Server upgrade and advertising

[Santee]

Perks, you say? How about a GBATEMP mail account?

[email protected]

It has a nice ring to it.

It does have a nice ring but wouldn't that just cause the sever more stress when there are plenty of free email sites and I think that contests that need you to have a certain post count are good enough perks already.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Well if that's no part of the donation contract then I'm not donating anything you tight bastard.

I know you have it and told everyone that I did just to stop them PMing you.

Oh please, the only PMs I ever get are from people asking me to apologise to them.

Seriously? People send you PMs asking you to apologise? lol

 

[Holaitsme]

Perks, you say? How about a GBATEMP mail account?

[email protected]

It has a nice ring to it.

It does have a nice ring but wouldn't that just cause the sever more stress when there are plenty of free email sites and I think that contests that need you to have a certain post count are good enough perks already.

They can use google for it.
http://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

 

[Deleted-119707]

meh, no need for perks...
hope everything works out.

 

[Salamantis]

I'd say perks are not needed.
If a user chooses to donate, it's to show appreciation to the staff for running the site. Not to get extra bonus features.

...altho we're not responsible for things that happen outside of GBAtemp, so you might have a night in bed with an admin if you donate $100 xD

 

[Synchromatic]

Oh my, look at the monster I've created by suggesting the idea of perks. I just suggested it because other sites and organizations usually have something to go along with donation.

 

[DeMoN]

Silly idea: Put up fake ROM download links that instead redirect the guest to an advertiser's website.

 

[dice]

I had the same dilemma a while back for my own website, implemented Google Adsense as well in the end, and honestly it doesn't seem to affect users much, and I mean even a small site such as mine gets decent money. I once saw $5 in one day, whereas usually it is considerably lower. With GBATemp, I can imagine that it would rake in quite a bit more.

I'm curious though, how much does it actually cost to maintain GBATemp?

I'm sure you (or someone else) has asked this question before

It seems pretty clear that the admins don't wish to mention the costs of running the site but shaun has already mentioned that:

QUOTE(shaunj66 @ Sep 20 2009, 03:17 PM) The site costs more a month to run than my monthly wage packet

And I'm pretty certain that his job pays more than minimum wage.

 

[Sonicslasher]

For all those who are suggesting donations, it's not gonna happen. The last thing the admins want is to get shit from members who've donated and expect something for their money's worth.

 

[Satangel]

I had the same dilemma a while back for my own website, implemented Google Adsense as well in the end, and honestly it doesn't seem to affect users much, and I mean even a small site such as mine gets decent money. I once saw $5 in one day, whereas usually it is considerably lower. With GBATemp, I can imagine that it would rake in quite a bit more.

I'm curious though, how much does it actually cost to maintain GBATemp?

I'm sure you (or someone else) has asked this question before

It seems pretty clear that the admins don't wish to mention the costs of running the site but shaun has already mentioned that:

QUOTE(shaunj66 @ Sep 20 2009, 03:17 PM) The site costs more a month to run than my monthly wage packet

And I'm pretty certain that his job pays more than minimum wage.

That's amazing! I never knew this site costs that much! I always thought something along the lines of 200 USD would be the price to run this baby, and I even thought that was a lot!

 

[Anakir]

Silly idea: Put up fake ROM download links that instead redirect the guest to an advertiser's website.

I like this idea. I'm serious. So many nublets come here expecting game downloads. Just give them a link to the advertisement. But then we'd be flooded with "why link no works???? ??"

 

[Satangel]

For all those who are suggesting donations, it's not gonna happen. The last thing the admins want is to get shit from members who've donated and expect something for their money's worth.

Can't we just give them an extra medal under their avatar or so? Or a custom group, Site Supporter or so.
Else I don't see why you wouldn't do it.

Also, can it be made that if the server is getting overloaded, that the sigs and avatars are automatically not loaded anymore?

 

[yuyuyup]

I think ads for guests is a great idea, although I would recommend a way for them to somehow still POST and PARTICIPATE if you want them to stay and keep clicking, it sounds like a decent tradeoff no annoying registration/e-mail verification for some ads, just add one of those random code generators to prevent spam etc

 

[wchill]

What about an option to enable/disable ads for members? So members can choose whether they have the ads or not - seems like a good compromise for those who don't mind the ads and will probably click them anyway.

 

[shakirmoledina]

well there isnt too much trouble in ads and i can understand how loaded the servers get esp after seeing ds-scene
maybe something like amazon products adverts or earning from ads by just it's placement and not clicking is more worthy IMO

Quote - If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.

 

[Jdbye]

I don't mind this at all.

In fact, I think it's a great idea - there are always more guests than members on the site, this should motivate them to register

 

[Satangel]

NVM

 

[Blazikun]

people could just use AdBlock for Safari/chrome/firefox/IE, though.

 

[tj_cool]

People could also not bump topics ...