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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 3147 Views
Awesome job, mate! - 06/07/2010 09:03:20 PM 1195 Views
I see that you've also fixed the spelling of "received" in the noteboards. - 06/07/2010 09:08:00 PM 1238 Views
Erm... can you recheck your settings? - 06/07/2010 09:20:50 PM 1186 Views
They've not changed. *NM* - 06/07/2010 09:22:07 PM 670 Views
Default quote setting is excellent - 06/07/2010 10:02:35 PM 1242 Views
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Time zone - 07/07/2010 05:23:43 PM 1038 Views
Yeah, Us/Eastern is ahead an hour too. - 07/07/2010 05:44:40 PM 1224 Views
Cool, I must locate some money to get one. *NM* - 08/07/2010 03:48:59 PM 719 Views
I all of a sudden miss Wse - 10/07/2010 01:28:00 AM 1124 Views
In a way, yes *NM* - 16/07/2010 06:43:14 AM 591 Views
Just how much bandwidth is Read and Find out using per month? - 11/07/2010 05:50:02 AM 1189 Views
So, you think Ben should pay it out of his own pocket then? - 12/07/2010 09:33:27 AM 1340 Views
Oh Jing. - 12/07/2010 08:05:31 PM 1215 Views
It's a very reasonable question. - 12/07/2010 09:29:26 PM 1318 Views
Good point *NM* - 12/07/2010 09:38:25 PM 602 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 1384 Views
It is exactly the same stuff Mike asked money for - 14/07/2010 09:00:55 PM 1051 Views
Why can't people even ask the question(s)? - 14/07/2010 09:22:11 PM 1192 Views
Re: Why can't people even ask the question(s)? - 14/07/2010 09:36:54 PM 1251 Views
Well - 14/07/2010 09:57:09 PM 1373 Views
Exactly. - 15/07/2010 12:09:14 AM 1146 Views
The messageboards are perfectly functional without a premium account. - 14/07/2010 09:17:43 PM 1021 Views
I see it as a way of giving people something back for donations. - 14/07/2010 10:09:08 PM 1304 Views
He does have a point when it comes to hyperlinks. - 15/07/2010 06:52:41 PM 1028 Views
There are other reasons why I don't want links in posts - 15/07/2010 08:18:53 PM 1057 Views
Why is that? - 15/07/2010 09:14:52 PM 1208 Views
Viable alternatives - 15/07/2010 01:16:39 AM 1245 Views
I have to agree with you here - 16/07/2010 06:55:43 AM 1017 Views
Advertising makes a site look like shit. - 16/07/2010 08:28:00 AM 969 Views
Only if you choose to let it. - 16/07/2010 12:17:47 PM 1265 Views
This is just the BBforum argument rehashed. - 16/07/2010 06:07:20 PM 1139 Views
But those are the very things being introduced by the premium accounts. - 17/07/2010 12:44:05 PM 1254 Views
Re: One Thing - 17/07/2010 04:24:51 PM 1138 Views
Agreed. - 17/07/2010 04:34:09 PM 1095 Views
RAFO is a lot of great things, but great-looking it is not. - 16/07/2010 02:28:50 PM 1166 Views
As I've said above... - 16/07/2010 01:49:37 PM 1221 Views
Just to be clear: - 16/07/2010 03:18:22 PM 1162 Views
Re: As I've said above... - 16/07/2010 05:58:39 PM 1180 Views
Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 06:05:07 PM 1220 Views
Re: Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 06:13:17 PM 1015 Views
Re: Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 09:03:27 PM 1035 Views
And - 17/07/2010 04:37:12 PM 1114 Views
To be honest, that misses part of the appeal for some of us - 17/07/2010 12:17:15 AM 1111 Views
It's a start - 16/07/2010 06:37:44 PM 1134 Views
Yeah, that's the other thing. - 16/07/2010 08:59:51 PM 1125 Views
Go Ben! \o/ *NM* - 18/07/2010 02:52:30 AM 498 Views
That's the root of the problem. - 21/07/2010 01:10:56 PM 1296 Views
Question - 18/07/2010 12:02:02 PM 1313 Views
I think it's reasonable - 17/07/2010 12:33:56 AM 1340 Views
I like it, and thanks =) - 23/07/2010 12:43:11 PM 1045 Views
I don't really have a problem paying - I just dislike Paypal. - 03/08/2010 05:53:14 PM 1427 Views

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