Skiindex.com

Advertising with Skiindex.com

As one of the world's largest websites on skiing/snowboarding, Skiindex.com offers your business or organization maximum exposure to skiers looking for information online. Being a highly niched site Skiindex.com is the ideal platform for you to reach your target audience.

More than 4,000,000 times a month people use Skiindex.com to find skiiing related information, so make sure they find YOU.

The problem with advertising these days is we are bombarded with so much of it we actively avoid it when we can, right? Well I don't know if you have thought about this, but have you ever considered where you spend the most time paying attention to advertising? I mean actually actively reading to see what it is about, rather than a passing glance?

It's when you're searching for something specific, when you actually want to find information, a product or service to solve a problem. When you start looking, where do you go first? The phone book? Search engines? Specialist directors? One of the biggest uses of the Internet today by consumers, is research before making a purchase.

Well wouldn't this make Skiindex the ideal place to advertise? Visitors come to Skiindex BECAUSE they are looking for something. The very same reason they go to Google actually - but what about all those fake MFA (Made For Adsense) websites in there? We don't allow any MFA stuff here on Skiindex.

Your adverts are more likely to get a visitors' attention on Skiindex than on other wintersport websites because Skiindex is a directory. People come here to find the product/service/information they are looking for. They then use the information found on Skiindex (more than likely from your advert) to investigate further.

So the important thing to consider here, isn't the thousands of visitors to a site (which we have anyway), BUT what they are doing there that will attract them to your advertising. Other major wintersport sites might get similar numbers, but their visitors go there to read the news, check results and chat with mates on the forums. They're not going there to find particular skiing products or services. That's where Skiindex differs a great, great deal.

Advertising is much more effective when targeted to a narrow market. We deliver a narrowly targeted market for any advertiser seeking to reach everyone practically involved with skiing and/or snowboarding. Your ad is seen by those who want to see it. Skiers in general are mostly active, and above-average productive people with high disposable incomes. Narrow targeting, unique demographics and high repeat visitor rate combine to produce results for advertisers - results that improve YOUR bottom line. Skiindex.com builds strong brand recognition to help YOUR business grow.

We have a variety of advertising programs that enable you to create an effective advertising campaign on Skiindex.com with a minimum amount of time and effort. We keep everything simple and straight-forward. Skiindex is a very practical skiing directory, one which actually works. Advertising with us works just as well.

Current options for advertising on Skiindex are;

(A) Homepage single-line text link
The most exclusive form of advertising on Skiindex. Your single-line text link appears just below the search engine field at the centre of the Skiindex homepage. Length 75 characters maximum, hyperlinked to your website. Your ad will directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.
Current rates:
$590 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.
$790 per month** - when you contract for 2 consecutive advertising months**.
$990 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.
Availability and pricing of different homepage formats and/or time frames upon request.

(B) Square Tile (125x125)
Your ad always appears on one particular category of your choice (e.g. Skiresorts of Switzerland). 125 x 125 pixels, max size 12K (.jpg or .gif, no Flash), randomly placed from the middle to bottom on the both sides of Skiindex.com. Fixed top positioning available for an extra charge, details upon request. Your ad will directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.

Current rates:

$290 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.

$390 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.

$490 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.

Availability and pricing for bulk advertising within specific (or all) categories and/or countries upon request.

(C) Vertical Banner (120x240)
Your ad always appears on one particular category of your choice (e.g. Skiresorts of Switzerland). 120 x 240 pixels, max size 15K (.jpg or .gif, no Flash), randomly placed from the middle to bottom on the both sides of Skiindex.com. Fixed top positioning available for an extra charge, details upon request. Your ad will directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.

Current rates:

$390 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.

$490 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.

$590 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.

Availability and pricing for bulk advertising within specific (or all) categories and/or countries upon request.

(D) Skyscraper (120x600)
Your ad always appears on one particular category of your choice (e.g. Skiresorts of Switzerland). 120 x 600 pixels, max size 52K (.jpg or .gif, no Flash), randomly placed from the middle to bottom on the both sides of Skiindex.com. Fixed top positioning available for an extra charge, details upon request. Your ad will directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.
Current rates:
$590 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.
$790 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advert. months**.
$990 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.
Availability and pricing for bulk advertising within specific (or all) categories and/or countries upon request.

(E) Full Banner (468x60)

A 468 x 60 pixels Full Banner, positioned on the top of one particular index page (within its Premier Zone) in the order received, from top down (the first Full Banner order we receive gets the top position for its category/region index page). First come, first served. Max size 20K, (.jpg or .gif, no Flash). Your Full Banner can directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.

Current rates:
$290 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.

$390 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.

$490 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.

Availability and pricing for bulk advertising within specific (or all) categories and/or countries upon request.

(F) Text link ad
Your text ad always appears on one particular category of your choice (e.g. Skiresorts of Switzerland). Length 3 lines max, 16 characters per line max, first line bolded and hyperlinked to your website, other two consist of static text. Ad randomly placed from the middle to bottom on the both sides of Skiindex.com. Fixed top positioning available for an extra charge, details upon request. Your ad will directly link to your own website; there is no additional "click through" charge.
Current rates:

$100 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.

$150 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.

$190 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.

Availability and pricing for bulk advertising within specific (or all) categories and/or countries upon request.

(G) Premier Zone Listing

The most popular form of advertising with us. Your link typed in enlarged characters will appear on the top of ALL pages of your category in the Premier Zone, ahead of all others (not subscribed). Your link will receive dramatically more traffic than those others not in the Zone. You will definitely put yourself ahead of the masses, being listed within our Premier Zone.
Current rates:
$30 per month** - when you contract year round (totals $320 per year)
$50 per month** - when you contract for 6 consecutive advertising months**.
$80 per month** - when you contract for 3 consecutive advertising months**.
$90 per month** - when you contract for a single advertising month**.

Important notice: throughout each calendar year we recognize eight (8) advertising months** within which you can advertise with Skiindex.com. These are 1--2--3--4/5/6--7/8/9--10--11--12. Yes, you understand it correctly: the quarter of April thru June and of July thru September are both considered as a single advertising month** each. Simple and practical!

Why do we offer advertising on fixed-month basis rather than for instance pay-per-impression or pay-per-click system? Because we don't believe these PPC/PPI programs are fair to you - the advertiser. It's so easy for companies offering PPC/PPI systems to rip you off by using phony email adresses and personal information, or by using software that automatically clicks through your link/banner without a real person actually visiting your web site. And you bet most of them do just that. It's their money, after all. You don't want us doing just the same thing, do you? We like it the good old way.

All advertising rates are excluding 20% VAT (applies within Europe only). All rates include unlimited impressions and click thrus. We reserve the right to alter our current advertising program and/or change our current rates at any time. All contracts once accepted prior to any rate change have their original rates guaranteed for the whole duration of the contract. All advertising orders must be pre-paid. We accept cheques and money-orders, wire transfers and all major credit cards.

Acceptance of Advertising

We reserve the right to edit, alter or reject any (for any reason) unacceptable advertisements at our sole discretion, or to omit any ad without notice. Tobacco, porn, hate speech, firearms and communist ads are considered unacceptable to us. Advert images, titles, descriptions, and the URLs they link to must not contain inappropriate content and must be safe for all ages, from young children to adults. Adverts must not be annoying to a visitors experience at Skiindex.com, e.g. no "Pop Ups". We reserve the right to cancel any ad at our sole discretion, even if it was originally accepted for publication. All advertising is subject to publisher's approval and agreement by the advertiser to indemnify and protect the publisher from and against any claims, loss, liability or expense, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising out of publication of such advertisement.

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