Advertise a directory on Alexa's Front Page

Discussion in 'Directories' started by jg123, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. #1
    How do you think a directory would do? And is there an owner that would pay that kind of money to try it out?

    There is a t-shirt company advertising there? How much can you make from t-shirts?

    Opinions?
     
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #2
    Phew its a lot of dollars but break it down to the split costs 500USD/Day for a million eyeballs per day and you will sure make a profit

    Its the 15,000 USD downpayment that hurts ;)
     
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    #3
    That's a LOT of money for listing to homepage.

    If I would have that much, I would go start a small network of directories and will make sure all of them get at least a PR4 in next update. It would be a much better use of that money. :)
     
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    aspidov Well-Known Member

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    #4
    I will try that out and let you know guys. No biggie, that's pocket change!
     
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    infopages Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Instead of paying there I will prefer to pay to good page rank directories to get good traffic and page rank.
     
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  6. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #6
    when i win the lottery, i will give it a try for you:D
     
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    ahref Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I don't think $15,000 advertising will give good ROI, may be it is useful for branding but not for traffic.
     
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    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #8
    1 million page views.

    Presume 1% CTR = 10,000 visits a day. Think of the possible sales....
     
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    #9
    That looks like Alexa advertising themselves, not a T-shirt company...
     
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    #10
    alexa is for the most part tech savvy and website owners. One of the next best type of sites , but personally, I would try to get some homepage / banner links on other paid directories, people looking at those sites are buyers.
     
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    #11
    That's a lot of money. If your budget is 100,000$ monthly then you can consider this option. If not I think it will be better to spread your money to more sources, so that you can manage the risk.
     
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    and lets say you get 1% sales so it is 100 sales a day.
    The average price of PR5 directory is $10 * 100 sales a day * 30 days a month = $30,000

    Go for it :)
     
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    Now figure the same percentage on Alive or a directory priced similar?
     
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    If I had the cash, I suspect Alexa homepage advertising might work, but you never know
     
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    #15
    exactly. So the sum would be more like


    The average price of PR6 directory is $70 * 100 sales a day * 30 days a month = $210,000

    If i have done the maths right thats one hell of an investment
     
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    jg123 Notable Member

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    I could see Chris doing this, it would be great to see how it turned out!
     
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    amitpatel_3001 Results Follow Patience

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  19. mikey1090

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    #19
    Hehe. Its good. alexa shows high rising sites, and they end up rising more because alexa gives them free traffic.
     
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    #20
    I have been tracking those for a while.
    So far only one site went for it: killerstartups.com
    That should be saying enough.
     
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