Tony
Staff member
I have been thinking about this for quite some time now and I'm not any closer to an answer than I was when I started thinking about it. As we all know, we all hate ads. I hate ads. Even on this forum, my forum that I created, I hate seeing teh ads on here every time I come on here. Yes, I can disable them for myself, but I refuse to do that because 1. I need to know what content is being advertised on the forum and 2. if you all have to see them, then so do I.
The issue is, With a forum this size, with this much traffic, the required server is expensive. This is why we have ads. Since we launched RCH, the revenue from the site has been able to keep up with the server costs. Until recently. Recently, we have had a dramatic drop off in revenue from the site, and with that, no money to pay for the server to keep this website alive. I have an alternative of moving the forum to another server that a buddy of mine owns, but I dont' want to do that. I would like to keep RCH right where it is now.
I have thought of a few options that could help RCH stay alive, but only one is relevant to this thread. And that is to offer paid subscriptions here on the site. Now, I'm sure most of you know we have had paid subscriptions on here for quite some time now. With your subscription, not only are you helping RCH stay alive, but you are also gaining access to a part of the forum that no one else can see. You are also allowed an image in your signature, larger avatar, larger PM inbox among other things.
This is where my thinking has gotten me. What do you all think about adding NO ADS to that list? Meaning, if you purchase a paid subscription for a month, 6 months or a year, in that time frame, you will be put into a usergroup where you will no longer see any ads on this website. This would do two things. 1, it would get rid of the ads that, lets face it, all of us hate. and 2, it would help RCH stay alive.
I have been doing a lot of research here lately, and I'm pretty sure ad blockers are to blame for the horrible decline in revenue for this site. And I hate to say it, even though the content and the help is still here, it's killing RCH. I'm doing anything and everything I can to keep this great forum alive and this is one of many solutions I have bouncing around my head.
Please tell me what your thoughts are on this. Good or bad, I want to hear them.
If you would like to purchase a subscription to become an Rc-Help Supporter, click on the link below. Make sure you are looking at the supporter drop down and NOT the Sponsor drop down. They pay quite a bit more to advertise on the site (even though we no longer have any paying sponsors on the site. NexRc, as far as I'm concerned, is going to be an honorary sponsor on here for a while). And all sponsors have to be cleared by me before they can gain sponsorship on the site. But for those that would like to check out the Rc-Help Supporter Subscription, click the link below.
http://www.rc-help.com/payments.php
Thank you all for being a valued member of Rc-Help!
The issue is, With a forum this size, with this much traffic, the required server is expensive. This is why we have ads. Since we launched RCH, the revenue from the site has been able to keep up with the server costs. Until recently. Recently, we have had a dramatic drop off in revenue from the site, and with that, no money to pay for the server to keep this website alive. I have an alternative of moving the forum to another server that a buddy of mine owns, but I dont' want to do that. I would like to keep RCH right where it is now.
I have thought of a few options that could help RCH stay alive, but only one is relevant to this thread. And that is to offer paid subscriptions here on the site. Now, I'm sure most of you know we have had paid subscriptions on here for quite some time now. With your subscription, not only are you helping RCH stay alive, but you are also gaining access to a part of the forum that no one else can see. You are also allowed an image in your signature, larger avatar, larger PM inbox among other things.
This is where my thinking has gotten me. What do you all think about adding NO ADS to that list? Meaning, if you purchase a paid subscription for a month, 6 months or a year, in that time frame, you will be put into a usergroup where you will no longer see any ads on this website. This would do two things. 1, it would get rid of the ads that, lets face it, all of us hate. and 2, it would help RCH stay alive.
I have been doing a lot of research here lately, and I'm pretty sure ad blockers are to blame for the horrible decline in revenue for this site. And I hate to say it, even though the content and the help is still here, it's killing RCH. I'm doing anything and everything I can to keep this great forum alive and this is one of many solutions I have bouncing around my head.
Please tell me what your thoughts are on this. Good or bad, I want to hear them.
If you would like to purchase a subscription to become an Rc-Help Supporter, click on the link below. Make sure you are looking at the supporter drop down and NOT the Sponsor drop down. They pay quite a bit more to advertise on the site (even though we no longer have any paying sponsors on the site. NexRc, as far as I'm concerned, is going to be an honorary sponsor on here for a while). And all sponsors have to be cleared by me before they can gain sponsorship on the site. But for those that would like to check out the Rc-Help Supporter Subscription, click the link below.
http://www.rc-help.com/payments.php
Thank you all for being a valued member of Rc-Help!
