Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 76
Like Tree285Likes

Thread: Member Donations for Site Maintenance & Hosting Costs

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Senior Member Crawler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2015
    Location
    N.E. Indiana
    Posts
    970
    Thanked: 134

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Addison View Post
    Yep Great Idea,, Option Of Donating To Monthly Giveaways Also A Thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ty
    I believe there has always been a thread in the "Contests & Giveaways" section. I see he recently redid it...
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/conte...giveaways.html

    Also, I'm pretty sure that sales from the "SRP Goods" help to fund the site...
     
    Though, I'm not sure how much of a cut they get from those sales. The SRP Goods are made on-demand, when purchased, by the company where that storefront is at.

    I don't know about PayPal, but what about a "GoFundMe" page? Also, would Amazon payments be an option? I make a few pennies a month on mTurk, and may be able to shave some off of that .
    Geezer and Phrank like this.
    Decades away from full-beard growing abilities.

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to Crawler For This Useful Post:

    Phrank (12-24-2016)

  3. #2
    old enough to know better
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Harbert, MI
    Posts
    431
    Thanked: 40

    Default

    Sounds Great!! Count me in.
    Phrank and Addison like this.
    Don't sweat the small stuff.....It's all small stuff!!!

  4. #3
    Senior Member blabbermouth JimmyHAD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    32,564
    Thanked: 11044

    Default

    The dirty little secret of SRP is that nobody gets paid for maintaining the nuts and bolts that keep the site running. That 'button' that used to say 'classifieds' but now says 'buy-sell-trade' didn't get up there by magic.

    A systems administrator had to spend his time to install it, test it, and work out any bugs. Updating and bug fixes take time. Years ago there were a few qualified individuals who had the skills and the willingness to do the work gratis.

    Now, and for a long time past, there has only been one individual, and for those hours he puts in of his spare time he doesn't even get a thank you. I forget what the going rate for a systems administrator is, maybe $30.00 per hour, $50.00 ? Whatever it is, if the site owners had the funds to hire an outfit to maintain the site you wouldn't see it down on Friday/Saturday for hours.

    It is an admirable resolve to run a free site. But as Nelson Rockefeller (former Governor of NY, and Vice President of the USA) said many years ago, "There is no such thing as a free lunch."

    We might be getting it for free, but someone is doing the work, and/or paying for it behind the scenes. In this case it is, and has been, one tired systems administrator.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

  5. The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to JimmyHAD For This Useful Post:

    DoughBoy68 (12-24-2016), Euclid440 (12-24-2016), MJC (12-24-2016), MW76 (12-24-2016), outback (01-19-2017), Phrank (12-24-2016), Prahston (12-25-2016)

  6. #4
    Giveaway Guy Dieseld's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2016
    Location
    Reading MI
    Posts
    4,784
    Thanked: 1586

    Default

    Well even if no one gets paid, there is still a server cost. So donations could go to that and not all out of someones pocket.
    As you said, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
    Geezer and Phrank like this.
    Look sharp and smell nice for the ladies.~~~Benz
    Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring ― Marilyn Monroe

  7. #5
    Senior Member Johntoad57's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Location
    San Antonio, TX
    Posts
    1,862
    Thanked: 435

    Default

    So who will say where the money is to be spent? Will you elect a board that will represent the members? I'm all for giving a donation to this site because I enjoy it. However when you start mixing politics with pleasure, disaster usually follows, metaphorically speaking. There will be certain rules, regulations, and procedures that will govern how donations are solicited and how the money is spent.

    Understand what you are getting into before you pull the trigger! Not trying to be detrimental, just go into this with your eyes wide open.
    Take a poll from the members to see how much support you will get. Just a suggestion....
    outback likes this.
    Semper Fi !

    John

  8. #6
    Str8Faced Gent. MikeB52's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Orangeville, Ontario
    Posts
    8,466
    Thanked: 4207
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    A site support button would be something I would use as well, were it available.
    I visit SRP often and can only imagine the work involved behind the scenes.
    I'm a hardware, not software guy, or I'd offer to help keep it live as well.
    HTML coding is not my forte however..
    Using/abusing PayPal is something I can do though...
    lz6, Geezer, Euclid440 and 3 others like this.
    "Depression is just anger,, without the enthusiasm."
    Steven Wright
    https://mobro.co/michaelbolton65?mc=5

  9. #7
    barba crescit caput nescit Phrank's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2013
    Location
    Toronto, Canada
    Posts
    9,680
    Thanked: 2700

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    The dirty little secret of SRP is that nobody gets paid for maintaining the nuts and bolts that keep the site running. That 'button' that used to say 'classifieds' but now says 'buy-sell-trade' didn't get up there by magic.

    A systems administrator had to spend his time to install it, test it, and work out any bugs. Updating and bug fixes take time. Years ago there were a few qualified individuals who had the skills and the willingness to do the work gratis.

    Now, and for a long time past, there has only been one individual, and for those hours he puts in of his spare time he doesn't even get a thank you. I forget what the going rate for a systems administrator is, maybe $30.00 per hour, $50.00 ? Whatever it is, if the site owners had the funds to hire an outfit to maintain the site you wouldn't see it down on Friday/Saturday for hours.

    It is an admirable resolve to run a free site. But as Nelson Rockefeller (former Governor of NY, and Vice President of the USA) said many years ago, "There is no such thing as a free lunch."

    We might be getting it for free, but someone is doing the work, and/or paying for it behind the scenes. In this case it is, and has been, one tired systems administrator.
    Thanks Jimmy, like I thought, some awesome gentleman doing the work when they can. I know IT, it's 99.9% of the time people ignore you and take you for granted, the .1% of the time there's an issue, you're a complete arsehole to use a technical term...

    So the question is, this doesn't have to be complicated, what would it take to set up and email address to PayPal funds to or a donate button?
    MJC, Razorfeld and MikeB52 like this.

  10. The Following User Says Thank You to Phrank For This Useful Post:

    Razorfeld (12-24-2016)

  11. #8
    Senior Member blabbermouth JimmyHAD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    32,564
    Thanked: 11044

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Thanks Jimmy, like I thought, some awesome gentleman doing the work when they can. I know IT, it's 99.9% of the time people ignore you and take you for granted, the .1% of the time there's an issue, you're a complete arsehole to use a technical term...

    So the question is, this doesn't have to be complicated, what would it take to set up and email address to PayPal funds to or a donate button?
    You know the old saying, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing ............

    Speaking with someone in the know, who enlightened me that there is more to it than meets the eye, it is more complicated than I thought.

    I cannot go beyond that cryptic statement, but that is the long and short of it.
    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.

  12. #9
    Giveaway Guy Dieseld's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2016
    Location
    Reading MI
    Posts
    4,784
    Thanked: 1586

    Default

    The one forum I am part of that takes donations through paypal the person has a business account to accept the donations.
    But then again it is a much bigger forum and has about 2500 members that donate yearly
    So yes it is a bit more complicated, but doable
    Phrank likes this.
    Look sharp and smell nice for the ladies.~~~Benz
    Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring ― Marilyn Monroe

  13. #10
    The Hurdy Gurdy Man thebigspendur's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    New Mexico
    Posts
    33,278
    Thanked: 5028
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    It is more complicated.

    No problem with setting up a paypal account and letting folks donate however if it is to be done right and have integrity one person has to be designated to receive the funds and there has to be checks on him. Since we become a member supported site there has to be some accounting as to where the funds go.

    I've seen sites like that where someone uses the funds for their own use and eventually it comes out and those sites go defunct very quickly.

    Of course you can do it like Wiki and have a year end drive and request donations like they do.
    Geezer and Dieseld like this.
    No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •