• BattleForums Advertising Media Kit (2009 New Year Discounts!)

    "$170,000,000,000 Spent in 2006 Alone..."

    The online gaming market is one of the most sought-after demographics for many successful businesses. $360,000,000+ has been spent in the online games advertising market in 2006 alone, and is estimated to surpass $2 billion by 2012 (according to Parks and Associates).

    So why is this particular market so desireable?

    Statistics say that online gamers are responsible for the MOST disposable income spent than any other market - an estimated $170 billion in 2006 alone (according to Euromonitor).

    BattleForums.com is one of the largest gaming community forums on the Internet today. Launched in 2002, BF has over 70,000 members and over 1,100,000 forum posts. BattleForums.com is built on a foundation to encourage activity from a targeted group of mainly 18-24 year old males - the perfect demographics for video gaming, gambling, technology, online dating, etc businesses.

    Interested in advertising with us? Click here to get in touch with us immediately for a free quote.

    Below, you will find the Media Kit for more information as to how you can advertise your business with BattleForums.com.

    (Updated July 3, 2008)
    Monthly Website Unique Visitors: 126,000
    Monthly Website Page Views: 490,000
    Google Page Rank: PR4-PR5
    Alexa Ranking (Current): <100,000
    Total Registered Members: 70,000+
    Total Forum Posts: 1,100,000+



    Selling Features

    The majority of our members are 18-24 year old males who are open to more than one game.
    According to Google Analytics, 82.4% of our traffic is organic (search engine traffic, etc).
    We are listed on Big-Boards.com, meaning we feature one of the largest forums in the world.
    A community of over 70,000 members as a targeted audience for your products/services.



    Main Advertising Options


    Home Page (click to enlarge)

    Sub Pages (click to enlarge)

    Forums (click to enlarge)

    Title/Position (see below) Ad Size Status/Order

    A1

    Portal-Wide
    Header Banner
    468x60px AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot A1)
    Located above the fold and right next to the logo (above navigation bar), allowing the most exposure and demands user attention. Placed on all portal pages including the home page.

    A2

    Portal-Wide
    Box Banner
    300x250px
    or 336x280px
    AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot A2)
    Tested by Google, this ad size features the highest click through rate compared to all other banner sizes in Google's adsense inventory. This means that your banner will receive more clicks for the same amount of impressions. Placed on all portal pages including the home page.

    A3

    Portal-Wide
    Leaderboard Banner
    728x90px AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot A3)
    This placement is located directly below important content. Its large banner size encourages user views and clicks. Placed on all portal pages including the home page.

    A4

    Run-Of-Site
    Footer Text Link
    <2-4 Words AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot A4)
    This is the only ad placement that is entirely and 100% site-wide. Your text link will appear on over 152,000 BattleForums.com pages. We are very authoritative in the search engines. This ad placement is great for search engine credit and mass link building (we do not use no-follow tags).

    B1

    Forum-Wide
    Header Banner
    468x60px AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot B1)
    The BF Forums is the most active part of BattleForum.com. This placement will appear above the fold, in the header, on all forum pages - including over 100,000 discussion topics.

    B2

    Forum-Wide
    Leaderboard Banner
    468x60px
    or 728x90px
    AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot B2)
    Large banner size placement located right under important content. 100% forum-wide placement.

    B3

    Forum-Specific
    Sticky Thread
    Full Post (No Size Limit) AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot B3)
    Target your advertisement to a specific audience directly through sticky threads. Sticky threads are located at the top of any chosen forum or sub-forum in the form of a thread post.

    B4

    Guest-Only
    Threadbit Text Link
    <3-4 Word Title
    <62 Character Desc.
    AVAILABLE
    Get Quote
    (mention adspot B4)
    Displayed under the first post of all our forum threads, this is a great option for both massive SEO credit, as well as traffic generation. Appears on over 100,000+ pages (and counting) for non-registered visitors only (including search engines). Relatively cheaper than all other ad options.



    Other Advertising Options

    Title Ad Size Pricing/Order

    C1

    BF Lotto
    Box Banner
    125x125px $10/Month (75% Off)
    AVAILABLE

    Other Payment Options
    All traffic to the BF Lotto Page is very motivated for this type of activity - giving you the opportunity to promote your gambling/poker product/service with ease.

    C2

    BF News Article
    PR Links
    <2-4 Words $100 Permanent (50% Off)
    AVAILABLE

    Other Payment Options
    Particular BF News articles are extremely popular and are linked to from many authoriative third-party websites. Google page rank for these pages sometimes reach PR4, ranking higher than even our home page. Great for long-term search engine credit with this permanent position (direct link placed on all current, past, and future news article pages).
    *NEW*
    C3
    BF Traffic
    Channel System
    URL Landing Page Base Rate: $0.05/Visitor
    AVAILABLE
    (Contact for Details / Discounts)
    With our BF Traffic Channel System, you can drive direct absolute-unique visitors from our targeted audience, to your landing page at as low as 10% of the cost of regular PPC. Please contact us for more information concerning this brand new feature (and for introductory discounts!).

    For additional information about our advertising plans, or a quote on a custom advertising campaign, please contact Donny at heydonny[at]kinkarso.com.



    MISC DETAILS

    Don't have a banner ready? We've got you covered! Our design team will whip one up for you 100% free of charge, if you decide to advertise with us. Please contact us for more information.

    We accept escrow.com payments or wire transfer for all advertisers looking to spend over $1000. A $25 service fee must be included. Otherwise, paypal is the preferred payment option. If you are not able to pay via PayPal, Escrow, or wire transfer, please contact us to arrange a payment option that you are comfortable with using.

    Flash banners are accepted. 50kb maximum for all banners. A maximum of 2 banner changes are accepted each monthly interval. A small fee will be required for any additional changes.

    Thank You,
    BattleForums.com
    Kinkarso Tech Limited