Advertising Options – Web

Free Listings - text only

Our website lists every village and aged care facility nationally. We also offer to list serviced apartments, Over 55's resorts and rental communities.

We do not charge for Text Listings.

Research shows that the buying public wants to know every accommodation option available in each geographic area. If this information is not available they will move to another search site. They are also keen to know if continuing care is going to be available as they age.

Villages.com.au is Australia's No.1 web search directory because we list up to 3 times more properties than any other website.

Download villages.com.au Website Media Kit

Upgrade to a ‘Promotional Listing' for $520 / $420 p.a. - web and print

You can upgrade from a free Text Listing to a paid Promotional Listing. Your first location will cost $520 and each additional location will cost $420 per year (ex GST).

Print Directory Listing - Free

Expose your property to over 200,000 readers at no extra charge. If you take a Promotional Listing you will also receive a Photo Directory Listing and map reference in 4 issues of Villages.com.au Magazine (200,000 copies per state per year - NSW/VIC/QLD only at present). No other Web Directory offers this service.

Add-on Aged Care Facility: $220 p.a.

If you have co-located aged care facility that has a Promotional Village Listing, it can have a separate Promotional Listing to your village for $220 per year (web only).

Promotional Listings - What You Get

If you take out a Promotional Listing on our site you are sure to stand out from the crowd. Promotional Listings include:

• Your Promotional Listing is highlighted in the search results page
• Your Promotional Listing appear at the top of each Search for the suburb
• You can feature up to 10 images
• You have space for 200 words of editorial/marketing copy
• You have a Link to your own website
• You have an email contact for sales enquiries
• You can include an additional Corporate Profile to introduce your company
• You receive automated reports on traffic to your Listing and contacts with your village/location

Automated Reports

With a Promotional Listing you will regularly receive the following reports:

• Search result (listing)
  
• Page Views
  
• Print clicks
  
• Contact clicks
  
• Email clicks
  
• Website clicks
  

For more information on promotional Listings, please download a Media Kit

Creating / Amending a Listing

To view or change an existing Listing, or create a new Text Listing or Promotional Listing on line, you require a Password and your email address, which we will issue you. Either call us on 02 9810 5555 or email us at listings@villages.com.au

Web & Banner Advertising

Download villages.com.au Website Media Kit here.

Banners can be booked at different rates for 1, 2 or 3 months.

You can book at different prices:

• Home Page
• State Page
• Regional Page (e.g. Sunshine Coast or Southeast Melbourne)
• Editorial Page (e.g. Village Life - NSW)
• Top position on side panel
• Middle position on side panel
• Bottom position on side panel

Villages.com.au has three different sized web banners available:

• Leaderboard: 1 x at page top: 728 x 92 px; max file size: 25kb
  
• Vertical Banners: 3 spaces in right column: 120 x 240 px; max file size: 15kb
  
• Wide Skyscraper: 1 space in right column 160 x 600 px, max file size 20kb
  
• Text-only Ads:5 spaces at bottom of right column, max 20 characters

Format:.jpeg, .gif or Adobe Flash .swf with max 3 loops, text links, max 20 characters.

Expert Services (Website Section)

Companies that advertise in our industry directory / magazine, THE SOURCE, are also featured in the Expert Services section for 12 months at no extra charge.

The minimum charge to advertise in THE SOURCE is $520 p.a.

If you would like to advertise or receive information on THE SOURCE please email info@villages.com.au or download THE SOURCE Media Kit here.

Advertising Options - Print

Villages.com.au Magazine is the No.1 consumer magazine in the Retirement Village sector.

Three state editions are produced (NSW/ACT, VIC/TAS & QLD) four times a year, each with a 50,000 print run. SA/WA will appear in 2009.

If you are interested in advertising in Villages.com.au Magazine or the sister magazine DCM please download a Villages/DCM Magazine Media Kit or call us for a tailored ad package on 02 9810 5555.