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As I've said above... Nebhead Send a noteboard - 16/07/2010 01:49:37 PM
If you don't feel the additional value is worth the cost, then don't pay for it. The forums are still perfectly functional.

If people *are* willing to pay for additional functionality, if being able to do these things is worth the £10 to them, then why shouldn't I capitalise on that? If other forums provide that for free, then they're potentially missing out on a revenue stream.

What it comes down to is that:

* Advertising is a bitch to set up, is unreliable, and requires users to click on the adverts to provide any real profit. I'm not interested in basing my income stream on a few good people who click ads to keep the site alive.

* Donations are all well and good, and the site has survived for a year on them thus far. However, it is by far and away a very few people who provide sizable donations that have kept the site afloat. I will not use this as a funding model, as it's patently unfair.

* As a side point to the above, donations have been open for a year and it's only a few people who've actually donated. Why would a pledge drive be any different.

* I want people to feel like the benefit from supporting the site. Which is why the extra, non-essential functionality is only available to these people.


From the sounds of it, you object to paying £10 for the extra functionality. But by complaining about it, and saying "look here's ways in which you can get money without depriving me of this functionality", you make it clear that the functionality *is* valuable to you. You wouldn't have done this research otherwise.

The real question is, is it worth £10 to you? If so, why not pay? If not, why complain at all?
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EDIT: Remember folks, today's the last day of the free premium accounts! - 06/07/2010 08:52:02 PM 3367 Views
Awesome job, mate! - 06/07/2010 09:03:20 PM 1449 Views
I see that you've also fixed the spelling of "received" in the noteboards. - 06/07/2010 09:08:00 PM 1462 Views
Erm... can you recheck your settings? - 06/07/2010 09:20:50 PM 1408 Views
They've not changed. *NM* - 06/07/2010 09:22:07 PM 803 Views
Default quote setting is excellent - 06/07/2010 10:02:35 PM 1481 Views
Nice! - 06/07/2010 11:51:09 PM 1257 Views
Yay! - 07/07/2010 04:32:39 PM 1287 Views
Time zone - 07/07/2010 05:23:43 PM 1256 Views
Yeah, Us/Eastern is ahead an hour too. - 07/07/2010 05:44:40 PM 1452 Views
Cool, I must locate some money to get one. *NM* - 08/07/2010 03:48:59 PM 850 Views
I all of a sudden miss Wse - 10/07/2010 01:28:00 AM 1331 Views
In a way, yes *NM* - 16/07/2010 06:43:14 AM 724 Views
Just how much bandwidth is Read and Find out using per month? - 11/07/2010 05:50:02 AM 1391 Views
So, you think Ben should pay it out of his own pocket then? - 12/07/2010 09:33:27 AM 1549 Views
Oh Jing. - 12/07/2010 08:05:31 PM 1446 Views
It's a very reasonable question. - 12/07/2010 09:29:26 PM 1545 Views
Good point *NM* - 12/07/2010 09:38:25 PM 736 Views
You want to charge people for functionality every other forum on the web gives them for free? - 14/07/2010 08:47:32 PM 1614 Views
It is exactly the same stuff Mike asked money for - 14/07/2010 09:00:55 PM 1263 Views
Why can't people even ask the question(s)? - 14/07/2010 09:22:11 PM 1411 Views
Re: Why can't people even ask the question(s)? - 14/07/2010 09:36:54 PM 1476 Views
Well - 14/07/2010 09:57:09 PM 1599 Views
Exactly. - 15/07/2010 12:09:14 AM 1367 Views
The messageboards are perfectly functional without a premium account. - 14/07/2010 09:17:43 PM 1249 Views
I see it as a way of giving people something back for donations. - 14/07/2010 10:09:08 PM 1521 Views
He does have a point when it comes to hyperlinks. - 15/07/2010 06:52:41 PM 1238 Views
There are other reasons why I don't want links in posts - 15/07/2010 08:18:53 PM 1276 Views
Why is that? - 15/07/2010 09:14:52 PM 1446 Views
Viable alternatives - 15/07/2010 01:16:39 AM 1470 Views
I have to agree with you here - 16/07/2010 06:55:43 AM 1250 Views
Advertising makes a site look like shit. - 16/07/2010 08:28:00 AM 1156 Views
Only if you choose to let it. - 16/07/2010 12:17:47 PM 1478 Views
This is just the BBforum argument rehashed. - 16/07/2010 06:07:20 PM 1388 Views
But those are the very things being introduced by the premium accounts. - 17/07/2010 12:44:05 PM 1475 Views
Re: One Thing - 17/07/2010 04:24:51 PM 1360 Views
Agreed. - 17/07/2010 04:34:09 PM 1345 Views
RAFO is a lot of great things, but great-looking it is not. - 16/07/2010 02:28:50 PM 1377 Views
As I've said above... - 16/07/2010 01:49:37 PM 1442 Views
Just to be clear: - 16/07/2010 03:18:22 PM 1376 Views
Re: As I've said above... - 16/07/2010 05:58:39 PM 1399 Views
Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 06:05:07 PM 1442 Views
Re: Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 06:13:17 PM 1236 Views
Re: Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 09:03:27 PM 1250 Views
And - 17/07/2010 04:37:12 PM 1346 Views
To be honest, that misses part of the appeal for some of us - 17/07/2010 12:17:15 AM 1326 Views
It's a start - 16/07/2010 06:37:44 PM 1354 Views
Yeah, that's the other thing. - 16/07/2010 08:59:51 PM 1346 Views
Go Ben! \o/ *NM* - 18/07/2010 02:52:30 AM 635 Views
That's the root of the problem. - 21/07/2010 01:10:56 PM 1529 Views
Question - 18/07/2010 12:02:02 PM 1529 Views
I think it's reasonable - 17/07/2010 12:33:56 AM 1562 Views
I like it, and thanks =) - 23/07/2010 12:43:11 PM 1265 Views
I don't really have a problem paying - I just dislike Paypal. - 03/08/2010 05:53:14 PM 1787 Views

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