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Originally posted by chissler
Originally posted by Edn
You could always have a member thingy ($5-$10 a month) to have the ads removed, mabye a few extra features etc. always worked to bring in money to keep the server afloat.
As the Admin point out, everytime this question is raised, the majority of people who visit ATS are not members. So charging the members of ATS would do nothing.
originally posted by SimonGray
The costs of keeping ATS running are astronomical I can assure you. Like I always say, have a look at a post where S.O. has mentioned the ass-kicking hardware we need to keep this place up and running and then compare it to webhosting sites to get an indication of the costs. We're pushing five figures here people!
A few bucks from people isn't going to help, we need the ad banners. Considering the majority of our visitors are guests, it is a perfect model. Paid subscriptions would never work, and as a site dedicated to free discussion, only a very small percentage would probably pay to visit.
Originally posted by Springer
We've done our best to make sure the instant you've answered the questions the survey disappears from your life forever, it's not a "pop up" it's the first page of the domain so a pop up blocker shouldn't be affected by it at all. We HATE pop ups and don't allow them on ATS for Registered Members and wouldn't use one period.
In any case, help us out and share your thoughts, it really is not that big of a pain is it?
Springer...
Originally posted by Edn
And what difference does that make to my point? none. The point was that you could make more money from registered members by giving them the option to see no ads on the site. $5 a month would be $5 more than the $0 that ATS is currently getting from me, i've never seen anything interesting enough yet to click one of the ads and im sure a lot of registered members are the same but im also sure quite a few people wouldn't mind spending a little money to get rid of them.