Like I've said before in other posts, there's NO advertising revenue
to be had on SpotAnime.com. The banner ads are there for companies to
promote specific titles if they choose. The process: they send me the
banner graphic, I put it up on the site. No money changing hands
there. It's all done for the sake of promoting anime. Look at AoDVD -
Chris uses his banner in the same way. Pioneer, Bandai, etc. all
"advertise" on his site. But I know he doesn't take in any money for
those ads. And even with the affiliate programs he participates in,
he's barely breaking even.

That's the same for me going forward with SpotAnime.com. The only
"revenue" I'd be bringing in would be from the affiliate programs, and
I envision that to be a few bucks a month at best. Even still,
whatever I bring in would go toward the site in the way of
hosting/contests/promotions. And if I started to make money in this,
it would be at a point when I would have to hire staff writers anyway.
If I could cover half the expenses of running the site, I'd be a happy
man.

I hate to keep defending myself, but this is a hobby for me. I wanted
to set up a service for fans to go to and use as a podium to
praise/damn anime titles and the speak out to the anime companies. I
also want it to be a place the companies can go to; where they see
fanbase and interest building for specific anime titles, and maybe it
could influence them to bring over titles they would have originally
passed on. Or force them to do things differently. It's your podium as
much as mine.

And to respond to your last comment without starting a flame war -
I've put up my own time and money to create this site for fans of
anime, as well as the ongoing support and promotion. Not to mention
providing the majority of its content. All without any monetary gain
for myself. Why? Because I'm an anime fan and I just want to share
that love of anime with everyone else, that's all.

Jeremy

David Damerell <damerell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message news:<K6m*neOFp@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>...
> Jeremy Rutz <jeremy@spotanime.com> wrote:
> >But I won't budge on the banner ads. These are going to be used by the
> >companies in pushing specific anime releases. Right now it's retailer
> >ads, and depending on promotions I'll probably keep a few in the
> >rotation. Sorry, but companies do value this high-profile real estate
> >and I'm planning on giving it to them...
> >everyone think about it? I'm still trying to tap the knowledge of the
> >die-hard anime fanbase to provide reviews of future US releases and
> >unlicensed productions in the US, so please feel free to contribute.
> 
> So, in summary, you want people to do unpaid work for you so you can
> collect advertising revenue.
> 
> Let's think about this one for a minute, eh?