Chitika works well for some sites. Product sites are among the sites that do the best with Chitika. I don't have any sites that are ideal for Chitika, but I still use them and I can live with the performance.
All of the exciting talk about Chitika is no longer present. Read my previous Chitika post in this thread
Something new coming from Chitika
Chitika does do a very good job of trying to make their program attractive. If you have the right site for Chitika, then you will be pleased. If not, you likely might not be too happy.
Chitika has a referral program that has a better reward offer than many of the other referral programs. You earn 10 percent of your referrals revenue for the first 12 months. There is no limit on how much you can potentially earn.
They have referral banners. That is a method publishers could use to promote the referral program. However Chitika is now trying to make their referral program more attractive to publishers.
There has long been a "Chitika eMiniMalls" link with the Chitika ad units. But if a person would click this they would go directly to Chitika and you wouldn't receive any commission should they end up joining Chitika and producing revenue.
Now all Multi Product Units have been referral link enabled. Chitika has plans to referral link all other eMiniMall units soon.
Chitika does keep trying to make their program more attractive. Those who are doing well with Chitika will continue to swear by it while those who are not doing will will continue to swear at it.
Here is the Chitika link to more details on this new feature
The Chitika Blog » Blog Archive » Referral link enabled Chitika | eMiniMall MPUs