Originally posted by chris_reilly
Hello,
I have a new free forum hosting site, which hosts 70 forums and gets 2000 - 3000 hits daily and growing every single day.
Hmm, let me see now, simple arithmetic tells me that 2000-3000 comes out at 2500 on average, divided by SEVENTY forums, that works out at 36 hits per forum, and of course, how many of those hits are YOUR OWN !
I think you should wait a while before you start thinking in commercial terms here.
I can understand your apparent 'excitement' at the hits, but in advertising terms it's appealing to absolutely NOBODY.
What you would most probably be better off doing, is signing up for some good high-commission paying affiliate sites which are relevant to the topics of each of the different forums, and placing some of those kind of ads in your forums and see how they go.
You can sign up for affiliate programs with some of the major affiliate companies, which can give you access to hundred, even thousands of different products all from the one site. You could join a few of the majors like Commission Junction , Tradedoubler and Clickbank (click-bank has lots of good high commissions paying stuff). That would be a much better option for you, as trust me, you ARE NOT in the market for charging for adverts just yet.
If you don't know how affiliate programs work, and I'm assuming you don't because your question sounds rather naieve, although I mean this in a kind way, however, affiliate programs work basically by signing up with one of the aforementioned companies.
On their website they have hundreds, even thousand of different merchants. You get banners, text links etc., and you place them on your site with a unique identifier code. Every time someone clicks on a link or banner from your site and goes to one of the merchant sites, if they buy any of the products , you get a commission. Simple as that.
In the meantime, my apologies if I'm preaching to the converted, and good luck with your endeavours.
