Bannersmall had been outsourcing for quite a bit to designers, thats why the quality tended to fluctuate quite a bit.

Also, for banner designers, at the height of the .com bubble, people could earn up to $200 a banner! I don't think their $27 is too much to ask- now that they're cutting back down on their outsourced designers, and concentrating mainly on producing more quality, rather than quantity

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Daniel Eio