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Economy => Auctions => Topic started by: theymos on March 27, 2012, 03:07:04 AM



Title: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on March 27, 2012, 03:07:04 AM
In order to collect more money for the creation of good forum software, the forum is selling ad space in the area beneath the first post of every topic page.

Ads this week will be allowed to contain any non-annoying HTML/CSS style. No images, JavaScript, or animation (no marquee or blinking). Ads must appear 3 or fewer lines tall in my browser. Ads will be prefixed with "Advertisement:". Ad text may not contain lies, misrepresentation, or inappropriate language. Ads may be rejected for other reasons.

There are 10 total ad slots which are randomly rotated. So one ad slot has a one in ten chance of appearing. Eight of the slots are for sale here.

The ad lasts 7 days starting from when I put it up.

Stats: On the 20th of November, 2011, there were about 120,000 views of topics. So one slot would have appeared around 12,000 times per day. The ad doesn't appear on topic pages with only one post, though, and it only appears for people using the default theme. Total views per day on more recent days (in March):
- 17th: 138858
- 18th: 136029
- 19th: 146393
- 20th: 150091
- 21st: 134668
- 22nd: 133153
- 23rd: 119321
- 24st: 111110

Efficacy stats:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54182.0

Info about the current ad slots:
https://bitcointalk.org/adrotate.php?adinfo

Auction rules

Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot. You must state the max number of slots you want. When the auction ends, the highest bidders will have their slots filled until all eight slots are filled.

So if someone bids for 8 slots @ 5 BTC and this is the highest bid, then he'll get all 8 slots. If the two highest bids are 8 slots @ 4 BTC and 1 slot @ 5 BTC, then the first person will get 7 slots and the second person will get 1 slot.

- When you post a bid, the bids in your previous posts are considered to be automatically canceled. You can put multiple bids in one post, however.
- All bid prices must be evenly divisible by 0.5.
- The bidding starts at 0.5.
- The auction end time is 02:00:00 on April 3, UTC. Countdown (http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i2u518av/cf12/cm0/cu4/ct0/cs0/ca2/co0/cr0/ss0/cac000/cpc000/pcfff/tcfff/fs100/szw448/szh189/iso2012-04-03T02:00:00). (The end time may be extended -- see below.)
- If two people bid at the same price, the person who bid first will have his slots filled first.
- Bids are considered invalid and will be ignored if they do not specify both a price and a max quantity, or if they could not possibly win any slots

If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the auction end time, then the auction will be extended by 30 minutes. If any valid bids occur less than 30 minutes before the new end time, then the auction will be extended again, etc. The time will not extend beyond 6 hours total.

You must pay for your slots within 24 hours of receiving the payment address. Otherwise your slot may be sold to someone else.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: c0ffer on March 27, 2012, 03:52:59 PM
8 @ 0.5BTC

;D



Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: mcorlett on March 27, 2012, 03:58:38 PM
8 @ 1 BTC


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: El Cabron on March 28, 2012, 04:14:50 AM
1 @ 3


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Jake on March 29, 2012, 01:40:55 AM
8 @ 5 BTC


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: El Cabron on March 29, 2012, 02:38:00 AM
8 @ 5 BTC

Is this a real bid?


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on March 29, 2012, 02:58:19 AM
8 @ 5 BTC

I am considering this bid invalid until Jake sends me a deposit.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Jake on March 29, 2012, 02:58:38 AM

I dont understand why it wouldn't be? $30 isn't much to spend for 8 spots.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: bitlotto on March 29, 2012, 03:02:14 AM
That's 8 slots at 5 BTC each.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on March 29, 2012, 03:04:16 AM
I dont understand why it wouldn't be? $30 isn't much to spend for 8 spots.

You should read the rules before bidding...

Auction rules
...
Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Jake on March 29, 2012, 03:06:11 AM
I dont understand why it wouldn't be? $30 isn't much to spend for 8 spots.

You should read the rules before bidding...

Auction rules
...
Post your bids in this thread. Prices must be stated in BTC per slot.

I know, I apologize - I quickly just skimmed it over. Delete the 8 slots @ 5 BTC, I'd like to change it to 1 slot # 5 BTC.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on March 29, 2012, 03:11:15 AM
Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 5 Jake
1 3 Goat
6 1 mcorlett


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: adamstgBit on March 29, 2012, 05:45:37 AM
last week i saw an image as in the advertisement slot, but your rules say no images?


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on March 29, 2012, 06:31:15 AM
last week i saw an image as in the advertisement slot, but your rules say no images?

You didn't see an image, though it might have looked like an image due to fancy CSS.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Aggro on March 30, 2012, 03:22:55 PM
6 @ 1.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: wm-center.com on April 02, 2012, 12:44:24 PM
5 @ 2


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on April 02, 2012, 01:01:28 PM
Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 5 Jake
1 3 Goat
5 2 wm-center.com
1 1.5 aurumxchange


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: edd on April 02, 2012, 01:28:13 PM
7 @ 3.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on April 02, 2012, 06:03:54 PM
Current state:
Slots BTC Person
1 5 Jake
7 3.5 edd


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: wmXchange on April 02, 2012, 11:32:07 PM
2 @ 2.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: wm-center.com on April 03, 2012, 12:34:48 AM
4 @ 4


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: wmXchange on April 03, 2012, 12:52:42 AM
2 @ 4.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: bitsforcoins.com on April 03, 2012, 01:21:27 AM
1 @ 4.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Aggro on April 03, 2012, 01:29:36 AM
2 @ 5
5 @ 4.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: bitsforcoins.com on April 03, 2012, 01:33:17 AM
1 @ 5.


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: Aggro on April 03, 2012, 01:59:11 AM
4 @ 5.5


Title: Re: Advertise on this forum - Round 27
Post by: theymos on April 03, 2012, 03:14:49 AM
Lots of bids at the last moment... The auction was extended by 30 minutes due to last-minute bids, but no one took advantage of the extended time.

Here's what I get for the final result. Anyone disagree?

Slots BTC Person
4 5.5 aurumxchange
1 5 Jake
1 5 bitsforcoins.com
2 4.5 wmXchange