I can live with banner & button ads on FR if they’re controlled by FR and not a third party such as Google. They could be screened to ensure that the advertisers share are values, and the advertisers would know the audience.
Another good way to raise money would be through affiliate programs with online bookstores. I’m not sure how they work now, but with Amazon you can set up links to specific titles and earn commissions when visitors make purchases via those links. I would love to see an FR Bookstore page.
Good idea. Amazon pays pretty good commissions, and not just on books. I am sure many Freepers shop there all the time anyway.
I get so much ad ware at places like “The Daily Caller” it almost stops my computer.
I don't know what the daily unique hit count is for Free Republic.
The source I looked at just gives “rank,” but hides the actual numbers behind a pay wall.
We need $1,000 a day in ad revenue to replace Freepathons.
I have to believe that 100,000 unique visitors a day would generate that easily.
But, Free Republic would lose some of its political autonomy.
If we shifted to ad funding, that means our sponsors become vulnerable to boycotts if outsiders get upset about the frank comments and frequent ridicule of the Left that often appear in these pages.