Advertise On Design Meltdown

There are several options for advertising on Design Meltdown. Please scroll down to find the best option for you budget and needs. The primary advertising slot in the sponsors section is combined with the Daily Slurp.

Traffic Levels

Design Meltdown

Traffic levels on the average weekday are typically in the 4-5,000 unique people range. Total RSS subscribers are beyond 6,000. Your site will be exposed to many thousands of designers and developers from beginner to advanced. Total reach is more then 100,000 distinct visitors per month.

Daily Slurp

The sponsors section of Design Meltdown is shared with the Daily Slurp, a daily set of beautiful sites to browse for inspiration. Typical daily traffic levels run at around 800 unique visitors per day. Total reach is more then 15,000 unique visitors per month.

Design Meltdown Banner Ads

You can purchase time in the Design Meltdown banner slots on a CPM bassis. Each 1,000 impressions costs $4, with a minimum purchase of $100 (25,000 impressions). There are currently two size of ad units that these impressions will show up in:

200x200 Block - This block appears at the top of every article with copy. Link only articles don't have this.

468x60 Block - This is the horizontal banner the appears at the top of many pages and the bottom of every article.

Sponsor Section Advertising

Your ad can be placed in the right column under the sponsors section. The advertisement will be shown on every page of the site. As well as being displayed on the all pages of the Daily Slurp site.

Ad space for Design Meltdown and the Daily Slurp are one and the same. Listing on one gets you both. The number of sponsors for any given month will be limited to six. In particular I am interested in promoting goods and services that would be of interest to designers, programmers, and web developers.

Rates

Time:
1 Month
3 Months
(10% discount)
6 Months
(15% discount)
12 Months
(20% discount)
Price:
$200
$540
$1,020
$1,920

These rates produce a CPM cost (cost per 1,000 impressions) below $1 which makes them an amazing deal. As such they book up fast.

All rates are subject to change. Clearly locking in a price for a longer period results in a considerable discount, as high as 20%.

Ad Sizes:

The ads for both sites are the same size. 200px x 75px

Text link Ads

Text link ads are available for placement in the side bar, purchase them here

Advertise with Google AdSense

You can purchase ad space on Design Meltdown or Daily slurp via Google AdSense:

Advertise on Design Meltdown with Google AdSense

Advertise on the Daily Slurp with Google AdSense

Rankings

Design Meltdown's technorati rank generally hovers around 7,000 though it has dipped down around 5,000

The alexa rating is generally around 30,000, but alexa stats always tend to bounce around a lot.

Get Started

If you are ready to get started please send me an email.