bouche Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 I turned on the sidebar and within it, I've added the ability to accept donations for the site. This is to cover yearly hosting bills that I've been able to handle in the past through advertising. The last few years, there has been no ad space purchases and google ads do not provide more than around $70 over a year. So I've been footing the bills personally over the last few years. I've come to the conclusion that the site needs some form of income and the only way I could come up with at the moment is by implementing a persistent donation box. Any amount will be helpful. Since the box relies on paypal, hopefully everyone wishing to drop some money into the guitar case already has a paypal account, or doesn't mind setting one up. Other forms of donation may be acceptable as well. Suggestions are welcome. If anyone has any other ideas to fund hosting I'm all eyes and ears. Esau. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 nero benefit concert! bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Yes I think jamband.ca musical fundraiser would be fun and potentially bring some added traffic back here as well. Maybe one in Ottawa and one in Hamilton or surrounding region. bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 So what does it cost to host this site for a year? tbone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 in the meantime donated bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 49 minutes ago, dave-O said: So what does it cost to host this site for a year? After the US exchange rate, this year it's approx $900. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 holy shit. i had no idea it was anything like that. bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 7 hours ago, edger said: Yes I think jamband.ca musical fundraiser would be fun and potentially bring some added traffic back here as well. Maybe one in Ottawa and one in Hamilton or surrounding region. Fundraisers are a great idea but they seem like alot of work for anyone who would be involved. Donations seems to be the easiest way to hit the mark and the goal could be accomplished with very little personal funds if the submissions are spread out across as many active users possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Can you post the link? I do not see this donation sidebar anywhere. I'll throw in. bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 8 minutes ago, Northern Wish said: Can you post the link? I do not see this donation sidebar anywhere. I'll throw in. The sidebar only appears in the forum and topic index pages. http://jambands.ca/f/index.php?/forum/11-soundboard/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Agreed on the "holy shit", I expected a couple hundred bucks at the most. bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 +1 for holy shit bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted May 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 6 hours ago, bouche said: Fundraisers are a great idea but they seem like alot of work for anyone who would be involved. Donations seems to be the easiest way to hit the mark and the goal could be accomplished with very little personal funds if the submissions are spread out across as many active users possible. I meant to continue but got distracted and saved. This was just the best option for this time around. I'd like to have something more reasonable in place for next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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phorbesie Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 maybe we should all donate again to reach the goal for the year? it's only at 32% bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Bump for the holidays! bouche 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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