New Banner Advertising Options

We have just started accepting banner and button advertising on the site. There are 3 options:

Large Vertical Banner

This is the large banner under the categories and as shown on the right here. It is 125 pixels wide and 400 pixels long. This banner option will be displayed permanently on every page in the Gofarmer website for however long you choose to advertise. It is NOT on rotation with any others.

In addition to this, you will receive:

• A 468 x 60 banner or a text ad at the top of the monthly newsletter to all Gofarmer members (currently around 700) for each month you buy the vertical banner.
• A 468 x 60 banner in the footer of the Forum and a link and short description of your business or product in the Forum under the Sponsors Section
• Your vertical banner will also be on this blog and you will be able to provide a full feature on your business or product for publication on the Blog (which will be archived and so remain accessible always)

Button Ads

This a 125 x 125 pixel button ad displayed permanently on the right hand side of all pages of the Gofarmer website. These button adverts are NOT on rotation with any others and there will never be more than 4 button adverts displayed at any one time.

In addition to this, you will receive:

• Your button ad in the monthly newsletter to all Gofarmer members (currently around 700) for each month you buy the button ad.
• A link and short description of your business or product in the Forum under the Sponsors Section
• Your button ad will also be on this blog on the right hand side

Bottom Banner Advertising

A usual 468 x 60 banner displayed at the bottom of every page on the Gofarmer website. This banner is on rotation with just 4 others (Maximum of 5 advertisers in this slot). The banner will show right under the search box for all category selections and at the bottom of search results, adverts and all other pages.

In addition to this, you will receive:

• A sponsor link and short description at the bottom of the monthly newsletter to all Gofarmer members (currently around 700) for each month you buy the button ad.
• A link and short description of your business or product in the Forum under the Sponsors Section
• Sponsor Link on this blog on right hand side

All advertisers will be provided with access to their own advertiser's admin area where they can see how many impressions and click-throughs their banner or button has received.

We have researched the prices other companies are charging for similar banner advertising and have kept our prices very low in comparison. Some companies charge between £25 and £50 a week for the 'bottom' banner position and your banner rotates with unlimited other banners. Often no stats are provided so you can not really judge how effective the advertising is. We have been quoted over £700 a month for banners similar to the large vertical banner for sites with similar traffic.

We wanted to keep prices reasonable and provide extra exposure with the advertising packages and so any banner or button advertising also includes newsletter advertising to all our members and advertising on the Blog and on our Forum under the sponsors section.

On average the Gofarmer site receives over 100,000 hits a month, with around 5,000 to 10,000 unique visitors each month so your banner or button will be seen by a lot of people. For more details please click the advertising link on the right.