Advert pricing system
The advert pricing system is designed to raise the prices of popular ad spots in a simple, easily predicted fashion that lets the spot stabilize at the maximum price users are willing to pay for the spot.
How the price is calculated
The formula to calculate a members' advertising price is 2 to the power of your queue. What this means is that your ad price doubles for every ad in your queue, both Pending and Approved. Note that your price may not increase or decrease as soon as the number of ads in your queue changes. There may be a delay in the price change.
| No of ads | Price in credits | Credits earned by site owner |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | 8 |
| 5 | 32 | 16 |
| 6 | 64 | 32 |
| 7 | 128 | 64 |
| 8 | 256 | 128 |
| 9 | 384 | 192 |
| 10 | 512 | 256 |
| 11 | 768 | 384 |
| 12 | 1024 | 512 |
| 13 | 1536 | 768 |
| 14 | 2048 | 1024 |
| 15 | 3072 | 1536 |
| 16 | 4096 | 2048 |
| 17 | 8192 | 4096 |
| 18 | 16384 | 8192 |
If you apply at 1024ec, and the user declines some of the ads ahead of you in the queue, you do not get a partial refund.
Advertiser's Earning
You receive the credits from an advertisement when it has completed. You get 50% of the price paid to advertise on your site. The other 50% get deleted from the system to prevent inflation.
