Possible to offer ad-free (hide programmatic ads) with Subscriptions?

[Darren Lyons]

Hi guys

I'm looking to offer ad-free experience (no programmatic ads shown) to users who sign up for monthly subscription service. So far, the only way to do this seems to be by creating a new theme with no ads on it and instructing these subscribers to activate that theme (where the theme is only accessible to members of this paid for group) - am I on the right tracks here or is anyone aware of a better solution?

Also, for those who use the subscription option, what other features do you offer and what features do you find are most appreciated by these subscribers?

Thanks
Darren

[Jim M]

You can use the Advertisement module in our software which allows you to hide advertisements from member groups.

[Darren Lyons]

Thanks, is it also possible to prevent AdSense auto-ads like the Vignette from displaying to the members of our Subscription group?

[Marc]

Not unless you add them via our ad system, or add your own code to suppress them accordingly

[Dll]

2 hours ago, Marc said:

Not unless you add them via our ad system, or add your own code to suppress them accordingly

That's not strictly true, you could add the code in a pages block, drop that into the header and then only assign view permissions to people who you want to show the ads to. 

[Jim M]

24 minutes ago, Dll said:

That's not strictly true, you could add the code in a pages block, drop that into the header and then only assign view permissions to people who you want to show the ads to. 

You'd have to add that block to every. single. page. if you wanted it on every page though. Having them in the ad system or a customization/theme hook would be easier to manage.

[Dll]

3 minutes ago, Jim M said:

You'd have to add that block to every. single. page. if you wanted it on every page though. Having them in the ad system or a customization/theme hook would be easier to manage.

You could add it to the header template?

[Jim M]

6 minutes ago, Dll said:

You could add it to the header template?

You would still need to add it to every page.

[Dll]

 

2 hours ago, Jim M said:

You would still need to add it to every page.

Not auto-ads, as they don't require anything 'on page', just the code in the header. 

[Jim M]

8 minutes ago, Dll said:

 

Not auto-ads, as they don't require anything 'on page', just the code in the header. 

But in order for Pages to work without modifying your theme, you would need the block on every page for that Javascript to appear in the header. 

If you are modifying your theme, it is better to just use a custom advertisement location. Then you can use the advertisement module to display it to groups as needed.

[Darren Lyons]

Thanks guys. But for the Auto Ads Vignette (the popup like ad that appears between page moves), can that be configured in the Invision backend advertisement location if it's not related to a specific place on the screen?

[Jim M]

15 minutes ago, Darren Lyons said:

Thanks guys. But for the Auto Ads Vignette (the popup like ad that appears between page moves), can that be configured in the Invision backend advertisement location if it's not related to a specific place on the screen?

Not knowing the requirements for that script, you'd have to see what is required. If you need to put it in your header once, some form of customization is required as mentioned, you could use a custom advertisement location in your theme's header.

If it can go in the body, you can use the advertisement module but you would just need to ensure that where you place it, it is the only advertisement there so it displays each time.

[Mike G.]

Many ad companies handle this stuff differently, but I’ve used a few different solutions that worked well.

1. One ad company I used had certain html to hide specific ads. I used that HTML code to hide all ads for the subscriber group only.

2. Another ad company had manual HTML code/placements via the advertisements option or pages blocks. When I created those ads, I would only have them display all non-subscriber groups.

I’m sure there are other methods, but these worked best for the ad companies I’ve used.