Post by christopherjgould on Jul 21, 2013 6:20:45 GMT -5
A note to shops
If you have a shop, you can also have as many banner ads as you want within your market area totally free of charge.
Now that this forum is an open and free resource for dealers, the only way we have or raising revenue for adim costs is though the banner donation system.
So this is how it works.
On the last day of each month you make a donation to the marketplace. It can be as little or as much as you like.
This is your way of saying 'thank you' to us for setting it up and running it. It is also the best way of reducing your feelings of guilt for using the service without contributing!
But it achieves a more self-serving purpose too!
On the first day of the month, we tot up who donated the most and make a rank order. This then determines the order of the stalls in the hierarchy of the Marketplace. So the more you donate, the higher your shop is. Also, each donation entitles you to a banner in the main areas of the boards. The more you donate, the better your position . So the top donators will get their banners at the top of the page and in the masthead banner slideshow. But everyone who donates is guaranteed a banner on the page footer.
It also brings a nice element of gambling into the whole thing!