What do you charge for a ad on your site?

[yesfans]

For a typical banner ad to show on all pages, say like google ads do. Any one out there have a site with banner ads for a paying customer? How much do you charge for a week, a month or what ever time period????
I hope I can ask this here. I have no clue on what to charge someone that has asked me.

[TNCclubman]

Depends how busy your site is.

How many members?
How many unique visitors per month do you get?

Are your members mostly local or national or international?
Is the advertiser local or national or international?

[yesfans]

My site is for a band that has been around for 40 years, I have a international site as far as membership. I have not looked at user visit numbers in some time but the site stays fairly busy with regular members and just lurkers (non members). I am not looking to hold up the dude, he is a friend to the site. 50 bucks a month? 100?

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Summary by Month

Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits File Pages Visits Sites kytes Visits Pages Files Hits

Jun 2011 234448 163284 5979 1535 32722 52039196 42982 167420 4571975 6564566
May 2011 464118 359310 8458 2336 51809 133958326 72435 262216 1113863814387678
Apr 2011 433534 319497 15808 2401 50941 97214369 72042 474243 9584931 13006024
Mar 2011 338924 225536 8552 2404 52087 89973641 74549 265142 6991641 10506655
Feb 2011 299674 205079 9855 2140 45027 77632591 59920 275966 5742234 8390892
Jan 2011 278982 192025 8619 2078 50153 80685826 64423 267195 5952780 8648469
Dec 2010 267231 184491 10205 2101 51081 76411706 65138 316361 5719223 8284163
Nov 2010 282556 181093 7725 2183 4829 4555447 4367 15450 362186 565113

Totals 612471102 455856 2043993 50063608 70353560


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kinda hard to read

[LifesGreatestGift]

haha, whatever google feels like paying me ;)

[yesfans]

so no one can help me here at all? Surely some one out there charges for ad space on their sites???

[GameOverViper]

I use google adsense. I would say go with a number that you feel comfortable with and a time period that it will show for. If your doing this to make money, then do what you feel you deserve. Play with it and figure out what's something that people will pay to advertise and what people won't pay. Work a plan out with your friend if you have to.

[yesfans]

I use google also, but if you put up other ads along with theirs I believe that is not allowed per their policy.

[MagicThemeParks]

I charge about $50 for banners in the header (468x60) at about 1/2 the visits you have. You could probably get $100 per month. I also give discounts based on longer terms such as a 10% discount on 6 months prepaid and 15% with 12 months prepaid.