As mentioned elsewhere, the advertising income that Channel 6-8 generates is less these days and expenses are more. The Classifieds Section was meant to be a perk to frequent contributors of content or those providing financial support to Channel 6-8. However, it's my opinion that the Classifieds are often used by those seeking only to sell their goods, for free, to those in the Channel 6-8 community. Additionally, ads are often for firearms and related items, which are frowned upon by my key advertising partners, and result in no related advertising income on that content. So, I've decided to make the following changes regarding use of the Classified Section.
- Those that have the Channel 6-8 R.O.C. designation can continue to use the Classifieds Section for free to sell small ticket items (<$100) and post "wanted" ads, etc. .
- For other Classified users, or those wanting to sell bigger ticket items like boats, trailers, ATVs and the like, there is now in place an option to purchase "PromoThreads" in the Classified section. I've introduced some advertsing packages that enable this new capability and have restricted some permissions in the Classifieds Section in support of these changes. The current options are shown below.View attachment 68870
- A new "Ads Manager" menu item allows you to access the Ad Packages above and create threads in the Classifieds Section.
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- Payment options are PayPal or e-transfer
- Existing ads in the Classified Section will remain as they are for a month.
A lot of code and configuration changes underpin this advertising function and there are likely to be some issues. Please start a conversation with me if you have questions about these changes or notice issues with function.
