Ads and Upgrades

[Jainarayan]

<---notice my cool banner too!

I'll settle for my blue staff banner.

 

[Rex]

I'll ping brent on that as well.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I think it's understandable to do this to compensate for the costs required to keep the forum running well. I would donate if I could, but since I can't, I'm going to make sure my AdBlock is always turned off for RF.

 

[Willamena]

$3.95 is our current plan.

About $4.64 in Canadian, give or take.

 

[Willamena]

How do we gift upgrade to another member?

 

[Valjean]

How did RF survive the past decade without paid, premium memberships?

 

[Revoltingest]

I belong to another forum (old engines) which asks for yearly donations (no upgrade in service). I pay in order to keep'm going. I'd pay here if RF let loose with some money to replace their old terlits with Kohler Cimmarons. They save water, & they don't clog.

 

[Brent W]

How do we gift upgrade to another member?

The same link, just hit the Gift button and type their name in.

 

[Revoltingest]

Btw, I like all the ads for forklifts & wrenches!

 

[Rex]

How did RF survive the past decade without paid, premium memberships?

The company that owned it before had pockets.

 

[Poeticus]

How do we gift upgrade to another member?

The same link, just hit the Gift button and type their name in.

It's really simple, Bestest Friendest Comrade Willamena. All you have to do is type in the name, Poeticus. And eternal gratitude is forever yours.

 

[Willamena]

It's really simple, Bestest Friendest Comrade Willamena. All you have to do is type in the name, Poeticus. And eternal gratitude is forever yours.

If I could, I'd gift everyone.

 

[McBell]

Let's start this discussion as there are usually a lot of opinions. I find it better to vet them out now. I don't think it is too much to ask in return for a nice place to hangout.

Firstly the question is Why Ads?

That's simple. It costs money to run, update, purchase, blah, blah. And ads provide us revenue to do these things.

What have we done?

We have enable a few ads for guest users thus far. Log out to see. Most likely in the future we will do something similar for members.

Can I get rid of them?
Yes we will have an "Upgrade" option to rid them.

Which route gives you more money?
I ask because if the looking at adds gives you more money, I will go that route.
If the upgrade gives you more money, i will go that route.

 

[Brent W]

Which route gives you more money?
I ask because if the looking at adds gives you more money, I will go that route.
If the upgrade gives you more money, i will go that route.

The Upgrade route.

 

[Poeticus]

@brent/Rex

Is it going to get to a point where members that don't upgrade will eventually lose access to RF (not able to post and such)? And the only way to remedy it all ... will be by upgrading?

I hope it doesn't come to that.

 

[McBell]

The Upgrade route.

Thank you for purchasing this upgrade.

When the payment has been approved, your account will be upgraded.

 

[LuisDantas]

@brent/Rex

Is it going to get to a point where members that don't upgrade will eventually lose access to RF (not able to post and such)? And the only way to remedy it all ... will be by upgrading?

I hope it doesn't come to that.

It seems to me that the answer will depend a lot on how many members upgrade. The more that do, the better condition to allow for non-paying members there is.

Money is like that.

Any bets on how long will it take until some sort of gift exchange thread is created?

 

[LuisDantas]

I have one question. How is the renewal of upgrade payments handled? Is it a recurrent, automatic charge in PayPal? How can I stop it if need be?

 

[Brent W]

I have one question. How is the renewal of upgrade payments handled? Is it a recurrent, automatic charge in PayPal? How can I stop it if need be?

It is recurring. You can manage all your subscriptions via your Paypal account.

 

[Brent W]

@brent/Rex

Is it going to get to a point where members that don't upgrade will eventually lose access to RF (not able to post and such)? And the only way to remedy it all ... will be by upgrading?

I hope it doesn't come to that.

It will never come to that.