<div dir="ltr">Otto has already said that advertising space on WPORG is not for sale<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Bryan Hadaway <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bhadaway@gmail.com" target="_blank">bhadaway@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>As far as theme exposure ideas, I thought of a possible win-win.<br><div><div><div><br>Okay, so there's 
already <a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/</a> and 
<a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/commercial/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/commercial/</a> for promoting themes, that have 
their own requirements for acceptance.<br><br></div>So why not create, in addition, an actual advertising space? Something like:<br><br></div><a href="http://wordpress.org/themes/advertised/" target="_blank">http://wordpress.org/themes/advertised/</a><br>

<br></div>Where
 theme shops can pay to be listed, which also includes some sort of WP 
default rotating - ADVERTISEMENT -  dashboard widget, which can of course be hidden just as 
any other stat or promo dashboard widget that already exists.<br><br></div>Then, a cut of its earnings could go towards the admins and a general project budget for maintenance and improvements.<br><br></div>I realize it's a long-shot, even if you guys like the idea, it would still need to pass approval from the higher-ups.<br>

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