Originally Posted by ArsewithClass

Banner trades rather than paying for clicks? Gallery listings on Thehun?

We have 3 listings accepted for the next few days.

Originally Posted by NikKay

Knowing how and where to buy ad space is a skill. Who cares how much the traffic costs? How much is the traffic EARNING? How many sales are you getting from the skimmed traffic and how many sales are you getting from the banner? How is the traffic interacting with your tour? Are you doing other things with the traffic you buy to retain a visitor even if they don't join right then?

Traffic varies MASSIVELY in both cost and value and generally there's a good reason for the variations. It takes trial and error to figure it out.

Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls

hit me up I have banner space for sale.

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

do you test your banners, or do you just make one set of banners and expect the clicks to come in? should be split testing your banners against one another and working out those with low ctr. just throwing a banner into a good spot doesn't mean anyone is going to click it. tends to be why i lean towards paying per click as opposed to outright buying spots or going on a cpm basis. if you get your banners tweaked out nicely though, and are pulling a good ctr, you can actually save money by going on cpm or prepaid spots. i'd say start switching your banners up, or look at going to a ppc model instead...

$50 for 20 clicks a day isn't even that bad, works out to what 8 or 9 cents a click? I don't see an issue with that cost, for clicked traffic...

Originally Posted by smutnut

One thing is for sure, more people put more time into their banners than their sites and you can convert sites without a single banner. It seems like banners are some obligation or something.

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

you'd be surprised what a good banner selection can do for you when you track everything down to the t...

Originally Posted by BradM

I think it's mostly because of the way that a per......