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diff --git a/data/notes/sponsored-links b/data/notes/sponsored-links deleted file mode 100644 index 222553aa..00000000 --- a/data/notes/sponsored-links +++ /dev/null @@ -1,106 +0,0 @@ -Advertisements - -Last modified: 2011-04-10 -Status: Implemented / Implementation may differ from these notes - - -Idea: (semi-)large "Buy now" / "Download now" button on VN pages, linking -either to the product on a webshop or displaying a dropdown list with -available releases with links to webshops. - -A link to a webshop only appears if it has at least one release of the VN on -their site, and the link always points directly to the product page, not to -the search function or the homepage. - -A webshop link is internally linked to a release in the database, so we have -all kinds of information including whether it's a download or package, and in -what language it is. - -Preferably, the link also indicates the price and whether it is in stock. - - -Possible parties interested in advertising: -- J-List - Has an affiliate system that includes direct links - doesn't store JAN/UPC/catalog numbers -- Play-asia - Has an affiliate system that includes direct links - stores JAN, UPC, and catalog numbers -- DLSite English - Has an affiliate system that includes direct links - Most releases don't even have a JAN code or catalog number -- MangaGamer - Rather specific "shop", but could count as one. - Has no affiliate system, but is planning to add one, as announced in - http://mangagamer.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/holidays-passing/ - Releases don't have catalog numbers or EAN codes -- PaletWeb - Has no affiliate system - Does have JAN codes for a few titles, but inconsistent - Rather messy website... finding/updating links will be a chore -- CDJapan - Doesn't have that many VNs from what I've browsed, but still several - Has an affiliate system (seems to include direct links) - Has catalog numbers for most (all?) releases -- Hendane! - Does not seem to have many VNs (3 or 4?) - Has no affiliate system - Does not have JAN or catalog numbers -- Himeyashop / Erogeshop (out of business?) - Has no affiliate system but has shown interest in link exchanges in the past - Does not store JAN/UPC/catalog numbers - "Temporarily" closed, so probably not a good time to ask for ads? -- Eroge-Europe.com (out of business?) - Seems to have an affiliate system, haven't really looked at it yet - Does not store JAN/UPC/catalog numbers - - -So who is going to update all those links? -Three possibilities: - -1. Automatically - By matching JAN/EAN/UPC or catalog numbers from our database with the - information on the webshop, and fetching the information necessary for the - links. - Since Play-asia is the only one storing that kind of information, this - will be rather specific. We can't really expect all other parties to - update their system, and for DLSite and MangaGamer it would involve - creating (official) catalog numbers for each entry - which would be easy - for MG, but certainly not for DLSite. - Even if a shop stores it, we'd need fast and up-to-date access to it. We - have several thousand JAN codes in the database. If we want to make sure - our information is accurate and up-to-date we'd have to check for the - availability of each release each day. Doing this will most likely require - the other party to update their site with an API providing this - information. I somehow doubt they would... - -2. Let the advertiser add and update the info - Add an admin interface to the site allowing advertisers to add links to - their shop to release entries - also allowing them to indicate the price - and stock availability. - Since advertisers benefit from these links, we can assume that, if they - agree to do this, they will keep the info up-to-date. - However, for some reason I don't think many advertisers would want to - invest that much time in advertising on a single site. - Instead of the advertiser itself, it would also be possible to look for a - dedicated user to do this for them. Though somehow I doubt we'd find - someone like that, and I don't feel like doing that myself. - -3. Let our users add and update the info - Add webshop links to release entries. Since the price and stock - availability tend to change over time and our dear users are either pretty - slow on the uptake or too lazy to update VNDB, we can forget about any - other information besides the links. :-( - It might, however, be possible to automatically fetch the price and stock - information anyway since we have the URLs, but in that case the webshop - should either allow us to crawl quite a lot or provide an alternative - method. - Since the list of webshops we link to is not a static one - shops can be - added or removed after a while - we can expect these links to be edited - quite often, which could make a mess with the edit histories. - Alternatively, we could do it VGMdb-like: allow users to simply manage - links where the release is sold, regardless of whether they are - advertising on VNDB or not. This would still make it possible to - special-case advertisers and give them special treatment or fetch - additional information. - |