Adsense affecting sales..?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by LegendaryPosting, Jun 22, 2007.

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    I am currently making a website for my company. We will be selling scooter, jet ski, bike, chair, condo and house rentals over our site for other company's. Is it a good Idea to run Google Adsense on the site..It seems weird people will be seeing something advertised for some times a lower price than what I am offering. Should I leave it on there so if they do go with the other persons service I can at least get 75 or so cents off of them or should I take Google Adsense of so I might be able to hold the customer..?
     
    LegendaryPosting, Jun 22, 2007 IP
  2. overdrive

    overdrive Active Member

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    I would take it off. I believe that putting adsense on a site that sells merchandise can kill your business because as you said they might be able to find the same thing somewhere else for less. Do you want to get the .75 from adsense or get whatever profit margin you can from your products?
     
    overdrive, Jun 22, 2007 IP
  3. LegendaryPosting

    LegendaryPosting Peon

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    this is true I was thinking that it could go on to maybe some of the pages like my contacts page..and my jobs page ...? any suggestions to those
     
    LegendaryPosting, Jun 22, 2007 IP
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    Computerized Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, Adsense does affect your sales a bit from my experiences. Putting it on certain pages though would be a good idea, like you mentioned.

    You never know till you experiment, so try it. :)
     
    Computerized, Jun 22, 2007 IP
  5. LegendaryPosting

    LegendaryPosting Peon

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    haha the thing is I don't know if I want to try it thats why I am asking dp members so hopefully they can help a fellow dp member out!
     
    LegendaryPosting, Jun 22, 2007 IP
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    totalmasala Banned

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    i don't think it would affect sales!
     
    totalmasala, Jun 22, 2007 IP
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    Personally, I'd advice against it. Focus your whole site on YOUR products.

    That being said, Computerized had the best suggestion - try it. If you have AdSense, you should be experimenting all the time; different pages, different sizes, different colors, etc. Track it with channels and see what works best.
     
    mickmel, Jun 22, 2007 IP
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    In my experience on sites for an actual company, AdSense detracts from the 'professionalism' of the website. I would advise against it if you hope for a couple bucks. The companies products and potential customers are more important, and hopefully more profitable, than AdSense ads.
     
    alejandro, Jun 22, 2007 IP