Subscriptions

It has been discussed in the forums “Sort Off” but none the less, unless other sugestions are put up I cant see what else can be done. Ive always been open to suggestions but when I ask for them there never there! Here is your chance to show me the light :yes:

My head hurts from all the other thingking  in my day to day duties so I have to some times think of the easiest solution and have done.

Oh, and so it is clear in the future. There is only me behind any closed doors, only me sorting the site, and only me coming up with ideas behinde closed doors. And all that is put foward on here to gain some insight. No secret meetings, chats etc… Just me and the Cat, Chewey. :yahoo:

The problem is them sites have thousands of members were adds would benefit companys, forumite has not. Now the dilema begins. So ads are a no go. What else is left?

£695 as I got the dedicated server on special offer, with an upgrade needed in the near future double that then there is specialest items I am unable to repair or modifie and so on. :wacko: I am not going into all the details but this gives the gist of it.

There is bits missing of that Jason believe me. A costly back up solution will have to be eventualy put in place for example. I am backing up the best I can at the moment and prety much sure it’s safe for the time being. Membership was to ensure there was enough to cover things on regular monthly basis incase things got worse for me and like many I am 1 bill from the streets, perhaps not that bad but not far off.

However I am still open to ideas, Infact the subscription is going to cost me to set-up so if there is an other way I’ll listen.

Has mentioned I have put a lot of long hours into this place and try not to do things by half and have so far got the best of what I can afford at the time.

And yes I did not expect the subscription to cover all the costs but it would help.

Hmm…

A difficult one.

How many ex MM people are on here? Assuming (as Lee asked) we all used the same or similar names then I can only see around twenty people who visited in the last day.

I would get a feel for any takers before putting up a paywall. As Jason says, not many would want to climb it.

Jason wrote:

That’s a non-starter, then.

Don’t dismiss it so quickly.  I’m up for a fiver/month. It only needs nine others who are willing to match and it is mostly covered. Whether there are nine who can afford to give regularly is another question to which I do not know the answer.

Whether it needs a pay-wall is a totally different question. Earlier Lee offered some sort of flexibility but it really depends on the degree of commitment he receives. If he gets (say) £800/year committed he obviously has more scope for flexibility.

Ok so sticking with the subscription idea. I’ll put another idea accross. As said £3.50 a month but if you decide not to you are still free to use the forums. How ever the problem with the donations as mentioned in an other post was people would simply forget. What I would do is put something in place to remind people, somthing a little annouying.

As BL mentioned there are other alternatives, Facebook and the other one. I aint going to force people to stay here if there not happy. Every body is free to make there choices but I have to try and take a little bit of the pressure of me.

So in short if you are a paid member you get a gold star and if not you do not :yahoo:

Edit: There is atleast 60 or more members from MM. Just a handfull of attempted spammer names and there is total of 128 members. Often 30 users active one 24 hour period.