Has anyone ever actually purchased a item from a pop up ad?

[Quattr04.]

Scrolling though every website these days without a ad blocker is a minefield, local rags run by the “reach” news cooperation seem to be the worst where the page will glitch out and is full of banner ads and pop ups, the autocar page isn’t much better.

Instagram is full of adverts for stuff like “colon broom” and weight loss jabs (well mine is, almost certainly targeted)

My question is, who in their right minds has ever bought something off the back off one?

[ChocolateFrog]

Not normally but did buy some lights for under the wall units in the kitchen from GlowRight. Never heard of them but they seem ok.

Think they popped up on Facebook.

[Fast and Spurious]

Yes, got my colon broom from one.

[Radec]

Fast and Spurious said:

Yes, got my colon broom from one.

Was it on a clearance sale?

[MitchT]

Bought the OH a sterling silver keyring made from a photo of one of our cats made by a company called Feyral. Bought my mum a wooden Robin made by a company called Wooden Cuties. Both beautifully made and both popped up in ads on Instagram. Did a LOT of due diligence before ordering them and paid by PayPal in both cases, but yes, I've done it and it worked out well.

[okgo]

I’ve bought a fair few things off Instagram ads, it pains me to say as Meta and Google are our largest competitors in the space I work in but there we are.

Advertising business is a $1 trillion beast, it works, though can appear very inefficient and some websites (such as Reach offerings) ruin it for themselves and everyone else. A decent native as experience isn’t a bad thing, keeps most of the internet open/free/subsidised depending on the site in question.

[bigpriest]

My Mum did, and ended up with a sneakily agreed rolling debit instruction taking £25 per month out of her acoount. Bank couldn't be less helpful, from their perspective it had been arranged by the customer so not their problem. Just read the small print.

[Fast and Spurious]

Radec said:

Fast and Spurious said:

Yes, got my colon broom from one.

Was it on a clearance sale?

Blowout was the exact terminology.

[p1doc]

bought cushion for garden off pop up ad on facebook received within 3 days but paid by paypal just in case...

[119]

Yep.

Bought a really handy ash tray for my motorcycle.