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How to sell ad locations
11-05-2006, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Norway  
| How to sell ad locations I have a right column on my site where I would like to show my advertisers "banners", but I'm a little in doubt on how they should pay. First I made the top-spot (1st location) as a $2.00 a day, then the ones below would be cheaper, like 1.50 or 1.00 etc .. Right now the highest bidder gets the top spot, that means when the top spot is taken by one that pays $2.00 another one can just bid 2.10 then take over his ad spot and then fall down as the 2nd in the column. Hope you understand what I mean. The question is whether this is a good idea or not ?
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11-05-2006, 05:41 PM
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| $2.00 a day is alot really, i often charge about $5 - $8 a month
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11-05-2006, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,030 Location: Michigan, US Recent Blog: New Screenshots Released 
| if it's this forum they're talking about http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/ , it has over 750,000 posts.  I dunno, I'm more of a fan of the traditional style of just listing all your ad spots and prices and having a rotation for the banner spots. But it could work out still.
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11-05-2006, 09:22 PM
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| Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 181 Location: Norway
| what font did you use for the "Lucas Arts" text in your sig btw? 
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11-06-2006, 04:36 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | We have recently tried a bidding system for our ads here at AF...it did work, but not very well. Charging a flat rate is not only easier, but it actually brought in more money for us. I think that using a bidding system is a unique idea, but it would really take a lot of experimenting to be worth it...There's probably a reason why most websites charge a flat rate for advertising...it's easy and it's proven to work.
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11-06-2006, 07:13 AM
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11-06-2006, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,913 Location: Australia
| $2 a day is expensive but for that forum, then its probably worth it. i think a standard flat rate for the ad spaces would save you a bit of time and is easier to manage. I would prefer to use that then an auction. | ||||
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11-06-2006, 10:34 AM
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| Generally speaking, most communities/websites utilizing a bidding system are webmaster communities or blogs. The idea is unique and does work, as I've seen it work, though if the system isn't automated, it would be more of a hassle than anything. If you have the publisher audience and that type of system gets the attention of advertisers, then by all means, try it out . If nothing more, you will have given it a chance and should it not work out, you can simply revert to the standard advertising methods. | ||||
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11-06-2006, 04:39 PM
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| Title: Apprentice
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| thanks for your replies. I will test out and see what works best, but when I think of it perhaps a flat rate would be best for my kind of advertisers
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11-06-2006, 05:12 PM
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