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Creating a ASC Web Ads account?

How do I create a 'asc web ads' Advertiser account?
How do I create a 'asc web ads' Publisher account?

Types of ASC Web Ads

What is a Fixed Bid: "Vertical Text Ad " ASC Web Ads Listing?
What is a Fixed Bid: "120x240 Vertical Image Ad" ASC Web Ads Listing?
What is a Fixed Bid: "125x125 Button" ASC Web Ads Listing?
What is a Fixed Bid: "468x60 Banner" ASC Web Ads Listing?

About our 'ASC Web Ads' online Advertising Spots

What kind of 'asc web ads' are allowed?
How many 'asc web ads' are allowed per page?
How many 'asc web ads' am I allowed to create?
How long can I run a 'asc web ads' campaign for?
Will the price of my 'asc web ads' ever increase?

Design and Development of a ASC Web Ads Campaign

How do I go about designing my 'asc web ads'?
How often can I change my 'asc web ads'?
How much will I be charged for my 'asc web ads'?
What is 'Dayparting', and can I schedule my 'asc web ads'?
Can I set a daily budget for my 'asc web ads' campaigns?
Will I be able to track my 'asc web ads' campaigns?
What about my 'asc web ads' and 'pay per click fraud'?

Payment Options

What means of payment do we accept?

 

FAQs Answers


How do I create a ASC Web Ads Advertiser account?

To create a 'asc web ads' advertiser account, simply:

  • click on the 'Advertiser' tab at the top of the page
  • fill out the registration form
  • enter your email address (this will also be your login user name)
  • choose a password and be sure to make note of it
  • complete the form (bolded areas are required)
  • click the 'Register' button to submit your information
  • your registration will then have to be verified by email
  • check your inbox for an email from sales@ascdeveloper.com
  • click on the verification link within the email you receive
  • you will then be forwarded to a login page
  • Login using your email address and password

That's it! Click on the various tabs within your admin panel and familiarize yourself with how things work. You can now create and preview different ads based on the temples found within the 'Create Ad' tab. More info on creating ads...

Once you click on the 'Account' tab and ad funds to your account, your ads will automatically fall into rotation on over 100,00 popular web pages.

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How do I create a ASC Web Ads Publisher account?

Thank you for your interest in being a ASC Web Ads publisher. Clicking on the 'Publisher' tab at the top of this page will take you to a form where, if you wish, you may enter your details. Please note: That we are not currently seeking third party publishers, however any information we receive will be catalogued for future reference.

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Fixed Bid: ' Vertical Text Ad' -~ ASC Web Ads Listing

Our 'Vertical Text Ads' are self-service, 'Fixed Bid' Keyword targeted, and would most often be listed in a prominent position on a web pages left or right side.

These 'vertical text asc web ads' are individual text linked ads which display different advertiser's ads simultaneously, yet independently of each other in a random rotation.

This random rotation is triggered every time a page is refreshed or visited anew, and it is quite reasonable that your ad or a number of your ads could be displayed at the same time on many different web pages.

Ad Specifications

  • Title: maximum 32 characters
  • Description: maximum 64 characters
  • URL: maximum 512 characters
  • Display URL: maximum 25 characters
  • Random rotation placement - 'Fixed Bid' Keyword targeted
  • Fixed bid cost - No keyword bidding wars
  • Allowed 30 keywords or keyword phrases per ad
  • PPC - Fixed Rate Bid: .07 - .10 cents pay per click thru
  • Hidden URL in browser status bar -
    (Will be replaced with Display-URL or Domain name)

ASC Web Ads
Vertical Text Ads

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Fixed Bid: '120x240 Vertical Image' ~ ASC Web Ads Listing

One of our more popular advertising options, is the '120x240 Vertical Image Ad'. The size and eye catching design of these ads will most certainly draw the viewers attention.

This popular advertising option affords a quality listing for your advertisement and allows you to showcase your product before an audience of potential customers.

These 120 by 240 vertical image ads are also self-service, either Generic or Keyword targeted, allowing you to display a 120 pixel by 240 pixel vertical image ad to promote you product or service.

Ad Specifications

  • Title: No visible title text
  • Description: No description text
  • URL: maximum 512 characters
  • Display URL: maximum 25 characters
  • image: 120 pixel by 240 pixel - Maximum size 30,000 bytes
  • Random rotation placement - 'Fixed Bid' Keyword targeted
  • Fixed bid cost - No keyword bidding wars
  • Allowed 30 keywords or keyword phrases per ad
  • PPC - Fixed Rate Bid: .25 cents pay per click thru
  • Hidden URL in browser status bar -
    (Will be replaced with Display-URL or Domain name)

Please note:
All images used in our ads must meet specified size requirements.


ASC Web Ads
120x240 Vertical Image Ad

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Fixed Bid: '125x125 Button' ~ ASC Web Ads Listing

Another very popular advertising option, these '125x125 Button' 'ASC Web Ads' provide a most affordable advertising option. A keyword targeted 125x125 'ASC Web Ad' is most often found in the header portion of our many dynamically created keyword search result pages.

These are quality listings for your advertisement and through the use of a graphic image you can draw the attention of your potential customers.

These 125 by 125 button image ads are also self-service, allowing you to include a 125 pixel by 125 pixel button image to promote you product or service.

Ad Specifications

  • Title: No visible title text
  • Description: No description text
  • URL: maximum 512 characters
  • Display URL: maximum 25 characters
  • image: 125 pixel by 125 pixel - Maximum size 25,000 bytes
  • Random rotation placement - No keyword bidding
  • Allowed 30 keywords or keyword phrases per ad
  • PPC - Fixed Rate Bid: .20 cents pay per click thru
  • Hidden URL in browser status bar -
    (Will be replaced with Display-URL or Domain name)

Please note:
All images used in our ads must meet specified size requirements.


ASC Web Ads
125x125 Button Ad

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What is a Fixed Bid: '468x60 Banner' ~ ASC Web Ads Listing

A Keyword '468x60 Banner 'ASC Web Ads' listing' can often times be found center stage, near the top of many of our keyword search result web pages.

A Generic '468x60 Banner 'ASC Web Ads listing' would normally be found center stage, near the bottom of a web page.

The larger size of these advertising spots affords a quality listing for the advertiser. The pronounced graphic images will most certainly draw the attention of those visitors scrolling down the web page.

These 468 by 60 banner image ads are also self-service, either Generic or Keyword targeted, allowing you to include a 468 pixel by 60 pixel banner image to promote your product or service.

Ad Specifications

  • Title: No visible title text
  • Description: No description text
  • URL: maximum 512 characters
  • Display URL: maximum 25 characters
  • image: 468 pixel by 60 pixel - Maximum size 30,000 bytes
  • Random rotation placement - Generic or Keyword targeted
  • Fixed bid cost - No keyword bidding wars
  • Allowed 30 keywords or keyword phrases per keyword ad
  • PPC - Fixed Rate Bid: .10 - .15 cents pay per click thru
  • Hidden URL in browser status bar -
    (Will be replaced with Display-URL or Domain name)

Please note:
All images used in our ads must meet specified size requirements.

ASC Web Ads ~ 468 by 60 Image

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What kind of ASC Web Ads are allowed?

In general the majority of advertisers will find our site quite accommodating for most types of advertising, as our ultimate aim is to help you succeed with your online ventures.

Please note: It is important to keep all our advertiser websites as family friendly (child safe) as possible, and we will not accept any advertising that we consider inappropriate for our viewing audience. This could include, but not be limited to, advertisements and links to sites that promote racial, defamatory, or pornographic content.

All 'asc web ads' are manually viewed for compliance with our terms of service. We reserve the right to be the sole authority who is able to determine the worth or quality of advertisements to be permitted on our site(s).

Please see our Advertisers: Terms of Service by clicking the Terms link at top of page.

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How many types of ASC Web Ads are allowed on each page?

In fairness to our advertisers we have decided to restrict the number of advertising spots on each page.

We currently offer 8 types of advertising spots per page, and, similar to real estate, the pricing structure reflects just how desirable the location of the ad placement may be on the page. The type, positioning, and pricing of these ads is clearly detailed above, next to the illustrated ad blocks shown on this FAQ page.

Please note:
asc web ads reserves the right to substitute an
alternate choice for Sponsored Ads as the need may arise.

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How many ASC Web Ads am I allowed to create?

Once you have registered as an advertiser you are free to create as many ads, and/or ad types as you feel would best suit your campaign(s). Each ad type has its own template with an easy to follow input form that will quickly allow you to create and preview your ad.

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How long can I run a ASC Web Ads campaign for?

While you are able to create ad campaigns as soon as you have created your advertiser account, your ads will not start to appear in random rotation on any web pages until funds are added to your account. Your ad campaign(s) will continue to run as long as there are sufficient funds in your account.

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Will the price of my ASC Web Ads ever increase?

We are committed to providing an affordable advertising solution to our customers. Ad pricing is set for a minimum 6 month calendar period. Pricing is to be reviewed Sept and April of each calendar year. Any price increases will be restricted to a maximum of 10% in any 6 month calendar period.

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How do I go about designing ASC Web Ads?

Once you have registered an account, simply log into your account using the email address and password you registered your account with:

  1. Click the "Create an Ad" tab
  2. Choose the kind of ad you want from the template list
  3. click on the template link to learn more about the ad and its CPP
  4. Enter your ad information in the appropriate form fields
  5. *Make sure you use the http:// in the URL field
  6. *Image types GIF, PNG, JPEG, must be exact dimensions and within maximum size (bytes)
  7. Click on Save - your ad is now live and will be added to your list of ads
  8. Clicking on an ad in your list will allow you to preview and edit it
  9. Your ad will automatically fall into random rotation once funds are added to your account.
  10. That's It! Enjoy!

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How often can I change my ASC Web Ads?

Due to the fact that our 'asc web ads' are self-service, you have the ability to login to your advertiser admin panel where you can edit, pause, delete, or create new ads anytime you desire.

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How much will I be charged for my ASC Web Ads?

All our 'asc web ads' are charged using a 'Fixed Bid:' PPC - "pay per click" format. We offer a variety of ad options and each has been assigned a certain cost per click value, depending on the ads particular design and placement on the web page.

There is a minimum $15.00 purchase required anytime that a new account is created, or when funds are added to an existing account. The total (whole) amount of this $15.00 charge is automatically added to your account, there are no registration or administration fees subtracted from it.

Within your advertiser admin panel you have the ability to monitor your ads performance and keep track of the number of click thru's for each ad campaign and monitor your account balance. The great thing about our 'asc web ads' is, that no matter how many times your ad may be viewed, you only pay for those visitors that actually click your ad to visit your site. The 'Fixed Bid' feature takes the guess work out of determining you 'ROI' (return on investment) because the cost of each visitor is predetermined.

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What is 'Dayparting' and can I schedule my ASC Web Ads?

Research has shown that people search the Internet for different kinds of information during the morning, afternoon and evening hours. If you think you can get a better ROI (return on investment) for click thru's during certain hours of the day or certain times of the week, you can set your ad to run only at those particular times.

Dayparting
Allows you to setup start and end dates for an ad, or even which hours you want your ad to run. Through you advertiser admin panel, our flexible system will allow you to globally daypart individual ads to maximize the return on you advertising dollar.

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Can I set a maximum daily budget for my ASC Web Ads campaigns?

Sorry, not at this time? In lieu of being able to set a maximum daily budget for your campaigns, you do have the ability to pause any or all of your ads whenever you want through your advertiser admin panel.

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Will I be able to track my ASC Web Ads campaigns?

Absolutely, you will be able to track the number of times your ad is viewed, number of click thru's, click thru ratio, spend amount, and more through your advertiser admin panel.

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What about my ASC Web Ads and 'pay per click fraud'?

Click thru fraud is seemingly ever increasing in some advertising campaigns. PPC click thru fraud is a very real fact, and is as much as a concern for us as it is for our advertisers.

Because we have direct control over the placement of all our 'asc web ads' we have eliminated, perhaps a least talked about cause of fraudulent click thru's, those clicks being generated by less than honest third party publishers.

In order to protect our advertisers from fraudulent click thru's generated by unprincipled competitors, we have a built in varying algorithms into each of our ad templates that are designed to thwart such attempts.

Within your advertiser admin panel you have the ability to monitor your ads performance and keep track of the number of click thru's and your account balance. The great thing about our 'Fixed Bid' PPC ads is, that no matter how many times your ad may be viewed, you only pay for those visitors that actually click your ad to visit your site.

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What means of payment do we accept?

PayPal.jpg For your convenience, 'ASC Web Ads', through our parent company Moments To Treasure Books, has created an account with the Internet's most recognized and trusted payment processors, so your online purchase can be completed worry free. This proven e-commerce provider is owned by eBay©, is a member of the Online Better Business Bureau, and is recognized worldwide under the name of PayPal.

You do not have to be a PayPal member to use this payment service, however if you choose, you can establish an account with PayPal for free. A nice feature of PayPal is that you can send and receive payments in more than one currency.

Note: You will need to register an account before you can add funds, just follow these easy steps

There is a minimum $15.00 purchase required in order to establish a new account. The total amount of this minimum $15.00 purchase is added to your account, there are no registration or administration fees deducted.

*PLUS* We will double ANY new advertiser's initial deposit!

You need to add funds to your account before your ad will go live. To do this, click on the 'Account' tab in your admin area. If you would like to take greatest advantage of our offer to double your initial deposit (new accounts only) then simply delete the 'add funds' preset $15.00 amount and enter any amount you would like add. Once you account has been authorized we will match your initial deposit, dollar for dollar, as our way of welcoming you to this ASC Web Ads advertising opportunity.

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