It now says "Stats will be updated shortly." in the referrals / stage page....hmm

Where, exactly, can we display these banners? Can they be displayed at third party sites or do we need to have our own sites in order to display them?

SolidSnake wrote on 30^th Apr, 2013 at 1:36pm:

Any banners? Or just one refban banner per page?

SolidSnake wrote on 30^th Apr, 2013 at 1:36pm:


So I suppose making your own splash page with the banner, some copy and a link to refban would be all right?

We could do that and I also have a site that gives people free webspace. We could incorporate that into it and have people build their own splash pages which they could advertise on other sites

I look at it more like appealing to two different customers at the same time. You could use the refban code on a page as an example. If the banner appeals to the customer, that is all the better. You could have copy saying something like:

Get paid to show this banner on your site.

No Site? Let us show you how to build a splash page like this one

Then you could have your various links or an email capture. You could market step by step instructions like them signing up to refban, then getting a site and then the instructions for them to build the splash page

moneymarketing wrote on 30^th Apr, 2013 at 8:04pm:


I don't feel there's much point in including it in a splashpage..
Their advertising structure is based on targetted traffic so they provide ads that are related to your content.
Which means that the banner ad space itself should not be the main purpose of the page/site and there should
be some actual "content".

In order for it to be properly targetted a member should be on your site for a purpose, then banner ad space
should provide related content on the banner and then if the visitor gets attracted by the ad he may click it
and visit the site that is being currently advertised there. Since it doesn't play a big part for us for it to be clicked
I wouldn't put it at a really important place where I need the visitor to follow a specific process such as joining a
program that I provide details for him. I need him to stay on my site and continue there.

So far, RefBan's admin, doesn't seem to care much if our ads receive clicks or not (like it happens in adhitz)
but they care more about it being targetted which seems to be more important for him.

Also there's this in their T.o.S.:

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Which means they don't like "banner crop field" sites or redirecting like it usually happens on splash pages.

Well, that's also right.

By the way, we've got a new update on the site.. looks like they're reconstructing the advertise area :

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I think it's because they are finally ready to let us use those banner impressions since people have already
generated the banner space code on their sites, so they're implementing a form where we'll probably enter
a description, a banner url and a link to the page we'd like to advertise. Oh and they now offer a $5 sign-up
bonus instead of the $10 of the pre-launch period.

ruicarlov wrote on 1^st May, 2013 at 5:33pm:


Not yet, probably because no-one has started to be credited for displaying banner ads on his site yet.
And that is probably because they're still developing the advertisements area..

A good question is... shouldn't all this stuff been ready before the pre-launch so that it gets tested during the pre-launch?
Unfortunately "pre-launch" periods in this industry is only a marketing trick.. the only thing that happens in such periods
usually is the site's database being filled with members. It usually has nothing to do with developing and testing of the site
as it should be.. That's why so many sites cause frustration when they first go public.. due to unfinished development.