Chitika recently launched a new direct ad sales program that allows publishers to place some code on websites that enable potential advertisers to quickly and easily purchase adspace.

I’m trying this out on Watermark Tool to see how it goes. I currently have 2 125×125 adspots available in fairly prominent positions. You can check out the details here, where you’ll be able to see that each spot is going for the low, low price of $1 a day.

Depending on how well it goes, I’ll likely expand to using Chitika for direct ad sales on other sites. Being able to let Chitika manage it all is fantastic as I don’t really have time for selling adspace right now.

I guess people really like free tools because the Watermark Tool has recently surpassed 10,000 watermarks generated. That’s a pretty subsantial number considering those numbers are from January of this year. It’s pretty cool to see so many people using the tool, especially when it started out as just one of those side projects that you do just because you can - without really thinking about it’s potential popularity. Hopefully I can get around to adding even more great features to the site once I take care of a few other projects first.