STEEL Marketplace - Advertise In Print

Steel Marketplace is an informative metals industry web site and a monthly hard copy magazine that is delivered to the decision makers in the Fabricating & Metalworking Industries. If you are looking to target your advertising message to this influential group, please fill out the form below and find out how your advertising dollar goes further at Steel Marketplace.

Print Publication Advertising Rates

RATES PER ISSUE FOR:

SIZE

1 ISSUE

4 ISSUES

12 ISSUES

SETUP

FULL PG
2/3 PAGE
1/2 PAGE
1/3 PAGE
1/4 PAGE
COVER

$890/issue
$770/issue
$610/issue
$430/issue
$330/issue
$1250

$845/issue
$720/issue
$560/issue
$390/issue
$300/issue
n/a

$770/issue
$640/issue
$510/issue
$355/issue
$260/issue
n/a

$120
$100
$90
$70
$60
$100

Printable Version - Ad Rates

Colour Charges
When using Steel Marketplace's spot colours choose from either red, blue, yellow or green. Spot colours are available for $75.00 each per month. Full process colour (CMYK) is also available. See chart below for full colour rates.

FULL COLOUR CHARGES:

SIZE

PER ISSUE

FULL PG
2/3 PAGE
1/2 PAGE
1/3 PAGE
1/4 PAGE
COVER

$150/issue
$130/issue
$110/issue
$90/issue
$75/issue
Included

Accepted Formats
Adobe Illustrator AI or EPS (up to version CS2)
Fonts - Must be embedded, provided or converted to curves.
Photos - All photos must be embedded, grey scale, and a minimum of 200 dpi.
Adobe Acrobat PDF (up to version 7.0)
Fonts - must be embedded or converted to curves
Photos - All photos must be grey scale and a minimum of 200 dpi.
Distiller Settings - Compression must be set to use 'ZIP' and not 'JPG' compression. Security settings should be set to 'none' and colour mode must always be 'CMYK'.
Quark Xpress (up to version 7.01)
Fonts - Must be provided
Photos - All photos must be provided, grey scale, and a minimum of 200 dpi.
Adobe Photoshop PSD or EPS (up to version CS2)
Fonts - Photoshop fonts become rasterised (bitmap), therefore use a resolution of at least 300 dpi for font clarity after printing.
Colour Mode - The document must be either 'GREY SCALE' or 'CMYK' modes.
Layers - Retain layers as 'PSD' format whenever possible.
Other Formats
Other formats not included above may also be used.For these please call for detailed specifications. (Corel Draw 8.0, PageMaker 7.0, etc.)

Printable Version - Ad Specifications

Advertisment Dimensions

AD TYPE

WIDTH
(inches)

HEIGHT
(inches)

WIDTH
(mm)

HEIGHT
(mm)

FULL PAGE
2/3 PAGE
1/2 PAGE
1/3 PAGE
1/4 PAGE (H.)
1/4 PAGE (V.)
FRONT COV.

6-1/4"
6-1/4"
6-1/4"
6-1/4"
6-1/4"
3-1/16"
6"

9-3/4"
6-1/2"
4-7/8"
3-1/4"
2-1/2"
4-7/8"
6-3/4"

159mm
159mm
159mm
159mm
159mm
78mm
152mm

248mm
165mm
124mm
83mm
64mm
124mm
171mm

Printable Version - Ad Specifications

Classified Advertising
Ad sizes are based on a 2 inch column with a minimum height of 1 inch, increasing by increments of 1/2 inch.

CLASSIFIED ADS (All classified ads must be prepaid)
SIZE	1 MONTH RATES	3 MONTH RATES
1" x 2" 1-1/2" x 2" 2" x 2"	$59.00 $88.50 $118.00	$135.00 (3 month term) $199.50 (3 month term) $265.50 (3 month term)