Digitalroot Introduces Online Bulk Banner Ad Buys
A new start-up aims to open up online ad buying to smallerbusinesses.
A new start-up aims to open up online ad buying to smallerbusinesses.
In the latest example of how start-up businesses are using technology to make the buying of advertising easier and more democratic, digitalroot this week launched a service that aggregates the banner ad purchases of smaller businesses.
The idea, which is similar to consumer plays like MobShop and Mercata, is that smaller businesses can’t get as good a deal on buying online advertising, simply because they aren’t buying in volume. Digitalroot aims to bring together the buys of smaller businesses, giving them better prices and boosting them over the minimum buy requirements of top-tier Web properties.
“Everyone benefits when you increase market participation,” said Robert Kunis, director of business development at digitalroot.
So far, digitalroot has gotten commitments from Fool.com, CBSMarketWatch.com, RollingStone.com, and FOXSports.com, to sell their inventory online. The value proposition for Web properties is that it enables them to better monetize unsold inventory. Media Metrix’ AdRelevance division this week released a study that said house ads — often the result of unsold inventory — account for nearly 20 percent of online advertising.
Digitalroot will make buying opportunities available through a Web interface, through its own site, through publisher sites, and through third-party distribution partners.
The company is currently finishing up its beta launch, with a full launch planned in around two weeks.
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