Animated gifs / banner ads

[pappa lurve]

I have a sneaking suspision I am about to be overcharged!

A banner ad to go on some partner websites and some animated gifs, one involing a revolving debit card switching to a click here to buy message and another with two messages alternating.

How much should I be paying?

[rico]

A lot of my clients at my last job (online marketing) used www.20dollarbanners.com so spookily enough they were charged 20 bucks a go. This is for a 234x60 image.

Thats generally the cheapest you can get thats any good.

Any help?

[pappa lurve]

Thanks Rico.

Are they any good at the actual design or do we need to spoon feed them? We have a brand look / feel already but we need someone to maximise that although we may just need the animated gif to drop into a banner.

Also, any idea how fast their turnaround is?

[rico]

I haven't personally used them, but from speaking to clients, they seem to turn them around in a couple of days. I think you have to supply your images, text etc and then you get a few chances to edit what they offer.

Sorry I can't be more specific.

[rameshuk]

Most banner ads use Flash.

The majority of browsers have the Flash plug-in installed.

Some banners can be done in minutes...others take days.

I'm sure if they want future business they're not going to overcharge you.

Edited by rameshuk on Monday 27th November 13:57