Sponsors, Like, OMG
You’ll note that the left nav bar now sports a “sponsors” addition. This site is a big-time money losing proposition, which is perfectly in keeping with my experiences with Jaguars in general, and not something I fret too much about. Still, money does buy happiness parts (or pays hosting, more to the point).
The Cafe Press store helped pay the hosting a bit, but pretty much everyone who needed a T-shirt has one, and calendar sales this past season were pretty flat–surprisingly so, I felt. (On the other hand, because Cafe Press charges me retail for calendars, to make a few dollars for the site they end up costing you $20 apiece, which is pretty steep tribute–so perhaps the slow sales are understandable.) The store is still there, and I encourage you to see if there’s something you can’t live without. I’ll probably still add new items occasionally; heck, I need T-shirts now and again. Plus the store was the subject of some ribbing from another site, which amused me to no end.
When I put together the “on eBay” page it was done as a service for me site users to enjoy. To use their widget, however, I needed to join their affiliate program, and they kick back a bit of their auction fees if people bid and win items if they arrive at eBay via a link from this site. If you’re an eBay shopper, please consider using this site as a launching point for your forays into the wilds of online auctions–it doesn’t cost you anything and I’ll never be able to hang out with Bill Gates and Warren Buffet if you don’t.
Motorbooks was another link offered by the affiliate program that seemed a good fit here, and they have several books I’ve never seen, so I’m giving them a shot. I suspect I’ll still have to keep my day job. Thanks to anyone who does visit and purchase goodies from our sponsors.
Web advertising programs are exciting to think about but the math is daunting. You will not see the ubiquitous Google ads here for that very reason…they’re considerably more intrusive, their terms of service bug me, and the return is quite meager in this particular backwater of the internet.
