About Artisan Craft Page

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You've made it here and now you're wondering, “What is this crazy thing?”

Well friends, we're glad you asked. Modeled on the original, Million Dollar Home Page, we're offering you the opportunity to buy a little advertising spot on the web. This is your chance to place a link to your store or web page in the party of many other fantastic artists and related businesses. The long-term benefit of having an ad on Artisan Craft Page comes not just from prospective customers browsing this site, but from the links in and out by sites with targeted arts and crafts content. Over time, such targeted interlinking tends to gives participants a natural leg up in search engines. This technique is an SEO ("search engine optimization") tool to improve search engine ranking.

So how does this work?

The minimum purchase is a 4x4 block of squares. This will provide you with a 20x20 pixel square plot of land on our web page where you can place your image. It's a starter home of sorts. Sure, it's not much, just a bit of land. But think how you can build. This is one more place where you can place a link to your site, and we're going to keep the site open for at least 3 years.

What if you want more space? No problem, you can buy extra space, but there's a caveat: you have to form a rectangle. That means you buy your initial 4 blocks, and if you want extra space, you'll need to buy at least 2 more blocks.

“That sounds great, but real estate is expensive. What will this run me?”

Good question my friend, good question. No flies land on you, yes indeed!

The initial purchase is a 20x20 pixel block, and that will cost you $100. I know, I know.. "Jeeez, I don't have a money tree!" We hear you, we'd love that plant as well. But consider this, some sites will charge you $25 a month for a small box ad. We're asking for a one time investment for long-term, SEO-friendly exposure. What if you want some more space? You feel that 20 pixel square is too confining? Well the blocks are $25 each, so for an extra $50, you'll get an extra 10x20 area to stretch out into.

Perhaps by now you're interested. You've got the credit card out and it occurs to you, “What if I need to change what's on my little plot?” You're on the the ball, we like that.

We understand people change domains occasionally, or switch from one sales venue to another. Perhaps you would simply prefer a different image. No problem. When you register for an account, you'll receive your login information via email, so you'll be able to manage your ad(s) when you need to.

With such a great deal, we're sure you're wondering, “Can anyone get in on this?”

Yes and no. By and large, any supplier, venue, artisan or crafter who supports the handmade revolution is welcome to buy a spot. But for the sake of society, we reserve the right to turn down a buyer, and we reserve the right to temporarily remove your ad if it's found to be offensive or abusive. We're a really open minded group of people, but use a little good judgment and we won't have a problem.

Ready to buy? Great! Click on over here.

But before you do, here are a couple of hints... although your minimum ad block is 20x20 pixels, viewers who hover their mouse over your ad will get a mouseover window displaying a larger version of your ad, along with ad text. For maximum effect, upload a 125x125 pixel image no larger than 200kb, or if you're purchasing a larger ad block, make it proportional (i.e. if you're purchasing 20x40 pixels, upload a 100x200 image) and input descriptive text that is keyword rich.