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Post by steve on Jan 16, 2014 13:34:44 GMT -6
For those who run ad-blocker... I am mega guilty, Please make a page exception. You know you don't want this to end up looking like chitown or chicagoland....ugly forums make babies cry.
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Post by BFA on Jan 16, 2014 13:38:52 GMT -6
what does that mean?
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Post by steve on Jan 16, 2014 13:41:00 GMT -6
Ad blocker blocks your advertisement banner which in my guess pays for your site.
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Post by BFA on Jan 16, 2014 13:41:04 GMT -6
Ohhh....NM. I get it now.
Part of the free hosting agreement was that there could be an ad banner. It costs a bit of moola to get rid of that...the question is will the forums take off and make it worth it?
So basically, the ads pay for the server or I do out of pocket.
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Post by Mike on Jan 16, 2014 14:40:41 GMT -6
Looks like steve is volunteering to pay for your bills for the forum. Thanks steve!
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Post by BFA on Jan 16, 2014 14:56:15 GMT -6
LOL.
Well, here's the way I see it. For the record, I don't necessarily like any of the options more or less than any of teh others. These are just the options.
Everyone can just deal with the ads which in turn pays the forums. Nobody "has" to click on them as enough non registered guests will.
I can pay out of pocket which isn't too terribly expensive right now but as the forum increases in popularity, it takes more and more bandwidth which costs more and more. This can be somewhat OK though as I can then change the adds to be at least a bit more relevant to fishing, hunting, etc...
People can donate to the site and those donations keep the forum running add free.
I can migrate to a different hosting company which could mean the loss of data like threads, posts, and you would have to re-register. If we did that, now would be the time since there is only 10 days or so worth of posts. This would also cost me money out of pocket but the ads would be more relevant.
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Post by floridarigger on Jan 16, 2014 18:51:27 GMT -6
if the costs ever get too high, i would suggest using kickstarter or similar crowd sourcing to generate revenue.
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Post by JustinCarf on Jan 16, 2014 21:52:47 GMT -6
Or some kind of fund raisers down the line...
Example...
Flies for sale - Procedes go toward the site.
Mike -vs- TheWoz cage match and kegger - Procedes go toward the site and keg.
I would rock a t-shirt with the logo design. (With the writing underneath the digital art.) - with procedes going toward the site.
Just a thought.
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Post by heysambennett on Jan 17, 2014 9:24:11 GMT -6
Ads don't bother me.
I'd buy a t-shirt.
-SB
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Post by steve on Jan 17, 2014 10:05:26 GMT -6
Looks like steve is volunteering to pay for your bills for the forum. Thanks steve! Huzzah I will by not blocking ads  |
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