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Why should you advertise here?


Hamuniverse.com is a general Ham Radio Information web site tailored to ALL classes of ham radio operators worldwide.
Since the year 2000, Hamuniverse.com has received over 6.9 million page views and it's worldwide viewer exposure is increasing daily. Hamuniverse.com is seen and used by Amateur Radio Operators, shortwave radio fans, scanner buffs and many others interested in communications.

Its numerous pages are linked to by many thousands of ham radio web sites from around the world!

We have a major number of "newbies" who visit the site to get the valuable information they want and need that they can't seem to find easily on the "other" web sites.
We also have a large amount of viewers that are asking questions and getting answers, that they can't seem to find elsewhere easily...
and they keep coming back for more! We can be found easily by searching on Google using the words, ham radio information or amateur radio information, hf antenna projects, ham radio antennas, ham radio antenna projects and many more search terms related to ham radio and radio communications.
Our main attraction is our antenna projects page along with other pages that are almost as popular.
We have projects and articles from many published authors including a full online book about basic antennas that is loaded with information and we are constantly adding new pages loaded with information for hams of all classes.

Just do a search on Google for hf antenna projects, ham radio antennas, antenna projects or most any combination of those terms and you will see that we are listed on the first page of Google results and usually within the top 1 to 5 on the results!

If a new ham or more experienced ham is looking for such things as, ham radio information, ham radio license information, hf antenna projects, 2 meter antenna projects, as search terms in Google, chances are he will find on the first page of the results, one or more pages that direct him to a page on Hamuniverse.com!

Contributors and authors to our antenna projects and other articles are from around the world!
So you can see that Hamuniverse.com over a period of years has grown and become very popular.
No, it does not have the numbers that eham or QRZ have, but it provides entirely different CONTENT and INFORMATION they don't have that is easy to find!
Hamuniverse.com is NOT a member only type web site. It is free to anyone, especially Amateur Radio Operators or those interested in Amateur Radio and radio communications. You will also notice that there are NO LOGINS! Hamuniverse.com is totally 100% free access to all.

If you are in the business of selling antennas, antenna supplies, ham radio equipment and related products that may be of interest to the ham radio operators or others with an interest in radio communications, you should get much more exposure to your products and services by advertising on the Hamuniverse antenna projects page along with any other ham radio related products that would be appropriate on other pages on the site!

So if you are interested in putting your advertising on Hamuniverse.com to help increase YOUR exposure to more viewers and prospective customers...then read on!

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About our web site page layout

This web page is our standard format layout page that would contain advertising. Most of our pages are "layed out" almost identical to this one.
It is designed to expand in most browsers and display the most popular screen resolution, 1024 X 768, and should appear the same on most browsers. 
Viewing this page in 1024 resolution and many other resolutions should "fill up" the entire width of the page.

Where is advertising placed on the pages?

You should see on the left and right upper side of this page, columns that normally contains the navigation portion along with advertising. Your ads will appear either in the right or left side columns or at the top or bottom center of our standard pages depending on the type and size of ad space you use and the number and order in which the ads are posted. 

There are 3 types of ads and placement that we offer on Hamuniverse.com

#1. Sliding ad banners (at top of page)

#2. "ON OFF" banners (usually at bottom center or end of an article and sometimes within the page article) Our choice of location!

#3. Fixed or "static" ads - (on left OR right columns), near the top of the body of the page before the "fold", depending on the number of ads already there. See examples on the upper right and left of this page.
This is the MAXIMUM EXPOSURE AREA)

All 3 ad types are directly linked to your site by a simple click of the mouse

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Examples:
Sliding banner at top of page: (#1)


 


Your ad banner "Slides" from right to left across the banner area and is visible for about 6 seconds at the location at the top of the page.
The total time displayed is longer than 6 seconds as it slides across the window. It is in an endless loop with other advertisers, and as an added feature, it can be stopped with the mouse cursor for longer viewing and clicking to your site.
This example above has been slowed down and can not be stopped.
See the "ad banner" at top of this page for the real thing!
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"On Off" Banner Example (#2)

(Banner Ad "On Off" non-sliding about 6 seconds on)
The length of time it takes for your ad to appear again will depend on the amount of ads within the banner que. When any portion of your ad is visible, it is clickable (linked) to your site. It does not stop with a mouse over like the Sliding banner at the top of the page.
Your "On Off" banner ad is the exact same size as the sliding banner (468 X 60) at the top of the page, but, it is setup in a strictly "On Off" presentation along with other advertisers in an endless loop.
The length of time it takes to be seen again depends on the number of other ads in the loop.

All Sliding and "On Off" banner ads types must be in a 468 X 60 standard size format and may be gif or jpg.  File sizes should be about 15 to 20k maximum if possible.
(Remember, some of the viewers out there are on dialup connections.
If your file size is larger, it takes longer to "load", and the viewer may miss it.)
Animated banners are accepted but they are not the most effective compared to Fixed ads and usually have the larger file sizes which makes their download time longer.

See why they may be not be as effective below.

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Static or "Fixed" ad example (#3):

Static Ad
Your content here!
115 X 90

(Static ad) This is our PREMIUM AD...MAXIMUM EXPOSURE! The most value for the dollar. It is placed on the upper most visible part of the page along with others.
(Left OR right column block style banner in the 115x90 format, example above)
This is the MAXIMUM exposure area of the ad space on the page!

Your Static ad is placed on the left or right page column area with other company ads either above or below yours...sorry...no choice...first come...first served.

We try to limit a maximum of 3 static ads on the left to prevent the navigation section from being "off screen" and below the "fold" when first viewed. So if your ad is the fourth one in order as received, it will be positioned on the top right of the page column, the next ad in line is the #5 spot and in sequence from that point on down the right side of the page.  
As other company ads expire, yours will be moved up higher on the page.
Each successive ad posted after #6 will be on the right hand side under it and will be posted under the one above it. Again, as ads expire, yours will move closer to the top of the page.
(See upper left navigation bar and right side on this page for an example of ad placement.)

These positions on a web page have maximum exposure for your advertising dollar!
They doe not rotate like the ad banner at the top or elsewhere on the page.
The ad remains fixed in that position and is seen with EVERY PAGE LOAD.
Many regular viewers of a web page will get accustomed to it being there and remember the location of your ad and actually LOOK for it!
This increases your "brand" exposure and usually gets the best results for your company compared to the banner ads on the top or bottom of a page.

Animated ads!
As an added note, according to many experts who have studied the long term habits of web surfers, most people tend to "turn off" or ignore moving or flashing ads instantly out of the corner of their vision....in other words, anything moving on the page is considered an advertisement to many!
The static ads that have fixed content within them will be looked at more times and longer than the same size ad that has moving (animated), flashing content. This is why most people tend to look at static ads more closely than animated ads.
If you have ever visited a web page with multi moving ads, animations, flashing words, popups, animated banners, etc, it can become a very "busy" web page to your eyes and soon you get frustrated trying to find anything on it and you move on to the information on that page that is being "still" so you can look at it...or worse case...go to another web site! However, hams are always looking for new products, so as a general rule, they do look at moving ads longer than the regular visitor.
Sure, those flashy animations may get your prospective customer's attention, but not for long unless they are really interested like lots of hams are. This choice is up to you.
We do accept them!
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Advertising Price structure now including BARTER!
Yes you read that correctly
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The pricing structure below is for ads on the "Antenna Projects" page.
(
http://www.hamuniverse.com/antennas.html)

#1 Banner
Sliding Top
468 X 60

#2 Banner
"On Off"
468 X 60

#3 Banner
Fixed
115 X 90

$25.00 per month
Minimum 4 months
Total $100.00
Payable by PayPal


$15.00 per month
Minimum 4 months
Total $60.00
Payable by PayPal



$85.00 per month
minimum 4 months
Total $340.00
Payable by PayPal



(When comparing our prices, others charge as much as $599.00 per month for Fixed Ads)
If you wish to place your ad on any page OTHER than the "Antenna Projects"  page, it will be for a duration of 6 months at the same price as the 4 month ads above.
 
Example: A 468 X 60 Sliding Top Banner ad placed on the home page or any other page except the Antenna Projects page of Hamuniverse.com would be priced at $100.00 for 6 months. You would just order the regular Sliding ad thru PayPal above and let us know what page you wanted it on in your email with your banner.
If you wish to place an ad for longer than 4 months, please contact us for our offer.

Single Month Pricing (Antenna Page Only)

Single month Pricing -  Single month pricing is available for any of the 3 type ads above on the Antenna Projects page. Pricing is at a rate of 2 times the normal "per month" charge in the chart above if you don't order the standard 4 month ad periods as a minimum. 
Select the type of ad above and multiply it's "per month" price by 2.

Example: One month using Side Fixed Banner ad would be $170.00 (2 X $85.00 = $170.00)
Pricing on other pages on Hamuniverse.com OTHER than the Antenna Projects page would use the same method of calculating cost as above BUT would be placed on a single page for 6 months for the price of one!   
Contact us
ALSO SEE "BARTER" METHOD BELOW! We both win!

Order Single Month advertising below:


Single Month Pricing (Antenna Projects Page Only)

#1 Top Banner
Single Month
$50.00

#2 "On Off"
Single Month
$30.00

#3 Side Fixed
Single Month
$170.00


(Prices effective until further notice, are subject to change, and payable in advance, non-refundable.)

Important instructions!
Immediately after you place your order above, send us your ad in gif or jpg format in an email to,
n4ujw@hamuniverse.com  Subject: Attention Don, Site Advertising Banner.
Please include your company name and contact person's name and email address within your email along with a copy of the ad banner you wish placed on Hamuniverse.com and confirm the type of ad, duration purchased, it's location, page expected, it's link address to your web site, and any other details you may wish to ad. We will in turn, confirm your order, check for accuracy, and give you the details of when the ad will be placed on the web site via a return email. Remember that we can not do anything without your received ad and your paid order.


Can you get other size format ads on Hamuniverse.com?
The 468 X 60 and the 115 X 90 are the most popular ad sizes, however, if you are interested in larger size ads other than the standard sizes for pages on the site, contact us via email for pricing. Please state the page on which you would like your ad placed.

As you can guess, there is only enough "room" on a web page for a certain number of Fixed or static ads without destroying the page layout and creating nothing but a page of ads.
We will make every effort to place your Fixed ads "above the fold", which in web terminology, means along the edges that are visible before the page is scrolled down upon first loading in the browser. This of course will vary depending on the page resolution the viewer is using which is beyond our control and epending on the number of ads on a page, this may sometimes not be possible.

Can you have a "PopUp" ad......NO!
Most web page visitors hate Popups and have their popup blockers turned on...so don't ask!

Sorry, but at the prices of our ad structure, we do not offer any tracking of your ads.
You can check your server or web site statistics log for visitors coming from our site to yours (just look for the url "hamuniverse.com" in your stats), and of course we can not guarantee sales for you. Only you and your products can do that. The number of visitors coming from Hamuniverse.com to your web site would depend on internet traffic which is beyond your or my control.
 
If you don't have a good web site statistics "counter" we recommend you try StatCounter. They do have a free plan or a more advanced premium plan. It works great. www.statcounter.com.


BARTER FOR AD SPACE ON HAMUNIVERSE.COM!
Bartering Definition

BARTERING is a system of trading goods and / or services for advertising time or space.
For example, a hotel might trade-out the value of one or two nights' stay to a newspaper in return for the same value in advertising space.
Bartering is the trade of goods or services of monetary value from one enterprise to another, without the transfer of payments. Many internet businesses are trading their products and services, to avoid payments and / or to stimulate demand, at the early stages of their life cycle. This has also become common practice for the trade of banner advertisements on the internet for products of equal value. Barter exchange enables small advertisers with limited budgets to exchange their products and service for advertising space, but large enterprises are also involved in this practice.

Bartering was the means of exchange between traders and customers in markets, before money was developed, so is closely associated with very early market development! In the early model, money was developed to make markets more liquid, with the internet, bartering is used due to the lack of liquidity of many internet businesses
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Interested? Read on.....

Trade your products or services for advertising space on Hamuniverse.com!
You read that correctly!

If your advertising budget is too "short" or maxed out with too much month left at the end of your advertising dollar, and you have products and / or services to spare, then we offer an excellent method of "payment" in exchange for advertising space on Hamuniverse.com that should make everyone happy!

Here is how it works!
You and I, will simply come up with a ruff "value" in dollars for your product or service in payment (trade), for our advertising space for your ad! Simple as that. No money is exchanged, only our ad space in trade for your product or service.
Also as an added bonus to you, I will agree to recommend your products or web site in articles on Hamuniverse.com and in the many emails we get requesting us to recommend a particular product like yours where this would be appropriate. If we have more direct access to your products using this barter method, this will help us to form our own opinion of your products rather than doing the time consuming research we would ordinarily do.
We get many emails from all classes of hams wanting our recommendations on everything from antennas to radios and other related ham radio equipment.

After we reach a fair trade amount agreement for your product of service in trade for ad space, you simply ship it to me at no cost to me for the product or shipping, then I place your ad on the agreed page or pages on Haminiverse.com for the length of time we agreed upon in an email. The email confirming the agreement would be the "agreement" between you and me, Don Butler, N4UJW, Hamuniverse.com. Once your product arrives at my location, your ad will be immediately posted on the site within a very short period.
An Example: You would like a Fixed ad on the Antenna Projects page running for the standard 4 months period. This would normally be priced at $340.00 for the ad space. You have an Icom IC-V8000 new in the box and your normal selling price is $200.00. You throw in another (as close as you can get), $140.00 at your selling price of any other product you wish to ad to that to come close to $340.00 for trade for the ad space....You contact me telling me what you want to "trade"....I agree in an email, you send the product/s to me, you pay the shipping, and you get your ad! No money changes hands. Since you are probably a dealer, you come out on the best end of the deal due to YOUR COST in the product/s! This type of "payment" gets you the exposure on Hamuniverse.com and allows us to get a bit more "hands on" experience with your products. No used or "returned" products accepted. Must be new in the factory packaging. However, we can bend the "rules" from time to time, our choice, depending on what you have to trade and our agreement!
Another example: You would like to have a Top Sliding Banner ad which is priced at $60.00 for 4 months. You realize you have a couple of 4:1 baluns or an antenna that about equals our ad price with YOUR SELLING price. Let us know what you have...

Getting your ad on Hamuniverse.com may be easier than you think!

Contact me, (Don Butler, N4UJW), at
 
n4ujw@hamuniverse.com if you wish to do some
"tradin". We can work with you using the "barter" system to both of our advantages!
We will do everything within our power to please!
Hamuniverse.com reserves the right to refuse advertising from any source.

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