The Patternform.co.uk domain name was first registered in 2002 and I've published this site for free ever since. I'm a one man band and administration of this site, getting results, generating the various Patternform cards, user admin, site development etc is now taking a significant amount of time and the most obvious way forward would be to turn some of the site into a subscription service. Before I do that though I've decided to try the donation model to see if that can work.
The Christmas appeal for a backup laptop attracted donations from 15% of the user who logged in. If I can increase that percentage to 45%-50% of users overall then with a £10 donation four times a year I should be able to raise enough. This would work out at under a £1 a week.
If I move to a subscription service model then I would expect to lose much of my user base and I would probably set the subscription level at £10 a month to compensate.
If I move to a subscription model then any donations in the preceding 3 months would be automatically transferred to membership fees. So if someone had donated £30 in the previous 3 months, they would have the next three month membership paid already.
Well that's the plan and I've opened up this thread on the forum to discuss it.
Donation or Subscription - the way forward
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Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Hi Martin,
I will be happy to pay either;
1) £10 per month (By Direct Debit preferably to save forgetting on all these options)
or
2) £4.33 per month which equates to £1 per week if enough "subscribers" are willing to make this viable for you.
or
3) £30 per quarter
I do not think any of the above are unreasonable for the info that you supply on a daily basis so I think for some (from your figures it seems the majority) it's time to pay up or lose their subscription.
I will be happy to pay either;
1) £10 per month (By Direct Debit preferably to save forgetting on all these options)
or
2) £4.33 per month which equates to £1 per week if enough "subscribers" are willing to make this viable for you.
or
3) £30 per quarter
I do not think any of the above are unreasonable for the info that you supply on a daily basis so I think for some (from your figures it seems the majority) it's time to pay up or lose their subscription.
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Hi Martin
I am more than happy to do the £10 monthly subscription.
Cheers
Dale
I am more than happy to do the £10 monthly subscription.
Cheers
Dale
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Count me in. I would be happy with a £10 per month subscription.
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Hi Martin,
I would be happy with a £10 per month subscription.
Thank you for all the work you have done over many years for free.
Richard Sutton.
I would be happy with a £10 per month subscription.
Thank you for all the work you have done over many years for free.
Richard Sutton.
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Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Happy to pay £10 per month
Cheers,
Dom
Cheers,
Dom
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Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Hi
I'd be happy to pay either as a donation or as a subscription. 10 a month is fine.
Just an idea - you could try just taking donations voluntarily each month and you could have a thread where you name each member who has donated each month. It might shame the freeloaders Might also be a pain in the proverbial to keep up though
Whatever you decide I'm in anyways
boots..
I'd be happy to pay either as a donation or as a subscription. 10 a month is fine.
Just an idea - you could try just taking donations voluntarily each month and you could have a thread where you name each member who has donated each month. It might shame the freeloaders Might also be a pain in the proverbial to keep up though
Whatever you decide I'm in anyways
boots..
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
The idea I'm currently mulling over might include the following and I asked for the username of donators for a reason.
Stage two is that users who didn't donate will towards the end of January have a personalised message on the log in screen asking them to consider making a donation.
Stage three is that users who haven't donated will have a message on every patternform screen reminding them that they haven't donated.
Stage four would be to have adverts on every patternform page for those who haven't donated.
Then repeat every 3 months.
Those who have donated should not be aware of any of this, apart from the three monthly reminder to consider a donation.
But I have some software to write over the next few weeks.
Stage two is that users who didn't donate will towards the end of January have a personalised message on the log in screen asking them to consider making a donation.
Stage three is that users who haven't donated will have a message on every patternform screen reminding them that they haven't donated.
Stage four would be to have adverts on every patternform page for those who haven't donated.
Then repeat every 3 months.
Those who have donated should not be aware of any of this, apart from the three monthly reminder to consider a donation.
But I have some software to write over the next few weeks.
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
Hello Martin
I am happy to donate in what ever way you decide.
All your hard work should be compensated.
I apppeciate the time and effort you put in to keep this site going
Thank you
I am happy to donate in what ever way you decide.
All your hard work should be compensated.
I apppeciate the time and effort you put in to keep this site going
Thank you
Re: Donation or Subscription - the way forward
I find it hard to believe there is a resource like this available without subscription to be honest and I've been using this site for a while.
I still struggle to find a winner, but I think that fault lies with me and not the info provided - it's a great resource and I, for one, would be more than happy to pay a small fee if it means this site continues.
I still struggle to find a winner, but I think that fault lies with me and not the info provided - it's a great resource and I, for one, would be more than happy to pay a small fee if it means this site continues.
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