About Our Site
Crochetville is the premier online crochet forum, providing a community where crocheters from all over the world share their love of crochet. It is also a content-rich resource of crochet information and inspiration. Our members range from novices to serious hobbyists to seasoned professionals. Our forum is well-moderated and family-friendly. Amy Shelton and Donna Hulka, co-owners of Crochetville LLC, are committed to maintaining a clean, easy-to-use site with a welcoming and encouraging atmosphere.

Advertising That Fits You
Crochetville currently offers two types of paid advertising, banner ads ($50-100/month) and marketplace subscriptions ($10/month). Banner ads are highly visible near the top center of our forum pages and give your business excellent exposure. They are our more traditional form of advertising; you simply place your ad and enjoy the traffic to your web site. Marketplace subscriptions are a unique package of features for Crochetville members including a signature image, special icon, the ability to promote your business in a special forum, and increased private message limit.

Please Note
Our Marketplace Shops page is being phased out and replaced with our new, feature-rich marketplace subscriptions. Current Marketplace Shops listings will continue to run through the end of April 2008.

Banner Ads
Banner ads appear in a single location near the top of Crochetville forum pages and are displayed in rotation, each with equal priority. We accept banner ads for crochet or fiber related businesses or products. View live samples by browsing through our forum.

Banner ads must be 475 x 100 pixels, 72 dpi, and static (non-animated). Your banner ad will be linked to your business web site using the URL you provide. You will receive your own advertiser account login to our advertising management program to access your ad views, ad clicks, and click-through rate.

You may optionally include a line of text below your ad, with a limit of approximately 70 characters including spaces. This is a great way to share an announcement, sale, coupon code, etc. without having to modify your ad design.

You do not have to be a member of Crochetville to purchase a banner ad slot. However, if you are a member, you will also optionally receive all the benefits of a Marketplace Subscription (described below). Your Marketplace Subscription beginning and expiration dates shall coincide with the start and end of your banner ad. Please let us know if you want to take advantage of this offer so we can activate your Marketplace Subscription.

Cost/Banner Ad Slot
$50/month for small, independent designers/businesses
$100/month for large businesses
5% discount available when you prepay for a 3 months at once

Why the price differential between independent and large businesses? Part of our mission at Crochetville is to support crochet. Just one of the ways we do that is by offering discounted banner ad rates to indy businesses.

Banner Ad Design
If you would like us to create your banner ad, we are happy to work with you. We currently offer free design assistance to our banner advertisers. This is a $100 to $150 value. (This special offer may be available for a limited time.) See samples of our work.

Limitations
We currently accept a maximum of 15 banner ads per month: 12 slots for independent designers and 3 for large businesses. Two additional slots are reserved for use by Crochetville LLC. The number of banner ads accepted may change without notice.

Certain special pages are excluded from displaying banner ads: including but not limited to, the schedule of classes and donations.

By advertising on Crochetville, you agree to our advertising policies.

How to Purchase a Banner Ad Slot
If you think you might be interested in purchasing a banner ad slot, please contact us. We are happy to answer any questions you might have. Contacting us regarding banner ads does not obligate you to purchase. Please remember that banner ad slots have limited availability. When you contact us, we will let you know if there is open space for you.

Marketplace Subscriptions
Marketplace Subscriptions provide advertising features to Crochetville members. They are our very affordable advertising solution for small, independent designers and businesses. Subscribers receive the following for the duration of their subscription:

• Signature Image: You will have the ability to include one image for your business in your signature. It must be static (non-animated) and no larger than 210 x 100 pixels and no larger than 40 KB. This image may be linked to your business web site. (Your signature appears in each of your forum posts and private messages as well as in your user profile.)
• Icon: This advertiser pixel icon will appear under your user title in all posts and private messages and also in the upper right hand corner of your user profile. This icon identifies you to other members as a legitimate Crochetville advertiser and it lets them know you are supporting Crochetville by purchasing advertising.
• Advertising: You will have the ability to start threads in the Marketplace forum. These threads may introduce, describe, or promote your business. Some examples include advertisements, announcements, promotions, coupons, sales notices, and new product notices. Non-advertiser Crochetville members will be able to post replies in Marketplace threads, but will not be able to start threads of their own. This allows advertisers to have ongoing dialogue with Crochetville members.
• Increased PM Limit: You will have the ability to store up to 1,000 Private Messages (PMs) (standard number is 500).

You may purchase a Marketplace Subscription if your business is crochet, fiber, or craft related. If you have another type of business you feel would be of interest to our members, please contact us for approval prior to purchasing a subscription. Please, no home parties (such as Tupperware, Avon, Pampered Chef, etc.), affiliate programs (such as Amazon Affiliates, etc.), or similar. Also no other multilevel marketing nor any pyramid schemes.

Cost/Marketplace Subscription
$10/month available in 1-month, 3-month, or 6-month subscriptions. Your term will start as soon as your payment is processed and will expire at the end of your subscription length. Special Introductory Offer: $1 Marketplace Subscriptions! From now through the end of May 2008, new subscribers may purchase a 1-Month Marketplace Subscription for just one dollar! You will enjoy the benefits of a Marketplace Subscription for a full month, starting on the day you subscribe.

Signature Ad Design
If you need assistance designing your signature ad or if you can not get your image to comply with our size limit, please see our graphic design services below.

Limitations
Marketplace Subscriptions are intended for small, independent businesses. However, large companies who purchase a banner ad slot will also optionally receive the benefits of a Marketplace Subscription.

There is no limit to number of Marketplace Subscriptions available.

Threads in the Marketplace forum will be moved to a non-public archive after one month of inactivity (no posts to the thread). If your Marketplace Subscription is still active (not expired) you may request to have specific thread(s) restored to the Marketplace forum, but we will not mass restore all of a subscriber's threads.

By advertising on Crochetville, you agree to our advertising policies.

How to Purchase a Marketplace Subscription

1. Click the User CP link in the dark blue navigation bar at the top of any forum page.
2. Scroll down to the Miscellaneous heading on the left side and click the Paid Subscriptions link.
3. Look through the list of Available Subscriptions and find Marketplace Subscriptions.
4. Use the pull-down menu to select a 1-month, 3-month, or 6-month subscription so the cost appears in the box.
5. Click the Order button.
6. Click the Order Using Paypal button to process your payment through Paypal. (You are not required to have a PayPal account to pay through PayPal. You can use a credit or debit card without registering for a PayPal account.)
7. You will be taken to the Paypal site.
8. If you wish to pay through your Paypal account, login to the Paypal site. Follow Paypal's steps to complete your payment.
9. If you do not have a Paypal account, you may pay for the subscription with a credit or debit card. Just click the "Continue" link that appears over all the credit card logos. Follow Paypal's steps to complete your payment.
10. When you complete your payment, you will receive all the Marketplace Subscriber benefits.

Expired Subscriptions
If you choose not to renew your Marketplace Subscription when it expires:

• Your advertiser pixel icon will automatically disappear and your ability to start threads in Marketplace will automatically terminate.
  
• Signature image removal is not automatic, but will be removed the next time we perform manual maintenance on Marketplace Subscriptions.
  
• Your private message (PM) storage limit will return to the standard 500. If you have over 500 PMs, your existing PMs will not be deleted and you can continue to receive PMs. However, you will not be able to send any PMs until you delete enough to reduce your storage to less than 500.
• Your Marketplace forum threads will be moved to a non-public archive. If you resubscribe, you may request to have all your threads mass restored except those that have been archived due to more than one month of inactivity (no posts to the thread). Inactive threads can be restored individually by request (see Limitations section above).

Graphic Design for Signature Ads
If you would like us to design your signature ad, we are happy to work with you. See samples of our work. To ask a question or initiate a design request, please contact us. Contacting us does not obligate you to purchase design services. Prices are as follows.

We Design & Create: $40
If you don't have a design in mind, we can make your signature ad from scratch. If you do have a design in mind, but don't have the graphics program or skills to make it a reality, we can do it. After you contact us, we will ask you to send us some original, unedited high-resolution images for us to choose from and any preferences for color or style. We will design and create a beautiful, original ad uniquely suited to your business.

You Design, We Polish: $20
If you have already created your ad, but can't get it quite right, we can fix it. If your images are fuzzy or your text is blurry or if you need some finishing touches, this is the option for you. After you contact us, we will ask you to send us your ad, along with your original, unedited high-resolution images and the names of any fonts you used. We will make your ad beautiful for you.

Quick Fix: $5
If your signature ad is otherwise suitable but you can not get it to comply with our 40 KB size limit, we can do this for you. The dimensions of your ad must be 210 x 100 pixels. If it is not the correct size in pixels, our design services will fall under the "You Design, We Polish" category above. Contact us if your ad needs a quick fix.

By advertising on Crochetville, you agree to our advertising policies. Those who choose to take advantage of our limited free advertising also agree to our free advertising policies.