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stephen
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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I got asked this question via PM, and thought I'd share the answer here as others may be thinking the same.
| Quote: | i was reading your info on about how much you pay for this forum £500 per year  i started a forum for (deleted) a couple of years ago and thats only about £8 per month hosting with a company called noclue so why is this so dear ,or are you trying to make money out of it  |
Far from it. So far this year we're losing money.
We started with shared hosting, at that sort of level, and we rapidly outgrew it. The resources needed to run the forums and galleries are huge. We use over 25% of any standard shared platform - at that level you cannot ever use shared hosting. You get kicked off very quickly. We have nearly 2000 registered users, huge numbers of guests every day, and are listed in most search engines when people search for poultry related stuff. That generates a lot of traffic. Typically over 30 GB per month of traffic - and that's what you pay for.
We didn't have much choice, either close the forums, or move to a dedicated server. |
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EGirl
Joined: 01 Nov 2007
Posts: 468
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Oops, paypal just refused my card! 
Will happily donate as soon as I sort it out. This is a great forum, with great members and well worth keeping online. Thanks |
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NannyP
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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Oh oh, we're on Orange 
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stephen
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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| Orange means the loss is less than one month's hosting fees. I wouldn't worry too much about that - we're due some advertising income in a couple of weeks that should balance it out again and turn us green. |
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NannyP
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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| I haven't seen it Orange for ages, so thought I'd mention it |
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CP
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 13153
Location: Hampshire
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It's been orange for a few days now.
I have just subscribed to a monthly Paypal amount because I keep meaning to & never get round to it! 
But whenever I buy from Amazon it's always through PKF.  |
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blairshill
Joined: 01 May 2008
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Location: Glasgow
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| I have sent a payment through paypal . I have already received a huge amount of support and advice through this forum and it would be criminal if with so many members it was not financially able to survive |
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Chris Kurzfeld
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
Posts: 653
Location: Carmarthenshire
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| Don't answer if you don't want to but how much do people normally donate at a time? Having never done this before, but wanting to help keep this brill site going, some pointers would be a great help. |
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debcat
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 8020
Location: Isle of Lewis
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:44 pm Post subject: how the forum is paid for |
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NannyP
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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| I haven't donated for ages Chris, as I don't have any "earnings" now, when I did, it was a tenner I think, and I will probably donate a fiver when I get "paid" in a couple of weeks. Every little helps. |
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stephen
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Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Posts: 4765
Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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This is a generalisation, and it's not a "you must".
For subscriptions, most people choose £1 or £2 per month.
For donations, most people donate between £5 and £10.
Anything is good, we're happy for any donations, no matter how small. |
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Chris Kurzfeld
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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Location: Carmarthenshire
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Thanks Debcat got your pm - can't pm you back though there seems to be a problem at the moment. Thanks also Nannyp. I know it's not compulsary but I would like to help, even if it's not alot, I've gained an awful lot of confidence throught this (and 1 other) forum - I don't think a "thankyou" now and then is too much and I'm sure my chooks would agree with me  . |
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NannyP
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Location: 86310 Nr St Savin
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| The egg is green |
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stephen
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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| Indeed. Hopefully we'll stay that way for a while! |
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stephen
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Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden.
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| For those who do not like PayPal, there is now also a Google Checkout service available on the front page. |
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