I am getting requests to place ads on my sites lately

by rainyclayday

Posted: 14 years ago 12 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I've recently started getting offers from companies about placing text ads or banner ads on 3 different sites. One offered $60 per year for a text ad. Is this something a lot of people do? It doesn't seem like much money, but I have no idea what the going rates are. The sites get anywhere from 3000 to 8,000 or so visitors per month. Two are blogs and one is a static site. I was not considering placing other people's ads but just wondering if this is something to consider and if so, how much do people usually get paid for them? Right now they are monetized with Adsense, affiliate products, and my own products.

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thunderbird 14 years ago

The standard price depends on the site's rankings.
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Derek Allen 14 years ago

If you are attracting companies with your sites, that's a good thing!

As thunderbird mentioned the price does depend on your rankings.
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- rainyclayday 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Deezy
  
  If you are attracting companies with your sites, that's a good thing!
  
  As thunderbird mentioned the price does depend on your rankings.
  
  Yes I guess that is true!
  
  That does make sense, I was thinking of traffic but I guess they are looking at rankings. Well I will have to think about it. I thought these were spam mails at first, lol.
  
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Marhelper 14 years ago

That is a good sign. Personally, I would continue to build up my site and charge more.
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ContentArticleWriter 14 years ago

As deezy said, the fact that these companies want to advertise on your site is a good thing. You just have to weigh all of the options, negotiate, do not just accept the first price they offer, after all they are the ones that want to be on your site. This is pretty much a matter of choice. Do you really want to have ads on your site? Or are you willing to let him get traffic from your site, obviously for a price. If you do decide to go with the deal, make sure you save ALL of the emails you exchange in the negotiation. You never know if you would need them in the future.
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thunderbird 14 years ago

$10 or more per link (not even a banner) per month for PR2 or above on home page is pretty standard in my experience. Certain niches attract these offers more than others. There is often a strong interest in anchor text.
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Tinkerbell 14 years ago

People (companies) have contacted me for ads too, for a site I haven't done anything with for over two years. Hmmm.
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- All Night Cafe 14 years ago
  
  An idea is to start accepting the advertising. Even
  let them pay the price they are offering.
  
  But do it on a smaller contract than a year. See
  how it goes. You can always raise your price.
  
  I think your are on the right track, if others are
  contacting you.
  
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  rainyclayday 14 years ago
  
  Thanks for the input, everyone.
  
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  mikeyman120 14 years ago
  
  Tell them you charge $10-$20 per month for text ads and see what they say. If they decided your site is one they want to be on they will probably pay. For sites that get good traffic you can make some decent money by selling advertising space.
  
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Dennis Gaskill 14 years ago

I get offers like that every few weeks. One company started out offering me $60 a year and I turned them down. They kept coming back, but finally gave up when I turned down $180 a year. The lesson is...

...prices are negotiable.
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downloadvyp 14 years ago

you have little visitors .the bid for the ads depends on the number of visitors,and PR
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