Banner Ads and Barrow-Buttons - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-15-2003, 06:34 PM

BANNER ADS on The Downs
We will continue to accept the generous donations of our members, but at the suggestion of some of our users, The Barrow-Downs has also designed a way for you to help us and help your own site out at the same time. Now webmasters can purchase a banner ad or button that will show right on the Barrow-Downs site or forum. Here are the plans we have come up with.

(PLAN 1) ROTATING BANNERS AT THE TOP OF THE SITE AND FORUM
$5/month –one banner showing per rotation
$10/month – three banner showings per rotation
$15/month – seven banner showings per rotation
$20/month – twenty banner showings per rotation

A rotation is the cycle of showing all banners in the lineup. If site #1 paid $5 and site #2 paid $10 and site #3 paid $15, the banners would show in an order similar to: 1-2-3-2-3-2-3-3-3-3-3 and then start over at 1. Every fourth banner ad will be internal links on the Downs.

www.barrowdowns.com currently has an average of 40,486 page views a day (and this is our slow season!). With the example above, the sites would get the following number of showings each day:

The Barrow Downs: 10,121 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views)
Site 1: 2,760
Site 2: 8,281
Site 3: 19,322

forum.barrowdowns.com currently has an average of 17,591 page views a day. With the example above, the sites would get the following number of showings each day:

The Barrow Downs: 4,397 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views)
Site 1: 1,599
Site 2: 4,797
Site 3: 11,194

Daily Totals:
The Barrow Downs: 14,518 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views)
Site 1: 4,355
Site 2: 13,078
Site 3: 30,516

Obviously, the more sites that advertise, the less any one site’s banner will show. We will do our best to make sure that no site’s banner shows less than 500 times a day across both sites.

(PLAN 2) GRAPHIC BUTTON ON RIGHT MENU OF SITE
$10/month – one button showing per rotation (all buttons get same amounts of showings)
$20/month – dedicated button (maximum of three sites can have dedicated buttons)

Again, the more sites that go into the $10 option lineup, the less often each will appear, but the showings are quite good. We will limit the number of buttons in the $10 lineup to ten sites. If all ten slots are filled, each site would still get 4,408 showing of their button each day with current traffic. That’s pretty good. The three dedicated buttons would be seen on 100% of the page views.

(PLAN 3) BANNER AD/GRAPHIC BUTTON COMBO
Get both a banner ad and a graphic button for your site and save 10% off the total cost. Thus, a $10 ad and a $10 button would cost only $18/month.

MULTI-MONTH OPTION
For each month you buy, you will save an additional 2% from the cost.
Example: $15 banner ad for 6 months = $90.
6 months x 2% = 12% = $10.80
Total Cost of banner ad: $79.20

WHAT SITES CAN ADVERTISE ON THE DOWNS
1) Tolkien sites
2) Sites that have similar content to the Downs
3) Sites approved by the Barrow-Wight and the Barrow-Downs Team

WHAT SITES CANNOT ADVERTISE ON THE DOWNS
1) Adult sites
2) Banner sites
3) Sites the Barrow-Wight and the Barrow-Downs team disapprove.

OTHER STUFF

Advertiser Dissatisfaction: If you don’t like our service, we will refund the remaining portion of the plan you purchased.

Technical Problems with the site: If our site goes down for more than 12 hours, we will extend your plan for 1 day per 24 hours of down town (12-24 hours = 1 day, 24-48 = 2 days, etc.)

My server closed because of too much traffic Sorry! That’s hard for us to control on this end. Make sure you don’t buy a plan your site can’t handle. If you are unsure, get one of the small plans and see how it works for you. You can always upgrade later.

HOW DO I ADVERTISE MY SITE?
Write to ads@barrowdowns.com and show your URL, the plan you are interested in, and any questions you might have. We will contact you and work out the deal.

Thanks

Beren87 · 05-16-2003, 10:14 PM

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currently has an average of 40,486 page views a day

Is that original page views? I'm already planning on subscribing to the banner service, but I'd like to know how many original views happen a day. People will more than likely only click once per day, not every time they refresh.

Niluial · 05-17-2003, 01:48 AM

So we pay per a month? Well I cant wait [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]! I for one will be paying to have my banner or button up! But just one thing, my site is not up yet! But once it is up, I will be one promise [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]!

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-17-2003, 06:51 AM

Beren87, that's pageviews, not visitors. On our site (and all sites), visitors usually have several pageviews per visit, which is good when it comes to ads, because people generally need to see things at least seven times before they will consider clicking it.

Lush · 05-21-2003, 04:18 PM

Oh BW, I got all excited about the prospects for my blog for a second there, and then reality set in with all the gentleness of an embrace from Shelob.

It still seems to be a marvelous idea to me from an economic point of view. The power of advertising will remain as long as capitalism lives.

Good luck in your many efforts to support and better the site.

Alkanoonion · 05-26-2003, 10:02 PM

BW if I was to send in $ tonight via paypal when could we expect the ad/button to appear?

[ May 27, 2003: Message edited by: Alkanoonion ]

Alkanoonion · 05-28-2003, 10:15 PM

Has the button / ad started? I had a look on the main page and could not see any banners. BW have you had many responses to the promotion?

Also repeating my earlier question if I put a payment in the pay pal when could I expect it to be added to the page?
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 05-30-2003, 05:16 PM

So far no one has advertised on the Downs. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ May 30, 2003: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ]

Alkanoonion · 06-03-2003, 07:53 AM

Here is my bree banner, I have sent my payment in using the paypal system.

05-17-2003, 06:51 AM	#4
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Beren87, that's pageviews, not visitors. On our site (and all sites), visitors usually have several pageviews per visit, which is good when it comes to ads, because people generally need to see things at least seven times before they will consider clicking it. __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-21-2003, 04:18 PM	#5
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Oh BW, I got all excited about the prospects for my blog for a second there, and then reality set in with all the gentleness of an embrace from Shelob. It still seems to be a marvelous idea to me from an economic point of view. The power of advertising will remain as long as capitalism lives. Good luck in your many efforts to support and better the site. __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

05-26-2003, 10:02 PM	#6
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	BW if I was to send in $ tonight via paypal when could we expect the ad/button to appear? [ May 27, 2003: Message edited by: Alkanoonion ] __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

05-28-2003, 10:15 PM	#7
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	Has the button / ad started? I had a look on the main page and could not see any banners. BW have you had many responses to the promotion? Also repeating my earlier question if I put a payment in the pay pal when could I expect it to be added to the page? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

05-30-2003, 05:16 PM	#8
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	So far no one has advertised on the Downs. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ May 30, 2003: Message edited by: The Barrow-Wight ] __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-15-2003, 06:34 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Banner Ads and Barrow-Buttons BANNER ADS on The Downs We will continue to accept the generous donations of our members, but at the suggestion of some of our users, The Barrow-Downs has also designed a way for you to help us and help your own site out at the same time. Now webmasters can purchase a banner ad or button that will show right on the Barrow-Downs site or forum. Here are the plans we have come up with. (PLAN 1) ROTATING BANNERS AT THE TOP OF THE SITE AND FORUM $5/month –one banner showing per rotation $10/month – three banner showings per rotation $15/month – seven banner showings per rotation $20/month – twenty banner showings per rotation A rotation is the cycle of showing all banners in the lineup. If site #1 paid $5 and site #2 paid $10 and site #3 paid $15, the banners would show in an order similar to: 1-2-3-2-3-2-3-3-3-3-3 and then start over at 1. Every fourth banner ad will be internal links on the Downs. www.barrowdowns.com currently has an average of 40,486 page views a day (and this is our slow season!). With the example above, the sites would get the following number of showings each day: The Barrow Downs: 10,121 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views) Site 1: 2,760 Site 2: 8,281 Site 3: 19,322 forum.barrowdowns.com currently has an average of 17,591 page views a day. With the example above, the sites would get the following number of showings each day: The Barrow Downs: 4,397 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views) Site 1: 1,599 Site 2: 4,797 Site 3: 11,194 Daily Totals: The Barrow Downs: 14,518 (the site will always get ¼ of the total page views) Site 1: 4,355 Site 2: 13,078 Site 3: 30,516 Obviously, the more sites that advertise, the less any one site’s banner will show. We will do our best to make sure that no site’s banner shows less than 500 times a day across both sites. (PLAN 2) GRAPHIC BUTTON ON RIGHT MENU OF SITE $10/month – one button showing per rotation (all buttons get same amounts of showings) $20/month – dedicated button (maximum of three sites can have dedicated buttons) Again, the more sites that go into the $10 option lineup, the less often each will appear, but the showings are quite good. We will limit the number of buttons in the $10 lineup to ten sites. If all ten slots are filled, each site would still get 4,408 showing of their button each day with current traffic. That’s pretty good. The three dedicated buttons would be seen on 100% of the page views. (PLAN 3) BANNER AD/GRAPHIC BUTTON COMBO Get both a banner ad and a graphic button for your site and save 10% off the total cost. Thus, a $10 ad and a $10 button would cost only $18/month. MULTI-MONTH OPTION For each month you buy, you will save an additional 2% from the cost. Example: $15 banner ad for 6 months = $90. 6 months x 2% = 12% = $10.80 Total Cost of banner ad: $79.20 WHAT SITES CAN ADVERTISE ON THE DOWNS 1) Tolkien sites 2) Sites that have similar content to the Downs 3) Sites approved by the Barrow-Wight and the Barrow-Downs Team WHAT SITES CANNOT ADVERTISE ON THE DOWNS 1) Adult sites 2) Banner sites 3) Sites the Barrow-Wight and the Barrow-Downs team disapprove. OTHER STUFF Advertiser Dissatisfaction: If you don’t like our service, we will refund the remaining portion of the plan you purchased. Technical Problems with the site: If our site goes down for more than 12 hours, we will extend your plan for 1 day per 24 hours of down town (12-24 hours = 1 day, 24-48 = 2 days, etc.) My server closed because of too much traffic Sorry! That’s hard for us to control on this end. Make sure you don’t buy a plan your site can’t handle. If you are unsure, get one of the small plans and see how it works for you. You can always upgrade later. HOW DO I ADVERTISE MY SITE? Write to ads@barrowdowns.com and show your URL, the plan you are interested in, and any questions you might have. We will contact you and work out the deal. Thanks __________________ The Barrow-Wight

05-17-2003, 01:48 AM	#3
Niluial Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In the darkness of white Posts: 601	So we pay per a month? Well I cant wait [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]! I for one will be paying to have my banner or button up! But just one thing, my site is not up yet! But once it is up, I will be one promise [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]! __________________ Life is not about how many breaths you take but about how many times it leaves you breathless. My rants, moans and groans in other words my Blog My Magical Site

06-03-2003, 07:53 AM	#9
Alkanoonion Spirit in Eriador Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Adelaide Posts: 392	Here is my bree banner, I have sent my payment in using the paypal system. __________________ In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.