Maybe this is already working...I sure hope so...

I'd like to be able to pre-charge (and collect) from advertisers for their ads. Say get them to prepay $100 (over PayPal) and then charge them 1¢ per view and 5¢ a click-thru until their $100 credit is used up....then it emails them giving them stats and asks for more money... :)

Their ads don't get active til their payment comes thru (which I know Drupal can detect IPNs with PayPal) and their ads expire when they are out of money...how slick would that be!?!

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jeremy’s picture

jeremy commented
Component: ad.module » ad module
Status: Active » Postponed

Patches welcome. Postponed until someone decides to take this on.

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mdowsett commented

I'd chip in to sponsor this development....it'd be like your own Google Adsense....where you can REALLY control what ads are shown on your site...and keep all the money.

I've never been able to make much money off of Google Adsense....maybe I'm doing something wrong....but it never seems to be worth my while (and looks cheap)

jeremy’s picture

jeremy commented

I have used the e-commerce module a little with the ad module, and am less and less convinced that they are a good match. I'm likely to write a custom (very simple) e-commerce solution, which I hope to make generic enough to contribute back. (Payments would be handled by already available third-party modules).

If you're interested in funding the development and ensuring that my custom code is contributed back, write me at jeremy@tag1consulting.com.

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interestingaftermath commented

Any update on this?

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jeremy commented
Version: 5.x-1.3-2 » 6.x-1.x-dev

There has been some effort on integrating the ad module with the Ubercart module here. However, that code is not very generic at this time as it is being written with a very specific and limited aim in mind.

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jeremy commented
Status: Postponed » Closed (fixed)

As such a project exists, closing this issue which you are welcome to re-open there.