Thoughts on Advertising

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by bunni

Ok guys, some have brought up advertising but I haven't wanted to because, well, it seemed like it would irritate users. However, costs are now at a point that they warrant the discussion. Server and backup costs are now $420/month, or $5,040/year and growing monthly.

What are your thoughts? Would people find it less irritating if advertising came from the gun/film community as opposed to simply running random banner or google ads? Are there any in the imfdb user base interested in advertising? Does anyone know what the advertising rates of other gun forums or sites are?

I don't think advertising would irritate users too much. I do agree that it would be preferable if we could find sponsors within the gun-owning community. I would avoid film advertisers for now, because if you've seen ads for films these days, they tend to be very graphics/sound-intensive; I hate when I run into them on IMDB.

Your best bet is to start with sites like GunsAmerica, AuctionArms, and ArmsList. I've seen their banners on many forums I visit. If we want, all of us admins can start emailing major sites/chains and ask about it.