Abstract: A method and system for enabling consumer-creators to create advertisements on behalf of advertisers on an electronic network includes the uploading or creating of an ad on a given website by a consumer-creator and offering the ad to advertisers or publishers or visitors for presentation on various medium (electronic or otherwise) where the ad can be available on the given website or linked to the given website from another website. The method can enable the selection of an ad (that has been uploaded or created by the consumer-creator) by an advertiser or a publisher or visitor. The method can also broker a relationship among the consumer-creator, visitor, advertiser, or publisher. The method can also track usage of the ad and automatically enable payment for the use of the ad based on the relationship brokered and the use tracked of the ad.

Abstract: A method (10) and system (200) for enabling consumer-creators to create advertisements on behalf of advertisers on an electronic network includes the uploading or creating (11) of an ad on a given website by a consumer-creator and offering (12) the ad to advertisers or publishers or visitors for presentation on various medium (electronic or otherwise) where the ad can be available on the given website or linked to the given website from another website. The method can enable (14) the selection of an ad (that has been uploaded or created by the consumer-creator) by an advertiser or a publisher or visitor. The method can also broker (16) a relationship among the consumer-creator, visitor, advertiser, or publisher. The method can also track (19) usage of the ad and automatically enable (23) payment for the use of the ad based on the relationship brokered and the use tracked of the ad.