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  • #46
    Originally posted by alva


    Make it a non-profit organisation, make some stories available for download at a price..???
    I think they probably enjoy the profit making angle.

    WRT downloading stories, this has been discussed as well. The inability to stop proliferation once they are downloaded killed this idea with Dan.
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    • #47
      There'll need to be more than no ads to get many takers
      Well then how come so many people are whining for a no-ads solution?
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      • #48
        Originally posted by PLATO


        Under the system that I am talking about, if you didn't sign up for a membership then nothing changes. If you do, then only the ads go away. What is your issue with that?
        oh, ok then. I didn't understand it before.
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        • #49
          The whole idea here is for the owners to be able to maintain their income stream and the posters, who wish to do so, to eliminate an irritant to many posters. A win-win situation if the owners want to go to the trouble to set it up.
          "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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          • #50
            Is it possible that we could have a special setting with no popups and instead a ton of banners? I would prefer that...

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            • #51
              Originally posted by MarkG
              The only day I'll let Apolyton through the ad blocker is the day that people dont get nasty spywares.
              NOONE gets spyware from our site.
              Ok, this being stated, and with the advertising currently the major revenue for this site, we are actually getting a good service for very little pain.

              If you don't like the advertising, can't you can always close it.

              I believe that you would do a lot more work to generate the money to pay fees than in clicking the advertisments closed.

              Add to this, there are alot of students using this site. I know that while at school I did not have a lot of spare cash to throw around. So we could lose some great members. ):
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              • #52
                Tax implications.
                I'm not familiar as to what that would entail in the US.
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                • #53
                  Is it possible that we could have a special setting with no popups and instead a ton of banners? I would prefer that...
                  Banners don't make money unless the poster buys something from that site- popups earn Apolyton about 0.0001 cents each time they pop up regardless of whether the user purchases something or not
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                  • #54
                    100 pop ups for a penny? That explains a lot.
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                    • #55
                      Originally posted by Agathon
                      There'll need to be more than no ads to get many takers and banning people who use popup blockers isn't likely to work.
                      I personally would pay a yearly fee of 20-30€ without a doubt if it helps making 'Poly definitely viable and fast. 'Poly being adless would also be a plus.

                      But then again, I will not pay these fees if the only account is an American one, because I don't like the idea of paying as many transaction fees as the cost of the service I'm actually interested in.
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                      • #56
                        Originally posted by civman2000
                        Is it possible that we could have a special setting with no popups and instead a ton of banners? I would prefer that...
                        Isn't that what we used to have? People complained about that one as well... quite a bit actually.
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                        • #57
                          The banner one has "less" popups. Not none.
                          I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                          • #58
                            Re: Re: Apolyton Revenue

                            Originally posted by MarkG
                            3.) Will the administration offer a fee based ad free membership? And if so, when will it be available?


                            no comment



                            Dan and i are doing our best in the ammount of time that we currently have to keep the site both free and as enjoyable as it can be.
                            Mark, After reading through this thread and the "Evil Nasty ad" and "Joetec.net Sucks" threads, could you give us some idea of your thinking? Are these ideas being discussed by you and Dan or are we just blowing hot air here?

                            From your final comment, it is obvious that you wish to keep the site free. Can't you accomplish this by making an ad free membership an option without affecting any other aspects of the site?

                            It appears that you would have several takers and that the idea is generally well received. You have a contingent that is willing to support Apolyton, but we need your input.

                            Thanks, as always, for the incredible job that both of you do with this site.
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                            • #59
                              people saying that they would like to see some form of subscriprions (always based on the pay-for-service rather than the pay-for-access model) certainly increases the possibility
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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by MarkG
                                people saying that they would like to see some form of subscriprions (always based on the pay-for-service rather than the pay-for-access model) certainly increases the possibility

                                Well, its a start.
                                "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration." - Hillary Clinton, 2003

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