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Mortgage Directory

Advertising Opportunities for Mortgage Firms


Background

American House Hunting Online (house-hunting.com) is visited by thousands of home buyers each single day. This represents a great opportunity for mortgage firms to advertise their services.

House-hunting.com has nearly 5,000 participating real estate agents nationwide who submit new property listings every day. The agent and property data are then presented clearly on our site according to states and cities. Homebuyers like our site because it's easy to find what they are looking for. And this is also what advertisers what - a highly targeted audience.

The Mortgage Directory is a new section of our site. Perhaps you don't realize that it's the largest online mortgage directory in terms of the number of mortgage firms that are linked to. This new section will benefit both our homebuyers and the mortgage firms included in the directory.

For mortgage firms who need highly targeted, cost-effective online exposure, we presents 4 types of advertising programs with different scope of coverage.

Traffic Pattern of Our Site

Before presenting the details of the programs, however, it's helpful to explain how typical homebuyers navigate through our site - so that we (and you) can decide where to put up your billboard.

  • Our main page (http://www.house-hunting.com) is where many (but not all) visitors enter our site. They then can choose to go to a state or go to the Mortgage Directory.
  • Once in a state page, visitors can choose to go to a particular city, where they can view agents' home page and their listings. They can (and most of them do) click on a link to view all the property listings of that city and all the properties in the county where that city belongs. On the state page and all the city pages of that state, there are links to the Mortgage Directory of that state.
  • As mentioned above, not all visitors enter our site via the main page. They may go to a state or city page directly from a search engine. (For example, if you search keyword "house hunting" or "house hunting" followed by a state name on Infoseek or Yahoo, many of our pages will show up).

    Programs

    To match the above traffic pattern, we have the following 4 advertising programs for you to choose from.

    Ad Location Description Cost
    Program 1:
    Appear on top

    You appear on the top of the Mortgage Directory of a state

    Your audience will be those who view the Mortgage Directory of that state.

    Your company's name will appear on top of the Mortgage Directory of the state, with up to 40 words of description of your services, and with link back to your web site. If your company is located in a city of that state, the same listing (that is, with up to 40 words of description and placed on top of the list for that city) will also appear in the list for that city, as our directory is listed according to cities.

    See an example (Illinois)

    Cost:

    $60/year

    rate valid as of April 1999 and until modified

    Program 2:
    Target a city

    You appear exclusively on a city's page

    You will be the ONLY mortgage firm featured in that city. Your audience will be homebuyers who visit that city page. Unlike program 1, where you appear only in the Mortgage Directory, this program lets homebuyers see you even if they do not come to the Mortgage Directory.

    Your company's name will appear on the page of the city of your choice, with up to 40 words of description of your services, and with link back to your web site.

    Advantage of this program:

    • target a single city
    • exclusive - you are the only mortgage firm on that page
    • great exposure (relative to program 1) - many homebuyers will go quickly to the city where they search for houses
    See an example (Hurd Mortgage Co. in Colorado Springs, CO)
    Cost:

    $60/year

    rate valid as of April 1999 and until modified

    Program 3:
    Target a state

    Your display ad appear in a whole column on a state page of both the Mortgage Directory and the property search area.

    Most of our visitors who are interested in that state will be your audience.

    You target a state!

    This program is available to only one mortgage firm per state. You are the only mortgage firm featured on that state page!

    Whether a homebuyer is interested in houses or mortgage, he/she must go to a state. Now you can erect your billboard on the entrance to that state in both the mortgage and the property area. And that's a very big billboard! It's a DISPLAY ad occupying an entire column on that state page with detailed description of your services and with multiple links to the various parts of your web site. In essence, homebuyers see everything about you when they come to that state page, even if they don't click to go to your site.

    Cost:

    vary by state

    $150/month or $1,800/year for:
    Florida

    $120/month or $1,440/year for:
    California
    Texas

    $60/month or $720/year for other states

    rate valid as of April 1999 and until modified

    Our annual rate represents an enormous discount since traffic to our site doubles every 6 months.

    Program 4:
    Target the whole country

    Show your services to all our visitors!

    If your company serves most states or the whole county, we have a package which can show your service to all our visitors at a very affordable price (for example, for $1,200 your banner could be seen by about 56,000 distinct visitors* with over 110,000 impressions during April 1999)

    You can't find such a highly targeted advertising opportunity at such an affordable price anywhere else.

    *Note: Even if a visitor comes to our site many times during a month, he or she is counted as only one distinct visitor.

    Since our site's many visitors come via our main page, and since most visitors will end up viewing the properties in one or more cities, we'll show your banner on 1) our main page, 2) the main page of Mortgage Directory, and 3) the property search pages. This ensures almost every visitor sees your banner. To see what a property search page really is, you can access a city page (for example, go to Miami, FL) and click on "View all residential properties in Miami". A page will show up which contains properties in Miami, and that's a property search page we are referring to. We'll place your company's banner on the top of such pages.

    Cost: $1,200/month or $14,400/year.

    Our annual rate represents an enormous discount since traffic to our site doubles every 6 months. That is, if you pay $144,00 for the next 12 months now, the $1,200 that is allotted to the 12th month will get you a projected 220,000 distinct visitors* with over 440,000 impressions.

    (The hit to the main page and the property search pages during March 1999 represented 52,032 distinct visitors* and 101,514 impressions.

    Cost:

    $1,200/month or $14,400/year.

    Sign-Up

    To enroll in one or more of the 4 programs, please fill out the following form and click on the "Submit" button at the end of the form. If there is something you want clarified, please e-mail ad@house-hunting.com.


    Identifying Info:
    Your Name:
    Your E-mail:
    Your Company's Name:
    Your Company Web Site's URL:

    Program 1 - appear on top: complete this part if you want program 1, otherwise leave blank
    State(s) where you want to appear on top of Mortgage Directory ($60/year per state):
    Write a description (40 words or less) of your company

    Program 2 - target a city: complete this part if you want program 2, otherwise leave blank

    Specify the cities (and the state they are in) ($60/year per city):
    Write a description (40 words or less) of your company

    Program 3 - target a state: complete this part if you want program 3, otherwise leave blank

    Specify the state(s) where you want display ad (cost: see program 3 above):

    For how long? (example, 1 year, 6 months, etc.):
    Note: currently, the following states have been taken: CA, CT, MA, NY, RI, (expires 11/99). However, if you place your order for these states and make your payment now, you can enjoy the current rates even if the rates are raised at the time your ads are actually put online.

    After receiving your order and payment for program 3, we'll visit your web site and design the display ad based on the content of your site. After the ad is initially done, it can be modified based on your feedback.


    Program 4 - target the whole country: please select the following boxes

    Yes, I want program 4.

    No, I don't want program 4.

    If yes, for how long?

    Note: after receiving your order and payment for program 4, we'll visit your web site and design the banners for the main page and the property search pages. After the banners are ready we'll put it online for you to review, and make modification based on your feedback.


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    Paying by Visa or Master card:

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    Card Number:
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    Paying by check:
    If you are paying by check, please send appropriate amount to Climaton Research Co. at

    Climaton Research Co.
    House-hunting.com Group
    9408 Wrought Iron Court
    Fairfax, VA 22032

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    Please check the button below:
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