Anybody else try advertising on Facebook?

[randomo]

As a lark, I decided to try advertising domains on Facebook. I wrote an ad offering a particular type of domains [first-name domains, such as Joe-dot-whatever].

Yesterday was my first day: about 70,000 impressions, 11 clicks (@ 60-70 cents each).

But so far today (as of early evening), my ad has only gotten 15 impressions! I guess they decided my low CTR wasn't making enough revenue for them, so they moved it way down the list. Understandable ... but still quite a drop, from 70K to 15 in one day!

Has anybody else tried to market domains through Facebook ads?

P.S. This ad could work a lot better if it were targeted only at members who have those first names. But neither Facebook nor MySpace lets advertisers target ads that way.

 

[FrankPinch]

hummm I am thinking of advertising on FB
If anyone has comments on this, please share!
Cheers!

 

[randomo]

In the last four days (since the ad got 70,000+ views on its first day), it is averaging about 25 views/day, with no clicks.

When I placed the ad, FB was recommending that I bid 60-70 cents per click. Now it's recommending $1.93-$2.45. (I guess my ad has such a low CTR that they want to boost the per-click revenue, but that's too rich for my blood, so this ad is basically defunct.)

 

[turnhardtoeasy]

Well i wanted to advertise on adwords as well as on Facebook...
i had 50Euro adwords and 100 $ facebook coupon too... but my bad fate...
they requre a CC and i just got 19 so dont have one....

it seems that ill have to wait for a year more....
but all the best to you guys

 

[corgi]

Just like Adwords...

The first campaign you make has a lot of impressions, the next days it drops drastically.


It sucks, indeed.

I guess they're punishing you for not being targeted enough. They're trying to reduce keyword spamming and what not, and have your ad be highly focused for a given demographic.

 

[gchick]

i was just thinking of advertising on facebook too...i''ll try to do well on the keywords. well, thanks for the heads up anyways.

 

[andreyknure]

Facebook is quite a good idea!

 

[randomo]

They've stopped running my ad altogether (0 views in the past week). "Suggested bid" is now up to $2.53-$3.02. Oh well, guess I'll find some other way to get rich.

 

[larryharlow]

I been using Facebook and is working for me, in Colombia the bid is 16 cents, but still FB Advertising is very expensive.

Sometimes a create a CPM campaign, and I end up paying 0,02 cents /click , but it has to be a very attractive Ad almost everyone wants to click on it.

 

[AussieDomainer]

I have thought about it in the past but haven't taken the step to advertise. It seems like you really need to find a good niche area and make sure you've got a very attractive headline so as not to get a very low CTR.