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05-24-2008
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| Pays the bills   Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: behind you
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  | INGO Back Online: Thanks for your patience! If you tried accessing the forum this morning you got a Bandwidth Limit Exceeded message. This site is growing really fast and the current hosting plan I had couldn't keep up so I had to buy a more expensive plan. This site will always be free and I promise you will never have to pay to display an avatar or signature. (I hate that) However I might start charging for banner advertising or maybe offer supporter memberships that get you more PM storage. Different color username. Private forum etc. I was cool with paying the original hosting costs but things are getting more expensive now and they will only increase. Also I bought over $500 worth of hats for the members and still haven't broken even on that. Sometime soon I might try to come up with some ways to at least break even. I really enjoy the site and I hope you do as well!  Thanks, Mike |
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05-24-2008
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| Amor Patriae  Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 197
| Glad you got it back up and running. I don't know how much you pay monthly, but I pay $5 a month for hosting at 1&1 with no restrictions other than my storage limit (10GB). For a couple bucks more you have have more storage, but I haven't found a need for it over the years. It's where I host full-auto.org. |
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05-24-2008
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| GunGeek   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bloomington
Posts: 270
| Noticed that this morning actually. I have also had some trouble at night with the site not coming up at all for some reason, not all the time, but I have noticed it. Figured we might be outgrowing the plan. Hope you can figure some way to at least break even, I sure like having a place for our state shooters to meet and talk. The efforts are appreciated! |
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05-24-2008
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| Headmaster of the School for the Insane  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Plainfield
Posts: 893
 | I wouldn't mind donating some money every now and then to help pay for the site. And Advertising isn't such a bad thing since you can pick and choose those companies that advertise on here. At least at this point anyway. Some companies pay you by each click on their banner, some by the month, but either way not a bad thing to look into. As long as Adverts aren't cluttering the forums I don't mind! Keep up the great work! Thanks!
__________________ ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE FREE!!!! Remember, 'Guns don't kill people, doctors do.' A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. |
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| Pays the bills Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: behind you
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| I've been down the dirt cheap hosting road and it never seems to work out for me. The customer service is horrible or non-existent and something always goes wrong. Glad it has worked out for you. Quote:
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05-24-2008
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| Pays the bills Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: behind you
Posts: 2,882
| I'm very familiar with pay per click advertising. On my other sites I run Google Adsense and it has worked out great. Unfortunately, Google does not let their ads appear on firearms related website. I might look into other options around those lines but haven't found anything that is as tasteful as adsense so far. Quote:
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05-24-2008
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| Amor Patriae Join Date: Apr 2008
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| I've been with 1&1 for about 4 years now and have hosted 3 sites with them. They have 24/7 phone support at no additional cost and the two times I've had problems with my service, it was resolved in short order... including a server crash. I lost no data and was back online in 6 hours. They are a huge company that's been around for quite some time. |
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| Amor Patriae Join Date: Apr 2008
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05-24-2008
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| Jeep XJ Owner & Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic Rider  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Indianapolis, IN.
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|  Hey Fenway, Do you accept donations to your server fund? Got PayPal??? I wouldn't mind kickin' in a few bucks for the cause. 
__________________ "Seems like common sense just isn't all that common anymore" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sadly, a vote for ANYBODY other than McCain is a vote FOR Obama & Biden" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh and by the way... "alot" is a small town in India!!  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember....... "No good deed ever goes unpunished" |
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05-24-2008
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| Pays the bills Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: behind you
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| I'm not accepting donations at this time but I might down the road! Thanks for the offer Crystalship! Quote:
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