Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina

Sponsor a town’s conditions board

Coast Conditions collects what the weather service, NOAA, the Coast Guard, USGS and each state’s own transport and health departments publish about the Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts and puts it on one page per town, free, with every reading dated and linked to whoever published it. Local businesses keep it that way.

Two per town

Two positions per town, side by side under the day's readings, on the town page and on the county board for everyone reading it for that town. Your logo and your one sentence show on the town page. They are the only sponsorship on a town page. No pop-ups, no third-party ad networks, no autoplay, no banners, no tracking of any reader.

What a sponsor gets

• A labelled card on the town page and on the county board for every reader who reads it for your town: your name, your town and a link to your site. On the town page itself, your logo and one plain sentence about what you do.
• A place on this page under your town.
• Honest aggregate numbers, once they exist: page views for your town and clicks on your card, by month. No projections, and nothing about any person.

Three levels, by reach

What a level costs follows how many pages it is seen on, not the size of the card. A town sponsor is on two pages: the town page and the county board when a reader picks that town. A county sponsor leads the strip on the county board and on every town page in the county. A state sponsor (one for Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina each) has one line at the top of the strip on every board and every town page in that state, and a card on that state’s county chooser. A logo and the one sentence show only on a sponsor’s own page; everywhere else a sponsor is a name and a town.

What it looks like

• Local sponsorYour businessYour townOne sentence about what you do.
• OpenOne more business could be here.

How pricing is set

Traffic, not population: how much a town's board is actually read, and how busy the town is through the year. A small fishing town can be a busier board than a bigger inland one. Town sponsorship runs $59 to $349 a month. Which band a town is in is set by that same traffic. There is not yet enough of it behind these boards to sort them fairly, so we name your town’s band when we reply. The four bands, quietest to busiest:

• Cove. $59 to $79 a month. The quietest boards: a small town read mostly by the people who live there.
• Harbor. $99 to $129 a month. A working town with a steady readership through the year.
• Bay. $149 to $199 a month. A busy board: a town people pass through and plan around.
• Gateway. $249 to $349 a month. The busiest boards: the towns everyone on that stretch of coast checks.

Invoiced monthly, or once a year at twelve months for the cost of ten. The first two sponsors in any town are Founding Sponsors: their rate is held for their first twelve months. The offer ends in a town when its two positions are taken.

Towns

Every town on the coast, north to south. A town whose board is still in progress opens for sponsors when the board does.

County and state

One per county. Its card leads the strip on the county board and on every town page in that county; the logo and sentence show on the county board. Quoted on inquiry. One per state: a line at the top of the strip on every county board and every town page in that state, and a card with the logo and sentence on that state's county chooser. Quoted on inquiry. Oregon, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina each have their own state position, sold separately. Larger partnerships are arranged by hand.

Who can sponsor

Legitimate local businesses: charters and guides, tackle and marine, lodging, restaurants, campgrounds, outdoor retailers, towing and auto, contractors and home services, real estate, banks and credit unions. Coast Conditions decides who appears and may decline or remove any sponsor. A sponsor card is an acknowledgment of support; it is not an endorsement by Coast Conditions or by any agency whose information the board carries.

How it works

Send an inquiry. It reserves nothing and is not an acceptance. We reply by email with the quote for your town and what happens next. Invoiced monthly or annually; no card details are ever entered on this site.

Questions

Can I be on more than one town? Yes, one position per town, each priced as its own.

Can I change my sentence or logo? Yes, by email.

Do you show me who clicked? No. You get a monthly count and nothing about any person.

What if I stop? Your card comes down at the end of the paid term and the position reopens.

Contact: hello@coastconditions.com