Wednesday, October 14, 2026

The Plain Exchange

Buy and sell by text message · Ohio's Plain communities

Sponsor The Plain Exchange

Every day, The Plain Exchange texts classified ads to every subscriber in Ohio's Plain communities — people who read their texts, not banner ads. A sponsorship puts your business on those ads for a week: a small banner across the bottom of the picture ads we send, carrying your business name, your phone number and one short line about what you sell or who you are. Like this:

Miller’s Harness Shop · (330) 555-0142
New harnesses in stock, open Saturdays till noon.

Your phone number is the whole point: a member reads the ad, sees your name, and calls you. Nothing to click, nothing to sign up for.

Three ways to sponsor

  • 1 week$100one week on the bottom of the picture ads we send
  • 2 weeks$1502 weeks on the bottom of the picture ads we send
  • The month (4 weeks)$2004 weeks on the bottom of the picture ads we send

Only 4 businesses sponsor in any one week. That keeps your banner from being one of a crowd — and it means a week can sell out. A longer sponsorship holds its place in every week of its run, so buying two weeks books both of them now.

Room right now:

  • the week of October 19 — open
  • the week of October 26 — open
  • the week of November 2 — open
  • the week of November 9 — open
  • the week of November 16 — open
  • the week of November 23 — open

How it works

  • Pay online, reviewed by a person. You pay by card on a secure Stripe checkout page, and your words then go to the same human review as every ad on The Plain Exchange. Payment never skips the review.
  • Weeks run Monday to Saturday — the six days we send ads. Once you are approved you are booked into the first week with room, usually the coming Monday, and we text you the dates.
  • Short and plain. A banner is small: your business name (up to 40 characters) and one line of up to 100 characters. Emoji are removed, and web addresses stay out of the line.
  • Declined sponsorships are refunded in full. If we can’t run your words, nothing runs and your payment goes back to your card — see the refund policy.
  • Rather pay another way? Write to us through the website and we’ll set your sponsorship up by hand — cash, check, or a card over the phone.

Sponsor a week

Sponsorship

After payment your sponsorship waits for review — a person reads every one before it runs — and you are booked into the first week with room. If it’s declined, your payment is refunded in full.

Questions first? Write to us through the website — we’re glad to help you write the line.