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DED · started 2019-10-14 11:08 · updated 2019-10-14 11:50

Audiotool might make more money for development if the Audiotool team allowed ad placement on the site or app. There's no guarantee that charitable donations will keep coming in.

Comments (11)

2019-10-14 11:09 · 2019-10-14

I'm actually not so sure if this would be considered a feature request.

2019-10-14 11:10 · 2019-10-14

Aside from sponsored constests we don't like advertisements. Most of them sell our user's privacy.
What kind of advertisement do you have in mind?

2019-10-14 11:14 · 2019-10-14

No ads please, audiotool is growing and more donations will come.

DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:15 · 2019-10-14

I don't know exactly what the best option would be.
I would immediately dismiss the idea of putting audio ads between a certain number of tracks listened to like on Spotify. That would get annoying, nobody likes those ads.

Known As I · reply
2019-10-14 11:16 · 2019-10-14

Definitely a feature request to me.

DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:25 · 2019-10-14

I think that visual ads on the left/right of pages might make the site look a little... hoaky? Might be worth it in some cases.

DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:28 · 2019-10-14

Audiotool might bring more people in if the team paid to put ads for Audiotool on other sites.

Known As I · reply
2019-10-14 11:36 · 2019-10-14

I see three options:

  1. we integrate some random banners (like shampoo, cereals, viagra). This would be no effort but pisses off our users and doesn't bring us a lot of money
  2. we do a research what partners would be able to offer advertisements for our target group (audio equipment, etc.) - less annoying but a lot of work.
  3. sell out our users' privacy and let some random company decide which advertisement would suit our users. Aside from not being an option: Users would simply install ad-blockers.
    I don't see a winning path here.
DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:41 · 2019-10-14

Then it looks like putting ads on the site is a bad idea. But what about Audiotool putting ads for Audiotool on music-related websites to bring people in?

DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:49 · 2019-10-14

That could bring in more potential donors and get more people talking about Audiotool.

DED · reply
2019-10-14 11:50 · 2019-10-14

Actually, it might be too soon for an ad campaign. Audiotool Next isn't complete yet.