time — to both the advertiser who spent it and the publisher who earned it.

Zero-Fraud Commitment

We invest heavily in pre-bid IVT filtration. If our system fails to catch fraud on your campaign, we refund — with no paperwork, no support tickets, and no waiting. It's automatic and it's unconditional.

Publisher-First Payouts

Publishers built the internet. They deserve to be compensated fairly and on time. Net-7 weekly payouts with a $50 minimum exist because we believe traffic owners shouldn't wait months to access what they've earned.

Accountability Over Metrics

Every system we deploy is benchmarked against conversion outcomes, not impressions or clicks. We'd rather show you fewer numbers and have those numbers mean something than overwhelm you with a dashboard full of noise.

Company Snapshot

Small team.
Big infrastructure.

Based in San Francisco with a globally distributed team spanning 8 countries. We are engineers, ex-agency performance marketers, and data scientists united by one belief: advertising should be accountable.

We are fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and applicable data protection frameworks. Our advertiser and publisher agreements are written in plain language — not legal jargon designed to obscure your rights.

GDPR Compliant CCPA Compliant Google Ads Policy Meta Ads Policy IAB Standards

2021

Year Founded

8

Countries with Team

$12M+

Paid to Publishers

4.8 ★

Avg. Partner Rating

Join the network.

Whether you're an advertiser who needs scale or a publisher who needs fair pay — there's a place for you at Apes of Ads.

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