Monetisation

[modersohn]

Since running lexplorer does induce costs, we should think about how these costs could be covered.

As mentioned in #160 and a few places before that, I had a look at how etherscan.io does their ads.

It seems they use https://coinzilla.com/ and when I googled this, I got an ad for https://bitmedia.io as well.

At first glance it seems these two both offer services for publishers (us!) as well.

@fudgebucket27 can you have a look and maybe even give it a try?

I think if we can have ads that are similarly small and don't disturb too much, users will hopefully not have a problem with this.

Edit: I've read a bit more and coinzilla definitely seems the better fit. Can payout to Ethereum where bitmedia only does bitcoin and has a minimum withdrawal amount of 0,01 BTC, i.e. even with nowadays low price 200 US$.

[fudgebucket27]

Okay I will investigate. As long as the ads are not intrusive I will be right with that. Don't want annoying pop ups or what not!

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[modersohn]

Yeah that's why I was looking at etherscan - because at least on desktop their ads are very non-intrusive.

[fudgebucket27]

Okay I've just signed up to coinzilla. Waiting for them to verify our site.

[fudgebucket27]

They are finally in the process of verifying the site. Should hopefully hear back soon.

[fudgebucket27]

An update for this. We got knocked back due to not having enough page views per month.

I'm thinking we could sell ad space on the site instead? I'm doing something similar for my other project https://looprare.io

It's just a non intrusive text ad with a link:

[modersohn]

Sure, that's pretty much the same from an enduser perspective. If you're okay with how things are handled that way, we could surely do it like that. I was hoping an ad provider would handle things transparently and result in a wider choice of ads, but in the end, income is all that counts.