Advertising at SharperIron

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Box Ads

A box ad consists of a box-shaped image ad. Box ads are available in two varations: rotating and non-rotating.

Rotating means that your image ad shares space with other ads. It goes into a queue with other advertiser’s ads, and they appear randomly as site visitors view pages. Since a rotating ad does not appear to every visitor to the page every time he or she visits, these cost less.
The rotating box ad spaces display at least two at a time, and we try to see that the chances of your ad being seen by a visitor remain fairly high. The advantage of rotation is two-fold: it allows us to reduce the amount of space we use for ads and it increases visual variety so that the ad areas remain more attractive to viewers. (Pricing)

Non-rotating means that your image ad(s) display in such a way that one is always visible in the ad area every time the page is displayed. The position of the ad on the page may alternate, but your advertising presence is constant on every load (of the pages that offer non-rotating box ad space).
Since the visibility of these ads is higher, they cost higher. To keep the value high, these also have limited availability.
(Pricing)

Ribbon Ads

Ribbon ads are image ads that appear on select pages of the site (currently Blogroll, Foundry, New Posts and most forum lists and threads). These ads are always rotating ads that change with each visit to the page involved (see “rotating” above for more info). Ribbon ads are also always images.

They are available separately or in combination with box ad packages. A single monthly ribbon ad is SI’s lowest-cost advertising option.

 

Non-rotating box ad…  CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

  • $80 a month
 
  • $400 for six months
   
  • $550 for a year
   


Rotating box ad

  • $50 a month

  • $200 for six months
  • $350 for a year

 

Ribbon ads

  • In combination with a box ad: $10 per ad
    (free if you buy a 1 year box ad)

  • Alone: $30 a month

 

 

Shortcuts

  • 3 months, non-rotating box ad + ribbon ($270) 
    PayPal

 

Note: Refunds are not granted after the advertising period has begun.

If you are unable to purchase ads via PayPal, you may mail a check. Please make all checks payable to “SharperIron, LLC” and mail them to…

SharperIron, LLC
P.O. Box 125
Boyceville, WI 54725

After payment, send the items below to SI Advertising

  • Your graphics files (.jpg, .gif or .png)
  • Desired starting and ending dates
  • URLs you want your ads to link to

 

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