How can we sponsor Apolyton without buying something from the store?

[DeepO]

Actually, if I was to make a donation, I do not want to get any advantages, and certainly I wouldn't want to be placed on a safety list. That would sound like you're only supporting the forum in order to have more credit when misbehaving, which would totally corrupt the feeling of being here. People can pay, and all their sins are forgivven... argghhhh! That would mean Mingapulco turning into a banana state

DeepO

[The Pioneer]

That's a great idea DeepO, I'd chip a little too if Apolyton could arrange that. I wouldn't really care if I was named in a list, I actually rather not be listed. I wouldn't want any special treatement either since I am always behaving myself .

Thanks for the advise Zealot, i did not know that I supported Apolyton by being on all the time, I am on most of the time at work so I am already chipping in my 2 cents I guess

[Zealot]

Originally posted by DeepO
That would mean Mingapulco turning into a banana state

DeepO

Er... uhh... nevermind!

[MarkG]

Re: How can we sponsor Apolyton without buying something from the store?

Originally posted by DeepO
1. How does the banner adds work?

normal(468x60 non-popup) banners pay based on actual purchases made through them. for example if you click on an amazon banner and make a purchase from them in the next 24 hours, apolyton gets a percentage

pop-up banners pay based on just being viewed

2. Is there some Paypal or other account were we can send money to

we dont have any way to accept donation. thank you very very very much for the thought but we're not fond of the idea...

[DeepO]

Re: Re: How can we sponsor Apolyton without buying something from the store?

Originally posted by MarkG
we dont have any way to accept donation. thank you very very very much for the thought but we're not fond of the idea...

In this case, I hope you don't mind that I just continue viewing banners... If I ever feel the need to buy something from Amazon, I'll think about clicking from within Apolyton.

DeepO

[The Pioneer]

No problem Marko! I will click on Amazon when I am buying and I am looking at the banners no problem.

[Skanky Burns]

we're not fond of the idea...

Why? It seems like a win-win situation to me.

[Robert]

I think it will give the mods ethical problems like "Can I ban someone who donated $25 to apolyton" and all that.

Besides that do they run the rist that groups of donators will claim ownership of Apolyton.
Not that every one who donates will do that, but it will come with problems for sure.

[DeepO]

Cybershy, that shouldn't be a problem, a simple disclaimer would suffice (e.g. 'By donating money to us, you do not get any priviliges on our site'). Besides, Paypal is anonymous, it would require a bit of backtracking before my Paypal account would be linked to my nick... I don't use the same e-mail address.

I suspect it is more of a problem of having to pay for their services, Paypal is not free, and in order to be able to receive enough donations, they would need a professional account (Meaning a dedicated bank account for Apolyton, if they haven't got one already). But still, I can't see the risk, I'm sure that more people will use it than that they will need to pay for it.

But hey, it's Dan's and Markos' choice, if they don't want my money, fine by me

DeepO

[DeepO]

Besides, maybe Apolyton could use the extra cash for a server upgrade, the past few days I've received tons of 'the server is currently busy' messages, or 'the maximum number of users has been reached' messages... I got another one just posting the last post.

DeepO

[MarkG]

Re: Re: Re: How can we sponsor Apolyton without buying something from the store?

Originally posted by DeepO
In this case, I hope you don't mind that I just continue viewing banners... If I ever feel the need to buy something from Amazon, I'll think about clicking from within Apolyton.

thank you DeepO, no problem at all!

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns

we're not fond of the idea...

Why? It seems like a win-win situation to me.

the idea that some people are giving money for something that others are geting for no money, is creating the same mess in our heads as forcing a computer to divide a number with zero

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by MarkG
the idea that some people are giving money for something that others are geting for no money, is creating the same mess in our heads as forcing a computer to divide a number with zero

How so? It's not like you'd be forcing anyone to donate some cash.

[tniem]

Originally posted by Colon


How so? It's not like you'd be forcing anyone to donate some cash.

Because someone then raises hell when they get a PCR and complains they just gave a bunch of money. People see it as a way to buy there way out of trouble. I could see it being a big problem.

[tniem]

If they want to do something like the donation system that might work and actually be good for site, they should set up a thing where you pay so that you do not have to see ads. I know Slashdot went to something like that. Have it something really reasonable. Like 10000 site page impressions for $5 or whatever you think the popups generate for you. Make it totally optional. I think you could do something like that and generate some revenue. I would do it.