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Advertising and Paid Stickies
Advertising on HF

The easiest way to advertise your thread is from within the thread itself in the upper-right corner of the page is the Green Rocket icon for the Promote Page which will provide you quick options directly from the thread and will populate some of the data for you. You can continue reading the rest of this document for more information.

Paid Sticky Threads

Paid stickies are special threads that members pay to display at the top of forum listings. HF offers a unique, direct-to-member sticky thread advertising system—it's effective and many choose to repurchase. Paid stickies are exempt from on-topic rules (except for Non-Free Accounts, which must still post in their section). Marketplace threads can be stickied outside the marketplace while paid.

  • Most forums are limited to 6 paid stickies per section. Some have fewer.
  • Rarely, a technical error may allow an extra sticky.
  • No cross-posting with partners or resellers. Violations will result in removal and a warning.
  • Stickies are sold in one-week blocks (up to 4 weeks). For longer terms, contact Admin.

Special pricing: $20 per week, or $75 for a full month in any section.
Note: No paid stickies are allowed in Site News or Marketplace Discussions. Prices may change without notice. We reserve the right to refuse any sticky for any reason.

Our system is fully automated. You can buy into sold-out sections to queue your sticky, and renew early for priority. You’ll receive PM notifications from Sticky Bot when your thread is stickied or actions occur.

Payment Types

We accept cryptocurrency only for advertising. Supported coins include BTC, ETH, DASH, XMR, LTC, BCH, and others.

Banner Advertising
  • 300x100 Header (Top Fold): 6 positions available — $130/week (see example)
  • 468x60 After First Post: $25/week (see example)
  • 300x100 Footer: 4 rotating positions — $25/week

Banner ads are served by HF servers to ensure uptime. Ads are not shown to upgraded (l33t+ub3r) members, but most visitors will see them.
Questions? PM Admin

Statistics

For recent visitor statistics, view selected Google Analytics pages:
Google Analytics Statistics

Sales Tags

Sales Tags are images that help threads stand out in listings.
They appear on the right after your thread subject, like this: sales tag

Buy a Sales Tag or use the Extra page in the HF header for pricing and orders.

Featured Forum Threads

Featured threads cost $10–$20 per day, depending on the section.
See an example of a featured thread.

Email Marketing, Popups, Popunders, and PM Blasts

We do not use these ad types and have no plans to introduce them.