Display ads in The Victoria Gazette are charged at the rate of $4.50 per column inch.  A full page ad is 4 columns (10") wide and 15" high.  There is no price reduction for running more than one ad in an issue nor for running an ad on a regular monthly basis because the $4.50 price can't be beat as it is.  There are extra charges for photos ($5 to $10 each, depending on size, and for ad layout and design ($5 to $50).  Display ads at $18 (5" x 2" space) are used for ads in the classified style.

Sample ad sizes and cost:
For example:  (5" x 4"):  $36
Popular ad space (5" x 5"):  $45
Quarter page ad space (5" x 7.5"):  $67.50
Half page ad space (5" x 15" or 10" x 7.5"):  $135
Full page ad space (10" x 15"):  $270

Circulation of the Gazette is 4,600  -- or over 16,000 readers.  The paper is mailed directly through the U.S. Post Office.  Subscription price is $15/year.  Circulation centers on Victoria (1,900 families) and its neighboring communities.  Hundreds of subscribers live in Chaska, Chanhassen, Excelsior, Waconia, Carver, Eden Prairie, Shakopee, Minnetonka, Hopkins, Cologne, Eden Prairie, Jordan, St. Bonifacius, Wayzata, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Watertown, Mound, Mayer, Norwood Young America, etc., etc., etc.