Sponsoring DIY Electric Car
DIY Electric Car is funded by advertising. The site stems from a grass-roots community of garage tinkerers, modders and EV-minded builders.
Traffic has been steadily increasing since the site was started in July of 2007.
Advertisements in March 2011 were seen by 94,401 different people an average of 18 times each. Traffic is expected to continue growing. Details can be found below.
Our Target Advertisers
Sponsorship will be accepted by EV and Green Energy related businesses which include but are not limited to products and services dealing with Batteries, Electric Motors, Controllers, Parts Fabrication, Chargers, Repairs, Lightweight Replacement Parts, Wheels, Tires, Electric Heaters, Electric Power Steering and Pumps.
Advertising Schedule as of August 10, 2011.
Static Placement 125x125 pixel ad, visible on all DIY Electric Car Pages on the right-hand side of the screen:
$80 - 1 Month
$150 - 2 months ($75/mo)
$210 - 3 months ($70/mo)
$360 - 6 months ($60/mo)
We also do custom heights at 125 pixels wide. Please contact us for a quote.
Currently we will accept Credit Card and Wire Transfers via Paypal or a Check/Money Order by Mail. Please email rgreen@greenwebpublishing.com to get set up.
Site Statistics
Below is the site's traffic as of April 1, 2011. This graph was generated directly from the Apache Access Log and was created using Webalizer, which is an internet standard statistics reporting tool.
Monthly Statistics for March 2011
Total Hits 13713995
Total Files 10332517
Total Pages 1694678
Total Visits 227766
Total KBytes 136418719
Total Unique Sites 94401
Total Unique URLs 76049
Total Unique Referrers 192159
Total Unique User Agents 4917
Placement Policy
If you are a new advertiser, your ad will be located in the current open spot, which, when available, is labeled as "Put Your Ad Here." You are guaranteed to keep your spot so long as you renew on time. If you decide not to renew, your spot will be closed and the next ad underneath will move up. This means that your ad will only move up as previous ads expire. Your ad spot will never be moved down.
Does the ad location matter?
It can, but since readers tend to scroll down the screen while reading, all ads will be seen regularly.
Ad Effectiveness
The content, colors and general composition of your advertisement has a major impact on how effective it will be in getting the attention of readers and bringing them to your site. We recommend advertising specific EV-related items and services and having the message very clear on the ad.
Changing Ad Graphics
You are welcome to send us a new image at any time. In order to save us from too much overhead, we do ask that you please keep the number of updates to your graphic under once per week, though.
Graphic Size
Your ad must be 125x125 but we do custom sizes that are taller than 125 pixels but still 125 pixels wide. Please use JPG, PNG or GIF as your file format. You may do animated GIFs but please limit your frame count to keep the file under 40KB.
Legal
DIY Electric Car is owned by Green Web Publishing LLC (GWP). GWP reserves the following rights: 1) Renewal. GWP has the right to deny renewals for any reason. 2) Fraudulent activity. If GWP should have strong reason to suspect that an advertiser is using the ad space to commit fraud, GWP reserves the right to suspend without refund the advertisement while the fraudulent activity is being investigated. 3) Advertiser out-of-business. If an advertiser's business should cease to exist or fail to be able to do proper business as stated in the advertisement, GWP reserves the right to suspend or discontinue the advertisement without refund. 4) Transfer. Should a business be sold off and acquired by another business whether by the same or different name, GWP reserves the right to deny the ad space transfer to the second business. Pre-approval needs to be given before transfer assumptions may be made. 5) Abuse. Should an advertiser abuse the forums either by violating any of the posted rules in the FAQ or by posting offensive, derogatory, or other inappropriate content, GWP reserves the right to terminate the ad without refund. 6) Limited Liability. GWP shall not be liable for any claims of damages to advertiser, business or personal. GWP does not guarantee traffic, sales or any amount of advertising-related revenue, even in the case of loss-of-service, suspension of service or otherwise. Advertiser agrees that GWP is never liable under any circumstances for an amount more than the advertising fee for the individual ad or ad-renewal period. 7) Terms subject to change. GWP reserves the right to change these terms at any time for any reason. 8) Agreement. By paying for advertising services, you agree entirely to all of the terms on this page.
