One Month: $3,690*
Three Months: $9,225*
Six Months: $15,700*
Twelve Months: $28,000*
*net rates
• 180x90 "Leaderboard Buttons"
• 300x270 "Rectangles"
• 300x600 "Half-page Ads"
• 120x60 "Sponsorship Button"
See green outlined placements on sample page to right.
One ad for each creative dimension must be submitted. Multiple versions for each creative dimension will also be accepted:
• 180x90 "Leaderboard Buttons" (30k max) type: GIF, JPG, SWF
• 300x270 "Rectangles" (40k max) type: GIF, JPG, SWF
• 300x600 "Half-page Ads" (75k max) type: GIF, JPG, SWF
• 120x60 "Sponsorship Button" (20k max) type: GIF, JPG
**All banners with a white b/g must have at least a 1px border**
Please submit all creative to traffic@areadevelopment.com
AD SERVINGPublisher served or ad tags from approved third-party ad servers accepted
Campaign targeting, frequency capping or impression limits from third-party served campaigns is prohibited unless disclosed by agency/client and expressly authorized by Area Development Online
If using a third-party ad server, please provide instructions for inserting publisher click tracking parameter within the provided ad tags
If using a third-party ad server to host email newsletter banners, please provide a redirect URL to the hosted image file and a click URL for each ad unit. Javascript or html ad tags are not accepted for newsletter banners.
ANIMATIONBanner ads with continuous animation must have a 15 second delay between the last frame and the first frame of animation
• 120x60 "Sponsorship Button" - no animation allowed
• 180x90 “Leaderboard Button” - no animation allowed
Click Tag:
In order to track click’s, and other click initiated reporting, all SWF files must contain the ClickTag parameter:
AS2
on (release) {
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
AS3
clickTagButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
function onMouseClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
getClickTagURL(LoaderInfo(root.loaderInfo).parameters.clickTag, "_blank");
}
function getClickTagURL(url:String,window:String):void
{
ExternalInterface.call('window.open("' + url + '","' + window + '")');
}
Failover Images
Please submit a failover image with all flash units (GIF, JPG)
AUDIO
Click-initiated audio only. Must have prominent mute button
AREA DEVELOPMENT ONLINE PAYMENT POLICY
Invoices are submitted to advertiser or agency on the launch date of the online sponsor package by Area Development Online billing department. Full payment is due upon receipt of invoice.
Payments not received in full thirty days after invoice date will result in the immediate suspension of the online sponsor package.
Partial payment plans can be negotiated on a case-by-case basis for sponsor packages lasting longer then three months.
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