I spoke to Minnur about this module and here's the gig. Simple Ads is one of the only modules out there that will help you monetize your site, and Minnur is looking to be paid to help us do that that. Right now there is no other functioning module that allows one to have in-house advertising, and his position is that if you are going to be making money with this module, he should be paid for his time to develop a fully functioning version, and he forsees that work taking two weeks of his time to create a Drupal 7 version.

Minnur tried to raise funds before with a net capitalization of $50. Further he has recieved no offers of help developing the module. That's pretty lame considering that 6500 sites are using the module. If he collected $1 from each site using the module, it would cover the cost of developing a complete version of 7.x.2.x and put him well on the road to starting a D8 version.

I'm am looking for an advertising solution, but cannot lay out the all of the cash he needs to dedicate two weeks of full time coding. I support Drupal.org efforts annually because I use the platform, but this module, or one like it, needs to be funded for the good of the whole community.

If Minnur were to restart a fundraising drive, how many people would be willing to pay $100 towards this module's development? I'd be in for $200. Comment below to show your support and discuss further.

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chowdah’s picture

Title: This module needs funds » SimpleAds module needs funds
jrix’s picture

jrix’s picture

I'm in for $200US. < My client has found another solution. That said, I'd like to use the module on a personal site and still willing to contribute. What is the status and is there a rough timeline? Thanks.

cimo75’s picture

Hi sorry I haven t seen this before, we run a very small site but we re in to join the fund with a small offer, something that multiplied for 1000 would pay for some months worth of development. Please let us know.

shane birley’s picture

I can donate as well. Where are we donating to?

minnur’s picture

Donations can be made here: http://goo.gl/6ZXuQi If we will find more people willing to donate I could spin up a new crowdfunding campaign. Let me know what you think. Thanks

Nikrene’s picture

Hello minnur and all,
this seems to be a really helpful module and I am willing to help via donating too.

minnur’s picture

This is still relevant. If we can collect enough money I am willing to work on my free time to get this module going.

postovan dumitru’s picture

Hi guys, I've started porting this module to Drupal 8, if anyone is interested in the process, contact me.

It's not fully migrated, but I'm on it.

minnur’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (outdated)