[]Ian_W said:
For those who charge membership, what sort of figures do you charge, and what sort of percentage of your users take up the offer. When you introduced it did they complain or embrace the idea?
Although we are in the close season for our sport, we are still finding that our daily visits amount to 1,500+, and over 600 daily posts - so we are looking a method to help pay for the bandwidth, which in the UK is not cheap.
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Hmm.. well how are you wanting to handle membership? A required membership to use the site, or just members get some bonus features and access to other areas?
I can't comment on a mandatory subscription to participate, but with mine it has been a huge success. I don't restrict non-members in any way. Meaning someone who never donates can still read all posts, reply and post in all visible forums, and even upload 500 KB of photos to their gallery.
But, people who do donate just get ADDED features, such as more photo storage, the ability to create their own custom title, and a little line of text under their name that says they donated.
Nobody has ever complained about this so far, and most people are more than willing to cough up a few bucks for the few extra features. But I can say if I imposed a system where someone had to donate just to have basic site access or functions, that would not go over well at all.
