Placement rates & zones

"Last year I earned about $40,000 from Offbeat Bride readers after spending about $2,200 in advertising on the site."

Unlike most wedding websites, we are completely transparent about our placement rates. We won't waste your time making you email us for more info — all our rates are listed below. That said, these rates are fixed and non-negotiable.

Our goal is to make placement accessible to indie vendors, and so we offer a range of pricing and advertising options, with text and banner ads as cheap as $12 a week, up to our most effective sponsored posts at $600 for lifetime placement.

Heads-up: our traffic is up 80% this year, so our rates will be increasing June 1st, 2012. Buy now!

Where to start? A vendor listing is the best option for most businesses looking to get started with placement on Offbeat Bride, and is a great option for both regional AND online vendors.

Within 10 days of having our listing up on Offbeat Bride, we booked two weddings! -Hi-Society Entertainment

• 365 days in our searchable and browsable vendor directory, categorized by business type and location
• A feature-rich profile with photos, testimonials, social media links, and more
• Optional upgrades for additional locations, extra images, etc
• You need to read the Vendor Listing FAQ (srsly)
• Example of a vendor listing.
• Submit your vendor listing

Best placement option for: EVERYONE! We have powerful promotions for both regional vendors and online vendors.

Our text ads appear in the sidebar of Offbeat Bride's social network, linked from that Tribe tab. Although they're not always as effective as some of our other placement, they're an affordable option for businesses that cater to brides worldwide.

• Average 5,000 impressions a day
• Rotate three ads per slot
• Screenshot of how text ads appear
• Submit your text ad

Best placement option for: online vendors, Etsy stores, and other business that ship worldwide. Text ads are not recommended for regional vendors like photographers or officiants, since ads are shown to visitors worldwide.

• Main site banners appear in sidebar of all Offbeat Bride pages (except our vendor directory and forum pages)
• Average 25,000 impressions a day
• 200x200 pixels size
• Best for online vendors
• Rotate two ads per slot
• Screenshot of how site-wide banner ads appear.
• Submit your site-wide banner ad

Best placement option for: online vendors, Etsy stores, businesses selling visually exciting products.

In ONE DAY we made back four times the amount we paid for the advertorial. -Photo Pink, NYC

THIS IS OUR MOST EFFECTIVE PLACEMENT! Let us introduce your business to the offbeat world, applying our decade of experience copywriting for giants like Amazon and Microsoft. These sponsored posts appear on our homepage, read by hundreds of thousands of couples each month.

• You pay once for an offbeat advertorial, and your campaign stays on offbeatbride.com forever, tapping into over 480,000 unique visitors every month.
• All advertorials include a FREE 1-photo 1-year Standard Listing in our Offbeat Vendors guide
• Example: Seattle wedding photographer.
• Submit your advertorial.

Best for: photographers and apparel designers; businesses looking to launch a new product or service; web services looking to grow their user base; online vendors.

Here are just a few of the custom campaigns we've built for folks:

• Sponsored Pinterest pins
• Social media blasts to our 25k+ followers on Facebook and Twitter
• Email newsletter campaigns
• Customized RSS ads
• Feature box promos with your post at the top of our homepage for a week

… and a bazillionty other clever ways to share indie wedding vendors with our gazillions of readers. We'd LOVE to scheme with you. Get in touch to talk about building a custom campaign!

What are you waiting for?