Indie Fixx is offering affordable advertising to members of the independent design community, other businesses that support and offer services to indie businesses and those businesses that share and practice the ideals of the indie community. To sign up, just send me an email. I also offer banner creations services.

Advertising opportunities available:

1. Banner ads (Prices are through August 2008)

In an effort to provide advertising for both small and large ad budgets and to give advertisers flexibility in choosing their ad campaigns, I offer two types of banner ads.

Premium ATF (Above the fold) Ads - Featured Sponsors - Full through August

150×200 pixels - $75 per month

Plus a newsletter mention (currently over 4600 subscribers) & a sponsored post on the blog. Only 2 spots available at any given time. These ads will appear at the very top of the page. Ads will rotate on the page within this category.

1st tier BTF (Below the fold) Ads - Gallery Sponsors

150 x 200 - $45 per month.
150 x 150 - $35 per month.
150 x 100 - $25 per month.

These ads will appear just under the very top 2 ATF ads. Ads will rotate on the page within this category. Limited spots available.

Reserve 6 months or more to receive a 20% discount.

Ads must be in jpg or gif format. Either static or animated is okay. If you need a banner, I also offer banner creation services as well. See below for the details.

2. Indie Fixx Galleria

A galleria is an enclosed courtyard of shops and the Indie Fixx Galleria is a juried online galleria of independent artists/crafters/designer and independent boutiques. It’s designed to provide an expanded way for customers to get to know your products and your shop. Think of the galleria as an ‘indie mall’ featuring a mix of independent advertisers.

Each designer or shop will have its own page at indiefixxgalleria.com, very much like a store in a mall, on which to display and describe their products and info about their store.

The Indie Fixx Galleria is a juried showcase and for the time being has a maximum of only 12 open spots each month. We will try to choose a varied mix of shops for each month. Each month a new crop of shops will be featured in the Indie Fixx Galleria starting on the 5th of the month and running until the 4th of the next month.

The cost for having your shop in the Indie Fixx Galleria is:

$40 per month

To apply: send an email with your url or product images and the month for which you would like to participate. You will be notified if you are selected or possibly given the opportunity to reserve another month if your first choice is taken. I am currently only accepting applications for August & September.

The individual shop pages will include the following :

• 9 product images: 1 main image sized 350×350 pixels and 8 smaller images sized 175×175. The images should be of your products and not include logos or text of any kind, unless your products contain text. Images that do not meet these guidelines will not be used.
• The shop page will also contain a 150 word shop description/artist bio.
• 1-2 short sentence description for each product.
• Shop url - i.e http://myshop.com
• Blog url - i.e http://myblog.com
• Retail locations, if applicable
• Product prices
• Product urls
• This information can be sent to jen @ indiefixx.com.

3. Contest donations
I regularly sponsor contests for Indie Fixx readers. I will be accepting donations for fall contests later this summer. Email for more details.

Currently, I am taking reservations for banner ads starting with August and long-term advertising reservations. I am also accepting applications for the August and September Gallerias. If you want to reserve a banner spot or apply for the Galleria, send me an email with the following info:

Name:
Biz Name:
Email:
Biz url:
Biz description:
Type of advertising you are interested in:
If you have any questions, just send me an email and I’d be happy to work with you.

Testimonials

“Shortly after placing an ad with Indie Fixx, we were contacted by multiple boutiques to see if we would be interested in having our products in their stores. We were thrilled!!! When asked how they found us, they responded…on Indie Fixx.” Sue from Sweet As You Please

“I love your blog. I subscribe to it and look at it every day for ideas about what to carry for my store Magpie. You have great taste Jen!” Leah from Magpie and Craftster.

“I was very flattered to be featured on Indie Fixx last September. In addition to being grouped with so many awesome designers and crafts people, the story was included in USA Today. I received a great deal of hits to my website, and sales too. Thanks Jen” Julianna Holowka

“I’ve been continuously getting traffics and sales from your write-up and your recent press. Congrats, your great works are really showing off.” Mimie from miSPA

“Thank you so much for featuring me in your spring guide. That was very nice! I will now have to make a bunch more cases since over the last couple of days my supply was depleted….Actually I now owe you a double thanks since I just got an inquiry to feature my glasses cases in a bridal magazine. They found my cases through your website.“ Momi from space+moderne

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Product features are never paid for advertising, but are editorial. I only feature those products I like, I think my readers will like or products I have actually reviewed. All ads will be clearly marked.

Advertising on Indie Fixx does not increase or decrease your chances of being featured on Indie Fixx.

With the exception of bath and body products, samples are not required in order to be featured and do not guarantee a feature. I do require samples of bath and body products before review to test the quality. If you do choose to send samples, please note, I cannot return them. If you want to send me a sample, just send me an email.

All ads are subject to approval. Indie Fixx is not responsible for lost advertising time due to ads not submitted on time.

Banner Creation

Need a banner? I can create one for you. Prices are $20 for static banners and start at $30 for animated (depends on how many frames you would like) I also offer packages if you need several different sizes. Your banners can be used to advertise on Indie Fixx or used wherever you want to use them. Email for details and rates. See some examples below.