I'm starting an ad network and I'm looking for the right software to get me going. A custom solution is a bit pricy so I don't want to jump at it just yet, but I can't seem to find any ad servers that fit my needs at a price thats within budget. Heres a brief list of features that I require. Publisher interface View News Posts Traffic statistics Revenue CPM Geographic Distribution Channals Get Ad Code Payment History Update User Profile Contact Form Advertiser Interface View News Posts Traffic Statistics Total Expense CPM Geographic Distribution Channals (Campaigns) Payment History Pause/Start Campaign New Campaign Update User Profile Contact Form Administrator Interface Traffic Statistics Total profit and payouts Geographic Distributions Access Publisher/Advertiser Account Reset Account Password Activate Publisher Accounts Create Advertiser Accounts Suspend Publisher/Advertiser Account Approve New Advertiser Campaign Send All Publishers/Advertisers Email Make News Posts for Publishers/Advertisers I'd preffer this to run on linux, but windows is ok too. Also I preffer to buy a software license rather then pay to rent a license or pay for a hosted solution but if the price is affordable then thats ok too. I'd really hate to go with a custom solution due to the pricing and time constraints as well as reliability concerns but it seems like the only way to go.
www.phpadsnew.com is what I use, there are some modification projects out there that will handle everything you need... It's very powerful and the best part: it's free.
phpadsnews is for publishers isent it, do you know of any modification projects out there that are providing my needed features?
I actually decided to go with custom solution from a programming firm, if you would be interesting in splitting costs and each of us getting a copy of the final software, please PM me.
Where do you use phpadsnew on? Is that the the text-link-ads with referal link in your sig or not? Anyway, many thanks for the info.
Thanks for all teh feedback we decided to go with a custom solution. And its currently in development.
I have been looking for similar solution a while ago and because I didn't found an out of the box solution I just dropped it. phpadsnew is good but you have still to edit and add features, customize it and if you're going to do that then you better go for a complete custom solution as you did. I think it's the best way for a serious project.