This site is ranked in the top ten of most search engines using the key word "mineralogy" and is the most linked site in the world dealing with mineral data.

Why Advertise

By advertising at this Web site, you will be seen by thousands of mineral enthusiasts a day. Our advertising rates help sponsor the maintenance of this site. This is done by using server side includes (SSI) and custom perl scripts to generate a rotating selection of ads from the advertiser list. Every page on this site will have an ad displayed from one of our sponsors.

The Mineralogy Database website generates 1,000,000 page views a month with 60,000 Visitors

By advertising, you reach a worldwide and targeted audience who have high potentials to be your customers. A Georgia Institute of Technology survey concludes that the characteristics of current Web members are:

Young: Their average age is 31 years old.
Professional: 45% work in professional occupations.
Highly educated: 55% have university or post-graduate degrees.
High income: Their average income is US$ 65,000.

Rates

The cost basis for ad space depends on the "click-through" and not on "page view" model. In other words, only those mineralogy database users who actually visit your site are counted. Page views are free and there is a maximum monthly cap of $50. on the click-throughs. If you wish to pay for a years worth of banner ads, then a 15% discount is applicable (12 x $50.00) x 0.85 = $510.00.

The cost is $0.15 per click-through with a monthly cap of $50 whichever is less. The minimum setup of an account is $100 with your image artwork which will provide 667 click-throughs or two months and an estimated 60,000 to 100,000 page views from potential consumers.

Details

Minimum Purchase: $100 (667 click-throughs or two months whichever is less)
Banner Image: GIF or JPEG, preferred size 468 x 60 pixels.

To start advertising at this site, send an email to dbarthelmy@webmineral.com with your banner image attached. If you do not have a banner image for your site, we can create one for you... absolutely FREE! After determining your desired exposure (see Rates above), send your check to:

David Barthelmy
3607 Aldergrove Drive
Spring, Texas 77388-5002

New, PayPal option to make payments using a credit card. Just click on the PayPal logo below:

Two Months, $100.00	One Year, $510.00

Once your check has been received or a PayPal payment made, an account name and password will be emailed to you which enables you to get up-to-date account information.

Account Information

Current Advertisers, please login to view a current status report of your account. Non-advertisers use "mindb" as your Account with "guest" as the Password to see an example report.