Following the boom in pixel advertising, I was hit with a unique idea that merely followed the basic concept of the aforementioned, however went above and beyond all of the websites you see out there today; which are complete clones of the original that started it all. It is with that in mind I set forth to develop something bigger and better, something that would focus on the strengths and minimize if not completely eliminate the weaknesses. As a result, I came up with gettingGlobal.com.
Each country on the globe is up for sale at varying costs. Anyone can buy a country, and within that country's boundaries they can insert an advertising image, which will be a link to their own individual profile page on this website. The profiles contain various information related to the website/company being advertised, along with a link to their website, which will ultimately generate 'targeted' traffic.
The prices of each country are scaled in relation to numerous factors using an advanced formula that we developed. While we can not go in depth about this formula as it would a) take an extensive amount of time and b) we wouldn't want to reveal it in the event that others start to clone our site, we can tell you that some of the main contributing factors are size of the country, desirability, population and screen location. Although it is not possible for you to get the same results as us because you do not know our formula, if you feel for some reason that the cost of a country is incorrect based on your analysis, feel free to contact us and be sure to include the name of the country, the price you think it should be and why. We encourage user input as it will help the site be successful and based on your data, we will re-evaluate the country price. However, keep in mind that the minimum price for any given country is capped at $50.
The duration of the site online will strictly depend on the number of advertisements sold (the more advertisements that sell, the longer the site will be online, as the more funds we will have to allocate towards operating costs), with the ultimately goal of having the site online indefinitely. However with that said, it is guaranteed that gettingGlobal.com will be online for at least 5 years (May 25, 2011).
After some in-depth thought and analysis, we determined that allowing every advertiser to have their own profile, rather than just an image of various size (some being tiny) linking to their website (like all other websites following the pixel advertising concept) proves to be highly beneficial. Two of the main reasons for this are:
1. It gives those that can only afford a single block of advertising space (or in our case, a smaller country) the chance to still provide an effective campaign.
2. It generates traffic that is more 'targeted' towards the advertiser's website. All other pixel advertising websites link directly to the advertiser's website from the main advertising page(s), which leads to random people going to the site because it has a visually appealing advert, it has a large advert or they just feel like clicking. What does that lead to? Website traffic that is inefficient, as there is a 99% chance that the person has absolutely no interest what-so-ever in the website/products/services and will leave immediately after viewing the homepage. Where as with our system, because people are directed to a profile first, which contains information about the website/business being advertised, only those with a sincere interest will be visiting the site and as such, the advertiser gets traffic that is targeted to their specific needs.
If you would like to purchase an advertisement on gettingGlobal.com, but lack the knowledge, skills and/or resources to make your advertising image(s), we can make them for you at an additional cost. The additional cost will vary and is dependent on your requirements/specifications; however it will be very reasonable. The image(s) we make for you may only be used on gettingGlobal.com without exception, unless otherwise discussed and explicit permission is given. If you would like gettingGlobal.com to make your image(s) for you, please be sure to note that when submitting your advertising campaign content.
At the current time you can not change any of your advertising campaign content, including but not limited to both the text and images on any part of gettingGlobal.com. In other words, what you initially submit to us is final. While we would love to be able to provide the option of changing/editing any content you originally provide, we simply do not have the man power to comply with all of the change requests that we may receive. However with that said, under very special circumstances such as a company merger, we may make an exception to the aforementioned. If you feel that it is imperative with good reason to change any or all of your advertising campaign content, please contact us with the updated data, as well as the reason for the change.
While there are various reasons for some countries not being clickable via the world map and/or continent maps, the main reason for this is that some countries are just too small and we were unable to include them in the first version of our maps (we will attempt to include as many countries as physically possible in any future map versions should their be any). However, all countries in the world are still available for purchase and whether it can be clicked on from the maps or not, even the smallest of countries will still gain exposure via methods such as the 'View by List' and 'Buyer List' sections.
You may request to have your advertising campaign (all content and images relating to your advertisement throughout the website) removed from gettingGlobal.com, no questions asked. Reasons for this may include, but are not limited to your company going bankrupt, your website is no longer online or you are receiving too much traffic for your server to handle. In any event, you will not be refunded because some or all of the money you purchased the advertisement for will have already been allocated towards operating costs. Should you wish to have your advertising campaign removed, please contact us.
After extensive analysis and consideration, we have decided to sell Antarctica even though it is a continent and not a country (like all other land masses for sale on gettingGlobal.com). The reasons are as follows:
1. It is a relatively large mass of land at 14 million km2. Believe it or not, Antarctica's area is larger than two of the world's other continents (Europe and Oceania).
2. While the Antarctic Treaty defers any claims and most other nations do not recognize them, seven different nations around the globe have made territorial claims on Antarctica's eight acknowledged territories. Unfortunately, it is just not possible to sell Antarctica divided into the seven claimed territories and one unclaimed territory, so we have made the decision to sell Antarctica as a whole.
If you compared all of the countries recognized on gettingGlobal.com to country lists you may have seen in other various resources or if you are simply in tune with your geography, you may have noticed that we are 'missing' some countries or we have included 'additional' countries. The fact is that almost every country list you look at will vary from the next, even if it is minimally. Why is that you ask? All lists are based on different criteria. For example, some lists may not include countries lacking international recognition, while others might. We used various data found on the world's most reputable websites to determine and compile which countries gettingGlobal.com would recognize.