WashingtonBay
10-29-2008, 10:10 AM
Hi all, me again, talking about the forum management. :)
And NO, this is not a request for money..... really. :D We don't need it.
But as you know, we're no longer attached to a store, and while we're prepared to invest in keeping the forum up and running for the long term because we like to, we'd also like it to pay for itself, in part, if we can.
I wanted to take a moment to explain the advertising affiliate advertisements we've decided to use so far and how they work, because I'm not sure all of you know.
By affiliate ads I mean the Amazon Ad banners you usually see on threads, and the Allivet link in the upper right hand corner. The location and type of ads may change over time until we see what works, what gets in the way, and what people actually want to use and support.
I'm not talking about the g o o g l e ads, they work a little differently.
With Christmas coming up particularly, I wanted to mention the Amazon ads, in case people use Amazon for some of their Christmas or other shopping. We sure do... they have a LOT of stuff.
We also know you all buy a lot of pet meds and products, and we like Allivet as a company and use them to buy our prescription and non-prescription meds and supplements.
If you use the links from our site to access Amazon or Allivet and make a purchase, we get a percentage back. How much of a percentage depends on how many sales we make, but it's anywhere from 4-6%. And it doesn't cost you any more than you were going to spend in the first place. It's a "free" way that you can help pay the bills for us here.... we get money back from actual purchases you make on those two sites. Note. You don't have to buy the particular items in the ads. You can buy anything, the session just needs to originate from here for us to get the credit.
I'm not asking you to spend money you weren't going to spend, just letting you know that if you're going to be buying from Allivet or Amazon in the future, if you get there from here, it helps us pay for keeping us going, gives us a little pocket money once in awhile. We're not expecting it to make any big profits, and we hope to keep the number and type of ads as minimal and unobtrusive as possible.
I'm thinking if you know how they work and why, we won't need to shout them at you, and you'll use them when you can.
Thanks all, for your support :)
The WBs. :)
And NO, this is not a request for money..... really. :D We don't need it.
But as you know, we're no longer attached to a store, and while we're prepared to invest in keeping the forum up and running for the long term because we like to, we'd also like it to pay for itself, in part, if we can.
I wanted to take a moment to explain the advertising affiliate advertisements we've decided to use so far and how they work, because I'm not sure all of you know.
By affiliate ads I mean the Amazon Ad banners you usually see on threads, and the Allivet link in the upper right hand corner. The location and type of ads may change over time until we see what works, what gets in the way, and what people actually want to use and support.
I'm not talking about the g o o g l e ads, they work a little differently.
With Christmas coming up particularly, I wanted to mention the Amazon ads, in case people use Amazon for some of their Christmas or other shopping. We sure do... they have a LOT of stuff.
We also know you all buy a lot of pet meds and products, and we like Allivet as a company and use them to buy our prescription and non-prescription meds and supplements.
If you use the links from our site to access Amazon or Allivet and make a purchase, we get a percentage back. How much of a percentage depends on how many sales we make, but it's anywhere from 4-6%. And it doesn't cost you any more than you were going to spend in the first place. It's a "free" way that you can help pay the bills for us here.... we get money back from actual purchases you make on those two sites. Note. You don't have to buy the particular items in the ads. You can buy anything, the session just needs to originate from here for us to get the credit.
I'm not asking you to spend money you weren't going to spend, just letting you know that if you're going to be buying from Allivet or Amazon in the future, if you get there from here, it helps us pay for keeping us going, gives us a little pocket money once in awhile. We're not expecting it to make any big profits, and we hope to keep the number and type of ads as minimal and unobtrusive as possible.
I'm thinking if you know how they work and why, we won't need to shout them at you, and you'll use them when you can.
Thanks all, for your support :)
The WBs. :)