Comments on: Odds And Ends

By: Dave Rambo

Dave Rambo — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:43:17 +0000

http://www.lafraise.com has a 10% affiliate commission program that might be worth checking into.

that and they have some slick shirts. (but then we’re back to the conflict of interest subject)

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:10:28 +0000

Oh, and as for Suicide Girls etc, as long as the banners are safe for work, I couldn’t give a crap.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:07:56 +0000

Jason, I was thinking that hands off would be better. That way it removes any potential conflicts of interest. If some third party is doing the actual ad placement, then no one can say anything about you choosing favs.

By: Yas

Yas — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 18:04:25 +0000

Jason: I guess you’re right, but regardless — your site gets traffic, and traffic equals sales. Whether it’s AA or someone else, I think that marketing clothing companies couldn’t hurt. I’d stay away from t-shirt sites, though.

By: Paul Farnell

Paul Farnell — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:12:45 +0000

I’d be happy with ads, and I think Medopine’s got the right idea there.

Also, I think you could do some kind of membership thing like Daring Fireball does – not just an ad-free version of the site like you suggested, but perhaps a t-shirt too? I’d happily pay around $20-35 for a year’s membership of your site, if there were a few reasonably meaningful benefits (like a t-shirt, and maybe some kind of extra, members-only content – for example on DF, John offers access to his link blog to members).

By: Jason Cosper

Jason Cosper — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:32:01 +0000

Yas: Do you remember how critical we’ve been of AA in the past? Do you think they’d run ads with us now?

Cameron: *nod* It sounds like a solid list. And with the exception of pr0n [see: SuicideGirls] it was really similar to the one I already had.

As far as what FM or IndieClick would do, I’m not sure as I haven’t heard back from either of them just yet. I very well may be a bit more hands off, but they both have systems in place and are a little more experienced in ad sales than I am. It’s a trade off I’d be willing to make if I didn’t have to worry about dealing with all that mess.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:52:35 +0000

I think you should go with who ever will advertise with you, using Medopine’s “no to” list as a rule of thumb.

If you go with something like Federated Media or IndieClick won’t you be more hands off? That would mean that who ever advertised with you would have little or no direct contact with you no?

By: Yas

Yas — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:23:18 +0000

Does American Apparel do web ads? They’re innocuous enough (and a pretty darn good shirt maker).

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:53:13 +0000

i agree with the indie music sites/bands. i don’t see that as being a conflict of interest, and it seems like a win win.

By: Jason Cosper

Jason Cosper — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:45:28 +0000

Don’t worry… We will never ask you to punch a monkey, click here for a free iPod, consolidate your debt with a 2nd/3rd mortgage, get the amazing new blah blah Mastercard, etc. Nor will we ever resort to pop-ups or pop-unders.

So the more feedback that I’m getting, the more it seems like I should go with an agency like Federated Media or IndieClick rather than worry about affiliate programs.

I still want to know what the rest of you think, so please don’t think this matter is settled after a handful of comments. Speak up!