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[brandondrury]

Does anyone know if it's possible to place an add in the "Reply To Thread" email that is sent out to users when a reply has been posted on a thread they are subscribed to?

This seems like the kind of place where I could add a single banner and do very well with. I wanted to see if there was any coding issues that would need to be worked out.

Brandon

[ArnyVee]

Good idea. I'd be interested to know about this as well.

[valdet]

If I understand you correctly, then the default text for that is within vB phrases.

Here is the phrase: $vbphrase[notify]

Dear ,

$bbuserinfo[username] has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled -$threadinfo[title] - in the $foruminfo[title_clean] forum of $vboptions[bbtitle]..

This thread is located at:
$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadinfo[threadid]&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
$pagetext

INSERT YOUR AD CODE HERE

***************


There may also be other replies, but you will not receive any more notifications until you visit the forum again.

All the best,
$vboptions[bbtitle]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unsubscription information:

To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit this page:
$vboptions[bburl]/subscription.php?do=removesubscription&type=thread &subscriptionid=&auth=

To unsubscribe from ALL threads, please visit this page:
$vboptions[bburl]//subscription.php?do=viewsubscription&folderid=all

I hope that you manage to insert your HTML ads block there. Please let us know how it goes so we can try that too.

Best regards and good luck.
Val.

[bdude]

Is it really good form to advertise in a notification email?

[Cerberus]

hmmm...By doing this if you have alot of members..Wouldnt this in turn be considered spam? I mean I would check with host first..You dont want to get in trouble...Alot of hosts have different deffinition of what they allow..

[brandondrury]

Here is the phrase:

Great! I'll try that today and let you know how it goes.

Is it really good form to advertise in a notification email?

I dont' think it's a problem. I can't imagine how tossing a banner on this page would hurt anyone or make my users unhappy in any way. It would need to be tested. I think it's just as dangerous to limit possible monitization as it is to go overboard with it.

hmmm...By doing this if you have alot of members..Wouldnt this in turn be considered spam?

If they have already subscribed to a thread and WANT to get notifications of updated threads, I can't see how this would be considered spam. I received an email for this thread. I would have absolutely ZERO problem if there was a banner describing a premium product/plugin for vbulletin. In fact, it would be nice if I was made aware of products that would make my life easier or my forum more successful.

I mean I would check with host first..You dont want to get in trouble...Alot of hosts have different deffinition of what they allow..

I'm on a dedicated server now so I basically am the host.

It also needs to be said that I DEFINITELY have ads in my newsletters and my unsubscribe rate is very very small. I think my users want to see ads. The want to know when there is a big sale on X products and such.

Brandon