(This is an example page to show you the different sizes of banners you can run, and to let you know where they can be placed on TheCityChicken.com.)

Among numerous other publications, TheCityChicken.com has been given mention in USA Today, Newsweek and the New York Times. 

TheCityChicken.com has also been mentioned on CNN Money.com, and Apartment Therapy Media recently listed TheCityChicken.com as one of their "25 Websites Backyard Farmers Should Be Reading." 

There is a new Facebook group called "Fans Of TheCityChicken.com" that has already topped 1,000 members. 

TheCityChicken.com has been online and updated for over 15 years now, and hence is the first site that pops up in Google when you search for chickens in the city, etc. 

And each day, over 2,900 people visit TheCityChicken.com  (source: Google)   People from over 74 countries around the world have visited TheCityChicken.com. 

Advertising prices on TheCityChicken.com start at just over $152 per year.  (To give you an idea of how good a deal this is, CommunityChickens.com charges approx. $600 per month to place similar sized ads on their site.) 
 
 

"Dear Katy, My sister wanted to start raising chickens. I pointed her to your web site. She said it was SUPER helpful and had more information in one place than any other site she'd visited. Thanks for helping my sister out."    ---- Steve W., Portland Oregon

Some screen captures which relate traffic on TheCityChicken.com . . . . 
 

Option number one:

• These are examples of a 470x70 pixel banner.
• It is the kind of banner you see on the Main Page of TheCityChicken.com, about half-way down the Main Page.
• These are of course just examples to show size. Your banner design will be of your own choosing!
• These ads are all in one grouping, as you can see there.
• The ads you see there cost just $152 per year! 
• If you purchase a spot for your banner ad here, in this grouping, its placement is at my discretion.
• Also, the banners will not automatically rotate position, but might rotate at times as I see fit. 
• See below for "additional advertising rules." 

Option number two:

• This size of banner (470x70 pixel) can be placed on any page in any spot of TheCityChicken.com, except for the Main Page.
• You pick the spot!
• To place this size of your banner ad in this manner costs just $172 per year! 
• See below for "additional advertising rules." 

Option number three:

• These are examples of 190x190 pixel square ads. 
• You provide the banner of your website and company, or I can help you design one for just $20 more.
• This type of banner costs just $162 per year! 
• You can place this ad nearly anywhere you would like on any of the pages of TheCityChicken.com, except at the very tops of pages, which are reserved for 'major sponsorship' banners. 
• Pick your spot and let me know! 
• See below for "additional advertising rules." 

Option number four:

• Above is an example of an oversized 647x80 pixel "Major Sponsorship" banner.
• It can be placed at the very top or very bottom of any of the ten main pages of TheCityChicken.com that you choose! 
• The exception would be the very top of the Main Page, which has it's own special offer, which is option #5 below.
• To place this size of banner at the top of any of the 9 main pages costs just $441 per year. 

• To place it in the footer area of any page costs just $321 year. 
• To see which of TheCityChicken.com's pages still have spaces open for this size of major sponsorship banner ad, simply surf over to the site, and see which pages do not as yet have a sponsor at the very top or the very bottom of their page. 
• See below for "additional advertising rules." 

Option number five: 

• It's a new, great option that has just become available for the first time ever! 
• Just $282 per month!
• The Number One advertising spot on TheCityChicken.com is now for sale. 
• See this page for more details on this option! 
• It is the option to sponsor the entire site, and have your banner be the very first thing people see when they enter TheCityChicken.com! 
• After more than 15 years on-line, TheCityChicken.com's number one, top of the Main Page ad space is available.
• Your banner ad will be the very first thing people see when people visit TheCityChicken.com.
• Your banner ad will become the new header, appearing before even TheCityChicken.com logo. 
• Your banner ad will be of the oversized 647 x 80 pixel size, as seen above.
• Minimum 6 months purchase of this option.
• See below for "additional advertising rules." 

Additional advertising rules:

• Your banner must be a simple .jpg or .gif
• It must be non-animated..
• The .jpg or .gif banner is essentially an image that will simply link back to your site, or any simple URL you desire.
• To track how many hits your banner gets, or how much traffic is directed from TheCityChicken.com to your website is a feature I do not provide.  People tell me this can be done from your end.
• Since these advertising features are simple, I can charge such low prices to run your banner! 
• To pay for your banner, you can use PayPal or personal check.
• Email me for my mailing address and payment details. 
• If you pay via Pay-Pal, please add $4 to your total, for every $100 you spend. 
• Minimum one year purchase for the above ads except for Option #5. 

Email if you would like more details!  I look forward to hearing from you! 

Katy Skinner
TheCityChicken.com
thecitychicken@yahoo.com