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Harry · Jan 9th, 2003, 08:22 PM

Hi all,

I'm posting this poll in order to get your feedback about an important decision we are going to make about the future of this website.

As you may have noticed, many and many good websites about video games were closed over the last year. The cause? Advertising is no longer enough to pay the increasing costs of the servers and to offer a minimum profit to people who spend lots of working hours per day to mantain their servers, services, and add content. Internet is no longer what it used to be three-four years ago - little by little, only the strong companies seem to survive on the long run.

There are only two choices available for a website like psfantasy.com

1. Become part of a bigger network, and lose its independence.
2. Ask our readers to pay a monthly fee.

Paradoxically, with just 1,000 registered readers and members paying just 1.5-2.0$ monthly to access this website, we'd make much more money than we actually do with the average of 7,000 daily unique readers - more money would mean better servers, more coverage: in other words, a better website.

So that's the question I'm asking you, and please answer sincerely and carefully:

Would you pay a monthly fee of just 1.5$ to access this website and the forums? Most important, would you have the chance to pay for it if we set up a secure Paypal-based payment system (this means you must have access to a credit card or to a Paypal fund)?

Remember, this is just an idea we had, an idea that frankly goes against our conception of the Internet - but this might be the only way to contrast stronger websites and not too honest advertising networks.

Jan 9th, 2003, 08:22 PM	#1
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	Monthly fee for psfantasy.com Hi all, I'm posting this poll in order to get your feedback about an important decision we are going to make about the future of this website. As you may have noticed, many and many good websites about video games were closed over the last year. The cause? Advertising is no longer enough to pay the increasing costs of the servers and to offer a minimum profit to people who spend lots of working hours per day to mantain their servers, services, and add content. Internet is no longer what it used to be three-four years ago - little by little, only the strong companies seem to survive on the long run. There are only two choices available for a website like psfantasy.com 1. Become part of a bigger network, and lose its independence. 2. Ask our readers to pay a monthly fee. Paradoxically, with just 1,000 registered readers and members paying just 1.5-2.0$ monthly to access this website, we'd make much more money than we actually do with the average of 7,000 daily unique readers - more money would mean better servers, more coverage: in other words, a better website. So that's the question I'm asking you, and please answer sincerely and carefully: Would you pay a monthly fee of just 1.5$ to access this website and the forums? Most important, would you have the chance to pay for it if we set up a secure Paypal-based payment system (this means you must have access to a credit card or to a Paypal fund)? Remember, this is just an idea we had, an idea that frankly goes against our conception of the Internet - but this might be the only way to contrast stronger websites and not too honest advertising networks.