11-05-2003, 05:59 AM
Hi all,
just a couple of thoughts...
20 dollars as a fee is not much. This will however, limit the number of new users. Solution - give 1,3 or 6 months trial period and it is up to that person to join after this.
The other side of this non free membership - can someone ban a member who subscribed to this forum? He payed to be a member, so he is entitled to a 1 year membership and the owner of this forum has to provide the services he received money for.
Another thought - for the owner of this forum - isn't this place some kind of promotion of his services as well? And if we all buy something from him once a year - would the profit cover the running costs of this web site?
Can I also ask a question - what kind of running costs are we talking about - 100/1000 a year?
Don't get me wrong, if existance of this place will be under question, I'll be one of the first ones in the long (hopefully) queue to pay my 20$.
just a couple of thoughts...
20 dollars as a fee is not much. This will however, limit the number of new users. Solution - give 1,3 or 6 months trial period and it is up to that person to join after this.
The other side of this non free membership - can someone ban a member who subscribed to this forum? He payed to be a member, so he is entitled to a 1 year membership and the owner of this forum has to provide the services he received money for.
Another thought - for the owner of this forum - isn't this place some kind of promotion of his services as well? And if we all buy something from him once a year - would the profit cover the running costs of this web site?
Can I also ask a question - what kind of running costs are we talking about - 100/1000 a year?
Don't get me wrong, if existance of this place will be under question, I'll be one of the first ones in the long (hopefully) queue to pay my 20$.












