When to start selling advertisement space?

[Julio]

Hello,

Can someone tell me what would be a good time to start selling advertising space?

I have a gaming site that awstats says it receives over 200+ visitors a day and google analitycs 150+ visitors a day. The site is PR 3 with the forums being a PR 2.

 

[shockie]

given your current stats, you could start selling advertising space right now.

 

[Jacklin]

You can start selling it as sooner as someone wants to buy that space
You can sell yours too if you think someone will be really interested in it

 

[weblord]

anytime you can start or file an application to different affiliate programs out there that needs that amount of traffic.

 

[Julio]

Thanks Everyone,

The other question would be how much to charge?

 

[dmi]

You can start selling whenever someone wants to buy.

 

[Jacklin]

Start it with some cheaper price and increase it afterwards as per your requirements and PR of site

 

[dbtbandit67]

you're good to go right now

 

[Julio]

Thanks Everyone,

 

[Timewarp]

I have a blog with similar stats, any suggestions for what to charge for a banner ad approximately? Would $40/month be about right?

 

[dbtbandit67]

i dont think that factoring in page impressions alone would be an appropriate way to figure out a price that works out for both you and your customer. after all, for $40/mo he wants to see a return on that investment.

for 200+ visitors/day, i reccommend you charge $1 per click and $20 flat monthly charge (for page impressions)

 

[Julio]

Thanks dbtbandit67,

I was checking some link value generator websites and one site said for the top part of the website i can charge 27.46 and in the middle 22.40 and the lower part of the website 17.00 Another website said that i can charge 19.00

My website doesn't have a page impression or clicks caculator. I would probably charge a montly fee for the best spot on the site.

 

[n3o]

with current stats .. .. usually for $2 .. $5 atmost

 

[thebutler]

Indexed

Julio,

Also it would help to know how many pages are indexed by Google. Plenty of pages nean better SERPs for some folks. Those kinds of stats also make me interested besides the page views. PM me once you settle on a price.

 

[Julio]

I have to find a spot for links & banners. The place i wanted to use for 468x60 banners i'm using it with adsense right now.

 

[Li Weng]

Start selling now and track down those who are targeting gamers.

 

[Isabella_Smith]

Just start your advertise right now, put the prices less in starting.

 

[~ServerPoint~]

Once you get first request from people which are interested in the advertising on your web site that will be a sign to start own campaign.

 

[smub]

Start it whenever you start your blog. I wrote a post that compares the advantages and disadvantages of starting early and later in my post on the blog.

http://www.balkhis.com/money/when-should-you-monetize-your-blog/

 

[Julio]

Thanks Everyone and Thanks Smub for posting the link.

Would having your site listed in dmoz or yahoo increase the value how much to charge for the advertisement?