So there are a bunch of different types of advertisements but, at the most basic level, you have impressions and clicks. Cost/impression is how much and advertiser pays every time someone lands on a page where their ad is loaded. Cost/click is how much and advertiser pays every time you click.

These days, a lot of ads are pay per click (PPC). So, even if there were a bunch of ads, no one is going to pay you much for the impressions and even if we had a separate page, users would not only need to sit idle on the page, but actively click ads. And, seeing as the page is separate, I'm not sure if the advertisers would pay the standard rate for PPC. I'm not sure. I know there are ad networks and stuff and we may be able to get away from it for a bit. But it feels kinda shady? I don't know if that's the right word, seeing as we're talking about shitty online advertisers.

So...that's about as much input I can give on the viability of this idea.

I do like the idea though and I do like the thought process happening in this thread. Please, don't take my response as discouragement for throwing out ideas or anything.