We are (arguably) the most visited homeschool site on the web for used and new curriculum, groups, and activities -- with monthly averages of 800,000 pageviews, 80,000 visits, 30,000 unique visitors, 4000 group/activity listings, and 24,000 "For sale" and "Wanted" listings. Our site traffic does fluctuate substantially, with curriculum-related usage highest before the start of the school year and activity-related usage highest during the year.
We post a limited number of paid text and banner listings for products and services that are useful to our audience.
We are quite selective in accepting listings. Please see our conditions of use.
Current business listings are shown here.
Our rates are deliberately kept low, in order to develop long-term relationships with our advertisers --
providing a service that works effectively, with a minimum of effort, for both of us.
We currently offer the following business listing formats:
These business listings are placed on many, but not all, pages (we don't think they are particularly effective
while the user is filling out a form, for example).
In the past, like many other sites, we rotated banner listings randomly. We have become convinced, however, that a listing is more effective if it is constantly reinforced in a known (and topically appropriate) location, so that even if the
viewer doesn't need an item or service now, when they do, they'll remember where to find it. Remember the furniture store listing at the bottom of the newspaper that you ignored for all those years until you needed a sofa?
For this reason, we try to place listings on topically-related pages, without rotation.
General listing (in-line with user-submitted listings)
Ideal for items/services of interest nationwide
| Term |
Cost |
Text: Up to 40 words in any format you like -- your business
name, description, address, one or more e-mail or site links, etc.
Static graphic: 40KB or less, jpg/gif format.
Animated graphic: 100KB or less, gif format.
Background is a different color from
our standard listings so that it stands out. Appears in one location: either on the "Category" page of your choice, or in our "Publisher/title" index at the alphabetical location of your choice. |
| One year |
$20 (text)
$30 (text with small image)
$40 (static graphic)
$60 (animated graphic) |
| Two years |
$30 (text)
$45 (text with small image)
$60 (static graphic)
$90 (animated graphic) |
Local/state listing (in-line with user-submitted listings)
Appropriate for items/services of local or state interest
| Paideia Academy, Knoxville -- Classical Christian school (MWF at school, TTh at home) for grades K-8, committed to assisting parents in their God-given responsibility to shepherd their children. Also offers classes for homeschoolers. Located off Lovell Road near Pellissippi. www.paideiaknoxville.org, info@paideiaknoxville.org, or 670-0440.
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| Piano lessons, State College area. Experienced teachers with Bachelor's
degrees in Music and MTNA membership. Morning/early afternoon openings for homeschool
students and adults, as well as after-school/evening hours. Email Amy or Bonnie,
xyz@adelphia.net.
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| Term |
Cost |
Text: Up to 40 words in any format you like -- your business
name, description, address, one or more e-mail or site links, etc.
Static graphic: 40KB or less, jpg/gif format.
Animated graphic: 100KB or less, gif format.
Background is a different color from
our standard listings so that it stands out. Appears two places -- the state page you choose,
and the "Edit my list" page of anyone near your zip code. |
| One year |
$20 (text)
$30 (text with small image)
$40 (static graphic)
$60 (animated graphic) |
| Two years |
$30 (text)
$45 (text with small image)
$60 (static graphic)
$90 (animated graphic) |
For those who more comfortable with CPM (cost per impression) advertising
Up to 468W x 60H pixels. Static graphic: 40KB or less, jpg/gif format. Animated graphic: 100KB or less, gif format. Appears on its own row. Banner listings are placed at the top of a page.
The following pages, impression rates, and packages are available for banners displayed for one year terms,
based on approximate annual page views from our 7/09 (mid-season) baseline statistics:
| Page(s) |
Annual impressions |
Animated |
Static |
| Annual cost |
CPM |
Annual cost |
CPM |
| Individual Category page | ~25K (varies) |
$62 |
$2.50 |
$46 |
$1.88 |
| Five Category pages | ~125K (varies) |
$200 |
$1.60 |
$150 |
$1.20 |
| All Category pages | 948K |
$1137 |
$1.20 |
$853 |
$0.90 |
| Search results page | 852K |
$681 |
$0.80 |
$511 |
$0.60 |
| All State pages | 132K |
$184 |
$1.40 |
$138 |
$1.05 |
| All Recent Listings pages | 216K |
$302 |
$1.40 |
$226 |
$1.05 |
| Individual Publisher/Title page | ~22K (varies) |
$55 |
$2.50 |
$41 |
$1.88 |
| All Publisher/Title pages | 876K |
$1051 |
$1.20 |
$788 |
$0.90 |
| Individual Grade level page | ~16K (varies) |
$48 |
$3.00 |
$36 |
$2.25 |
| All Grade level pages | 315K |
$441 |
$1.40 |
$331 |
$1.05 |
Availability varies with other commitments; let us know what you are interested in.
Placing Your Listing
1. Send us an email, with:
- Your name and address.
- The listing format you want.
- The desired term -- one or two years.
- The text or graphics for your listing.
- Any special instructions about where to link, preferred page placement, etc.
2. We'll take a look, O.K. your listing, and notify you.
4. We will post your listing and notify you by email.
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