During the past couple years, people have inquired about buying ad space here at CMSReport.com. While someone wanting to place a banner on my site could always use Google's Adwords, most of the inquiries seem to want a more direct approach. I've always been reluctant to host the ad banners on my own server and, until recently, I wasn't impressed with a lot of the banner ad services available for publishers such as me. Luckily, things change.
I'm happy to announce that I'll be selling 125x125 banner ads through BuySellAds.com. BuySellAds.com provides a more direct approach for me to manage these ads by allowing sponsors to purchase the ad space at a flat monthly rate. No longer will I or the sponsors have to worry about cost per click, cost per conversion, cost per lead, etc.
The 125x125 banner ads will initially be offered at $50 per month. If this offering is as well received as I think it will, the price will likely go up in a few months. Feel free to contact me if you have interest in sponsoring CMS Report with a banner space of 468x60 or 300x250. If there is enough interest, I'll provide the ad space.
Update: On December 11th, Acquia becamse our first sponsor in our new advertising program. Thank you Acquia!





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More banner spots
Looks like there is some interest for bigger banners. I posted prices for larger sizes at: http://buysellads.com/buy/detail/1574/ . Some of these spaces are currently occupied by Google Adsense banners (which would be removed from rotation). Until a purchase is made for the 300x250 Rectangle or 468x60 banner there is an option to having the spot exclusively or sharing the spot with 3 other sponsors via banner rotation.
I never bought an ad before.
I never bought an ad before. What are the requirements for the images (type, size, etc)?
Image type, ad impressions, isocket
My understanding is that jpg, gif, and png type for images can all be used.
Also, there are a lot of fluctuations in the ad impression for this site via BestBuyAds stats. Until BestBuyAds has more data for better statistics, I hope those numbers dissuade anyone from purchasing an ad here.
Speaking of numbers, do the prices for these ads seem reasonable? I'm using what I receive from text link ads as well as my revenue from Google Ads to help suggest what the montly fee should be for these ads.
Lastly, I also came across a remarkably similar service to BuySellAds.com, isocket.com. Unfortunately, it is a service that is also in beta.
isocket
I'm one of the founders of isocket. Thanks for the comment.
I'd encourage everyone who is interested in a Beta invite to sign up at www.isocket.com. We'll be opening the gates a little bit over the next few months by handing out more invites.
Bryan, if you request an invite, I'll shoot you an email to the address you list and we'll chat about getting you hooked up.
Thanks!