I am currently testing (As you've probably seen) ad and affiliates. I plan to do more with NEWEGG, and Amazon... plus others.
If there are things you purchase online and you would like to see affiliate links posted, please let me know. I will customize those for you. The programs help pay for hosting and what-not.
As it was with EGA... I will not ask anyone to click the links or to purchase anything. This is only if you are buying stuff anyway and would like to help out the site.
If there are questions, please let me know.
FYI - the play-asia.com link isn't fully working yet - it's up for testing right now.
I purchase from Amazon at least once a week, Best Buy at least once a month, Newegg when i need parts (when they're not double msrp) ebay on occassion, and gamestop at least once monthly.
If you can monotize any of that I'll click a link.
Also, if there's something that pays a per click I'll help out.
Thank you - I appreciate that.
I am definitely working on Newegg and Amazon. I will be posting those 2 on the site at some point. There are some things I need to do before these are in place. It has to do with site wide settings that I'll explain later in more detail. Playasia links are now fixed.
I was playing with all the formatting in regard to our Vvide theme and some of the ad placements don't work with this theme.. but we will adjust as I think we will keep the Vvide theme as our main theme. and remove most others.
Just a heads up... I'm working on Amazon.com affiliates right now. This isn't a CPC program... but if you purchase things from amazon, it will help this site if you follow the links from here and then purchase. IT's not a lot, but it'll help and go towards hosting if you are able to do that.
Right now... I have one of the ads on the bottom. It appears to be rotating out with the bottom of page Playasia Ad. I'm working on a couple more ads.. probably right side tower ad or something.
Again... I'm not asking for any additional purchases. Only asking for you to think about going through from this site for amazon purchases
I get the ads, but dear Lord, you don't think this is excessive? lol.
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oh wow... you get 2 rows on top?! It's set for 1 row. hm...
Is it that way all the time? please let me know on this one... that needs to be fixed lol.
ok... I double checked and saved the ad... please let me know if you see it more than 1 row again.
I don't seem to get any ads now. Not sure about anyone else.
Nevermind, just got a playasia one.
I finally got the double ad from amazon, I feel so special
lol....
and I just received the amazon double row at the top. come on... :o It's set to 1 row.
and now it's displaying right..... *PUNCH MYSELF IN THE FACE!*
There are 3 at top that rotate out.
1.) Playasia
2.) amazon strip - 3 ads
3.) Responsive 4 ad - 1 row... should not be 8 ads 2 rows. This is the one not acting right. Although now... it seems like it is.
I want to say that I got an ad every time I visit the home page but now it's intermittent. But not sure if that's how it's supposed to be or if it's a bug.
hm... I've been getting them every time. The amazon ads load independently... so maybe it has something to do with that. Please let me know if the issue continues tonight (through tomorrow at some point). I will change the ad to load with the page instead of independently.
Thank you very much for reporting this stuff - to all that have tested / reported.
Why did the Adam and Eve ads start?
I was gonna say something about the humongous ad at the top but I couldn't get it to show up again to take a screenshot of it. XD
Quote from: targetrasp on February 28, 2018, 10:41:20 PM
Why did the Adam and Eve ads start?
LOL... well... some of the amazon ones are based on search history... SOOOOOOOooooooo. :D
I took the responsive ads off the top. I couldn't get a consistent result with setting 1 row. Weird... I'll try again this weekend.
There is a small strip for amazon on top and play-asia. I might turn off the play-asia ad. It was being used to test and position.
I left the larger add at the bottom for now.
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on March 01, 2018, 08:53:18 PM
LOL... well... some of the amazon ones are based on search history... SOOOOOOOooooooo. :D
I'm pretty sure Amazon is pushing ads from your search history because it was showing desk lamps and IU polos.
they absolutely are. The speakers I'd added to my wish list are front and center.
(My apologies, I really hate puns but I couldn't let that one go)
LOL.. that was a good one.
Are they nice speakers? :D
Also reactivated those ads again to test to make sure they stay to 1 row. However, the responsive ads are still pretty thick. hm.. please let me know if you see the ridiculous double ads again (2 row).
without doing any acoustical work on the room itself I won't pay a whole lot for speakers. Klipsch, Polk, Elac are what I'm considering. So nicer than theater in a box but nothing that'd impress a serious audiophile. I upgraded my receiver and the subwoofers so the front and center speakers are a little underpowered. I'll move the fronts to the back and ditch the surrounds and old center for some nicer center and front speakers.
yeah... I hear you . I have a nice set of Logitech speakers with massive subwoofer. IT does the job for the room... extraordinarily well.
man I completely skipped over where you lobbed my Adam and Eve joke back at me, such a missed opportunity.
Quote from: targetrasp on March 04, 2018, 05:20:02 PM
man I completely skipped over where you lobbed my Adam and Eve joke back at me, such a missed opportunity.
LOL :D
Hey... opportunities still exist.
Can't go back, its just not as funny.
I do like that the ads load quickly. I hate the ones that load while I'm reading something and pushes everything below my eye level. So annoying.
that's the goal... I HATE ADS that slow browsing, cause browsers to crash, load slow and then reformat the page after the load. Bad design... not good.
I plan to never use those types.
The best are the ones that are delayed on purpose. About the time you're going to click that next button the page shifts and you haphazardly click on an ad.
Ugh, I hate those too! They make we want to punch babies!!
Not really... maybe. :P
Quote from: CreepinDeth on March 07, 2018, 12:26:39 AM
Ugh, I hate those too! They make we want to punch babies!!
Not really... maybe. :P
And club seals...
Yes.. those are the worst.
Though the worst pages are... when you don't click an ad, but the target area for the link on is almost the entire background. And then you accidentally click the background and 3 ads cycle on screen.
None of that will be here.
no baby-punching or seal-clubbing?
I quit.
Quote from: targetrasp on March 08, 2018, 08:05:45 AM
no baby-punching or seal-clubbing?
I quit.
Wait - puppy punching as well.
Checking in... any other problems with the ads? lol... exploding or what not.
A big thank you to all those that have done your purchasing from amazon site links... it helps to offset hosting.
I'm posting this due to a couple questions.
Just a heads up... if you don't see something you want to buy in the ads... you can click the ads, go to Amazon, and then search for what you want and we will still get credit.
I updated this in the FAQ
I can't tell, is this a good deal
@BLUEVOODU ?
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@mastermario lol! That's. steal!! Buy it now.
More good deals!
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LOL... Mario Party 5 - depending on condition - is worth a lot. Crap... I bought Mario Party 4, 6, and 7 used / mint last summer (2017)... and they were $125 for the 3. Not sure about Bomberman 64. You should buy it at that steal though. Please make sure to follow the ads from this site. We will receive a little credit that will go to Hosting LOL. ;D
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on September 03, 2018, 01:06:18 AM
Crap... I bought Mario Party 4, 6, and 7 used / mint last summer (2017)... and they were $125 for the 3.
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@mastermario because they are fun and I wanted them. We've had a lot of fun with those games. 6 MIGHT be better than 5 lol.
they are all pretty awesome. I think I've been able to collect all but the first 3 or 4, cart based games have gotten scarce and command a premium anymore
Dat free fortnite game.
lol
@Kinikko ... you and
@mastermario ... I tell ya.
You know... I wonder if a physical copy of that game would ACTUALLY retain value lol.
I'd imagine it perform similarly to those games that came out late in a systems life where the next gen platforms were already out and few were made, like a Little Sampson or Bucky O'Hare.
Instead of being limited because it was released too late, its limited because 23045u39045r09u43 x10^100 already downloaded the game.
I'm highly considering picking up physical copies of Friday the 13th because for the longest it was only available as a download. If I ever see a physical copy of Forkknife i'll definitely grab it.
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on September 15, 2018, 05:46:28 PM
lol @Kinikko ... you and @mastermario ... I tell ya.
You know... I wonder if a physical copy of that game would ACTUALLY retain value lol.
It just might. Fortnite Physical Copies Are Selling For Wild Amounts Online (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fortnite-physical-copies-are-selling-for-wild-amou/1100-6460011/)
QuoteFortnite's publishers are no longer making physical editions of the game, focusing 100 percent on free digital downloads
@CreepinDeth So it became an uber collectors edition. Nice.
@targetrasp it's hard to know what versions will retain value and not. You know... I had a TON of Terminator 2 for the Super Nintendo New/Sealed and discounted many of them when selling off my business. They now are going for a pretty penny on Ebay. It is what it is. For my sake, I needed to close the business and clean everything up to have a clean slate. Looking at Prices now, I wish I kept some of those items LOL. :))
@BLUEVOODU Just think about all the neo cd stuff too...
I bought some sealed 3do stuff a long time ago when someone was cleaning it out, i'd packed it away with something else and completely forgot about it. had I sold it off when I thought I was getting out of collecting I may have made 50 bucks. Now, many of the pieces are worth that much each.
I wonder what happens to the physical copies of fortnite when the servers go offline? will it still be insanely expensive due to rarity alone or once there's nothing to play does it lose appeal
I don't understand why there is an ad for fortnite on PS4 that cost 309.00 dollars. To me that's just confusing
Quote from: targetrasp on November 12, 2018, 11:07:41 PM
I wonder what happens to the physical copies of fortnite when the servers go offline? will it still be insanely expensive due to rarity alone or once there's nothing to play does it lose appeal
Well.. we are already seeing that with Wii, Xbox, and some Gamecube games. Phantasy Star Online seems to have kept it's value - so far. I guess a lot depends If there is still single player capable. Can you play the Save the World mode of FortNite (https://www.chickendinnergaming.com/forum/index.php?board=20.0) offline?
I Cannot imagine paying top dollar for a game you couldn't even play because the servers are down. BUT it could also be like Phantasy Star Online where fans started up their own servers.
Is that the pso either spartain or mm was talking about? I thought that was a pc download..... can you really still use the gc to play something online?
That is the PC version...
@mastermario mentioned it. He's been nagging me to play lol... we should all join up to play. It's pretty fun. Takes a few plays to get used to it... but it's good.
I'm pretty sure he's boycotting the site right now because I haven't played PSO with him yet lol :))
As far as Gamecube Phantasy Star Online being active... nope... long dead.
Back to the ads and affiliates topic. Shameless plug - If anyone is doing any Shopping over the Holidays (or even just personal groceries, items, AND even Business items), please think about using our ads at the top of the forum. They do not require anything else than a click... and we receive a small credit that goes to hosting and also investing into site features.
I appreciate any help you provide.
When this black Friday - Cyber Monday nets you super car money don't be like those Youtubers buying Lamborghini's, go classy... Audi R8 Ferrari 810, 812
LOL ;D. Yeah. But never the less ... it really does help toward hosting and upgrades. Right now that's all out of pocket and will continue to be, it just helps out a lot.
Quote from: targetrasp on November 13, 2018, 11:29:41 PM
Is that the pso either spartain or mm was talking about? I thought that was a pc download..... can you really still use the gc to play something online?
Yeah, I play on some private servers that are still relatively active with new content (quests and events). But, I believe people still are able to play on the GC with the adapter with some workarounds. I would be surprised if it were as active as the private PC servers though because it's probably more complicated and more work than it's worth.
Quote from: BLUEVOODU on November 14, 2018, 11:36:12 AM
I'm pretty sure he's boycotting the site right now because I haven't played PSO with him yet lol :))
Hey, I told you I'd give you a post for every 5 minutes of gaming with you and you played a good amount of Overwatch last night so today I'm making good on my promise. :)
Lol annnd as I said - I don't want that to be a basis to post. I want people to enjoy this place and to feel free to come and go (hopefully more coming than going ) as they please. I want it to be a home base... a place to gather, have permanence (unlike many communities in social media these days), and for gathering players for multiplayer gaming.
This place isn't going away and I'm going go continue to work on updates. People remember the 'good ol ega days'. We can have those again here.
@mastermario we need to create a GameCube topic on this and the pc topic. It would be cool to get a few people to play .