we just launched emptyspaceads! (turn your website's empty space into cash). Your brutal feedback?

[emptyspaceads]

The idea with emptyspaceads is that your site's empty space isn't providing you any value beyond simple aesthetics. Firstly, the ads only appear when when your user's mouse is in the empty space of your site, and they only appear within your site's empty space. So for some users, they'll never see the ads.

I just launched officially a couple week ago, so I'm really looking for honestly brutal feedback that helps me improve this product to make you folks happy. company blog posts) tend to get ignored by users because they learn to ignore standard ad formats and placements. Finally, you can have your cake and eat it too by letting you keep all of your existing ad units, as well as website design. Oh and our first users are reporting nearly 10X the CTR of AdSense.

You can create your own TextAds, ImageAds, or even HTMLAds. These allow you to drive users to content on your website or blog that you monetize well (a CafePress store for example), or behavior you'd like to encourage (like more RSS subscribers). (See our blog for an example how we use emptyspaceads to get more RSS subscribers to our blog by embedding the feedburner chicklet). Or our Sample TextAd, ImageAd, or NetworkAd... or check out our demo.

I know this product isn't perfect, but I want to improve it, and I'd love your help in letting me know what it is you'd like to see from us. I want to make it as useful as possible to publishers like you.

David

[bobbytoat]

how much are you paying blog owners who show your ads? i understand it is 50% of the time, but can you quote exact value per ad shown? or per click by the user? and what about the minimum payout? methods of payment, will you be using paypal?

[emptyspaceads]

Originally Posted by bobbytoat

how much are you paying blog owners who show your ads? i understand it is 50% of the time, but can you quote exact value per ad shown? or per click by the user? and what about the minimum payout? methods of payment, will you be using paypal?

Great questions bobbytoat! ShoppingAds the first ad network we're supporting pays both you the blogger and us directly. The rest of your questions about displaying ShoppingAds in your site's empty space can best be answered by their FAQ.

Now for creating and displaying your own ads in your website's empty space... we won't be paying you directly... rather your users will through increased purchases of your products and services. See our 'how do I get paid' page.

[bobbytoat]

thanks for the reply, I think this is a good idea for an ad, because it is fresh and will be more noticeable when it is displayed on the empty space, congratulations and may great success be with you