Rocketboom Auctions Video Ad. Slots on Ebay

Rocketboom Auctions Video Advertisement Slots on Ebay

Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City and is one of the most popular video shows on the internet. For the highest bidder, we will create five original, fifteen second (minimum) – one minute (maximum) post-roll commercials that will span five days of programming, Monday-Friday, March 6 through March 10, 2006. Each day that week a different commercial that we create for your company will be played at the conclusion of the Rocketboom episode.

The five unique advertisements, along with hyperlinks to your website, will also become a part of our archived web pages. They will remain freely available, searchable, index-able, re-distributable, and on demand. Additionally, direct links to each commercial will be available for at least one year.

Top bid came in at a cool $40k.. Congrats!! Via: Ebay Auctions

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