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I hate having to raise the issue of site donations, but once again I find that they are running dry and before long I need 12 months revenue to keep the site running.
In September this year, I need to have raised enough money from donations to cover the next 12 months server rental along with 12 months of bandwidth, and backup space. This works out at approximately US $120 per month, if I pay all 12 months in advance (how much will depend on my negotiations and if the site moves home again). This is on top of the site software costs (which are in December).
So far this year, Cookingbites has only had 3 donations and 2 of those were before Christmas, only qualifying for this year because I moved them over to it. The last donation being on the 3rd January. (To those who did contribute without me asking, thank you ever so much, and I apologise for asking again.)
I must ask all members to seriously consider donating on a regular basis or helping to contribute via advertisingcosts by accepting a single advert on each page they visit. Until my health permits me to work, it is my husband paying to run this site for all of us to participate on and our ends only just meet as it is. I know money is tight for most of us, but I can't run this site without financial support from its members.
I have an option to "raise" more money to keep the site running using advertising revenue. That way members would have an option of contributing via viewing one advert per page or paying not to view any adverts. I can display a polite message for advert blockers reminding members that I do need help financially to keep this site running and don't contribute, but nothing more.
Currently advertising raises about a quarter of the server costs each year, but this would be higher if members agreed to view a single advert per page visited. How high, I genuinely don't know. Members with advert blockers would need to put CB on the white list (allows adverts) to help pay for the cost of the site without actually contributing financially. No-one would know if you did or didn't. It's would be an honesty basis.
There would/could be an opt out of adverts via contributions on a monthly or annual basis. This is something I can configure quite easily. So if you've contributed $/£/€5, you'd get 1 month without adverts, $/£/€50 would get you 12 months etc. As always it can be done via bank transfer or PayPal. (None of my details have changed.)
So would you be willing to consider paying not to view a single advert or accept viewing 1 advert per page to contribute towards the upkeep of the site?
In September this year, I need to have raised enough money from donations to cover the next 12 months server rental along with 12 months of bandwidth, and backup space. This works out at approximately US $120 per month, if I pay all 12 months in advance (how much will depend on my negotiations and if the site moves home again). This is on top of the site software costs (which are in December).
So far this year, Cookingbites has only had 3 donations and 2 of those were before Christmas, only qualifying for this year because I moved them over to it. The last donation being on the 3rd January. (To those who did contribute without me asking, thank you ever so much, and I apologise for asking again.)
I must ask all members to seriously consider donating on a regular basis or helping to contribute via advertisingcosts by accepting a single advert on each page they visit. Until my health permits me to work, it is my husband paying to run this site for all of us to participate on and our ends only just meet as it is. I know money is tight for most of us, but I can't run this site without financial support from its members.
I have an option to "raise" more money to keep the site running using advertising revenue. That way members would have an option of contributing via viewing one advert per page or paying not to view any adverts. I can display a polite message for advert blockers reminding members that I do need help financially to keep this site running and don't contribute, but nothing more.
Currently advertising raises about a quarter of the server costs each year, but this would be higher if members agreed to view a single advert per page visited. How high, I genuinely don't know. Members with advert blockers would need to put CB on the white list (allows adverts) to help pay for the cost of the site without actually contributing financially. No-one would know if you did or didn't. It's would be an honesty basis.
There would/could be an opt out of adverts via contributions on a monthly or annual basis. This is something I can configure quite easily. So if you've contributed $/£/€5, you'd get 1 month without adverts, $/£/€50 would get you 12 months etc. As always it can be done via bank transfer or PayPal. (None of my details have changed.)
So would you be willing to consider paying not to view a single advert or accept viewing 1 advert per page to contribute towards the upkeep of the site?
Look in the top right hand corner of the screen, right next to the "search" button. Click that, and follow the steps. You can use a PayPal account, or use a credit card via PayPal. As expected, PayPal will charge you a fee, but that's PayPal.
