Server upgrade and advertising

[Law]

maybe try to get more affiliates to support gbatemp? or a donation button? im sure you will get quite a bit from donations here.
exactly how much does it cost to run this site? or is it confidential?

As we said, we don't want the members to have to pay/suffer for the service we provide - we'll remain that way. And although donations are voluntary, if we can survive without taking your money, we'll do it.

The site costs more a month to run than my monthly wage packet

Some guys who play video games for the internet recently raised $2300, which they're spending on more video games and audio equipment (and hookers and blow). That was $2300 in a week. If you open donations on GBAtemp I can probably say you'll get about $3000 in a month.

 

[Domination]

I don't mind too, I can surf the forum regardless

And is the ROMs link in the ad really ok?

 

[Satangel]

I'll log out and click on it 1 time. If it helps GBAtemp stay online and it makes it go faster, I'm more then happy to see this development.
Hopefully it pays off!

 

[tj_cool]

Why not open a poll to ask members if donations are a good idea?

 

[shaunj66]

Thanks for your enthusiasm about donating, but really we want to at least see where this current plan leads before we do anything else

Cheers guys.

 

[Deleted User]

I would be more than happy to donate to the website

 

[Salamantis]

I would be more than happy to donate to the website

Same here. Just open up the donations already xD

 

[Sterling]

Very long overdue, and though I haven't been here that long I am still supprised that they weren't already here!

I support whole heartedly, and what's a few dollars between site and users

 

[NeSchn]

I agree, I would totally donate whats left in my PayPal instead of seeing ad's

 

[Canonbeat234]

Wow I seriously didn't know that this website had a few ups and downs...in all you mods and admins have made it your first priority despite your RL tenancies to keep this website running no matter the sacrifice.
Talk is cheap from my own words but seriously I won't forget about this website when I go to bootcamp next year.

 

[tj_cool]

Wow I seriously didn't know that this website had a few ups and downs...in all you mods and admins have made it your first priority despite your RL tenancies to keep this website running no matter the sacrifice.
Talk is cheap from my own words but seriously I won't forget about this website when I go to bootcamp next year.

This site has major slowdowns sometimes
Thats when people flood the board to get roms or something else
The online users average is high too

edit: wow theres many staff online now

 

[adgloride]

This is long overdue. When the board has crashed or is going so slow, you can see why when the 2000+ guests are online. Hopefully they'll sign up to a proper account.

 

[dinofan01]

Sounds good to me. All I see is benefits for everyone. The slow downs do get annoying so if this helps I will be very grateful. Hopefully this can get the temp enough cash before kingdom hearts english release. You know we're going down that day?

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

Didn't this already exist in the past? Or am I mistaken?

 

[Satangel]

Didn't this already exist in the past? Or am I mistaken?

There were no ads on GBAtemp ever, only the GBAtemp affiliates banners. Nothing more.

 

[Hadrian]

edit: wow theres many staff online now

We have incentives now.

 

[TrolleyDave]

edit: wow theres many staff online now

We have incentives now.

The ad money is being used to pay for high class prostitutes?

 

[Hadrian]

The ad money is being used to pay for high class prostitutes?

We've had them for quite some time, we just needed some lube because the sizes of our epenises are so huge in width.

 

[Law]

Hookers and blow, guys. Hookers and blow.

 

[CrimsoniteX]

If you ask me, it was a good decisions for everyone. Bravo guys