Ad Swaps for Anime Conventions
If you run an anime convention, getting the word out to anime fans in your area isn't always the easiest thing to do. Although getting listed on the AnimeCons™ site certainly helps, sometimes you just need to take it a step further. That's why we're offering ad swaps. The more you help advertise AnimeCons, the more we'll advertise you!

Anime conventions can earn up to 2 months of banner advertising:

  • Earn 1 month for Online Banner Ads
    Run an AnimeCons banner on prominent pages on your convention's web site for the month before your convention (or more) and earn one month of banner advertising on the AnimeCons site. Our banner ad should be be displayed every time the page is loaded and not be rotating with other images.
  • Earn 1 month for a Program Guide Ads
    Agree to print an AnimeCons ad in your convention's program guide and earn one month of banner advertising on the AnimeCons site. If your program guide is 7"x8.5" or larger, the ad must be at least 1/4 page. If your program guide is smaller than 7"x8.5", the AnimeCons ad must be at least 1/2 page. We can supply color or B&W ads.

If you wish to have your convention advertised on the AnimeCons site for longer than the periods listed above or if you wish to sponsor the AnimeCons.com Podcast, ask for our paid advertising rates. (They're surprisingly reasonable!)

As part of the ad swap, you will get an account on our advertising server which you can use to monitor your ad's impressions and click-throughs.

AnimeCons Ad Swap Policies

  • Ad swaps are only for conventions listed on the AnimeCons site and must therefore qualify under our AnimeCons Policy on Listed Events.
  • Ad swaps are only available for non-profit or college-based anime conventions. While for-profit conventions may be listed on the AnimeCons site, they do not qualify for ad swaps.
  • Ad swaps are only available for anime conventions and not sci-fi conventions or comic conventions. To be considered an "anime convention", a plurality of the programming and events must be anime-related. If the convention has guests, at least 20% must be connected to anime or anime-style art.
  • Conventions that qualify may only run ads for that convention and cannot run ads for other conventions or businesses.
  • An event running AnimeCons advertising prior to being approved for an ad swap in no way obligates AnimeCons to commit to an ad swap with the event.
  • Running an AnimeCons banner ad on the convention's site for more than one month will not earn the convention more than one month of display time on the AnimeCons site.
  • The convention's name must appear somewhere in its banner ad.
  • All AnimeCons advertising must be provided by AnimeCons and may not be edited.
  • The convention may provide 728x90 (top) or 120x600 (side) ads. If multiple ads are provided, they must all be the same dimensions. (Contact us to check availability of each size.) If you submit multiple ad creatives, they will run alternating in the same ad slot and the overall frequency of your ads will not increase.
  • All ad swap ads are run at the same priority. Ad swap priority is lower than that of paid advertisers, but higher than that of house and remnant advertising.
  • Failure of an event to run AnimeCons advertising will result the removal of that event's ads from the AnimeCons site and may eliminate the possibility of any future ad swaps.
  • All other advertising policies still apply.
  • In the event the convention is cancelled, the convention's ads will be removed and the convention will be considered free of all reciprocal advertising obligations. In the event the convention is postponed, the convention's ads will be put on hold until such time that a new date is announced.
  • Advertising may be refused to any convention for any reason, including inavailablity of advertising impressions on the AnimeCons site to offer for swap.

Contact us to arrange for an ad swap with your convention. Please mention if you are interested in an ad swap when you contact us.