Welp! It finally came down to begging :)
Thanks Ryan and Robin! 🙂
The Keep the site free wont affect the SadBOARD, but would affect things like the download areas (which is where most of the bandwidth goes).
Since most of the bandwidth is used for visitors downloading winamps skins, pics and soundfiles, I considered asking for a small fee to help maintain and expand that area.
However, your comments have made me think that it’s prolly best simply to ask for a donation to help support the site. It sounds less threatening and yet is still true.
Please don’t worry about the SadBOARD being a subscription site. [b]That will never happen[/b]. My biggest concern is to make sure that me and Newkate have the funds to continue with the site as a whole (but we’ve been in this situation before and usually come through it).
I think lots of sites are finding the same problem. As their popularity increases, a whole range of issues are created; managing a 2000 page site for instance, limits the amount of time I can spend on reviews and SadBOARD.
Squishy and Son of Bester, thankyou for your very generous offers, but $3 is the maximum I would consider as a donation from peeps, and even then, only if they already had on-line payment facilities set-up. Your patronage (as with many other members of the Board) is much more important!
[ 21-04-2002: Message edited by: SadGeezer ]
I’ve edited the box and changed the word ‘Free’ to ‘alive’.
[ 21-04-2002: Message edited by: SadGeezer ]