Thanks so much for reading Painfully Hip. We have had so many happy opportunities appear because of you and your support that we want nothing more than to share the wealth. We offer your budding vintage boutique, eBay store or retail outlet affordable advertising prices and equal billing with the big guns. More than 90% of past sponsors have renewed their campaigns because of our endlessly enthusiastic, fashion-savvy readers.
In this day and age, we all need a little help. If you aren’t able to afford our published prices, go ahead and make us an offer. If we like your style, and have the space, we’ll be happy to work with your budget.
Here are the facts:
Currently Painfully Hip boasts a Google PageRank of 5, receives over 80,000 pageviews per month and around 2,000 unique visitors a day, are growing very quickly and soon expecting our 1 millionth unique visitor! We’ve been included as number 19 in Shiny Media’s Top 100 Fashion Blogs, are regularly given “Must Read” status by Coutorture, and will also be featured in an upcoming book by author and blogger Vicky Zhou as one of the 500 most interesting blogs on the web! We are linked as one of Susie Bubble’s (of the hugely popular Style Bubble) favorite blogs, and even had a link from Elle.com! Although we have been qualified to advertise for large companies like Sephora, Nordstrom, Agent Provocateur, Beauty.com, Delia*s, Alloy and YOOX, we prefer to give priority to independently-owned companies like ourselves.
Testimonials from some of Painfully Hip’s valued sponsors:
“Painfully Hip and ModCloth are truly a match made in cyber heaven. The shoppers we get from Painfully Hip stay longer than average, view more pages than average, and often convert into customers. Plus, Amber and Eve consistently produce inspiring content that we’re proud to support and be a part of. Keep up the good work, ladies!”
-Susan from Modcloth
“Starting an online business can be tricky. In the eBay world millions of buyers are also millions of sellers so carving a small niche in any field can be daunting. Thankfully PainfullyHip.com immediately came to mind when I knew I wanted to advertise my vintage site. Trendy, sophisticated, interesting and fashion-forward with the readers I wanted to target, I immediately signed up to advertise. Not only were the maintainers (especially Amber) helpful, but they were just as enthusiastic about listing my vintage advertisement as I was! Two months later I’ve noticed more online store hits, better sales and even more press on other blogs! I was really impressed with the service I got from Painfully Hip and I look forward to working with them in the future.”
-Kristen from Brown Bettie Vintage
“I just wanted to let you know I am very happy with my ad so far! So far in the last week your site has sent almost 500 visitors to my site, so that is good…! Your referrals were second to Google so that is really something. You really have a great site going and I love the look of it.
Thank you once again! Cheers to You!”-Wendy from KittyGirl Vintage
“I’m so happy I decided to advertise with Painfully Hip! Amber and Eve are so down to earth and easy to work with. They allow a small business like mine to easily reach my target audience at a very reasonable price. Thanks ladies!!
-Jen from Penelopepup’s Vintage
“Of all the advertising we’ve tried online, Painfully Hip has given us the biggest bang for our buck. We receive constant traffic and sales from our ad placements – in particular the “Want of the Weak” and feature posts. Amber and Eve have a loyal reader base and many newcomers who respect their choices and opinions on fashion. Many of their readers have become our repeat customers. They are pleasant and accommodating and we will continue to work with them.”
-Michelle from LadyLanguage
“LuLu*s loves Painfully Hip. What a great site and you have to love how its’ fashion savvy readers LOVE to shop too. Our statistics show that the traffic we see from Painfully Hip converts into sales! It’s amazing to see that kind of return on our advertising dollars.”
-Colleen from LuLu*s
We would like to extend to you the opportunity to create some buzz with Painfully Hip’s loyal readers, a very desirable audience of hip, internet-savvy, fashion-inspired, mostly female shoppers!
Here are some of the affordable options we offer:
A beautifully-designed (if I do say so myself) 150X400 weekly sidebar feature in the most desired real estate at the top of the page, which highlights our most drool-worthy, wallet-friendly picks of the week with a direct link to the item and another to your site’s front page. This featured item is handpicked by us from your inventory to fit our audience’s style preferences. It can also feature a Painfully Hip reader discount code which always produces higher click-through rates. This is especially useful for 7 day eBay auctions! The rate is $60 per item/week. Space is limited, so act fast!
150×150 px: Small Square
2 week run=$35
1 month run=$45
2 month run=$75
3 month run=$125
6 month run=$225
150×225 px: Medium Ad
2 week run=$50
1 month run=$65
2 month run=$120
3 month run=$185
6 month run=$340
150×400 px: Vertical Skyscraper
2 week run=$65
1 month run=$100
2 month run=$180
3 month run=$245
6 month run=$425
150×600 px: Large Vertical Skyscraper
2 week run=$75
1 month run=$125
2 month run=$225
3 month run=$300
6 month run=$575
700X90 Footer Banner
2 week run=$45
1 month run=$75
2 month run=$145
3 month run=$200
6 month run=$350
4.
300×125 px: $30 each
450×125 px: $40 each
These ads are extremely visible within the body of the image-rich content on the front page and will remain so even after scrolling into the archives. Our archives have enjoyed very active traffic with thousands of views from our easily-addicted readers, links from Stumbleupon.com (we get “stumbled” constantly), Sugar Inc., Coutorture, Splendicity, Spreemail eZine, hundreds of other blogs and all major search engines! We also offer a HUGE quantity discount:
350X125 px
5 ads: $115 (reg. $150)
10 ads: $225 (reg. $300)
20 ads: $425 (reg. $600)
30 ads: $650 (reg. $900)
475X150 px
5 ads: $150 (reg. $200)
10 ads: $325 (reg. $400)
20 ads: $525 (reg. $800)
30 ads: $750 (reg. $1200)
NOTES:
Included with the purchase of any ad campaign for $100 or more, at least one FREE in-between post (350X125) ad space per month!
Included with the purchase of an ad campaign for $150 of more is one FREE “Want of the Weak!”
(These are both great places to include special discounts for Painfully Hip readers, or mention any current promotions.)
We LOVE to promote our sponsors! In our shopping posts, your inventory will always be considered first to be featured (EXAMPLE HERE) and whenever there are openings in the Want of the Weak space, be sure, you will benefit for free!
If you don’t yet have an ad in these sizes, I am a professional graphic designer and would love to put something together for you at a discounted rate. Please email me at painfullyhipdesign@gmail.com for more information. There are some samples of my past work up at PainfullyHip Design.
Prices are subject to change, but your price will remain the same for the life of your campaign for as long as you continuously renew.
Thank you so much for your interest and please do enjoy the Hipness!
Amber Mortensen
Painfully Hip
Fashion-Forward Finds for the Weak of Wallet
Painfully Hip Design
