Find Free Web Banner Advertising at BannersMania Banners Exchange Network

A banner exchange is a group of web sites that exchange advertising with each other. Each web site has an banner advertisement that displays other web sites' banners. By displaying ads on their web site, banner exchange members generate free advertising for their own banners.

We are the "middle man" in the process, delivering and rotating banners on your web site with each request. When a banner is clicked on, we process the click-thru, and direct the individual to the respective member web site. In return for our services, we capture one out of every two banners displayed on our network, and use the ad space for sponsor advertising. Using the BannersMania banner exchange is a great way to gain exposure for your web site and test the effectiveness of your banner advertisements. Your advertising is spread across an array of web sites, maximizing visibility while allowing you to target effectively your audience. At this time we plan to keep the BannersMania banner exchange always a free service.

What do I need to join?

All that's needed to join BannersMania is a banner image in a supported size and format, and a web page that you want to promote. We will use your banner to advertise your web site on other member web sites across the Internet. After joining, you will be provided with a HTML code to insert into your web page. This HTML code will automatically display an exchange banner in your web page, and in return will generate free advertising credits for your banners.

What is a Banner?

A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking them to the web site of the advertiser. The web banner is displayed when a web page that references the banner is loaded into a web browser. This event is known as an "impression". When the viewer clicks on the banner, the viewer is directed to the website advertised in the banner. This event is known as a "click through".

Web banners function the same way as traditional advertisements are intended to function: notifying consumers of the product or service and presenting reasons why the consumer should choose the product in question, although web banners differ in that the results for advertisement campaigns may be monitored real-time and may be targeted to the viewer's interests.

If you do not have a banner you can create one online with our FREE Banner Builder, or use a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro, or Corel Photoshop. On your banner you would place your advertising message like "Click here to buy books from Amazon.com". Your banner is advertised on our network along with a pool of banners from other members.

What types and sizes of banners do you support?

BannersMania adheres to the standards defined by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and currently supports the following standard banner ad sizes:

Banners may be in .GIF, .JPG, or .SWF (Flash) format.

What is a URL?

A URL is basically an address (like a mailing address) that directs a browser to your web page. http://www.yahoo.com is a URL. If you have a web page, view it using your browser, and copy the "Location" box information.

What types of sites are accepted?

Sites intended for the general audience are accepted. This banner exchange does not accept adult content sites. Please visit http://www.Adult-Banner-Ads.com for free adult banner advertising. Advertising banners and websites on this network must not contain nudity, partial nudity (bathing suits included), violence, vulgar language, or links to adult sites. In addition, advertising banners cannot imply a link to an adult content site (using adult related banners to draw public to your non-adult website).

Can I still join if I'm a member of another banner exchange?

Yes. You can place our banner exchange banners in your web pages that already have other exchange banners. However, you can only have 1 of our banner exchange banners per web page.

How do I add my banner advertisment?

To add your banners to the network simply log-in and directly from the home page you will see the "New Ad Wizards" to add new banner ads to your account. Simply select the size for the banner you wish to add and complete the form with the ad information and targeting. After submitting your new banner, you will also be presented with the option of retrieving exchange code for the same size banner on your web site.

How do I target my banner ads?

When you add a new banner ad, or edit an existing banner ad, you will have the option to select targeting criteria including:

How do I pause/unpause my banner ads?

BannersMania gives you the ability to take selected banner advertisements "offline" by pausing them. To pause one of your banner ads, simply log-in to your account, Edit the ad you wish to pause, and click the "Pause this ad" link at the bottom of the form.

How do I get banner advertising credits?

There are three ways to accumulate banner advertising credits on the BannersMania network:

Earn FREE credits by implementing exchange code on your web pages - When you implement our exchange code on your web pages, you become part of the BannersMania Banner Exchange and you will earn one free advertising credit for every two times one of your pages with our exchange code is viewed. You can retrieve your exchange code by logging in and navigating to "Ads" then the ad size for the banner you want on your site and then select "Get exchange code".

Earn FREE credits by referring other members - All BannersMania members have a referral link. When you refer another website owner to BannersMania through your referral link, and they become a member by signing up for free, we will credit you with 250 FREE full size (468x60) banner advertising credits.

Purchase credits - If you don't want to place any code on your web pages or you just want to add more credits to your account, you can always purchase one of our paid advertising packages or simply add paid impressions to one of your ad sizes.

How do I use my banner advertising credits?

Banner ad credits are earned for a specific ad size, depending on the exchange code that generated the banner. These credits can then be applied to any ad in that size or exchanged at an exchange ratio for credits in other ad sizes. To assign existing credits to the same ad size, simply log-in to your account, Edit the ad to which you wish to assign the credits and make sure the add is active. At the bottom of the page, you will see available credits in that ad size and have the ability to assign any available impressions to that ad. You can also cancel any unused impressions for that ad and make them available again for other ads in that same ad size.

Can I move advertising credits across ad sizes?

Yes! To move unused credits to another ad size, simply log-in to your account, navigate to the ad size from which you wish to assign the credits, and select "Allocate funds". From there you will be able to move available impressions in that ad size to any other ad size based on the listed exchange ratio.

How do I cancel my account?

There really is no need to formally cancel your account. If you no longer wish to participate in the BannersMania exchange, simply remove any of our exchange code from your pages and you will stop accumulating credits. You can also pause any active ads to prevent them from showing. If you truly want to make sure your information is removed from our system so that you can NEVER log back in with that account, please contact us and we will be happy to DELETE your account.

FREE ADVERTISING

How do I get free banner advertising?

There are two ways to earn 100% FREE banner advertising credits on the BanenrsMania network:

Become part of the banner exchange by placing our exchange code on your website - By placing our banner exchange code on your web pages, you become part of the BannersMania Banner Exchange and you will earn one free advertising credit for every two times one of your pages with our exchange code is viewed.

Refer other members to BannersMania who also sign-up for FREE - Refer other Webmasters to BannersMania through your referral link, and we'll credit you with 250 FREE 468x60 banner credits for each one that becomes a member by signing up for free.

How do I become part of the exchange?

To become part of the BannersMania Free Banner Exchange, simply sign-up for a free account and add your banner. After submitting your new banner, you will also be presented with the option of retrieving exchange code for the same size banner on your web site. You can also retrieve exchange code at any time without adding a new banner by logging in and navigating to "Ads" then the ad size for the banner you want on your site and then select "Get exchange code".

How do I locate my referral code?
To locate your referral code, simply log-in and navigate to "Ads => Full Banner => Stats => Main" and the bottom of the infobox will have your exact referral link. The format of the referral link is http://www.bannersmania.com/index.php?id=XXXX where "XXXX" is your BannersMania UserName.

Can I have multiple banners on a single web page?
While you should not implement more than one instance of the BannersMania exchange code in the same ad size on a single page, you can have multiple banner sizes and, by doing so, actually EARN MORE THAN ONE CREDIT FOR EVERY PAGE VIEW! Credits will be earned in the ad size of the banner displayed, however, these credits can then be exchanged for credits in any other ad size (see moving banner ad credits)

What if I don't want to put any code on my pages?

If you want to advertise on the BannersMania network but don't want to implement our exchange code or use our referral code to generate free banner advertising credits, you can always purchase credits for a single ad size, or purchase a package of funds that can be applied to any ad size.

PAID ADVERTISING

How do I order paid advertising credits?

There are two ways to order paid banner advertising on the BannersMania network:

Order Credits for an Ad Size - To order credits for a specific ad size, simply log-in to your account, navigate to the ad size for which you wish to purchase the credits, and select "Allocate funds". From there you will be able to purchase banner impressions for that ad size, allocate existing funds for advertising, or convert existing credits to other ad sizes.

Purchase funds that can be used on any ad size - You can order a "Package" of funds that may then be applied to any ad size. To order a banner advertising package, simply log-in to your account and navigate to "Other Options => Orders & Payments" and from there you can order advertising credits or packages

How do I use paid advertising credits? - Paid banner ad credits are redeemed by allocating those credits to specific ads. Funds on account for any ad size must first be converted to credits for a specific ad size before they can be allocated to individual ads. Any unused credits may be reallocated for use on other ad in the same size, or converted to credits for banner impressions in any other ad size.

Can I still earn free advertising credits?

Yes! You can implement our banner exchange code and promote your referral link to earn free banner advertising credits in addition to any purchases of banner credits that you make.

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