Got a meeting tomorrow with an ad network

[Payton]

They want to discuss potentially adding my site to their network... From what I gather so far that includes exclusive control over my advertising. That means they get the advertisers, manage the ad campaigns, etc.

In return I get a base cpm, they charge a set service fee I guess and then we split the rest of the ad rate. From the initial talks it sounds pretty good as I think overall my cpm can be quite a bit higher.

Any thoughts? Points I need to consider? Questions to ask them? Thanks

 

[Andrew]

Be very cautious about long term contracts. I've seen a few threads about these things before on other forums.

 

[Payton]

Yeah I believe it's a 1 year contract... will find out more tomorrow I guess. So from the other threads have they generally worked out or turned out to be bad idea?

 

[VinSVT]

Never done anything like this... cant give any advice... all I can say is goodluck!

 

[Jon]

Sign for 3-6 months at most.. Which network is it? Sounds like a TF move.

 

[Payton]

PM me Jon if you really want to know... I don't want to say too much yet since the deal's not done. I'll post more details when I know more and if I can.

 

[Nathan]

I hope all goes well for you.

 

[reteep]

I'd never do a 1 year contract if you're unsure. As Jon said, 3-6 months are fine.

 

[NtodaS]

how can you both benefit from this?

 

[MisterX]

Good luck and let us know how it goes.