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Ok this may sound abit harsh, sorry, but you were asking for feedback in another thread, so... There are plenty of services offering this "Uber for advertising

Ok this may sound abit harsh, sorry, but you were asking for feedback in another thread, so... There are plenty of services offering this "Uber for advertising" (inc. a,b & c), the biggest of course being Google. And I'd wager some have been around before many HNers were born. So why would anyone use your service? You have a big chicken and egg problem to solve. So you may have a very nice solution technically but I am not sure how you can compete without some kind of twist or an edge.

sfilargi 10y ago
Actually I thank you very much for your comment and criticism. I really appreciate it. The differentiators are many actually. - For promoters: 1. They can place the Ad on Facebook or Twitter. Yes I know that it is against their terms and conditions, but I am happy to challenge that. They use the user's content in order to display ads next to it and earn huge profits by it. I don't see why the users should be allowed to earn money as well by advertising what they want. 2. For non social media users: They have 100% control of what is displayed on their blog/webpage. No trackers, not cookies, no third-party javascript, nothing. 3. Much better payouts. HotLinkx keeps only 10% what the advertiser pays. The rest, 90%, go straight to the promoter. - For advertisers: 1. 100% transparency. They can visit the specific blog/social media account and decide if they want their ad there or not. They can see who is visiting them and exactly from where. They also have the ability dispute clicks. Also no automatic bidding/bidding wars. They have complete control. 2. The ads appear as something coming straight from, and endorsed by, the promoter. Not some automatic ad on the side of the page, that users have learned to ignore. 3. Not proven, but theoretically much lower bouncer rate, since the ad is place in a hand-picked location. 4. Much simpler. - For end users: 1. By nature the ads are text-only and non-obtrusive. No java-script, no annoying animations. Do you think these are not enough differences?(Honestly asking)
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  The main thing to check for me (single data point) is what advertisers do you have, and how much will I make from your ad work vs say Adsense. If I already have advertisers and just need a system so they can self serve that would be good too as long as the pricing is reasonable

sfilargi 10y ago

Actually I thank you very much for your comment and criticism. I really appreciate it. The differentiators are many actually. - For promoters: 1. They can place the Ad on Facebook or Twitter. Yes I know that it is against their terms and conditions, but I am happy to challenge that. They use the user's content in order to display ads next to it and earn huge profits by it. I don't see why the users should be allowed to earn money as well by advertising what they want. 2. For non social media users: They have 100% control of what is displayed on their blog/webpage. No trackers, not cookies, no third-party javascript, nothing. 3. Much better payouts. HotLinkx keeps only 10% what the advertiser pays. The rest, 90%, go straight to the promoter. - For advertisers: 1. 100% transparency. They can visit the specific blog/social media account and decide if they want their ad there or not. They can see who is visiting them and exactly from where. They also have the ability dispute clicks. Also no automatic bidding/bidding wars. They have complete control. 2. The ads appear as something coming straight from, and endorsed by, the promoter. Not some automatic ad on the side of the page, that users have learned to ignore. 3. Not proven, but theoretically much lower bouncer rate, since the ad is place in a hand-picked location. 4. Much simpler. - For end users: 1. By nature the ads are text-only and non-obtrusive. No java-script, no annoying animations. Do you think these are not enough differences?(Honestly asking)

bbcbasic 10y ago
The main thing to check for me (single data point) is what advertisers do you have, and how much will I make from your ad work vs say Adsense. If I already have advertisers and just need a system so they can self serve that would be good too as long as the pricing is reasonable