Featured Listings is a pay-per-click marketing option that lets you bid to promote your eligible Listings in top spots on NiteFlirt and 1-800-TO-FLIRT, giving you more opportunities to reach qualified potential customers.
Your Listing is placed in the highest possible position within its category based on a combination of your Maximum Bid and your Listing Value Score (LVS). Once you place a bid, you pay for each Qualified Click your Featured Listing receives.
Good to know: Your Maximum Bid is the most you're willing to pay for a Qualified Click, but that doesn't mean you'll always pay that amount. You'll pay the lowest possible amount for each Qualified Click and never more than your Maximum Bid.
You can track how your Featured Listings are performing with Featured Listing Results, which provides detailed information about your Featured Listings activity and performance.
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Listing Eligibility
Only accepted Listings that meet the following requirements can be featured:
- Has a Member Photo
- Has an average star rating of 3.5 or higher, or no feedback
- Has zero or more rating points
- Has a rate of $11.80/minute or less, before connection charges
Featured Listings on 1-800-TO-FLIRT
On 1-800-TO-FLIRT, only Featured Listings with an accepted recorded Member Name and Greeting will be included.
If the caller is signed in to their account, they'll hear Featured Listings with a rate of $11.80/minute or less, before connection charges. If the caller is not signed in, they'll hear Featured Listings with a rate of $1.79/minute or less, before connection charges.
Feature Your Listing
Ready to feature a Listing? Click Feature Listings in the Flirt Center of your Account to get started.
1. Choose a Listing
Find the Listing you'd like to feature and click Place Bid in the Max Bid column.
When deciding which Listing to feature, choose one that you think will generate the greatest return for you. You don't want to spend more featuring your Listing than you earn from it.
You can feature as many Listings as you'd like. However, only your highest-ranked Featured Listing will appear on each category page, so keep this in mind if you're featuring more than one Listing in the same category.
2. Place Your Bid
On the Place Your Featured Listing Bid page, you'll choose the Maximum Bid you're willing to pay for each Qualified Click and decide how long you'd like your bid to remain active.
Choose Your Maximum Bid
Your Maximum Bid Per Qualified Click is the highest amount you're willing to pay for a Qualified Click. The minimum Maximum Bid is $0.01.
When choosing your Maximum Bid, consider how much you can afford to spend and the position you'd like your Listing to achieve. Availability and your competitors' bids are always changing, so choose an amount that makes sense for you and your return on investment (ROI).
Remember: Your Maximum Bid is the most you'll pay for a Qualified Click, but you won't necessarily be charged that amount. You'll pay the lowest possible amount for each Qualified Click.
Choose Your Bid Expiration
Next, choose how you'd like your bid to run:
- No Expiration: Your bid can be used to promote your Listing whenever you're available.
- Budget: Your Listing will be promoted until you've spent the amount you set.
If you choose Budget, your budget must be at least 3 times your Maximum Bid. For example, if your Maximum Bid is $2.00, your budget must be at least $6.00. This helps ensure that your bid doesn't become inactive after just one click.
If you run out of money while your bid is active or your budget is reached, your bid will become inactive. You'll need to earn more money or add money from your credit card before you can place a new bid.
Good to know: No Expiration – Use my bids to promote me whenever I'm available is selected by default. Whenever you create a new bid, it will automatically be set to No Expiration unless you manually select a different option, such as Budget or Cancel, before saving your changes.
Review Your Current Position
Below your bid settings, you'll see your Listing Title, Current Max Bid, and your Listing's current position in each of its categories.
You can also use View By Category to choose a category and see how your Listing compares with other Featured Listings in that category.
The Your bid to be here column shows the current minimum Maximum Bid needed to achieve each position. Use this information to help decide how much you'll need to bid for the position you want to achieve.
Keep in mind: Featured Listings positions can change as other Flirts change their bids, their availability changes, or Listing Value Scores change.
How Your Position Is Determined
Your Featured Listing position is determined by your Listing's total combined score, which combines your Maximum Bid with your Listing Value Score (LVS).
The Listing with the highest total combined score in a category receives the highest Featured Listings position, the next highest score receives the next position, and so on.
Even if you don't have an active bid, your Listing still has a Listing Value Score and can appear in Featured Listings among Listings that are bidding competitively.
Once you've entered your Maximum Bid, selected either No Expiration or Budget, and reviewed the competitive positions, click Continue.
3. Confirm Your Bid
Review your Maximum Bid, budget amount if you've entered one, and your Listing's position. If everything looks good, click Confirm Bid.
4. Bid Confirmation
That's it! You now have a bid to feature your Listing. Make sure your Listing is available to take calls, and it will be placed in the highest possible position in its category based on your Maximum Bid and Listing Value Score.
Good to know: It may take up to 30 seconds for your Listing's position to update on NiteFlirt.com and up to 5 minutes on 1-800-TO-FLIRT. Your placement can also change as the Maximum Bids and availability of other Listings change.
5. Update or Cancel Your Bid
To update or cancel an active bid, return to Feature Listings in the Flirt Center. Then click Edit Bid for the bid you want to change or cancel.
To cancel your bid, click Cancel Bid. You'll be asked to confirm that you want to cancel the bid before it's removed.
How Much Do I Pay?
When your Featured Listing receives a Qualified Click, you'll pay the lowest possible amount for that click: only one cent more than the cost to place your Listing one position below yours at the time of the click.
Your Maximum Bid is the highest amount you're willing to pay and is the most you'll ever be charged for a Qualified Click. The amount you actually pay depends on how much it would have cost to place your Listing one position lower at the time the click takes place.
Example
Let's say you've set your Maximum Bid to $0.70, which puts your Listing in Position 5. It would only take a Maximum Bid of $0.35 to be in Position 6, so you'll only be charged $0.36 for a Qualified Click.
Now let's say the Maximum Bids and availability of other Listings change, moving your Listing up to Position 2. The cost to be in Position 3 is now $0.69, so you'll pay $0.70, just one cent more than the next lowest position, for a Qualified Click.
Clicks
We track and report all clicks, both charged and uncharged, on your Featured Listing. A click is recorded when someone clicks a link in your Listing title, Listing details, photo, Call Now button, or Listing rating in the Featured Listings sort on NiteFlirt.
When Is a Click Qualified?
A click is considered qualified when:
- A customer with valid payment information, such as a credit or debit card, clicks your Featured Listing when you're available to take a call.
- A user clicks your Featured Listing when you're available to take a call and subsequently adds valid payment information to their account within 24 hours of clicking your Featured Listing.
When Is a Click Not Qualified?
A click is not considered qualified when:
- A member clicks your Listing when you're not available to take calls.
- A member clicks your Listing in a sort option other than Featured Listings, including Top Available and Highest Rated.
- A member clicks the same Featured Listing more than once within a 24-hour period. Only one of these clicks will be charged.
- A non-member clicks your Featured Listing when you're available to take calls but doesn't register with valid payment information within 24 hours of clicking your Featured Listing.
- A member listens to your Listing's greeting using the Browse by Category option on 1-800-TO-FLIRT.
- A member enters your Listing's extension after dialing 1-800-TO-FLIRT.
- A customer who has had paid transactions with you within the last 30 days clicks your Featured Listing.
- A blocked customer clicks your Featured Listing.
- A Flirt clicks your Featured Listing, unless they become your customer via call or Mail.
- You click your own Featured Listing.
- A NiteFlirt employee clicks your Featured Listing.
Note: Your live Listings won't receive Featured Listings clicks while your Call Status is OFF because only available Listings can be featured. However, you may still be charged for a previous click while Away because some clicks can become qualified, and therefore charged, up to 24 hours after the click took place.
Want to dig into your click activity? Visit Featured Listings Results - Clicks for more details.
You can also learn more about how Featured Listings performance is measured in Listing Value Score and review your overall performance in Featured Listing Results.
Questions about Featured Listings? Submit a Support Request -- we're always happy to help!