I have not implemented it yet. I am still researching this topic before doing anything. There seems to be too many problems, and I am not sure if switching to Ezoic worth it. For example:
- It seems like I have to switch to the www subdomain and this can have SEO consequences because I have thousands of links to my apex domain.
- Setting up an SSL certificate is getting complicated. You can get one form Ezoic but it will work only when you use Ezoic. If you skip Ezoic proxy, your site will be without an SSL. So, you need to set up in on Netlify too.
- Also, when you do not use Ezoic, you do not benefit from Netlify CDN.
- GoDaddy where I have my domain doesn’t support CNAME flattening, ANAME records, or ALIAS records which are recommended to use by Netlify.
- There is an option to do the connection through Cloudflare but it adds a layer of complexity.
- I have a few other services connected with Netlify DNS and moving my DNS to GoDaddy would mean reconfiguring those services as well.
- Also, if I do something goes wrong during the moving, the site may go down. I would need to fix it urgently. But I do not have a large time window to do that now.
- In the end, it seems like you get only +20-30% in revenue with Ezoic compared to Adsense. I do not get much from Adsense, so I have not decided yet if it is worth all the efforts.
Do not get me wrong, you can do the setup and it may be easier than I think. But I just share my thoughts here. I will let you know if I finally decide to use Ezoic.