[quote=supre_drake]Here are some things that ran through my head..,.. It may have to do with your button location/graphic. Compare it to your old one and see what's different. Also, did you change huts? I went into a different hut today (not even by choice really) and my sales almost doubled. If your mall manager is responsible, they will surely try to accommodate you if you let them know what's going on. :)[/quote] That's true. I find that the button location on 4M advertisements are crucial for your profits. Therefore, I tend to switch my buttons around on my advertisements. I should implement this officially to give all of my participants a chance to try a top button range from being bottom on the advertisement all the time.

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Definitely top! xD

[quote=playful]So which is a better button spot - top or bottom? [/quote] Typically the top, though it depends on the layout of your buttons really. I tried to make my NB ad have 2 top ads - left and right. 2 bottom ads - left and right. The middle is filled in with less spots as well. It makes sense if you see it. Instead of an ad like this: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx my ad is like this: x---x xxxx xxxx x---x (I can't leave the spaces, so those are the "-" symbols. I also fit 2 more spots in that I can't really configure with the text, but you get the general idea) What this does: 1. less clutter down at the bottom & in the center which is advantageous to those spots. 2. it makes those bottom 2 spots and even middle spots (which normally receive lower hits) stick out more which should increase hits. I'm doing some theory-crafting by watching hits with this method, but I'm fairly certain it will work better than a traditional ad.

[quote=supre_drake] Typically the top, though it depends on the layout of your buttons really. I tried to make my NB ad have 2 top ads - left and right. 2 bottom ads - left and right. The middle is filled in with less spots as well. It makes sense if you see it. Instead of an ad like this: xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx my ad is like this: x---x xxxx xxxx x---x (I can't leave the spaces, so those are the "-" symbols. I also fit 2 more spots in that I can't really configure with the text, but you get the general idea) What this does: 1. less clutter down at the bottom & in the center which is advantageous to those spots. 2. it makes those bottom 2 spots and even middle spots (which normally receive lower hits) stick out more which should increase hits. I'm doing some theory-crafting by watching hits with this method, but I'm fairly certain it will work better than a traditional ad.[/quote] Nice strategy. We'll see how it will work since I'm on your advertisement, anyways. By any chance, did you take any graphic design courses? It seems like you are very knowledgeable on those kind of things. Anyways, it may be common sense but I'm not much of a thinker like that.