Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted October 17 Without getting into the weeds of the math, and the Web Analytics vocabulary....here is the bottom line; assuming an intense fan who checks in three times a day, every day of the month... We get a buck a month from advertising on your visits...that's it! Not a day, but a buck a MONTH. Now most do not visit that much among the readers, and some come in more often, but when taking all the visits and dividing by the advertising revenue? The sites get paid about 1.8 cents every time you have a "session" at the sites which includes all the pages you are on. We are paid on the "sessions," and not by how many pages you read or are on. Knowing this, I roll my eyes when a rule violator threatens to no longer read the site and support it if I do not tolerate his behaviors. Yeah, right. Big loss! One of the FishDuck.com and OBD Forum founding members, Steven A., who is also a Moderator and Duck News Hunter has a reputation as the "King" of the one-liners. I went through a long explanation with him of how they calculate the advertising revenue to be paid, and when I told him that each session only generated 1.8 cents? He retorted... "So, when someone says they're giving their 2-cents on a topic....it's not even worth that!" We love you Steven A.! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kamikaze Kid Moderator No. 2 Share Posted October 17 Maybe he meant two Canadian cents aye? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 3 Share Posted October 18 Which is great when people can donate. Donating pays for the forum and main site. I'm a volunteer writer so I'm not seeing any of these amazing ad earnings as they all go to the site. But it is a place for me to write and discuss with all of you. And those pictures in the articles those are also paid for by donations. Those pictures not only look great but they are way better than screen shots. I know there is a whole lot more that goes on behind the scenes that we don't see. So if you can donate, click that yellow button at the top and do so. 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDuck Moderator No. 4 Share Posted October 18 On 10/17/2024 at 9:16 PM, David Marsh said: Which is great when people can donate. Donating pays for the forum and main site. I'm a volunteer writer so I'm not seeing any of these amazing ad earnings as they all go to the site. But it is a place for me to write and discuss with all of you. And those pictures in the articles those are also paid for by donations. Those pictures not only look great but they are way better than screen shots. I know there is a whole lot more that goes on behind the scenes that we don't see. So if you can donate, click that yellow button at the top and do so. I agree completely what David Marsh said. Help make a difference today by donating to our forum. Every little bit helps! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckology No. 5 Share Posted October 18 Where do the images come from are they in house by people at the games? Or are you getting them from a third party like getty images? I'm looking for sports images for a syndicated news site and don't really want to drop $500 for a single image from getty... lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 6 Share Posted October 18 On 10/18/2024 at 7:09 AM, Duckology said: Where do the images come from are they in house by people at the games? Or are you getting them from a third party like getty images? I'm looking for sports images for a syndicated news site and don't really want to drop $500 for a single image from getty... lol FishDuck.com is media credentialed with the Oregon Athletic Department, and you have to apply for a season photo pass or for individual games. Then I hire photographers to shoot the games, paying them $200.00 for usually around 100 images, sometimes more. I store them in Dropbox, and allow the writers to have access to these photos year-round for writing articles. For home games, I usually have TWO photographers shooting, so that we catch better angles, better photos and when you start doing the math on how much a long season costs--it is a ton more than you want to pay out-of-pocket. The money to pay photographers, (and the tech people, and all the tech costs) come from the advertising and the SEO Backlink orders I receive from around the world. I personally take no money from the sites, as there is not enough. But the good news is that by working hard with the SEO Backlink orders--I have almost enough to cover all costs of the two sites. The donations I receive finish off the rest of the costs. Due to this thread--I received enough in donations to pay for this week's photographer at Purdue, and I'm grateful! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven A Moderator No. 7 Share Posted October 18 On 10/17/2024 at 3:54 PM, The Kamikaze Kid said: Maybe he meant two Canadian cents aye? Got me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
