Advantages:
- Komoona is FREE- CREATING ads – the tool allows uploading and creating ads, making any site reader a potential advertiser, creating a new stream of (long tail) revenue.
- The entire process (upload/create ad, payment) takes place inside the tool on your page – your traffic doesn’t go anywhere.
- No minimum traffic or content limitations – any site big or small can use it
- Compatible with all major CMS platforms, Plugins for some of the main platforms
- Tool is slick, a breeze to use and is fully customizable
- Publisher Control Panel is awesome! J
Disadvantages:
- Relatively new platform- Currently advertisers can pay with PayPal and credit card only
- Not enough statistics
Bottom line:
We feel Komoona is a fantastic tool for small to medium sites! We would like to be able to see some more traffic statistics and more payment options for advertisers. Other than that we feel the CMS plugins, the ease of use, the customizability and the fact it is free, makes it a great all around solution for bloggers and site owners. We’ve decided to try it out on Techiemania, so feel free to support us and advertise on our site using our Komoona tool.You can try the Komoona’s Ad Wizard demo Here and the Control Panel demo Here – we’ve summed up the process below…
How does this work:
Publishers need to sign up for Komoona, specify some basic settings, choose to either use their own PayPal Merchant account or use Komoona billing (for a small fee) and then copy/paste a simple Java script on to their site. A ‘Place Holder’ banner appears (default Flash banner or custom made) on the site which prompts the reader/advertiser to start advertising. The size of the banner, it’s location on the page, the price of the ad and the banner design are all customized by the publisher via his Control Panel (review below).- When a reader/advertiser clicks the banner the main Komoona tool launches, the advertiser chooses to upload or create a banner:
- Uploading an ad is done by locating the file the advertiser wants to use. Creating a banner lets the advertiser get creative and build a banner from scratch:
- Komoona offers a few neat templates and gives publishers the option of creating their own custom template in their Control Panel:
- Once the banner is ready the advertiser goes on to the final stage which is choosing how long he wants to buy the ad space for and choosing a payment method. Currently advertisers can pay via Credit Card or PayPal:
- There is also a third option “Web Master Code” which allows publishers to upload test ads or give away ad spots without having to pay for them.
Once the payment was made an instant email notification goes out to both the advertiser and the publisher. The email notifies them of the new ad and asks the publisher to review the ad and either accept (publish) or decline it. If the publisher chooses to decline the ad no charge is made to the advertiser.
The Control Panel:
All aspects of the Komoona tool can be controlled and modified from the Control Panel, we found it straight forward and easy to get around. Here’s a quick overview:‘Manage Ads’ tab:
Approve Ads – this is where new ads go, publishers choose to accept or decline themLive Ads – ‘live’ ads can be viewed, the starting and end date of the ad is displayed
Edit Ad Design – Choose/Create templates
Edit Ad Layout – Change name of ad unit/Size/’Place Holder’ banner settings
Edit Ad pricing – Enable/disable time frames and set their price
Edit Conversion Booster – The Conversion Booster is a little tab that appears on your site and lets you deliver your message/pitch to your advertisers – this tool is enabled by default, in this section you can enable/disable, change the text/design/location on the page
‘Manage Sites’ tab:
Edit Site Information – Edit information, get “webmaster Code”Add Or Remove Site – Managing multiple sites, adding/removing
Get Komoona Code – Script is stored here in case it’s needed
‘Billing Settings’ tab:
Edit Cash Out Preferences – Choose Komoona Billing or your own PayPal Merchant accountCash Out History - View the payments that were made to you
Pending Payments – View upcoming payments
‘Manage Account’ tab:
Edit Personal Details – Name/Address etc.Edit Login Details – Change your password
If you are looking for an alternative approach to sell your blog/website’s ad slots, then Komoona will be the best choice since it allow to sell your advertisement spots directly from your website.
0 comments:
Post a Comment