Airsoft Sponsors

…this page was updated August 11th, 2011…

ASF Sponsors are members, dealers, retailers and suppliers that want to advertise here. Regular members like standard, elite and authorized sellers are not allowed to post advertisements, sales copy, have website links in their signatures or advertise websites or products unless they pay the rate to be an “ASF Sponsor”.

Authorized Sellers are members who want to sell their used gear. Authorized Sellers are NOT retailers, dealers or suppliers… As an Authorized Seller, you can sell new and used items in the Buy-Sell-Trade (BST) Forum along with ASF Sponsors, but Authorized Sellers can not advertise banners or links in their signatures or post “sales copy” to promote some other website. Authorized Sellers can not post topics to promote an external product or service or advertise websites, they are only allowed to post topics to sell items here in the ASF BST forum, not promote another website.

Basically, the Authorized Seller account is for members to sell their left over and new and used items. It is not for distributors.

ASF Sponsors on the other hand, can do all of the above. They can also have their own dedicated sub-forum if they want to pay for the entire year upfront (at a discounted rate). ASF Sponsors also get unlimited banner ad views and clicks that are displayed all over this website for a low monthly rate of $79.95. To sign up now as an “ASF Sponsor”, please click here and choose the appropriate subscription. You will need to first create a member account or log in to the forum before you can select a membership plan.

To view common banner sizes that we display on ours and other publisher or network websites along with descriptions and locations of baners, Click Here.

If you’re interested in signing up as a Sponsor but are curious as to the amount of traffic and visitors we get, click here to view our stats. For the month of May, 2009, we saw about 431,461 unique visitors who viewed 5,818,364 pages which equates into about 27,599,074 hits for that month. We average about 650-750 new airsoft members a month who are highly targeted for airsoft products and services.

UPDATE: In July 2010, we saw 1,085,413 unique visitors who viewed 9,412,009 pages!

UPDATE: In May 2011, we saw 1,154,992 unique visitors who viewed 11,485,862 pages! We are currently averaging 35,000-40,000 visitors each day now so don’t delay in getting your website represented here for highly targeted traffic to your products and services.

Summary:

The first thing you need to do is join as a member, and then upgrade your account to “Authorized Seller” or “ASF Sponsor” (depending on what your goals are as explained above).

If you are not yet a member and have questions, comments or would like to send an email to the webmaster, click here. You can also call or text 239.300.1604

…Just to recap…

Authorized Seller Accounts get to:

sell new and used items in our BST forums for $4.95 / month, or $9.95 a quarter, or $19.95 / yearly – but this is not the account for dealers, retailers or suppliers. To select one of these plans, log into the forum and use the following link: Authorized Seller Signup

ASF Sponsor Accounts get to:

advertise in Zone 1 (or any other zone they select on signup)
sell new and used items in our BST forums,
have clickable links in their profile and signature,
have their website link on our home pages (as you see to the right of this text),
Display their banners across our entire website for unlimited views and clicks with rates from $49.99 – $79.95 / month** (If you are a potential new advertiser, contact “admin” for special discounted rates for first time advertisers).
Zone 1 Banner ads are located on the chat room, at the top of the forum and at the bottom of every forum topic.

An ASF Sponsor membership is $79.95 / month*. If you want to pay for the entire year in advance, you save $13 a month (or $160 / year) which is basically 2 months free and you also get your own sub-forum with immediate traffic to use as your own forum.

The price to become a Sponsor is currently $79.95* (billed monthly or $799.50* yearly via PayPal). If you take advantage of these low rates, you will be guaranteed that price for the duration of your subscription even if we raise our rates.

UPDATE: We now have 4 additional advertising zones: Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, and Zone 5.

Zone 1 is for “ASF Sponsors” (as explained above),

Zone 2 is a premium 180 x 30 pixel banner that does not rotate or share ad space with other advertisers at the top and bottom of the forum. Zone 2 is also a premium 325 x 40 pixel banner that is shown on the home pages that also does not rotate with other advertisers, both of these banner locations (zone 2) can be paid monthly ($89.95) or get 2 months free when you pay $899.50 a year.

Zone 3 is a custom text link at the bottom of all home pages and a custom text link at the top and bottom of the forum. Also in zone 3, you get to have a Private Message Ad displayed in member Private Message Mailbox on the forum for an additional $129.95 a month paid yearly ($1559.40) via Paypal subscription. For an example, check the banner test page.

Zone 4 has been merged with zone 3 for the same price as zone 3 effective 8/11/2011. Basically you get both ad spots + the addition PM Message for one low price. We are reserving the zone 4 location for another ad spot that has yet to be announced.

Zone 5 is a HIGHLY Effective 300px x 250px banner shown at the top of all pages. The cost to advertise in zone 5 is $299 a month billed monthly via paypal subscription. UPDATE: August, 2011 – Our current sponsor advertising in zone 5 is averaging about 40,000 impressions per day and about 80-100 clicks per day on initial startup, then averages about 50 clicks per day as viewers become aware of banner.

*Please note: If your account should expire or cancel, the link in your signature, your link on home pages, as well as your banners will all be removed at the time of your cancellation. The advertising prices here are subject to change at any time without notice. We make no guarantee about the actual number of visitors or sales you might expect as those depend mainly on your banners and website which we have no control over. Therefore, your results will vary and we cannot give refunds unless there are special circumstances that may warrant a refund or extended ad runs at reduced rates or no charge. Click through rates for your banners will depend on the quality of your banner. Conversion rates will depend mainly on your website. If you violate our advertising rules such as spamming the board with ads in un-designated areas, or irritate our members with repeated bad service, we withhold the right to remove your links and banners and cancel your subscription if the problem is not corrected in a timely manor.

To advertise in Zone 1 as a standard advertiser or sponsor, click the following link. Please note that you will need to first signup or login to the forum before being able to access this link: click here and choose the $79.95 (or $799.50 yearly plan).

To advertise in Zone 2 and pay $89.95 each month, click

To advertise in Zone 2 and get 2 months free, pay the yearly rate $899.50 with the following button

To advertise in Zone 3 and pay $1,559.40 for the year, click

Zone 4, is not yet defined,

To advertise only in Zone 5 and pay $299 each month, click

If you would like to advertise in more than one zone, special pricing can be arranged to help you save money off the total yearly rates. Just let “Admin” know which zones you want to advertise in or else, use the drop down menu / subscription link below for huge advertising discounts.

To manage your banner ad account for zone 1, Click Here. This will first be setup and configured by our administrator and you will be emailed your log in information before you can access it.

If you are subscribed to our services and paying a monthly fee, (elite member, authorized seller, sponsor, advertiser, or etc) and you wish to cancel your paypal subscription, please note that your services are canceled at the time you submit the cancel subscription button, not at at the end of when you think the subscription term should stop so if you plan to cancel, be sure to do this towards the end of the duration if you’re thinking about stopping the subscription. If you need help or have questions, please text, or email me. You can cancel your paypal subscription at any time for any reason from inside your paypal account (or I can do it for you if you let me know). To cancel it, get into your paypal account and find the original transaction and then click on the unsubscribe (at the bottom of the detail view page). As I said, if you need help or wish for me to cancel it for you (so that you know it is canceled correctly), please let me know. You can call, text or email me from my profile page (Click Here). Otherwise, try this: