Tell Me What You Think...
Tell Me What You Think...
Recently our website has grown extensively in the number of hits per day and the total bandwidth used. This couldn't make me more happy as more and more people (significant others even now!) join to talk about Elvis and all things music.
However, to defray some of the mildly increasing costs I wanted to run an idea past everybody and get some opinions. My idea is to have a link to Amazon.com on our website, something that if you were going to order from them anyway you could click on and then use their site as you normally would. This would give our page a percentage of any purchases that you made after clicking that link.
Let me know your thoughts and opinions on this. If you guys feel it would distract in some way from the board than the idea will be shelved.
Thanks,
Taz/Jason
However, to defray some of the mildly increasing costs I wanted to run an idea past everybody and get some opinions. My idea is to have a link to Amazon.com on our website, something that if you were going to order from them anyway you could click on and then use their site as you normally would. This would give our page a percentage of any purchases that you made after clicking that link.
Let me know your thoughts and opinions on this. If you guys feel it would distract in some way from the board than the idea will be shelved.
Thanks,
Taz/Jason
Last edited by taz on Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Hmmm...
Taz -
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Count me in Taz - I occasionally order stuff from Amazon and would use it!
I think its wonderful that you take on the responsibility of running this site for us - you the man!
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I think its wonderful that you take on the responsibility of running this site for us - you the man!
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No one seems to have seen this in the management section so here it goes again.
Taz. I wouldn't be offended by this suggestion, any other affiliate program (no pyramids though), or even if you wanted to setup an account to directly take PayPal donations.
As some of you might know, I run an open source software project and thus am familiar with how people pay their bills giving away softwere.
I know some open source sites go so far that they make the site books public. Some go so far as to have a set of people -- rather than just one -- responsible for monitoring the money and bills. Those sites usually have a page with something like:
ISP Cost per month or year: XXX
money received from Amazon: YYY
donation from person : AAA
anonymous donations: : ZZZ
money in account:
shortage to pay bills this month:
shortage to pay bills for the next year:
If the ISP will offer a discount for paying a few months or year at a time, the board's goal should be to take advantage of that.
I don't know if anyone would buy but it is also possible to use cafepress.com with a logo. The Tribute CD could have shirts. And someone could prepare a few with cases, labels and sell them for enough to pay some costs.
I am not offended by this and properly explained, no one else should be either. This might also help prevent the situation where (sadly) the board patron (you in this case) gets sick, distracted, etc. and can't pay attention to the board or pay its bills. We have seen this happen before and can set things up to prevent it from occurring again.
Sorry to be long winded.
Critically, do you need help paying a few months of bills for the ISP?
Taz. I wouldn't be offended by this suggestion, any other affiliate program (no pyramids though), or even if you wanted to setup an account to directly take PayPal donations.
As some of you might know, I run an open source software project and thus am familiar with how people pay their bills giving away softwere.
I know some open source sites go so far that they make the site books public. Some go so far as to have a set of people -- rather than just one -- responsible for monitoring the money and bills. Those sites usually have a page with something like:
ISP Cost per month or year: XXX
money received from Amazon: YYY
donation from person : AAA
anonymous donations: : ZZZ
money in account:
shortage to pay bills this month:
shortage to pay bills for the next year:
If the ISP will offer a discount for paying a few months or year at a time, the board's goal should be to take advantage of that.
I don't know if anyone would buy but it is also possible to use cafepress.com with a logo. The Tribute CD could have shirts. And someone could prepare a few with cases, labels and sell them for enough to pay some costs.
I am not offended by this and properly explained, no one else should be either. This might also help prevent the situation where (sadly) the board patron (you in this case) gets sick, distracted, etc. and can't pay attention to the board or pay its bills. We have seen this happen before and can set things up to prevent it from occurring again.
Sorry to be long winded.
Critically, do you need help paying a few months of bills for the ISP?
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Up the Amazon! (That's an oblique reference to "The Lady Eve"...but suffice it to say, yeah, why not. I never buy anything on line, but still, yeah, why not!)
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Thanks everybody, I appreciate all of your support. I'm currently waiting on a notification from Amazon if we 'qualify'...but as I don't think we have any pornography (which I've been meaning to ask why not!!!) or the like I'm sure we'll be fine.
Will have the link up as soon as I get that back from them, but please feel free to let me know if it in any way interferes.
Will have the link up as soon as I get that back from them, but please feel free to let me know if it in any way interferes.
A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. Do you think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a fuckin' cross? It's kind of like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.