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12-21-2006, 10:27 PM #1Everything in life is swelly
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Sticky posts really 6 months wait?
Looking over the sticky post to purchase a few right in a row, seems that the wait is 6 months. This can't be correct?
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12-21-2006, 10:30 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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12-21-2006, 10:40 PM #3WebHostingTalk Lover
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Hi,
What do you mean by purchasing few in a row? There's a limit to purchasing stickies as in there are only one week's sticky available for purchase each week, that is few months ahead of time of course for the purchase. I do not think you can purchase few in advance, unless they have changed this policy?
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12-21-2006, 10:52 PM #4Texas Female
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Originally Posted by HostFrog
Wow, thats terrible. It wouldnt be any help if you were running a current promotion then!
After thinking about this for a minute I wonder why they dont implement a seperate forum for paid ads (threads) then they could certainly have more posted at once.Last edited by Martie; 12-21-2006 at 11:00 PM.
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12-21-2006, 11:00 PM #5Everything in life is swelly
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That is crazy. What did the pricing bounce up to now?
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12-21-2006, 11:16 PM #7Everything in life is swelly
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Well certainly the reason why someone would want to purchase a sticky post would be to stand out and remain at the top of the forum. What would be the purpose if they were selling multiple stickies??? I completely understand that, but 6 months...I think its just more of a disappointment rather than anything else Bob.
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12-21-2006, 11:18 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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12-21-2006, 11:29 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Which forum, there are forums that go for 10$/week
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12-21-2006, 11:39 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by HostFrog
I completely understand that, but 6 months...I think its just more of a disappointment rather than anything else Bob.• WLVPN.com • NetProtect owned White Label VPN provider •
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12-21-2006, 11:51 PM #11Everything in life is swelly
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12-22-2006, 03:41 AM #12Originally Posted by SSX/BRUZEN
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12-22-2006, 08:37 AM #13Retired Moderator
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Maybe iNet should hold back a sticky each week and auction it off a month/week before it is due to get stuck. That way people that just want a sticky sometime in the future can still just pick one, but the companies with a upcoming promotion that would like the extra exposure can bid on it.
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12-22-2006, 10:21 AM #14Web Hosting Master
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I do think certain companies are purchasing multiple weeks at a time. A quick look down in the offers forum over the last six weeks would give you some inclination as to who that is. Maybe limiting companies to one ad per X number of weeks would give iNet a wider ad base (people get tired of "unavailable" messages pretty quick).
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It's hard to tell if the pricing has gone up for wht advertising. I checked at least six ad modules for WHT advertising and every one of them brought back a message of:
Due to inventory limitations on the selected web site, some products have been removed from the self-service portal. Please contact sales@inetinteractive.com for current pricing and availability.
It would be nice if some pricing was posted, so people don't waste their time waiting for a rep to get back to them (usually around 4 days).
It does, however, validate iNet's statement (a little) that the right banner was brought in due to high demand.
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12-22-2006, 10:55 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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It's odd. Just last April-June I was able to gobble up several weeks worth of stickies, for that current time. Several times I was able to grab that week's sticky the Sunday before.
A few months ago (for the dedicated server forum) I was quoted at $100/ week. I wanted to buy a sticky for that a few days ago, and since they were sold out, it was a very long wait. And they quoted me at $800/ week on Monday morning.
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12-23-2006, 05:03 AM #16An Awesome Dude
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12-23-2006, 07:19 AM #17Retired Moderator
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Separating the paid ads out too much, and increasing the number of them might just devalue them too much. If you can afford it, a sticky at the top of a current forum with one other person is going to get many more hits than one out in a separate forum with lots of paid threads.
Of course maybe WHT could go down the Sitepoint route and make all threads in the advertising forum cost money... That would certainly filter out a lot of posts.Steve
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12-23-2006, 07:21 AM #18I do not think you can purchase few in advance
Unfortunately, stickies get sold out faster than anything, hence they need to adjust the PRICING on those that get sold out fast to compensate. More stickies wouldn't make any sense, and a forum for "paid ads" wouldn't either, as it would devalue the current stickies.
Of course maybe WHT could go down the Sitepoint route and make all threads in the advertising forum cost money...Tom Whiting, WHMCS Guru extraordinaire
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12-23-2006, 01:17 PM #19Texas Female
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Originally Posted by Vortex-Steve
Yes, a format like that would be great here, I think. Sitepoint seems to be doing a great job with theirs.HostCaters.com - Quality Web Hosting - Under A Gig! - Since 1999
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12-23-2006, 01:28 PM #20CISSP-ISSMP, CISA
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I find it amusing that iNet allows there to be a six month wait rather than just adjust pricing in order to reduce demand.
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12-24-2006, 07:01 PM #24Predatory Poster
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Since I no longer do shared hosting, I'll let one of my secrets slip out. Take the 800 you would have spent on a sticky for one week and load up some banner ads from posts in the advertising offers forums. If you have something worth buying you should generate some interest from those banner ads.
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12-27-2006, 01:23 AM #25Junior Guru
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wow... i didn't know u could buy sticky threads... i thought it was because they were most popular
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