Advertise

Are you interested in advertising on the Free Sample Forager?

Please email freesampleforager@gmail.com and include your advertising needs, requested locations, and any other details you wish to offer. Please include a contact name, organization/website/company, and a link to the product or service you wish to advertise.

Reach:
The Free Sample Forager (FSF) website sees 2000-3500 unique visitors per day, and 8000-12000 page views per day. We are a growing PR5 site with top 5 results for many keywords on numerous search engines (including 'Free Samples' and 'Free Sample'). Specific traffic details are available upon request.

Our site is frequented by moms, college students, retired people, working professionals, and is especially well targeted for products and services aimed at those groups and their families.

Ad Types:
We can accommodate almost any type of ad, including banners, text, video, and contextual (rate is generally higher for contextual if any code must be written to accommodate the placement). We do not offer interstitial or popup ad placement, and will not redesign the site to place a non-standard format.

Our most popular placements are above the fold: Top-Left, Content-Top, In-Post, Top-Right, and Header/Menu area. We can place your ad anywhere in either sidebar. You can purchase placement on the entire site or on individual pages.

We will refuse any advertisement which offers or appears to offer products or services which are: illegal; pornographic or adult in nature; offensive or grotesque; offering a link to any site which is any of the previous or which is potentially a phishing site, includes malware or spyware, or encourages illegal or pornographic activities. The FSF reserves the right to refuse or cancel any advertisement at any time for any reason.

Rates and Payments:
Rates are determined at the time of your request, but $1-$12 eEPM (cost per 1000 impressions -- approximate) gives you a ballpark, and will generally be based on the rate of return of existing Google ads, referral units, or other existing ads running in your desired placement location on the site. Rates will also vary based on the type of ad, size, location, duration, and other factors. Rates are highest for above the fold placements and decrease further down the page. Our prime locations are Top Left and In Post.

You can purchase based on a specified length of time or based on impressions.

In all cases, the traffic tracking software employed by the FSF will determine the official page view count. Advertisers are responsible for maintaining their own click-through-rate, conversion rates, or any other data relating to the advertising campaign. The FSF can provide a page-view summary on a weekly basis upon request for any current advertiser.

Discounts can be offered for longer duration requests, but in general, you must offer a rate above what could be expected from a competitor for your ad slot. We generally do not accept a duration longer than one month (or the equivalent period based on impressions, depending on the contract). Once your payment has been received, we will not cancel your placement to accommodate a higher offer for the same location and time period.

We accept payment by PayPal, personal check, money order, and will consider payment by other outlets. We will also consider barter or trade on a case-by-case basis.

Payment is due in advance. Your ad will not run until your payment clears. Payment is not based on any performance basis.

Refunds:
Refunds will be given only in the following cases:
--The FSF is unable to display your ad for any reason or is unable to do so at the agreed upon time, or is unable to place your ad in the agreed upon location (Prorated based on terms of the contract).
--The FSF chooses to discontinue display of your ad for any reason (Prorated based on terms of the contract).
--Technical issues prevent the ad from displaying properly (Prorated based on the terms of the contract). However, no refund will be given if the issue (of any kind) arises from the advertiser's own servers, people, partners, code, or any other aspect within the reasonable control of the advertiser.
--In the event of a legal, regulatory, or other change which mandates removal of your ad prior to its completion (Prorated based on terms of the contract).

Once your payment has cleared, you cannot cancel your ad campaign for a refund, but we will remove or change the ad if requested.

You are paying for placement only, not performance of your advertised service or product. No refunds are given if you are not satisfied with the results of your campaign.

The FSF reserves the right to cancel your ad run at any time for any reason. In such an event, a prorated refund will be made except in cases of breach of contract or other non-refundable event. Improper usage of copyrighted materials in any advertisement automatically determines a breach of contract. The FSF offers no liabilities, warranties, or guarantees other than those spelled out on this page and in the signed contract.

For more information:
Please email freesampleforager@gmail.com and include your advertising needs, requested locations, and any other details you wish to offer.

Please do not inquire about link exchanges: we do not participate, nor are we interested in purchasing advertising or placement on another site.

All advertising decisions are made by Forager Ventures and the Free Sample Forager. If both parties agree upon a deal, we will provide a standard advertising contract.

A signed legal advertising contract does not grant you any rights to claim sponsorship or ownership of this site, its owners, or any derivative products. Advertisers are renting space on this site for a specified time period and will have no rights or access to the site administration, finances, or any other reserved properties. All rights reserved.

Owners of intellectual properties maintain all rights to any trademarks, images, text, or other creatives used in any advertising campaigns run on this site. The Free Sample Forager makes no claims to any advertiser's intellectual propery and will not reuse any portion of the creatives without approval of property holders.