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Amazon, Play and Komplett have taken a good chunk of my salary too. I'm going to be buying from them anyway so if I can buy from them, and help boards, even better.Beruthiel wrote:Play.com have made a small fortune out of me this year, I alone could keep boards afloat with the amount I spend there!
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DeVore wrote:Aye Muck, that occured to us too. My desire is to harness Boards without yoking it, and that sort of thing works nicely.
Again my adminmod theory could apply. Let each one of them find one affiliate, get the paperwork, haggle ,finally mail you the form to sign and then build their 'bit'; of the 'normalisation' or 'revenue assurance' script and remain tech contact for 'their' affiliate going forward. Users can do it too but you know the potential adminmods whereas a user could simply arrive and pimp their site so the affiliate suggestions should come from trusted sources in the first place.
It is a good delegation ploy , its easy to administer and an easy income stream . Much better than having them arf arfing at each other . I would not exclude someone from consideration if they could not drag in an affiliate BTW but mods hanging around can see who is getting a lot of mentions these days and can check things out before they make the suggestion.
I would be personally inclined to favourably comment on HM - SAT for Sat gear (anyway) . They have an affiliate programme so why not link the whole thing together and let the normalisation / revenue assurance script kick in then , this is purely an example off the top of my head and should obviously be rolled past the mods in the fora where I am most likely to make the favourable comment in the first place as well
( Now for the statutory rude comments , threats and thread lock from Eeksore
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Regarding the Amazon thing, we will probably apply the Amazon affiliiate mod to our vBulletin installation (to replace any Amazon links with ones containing our affiliate account details). Should be straightforward, once they stop releasing bug fixes
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DeVore wrote:We have done targetted advertising before which is ok, but I dont want any idea that anything said on our forums is unaccceptible because of a "sponsor".
It'd be like Wayne's World
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Not really.Boston wrote:no offence but boards beers shouldn't have a charge on them, it would be a kin to charging for people to use boards. Once or twice there has been a cover charge, and that wasn't a problem, but charging people to go to a pub for afew drinks is abit much.
As Sleepy says.
I'd have no problem seeing boards beers turned into boards fundraisers. However, I think the "donation Jar at the door" model would probably work best. You could charge everyone, say €5 or €10 for a ticket. That leaves other problems though, Mainly;
1) A lot of people shy off once they see a charge. Particularly students, they've no problem spending €100 when in there, but there's no way they'll pay a tenner in.
2) If people pay in, they expect a good night. Boardstock is fine, there's quality entertainment, but the common or garden Boards Beer, is just guys standing around chatting (and dancing later). If someone doesn't have a good night, they'll never go again, and if a load of people don't have a good night, then a load of people never go again. If however, you don't charge in, and someone has a **** night, there's still a good chance they'll give the Boards Beer another chance. Over and Over again.
The "Jar at at the door" system also helps manipulate the growing drunkenness, so people will donate stupid amounts as they get drunker. DeV will say that people are free to give him money at the Beers, but I'd say most people would be happier with the Jar. 0 -
Charging for beers is not going to work. It's a community thing and whether people show up is up to them. Hell, I'll sabotage it by announcing a free "unofficial boards beers" in the white horse on the same night
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seamus wrote:Not really.
As Sleepy says.
I'd have no problem seeing boards beers turned into boards fundraisers. However, I think the "donation Jar at the door" model would probably work best. You could charge everyone, say €5 or €10 for a ticket. That leaves other problems though, Mainly;
1) A lot of people shy off once they see a charge. Particularly students, they've no problem spending €100 when in there, but there's no way they'll pay a tenner in.
2) If people pay in, they expect a good night. Boardstock is fine, there's quality entertainment, but the common or garden Boards Beer, is just guys standing around chatting (and dancing later). If someone doesn't have a good night, they'll never go again, and if a load of people don't have a good night, then a load of people never go again. If however, you don't charge in, and someone has a **** night, there's still a good chance they'll give the Boards Beer another chance. Over and Over again.
The "Jar at at the door" system also helps manipulate the growing drunkenness, so people will donate stupid amounts as they get drunker. DeV will say that people are free to give him money at the Beers, but I'd say most people would be happier with the Jar.
there will be no paying to go to a public social event.
a privately organised reception is completely different, but while boards beers are held in a public location like a pub or bar or club, then there cannot be charging.
but no reason why you cant ask for donations while youa re in there.0 -
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seamus wrote:Not really.
As Sleepy says.
I'd have no problem seeing boards beers turned into boards fundraisers. However, I think the "donation Jar at the door" model would probably work best. You could charge everyone, say €5 or €10 for a ticket. That leaves other problems though, Mainly;
1) A lot of people shy off once they see a charge. Particularly students, they've no problem spending €100 when in there, but there's no way they'll pay a tenner in.
2) If people pay in, they expect a good night. Boardstock is fine, there's quality entertainment, but the common or garden Boards Beer, is just guys standing around chatting (and dancing later). If someone doesn't have a good night, they'll never go again, and if a load of people don't have a good night, then a load of people never go again. If however, you don't charge in, and someone has a **** night, there's still a good chance they'll give the Boards Beer another chance. Over and Over again.
The "Jar at at the door" system also helps manipulate the growing drunkenness, so people will donate stupid amounts as they get drunker. DeV will say that people are free to give him money at the Beers, but I'd say most people would be happier with the Jar.
Nothing against boards fundraiser, Usually at this stage there is a pot at most boards beers. Problem would be, as others pointed out, charging for a public get together, which I feel should be open to all, not just those willing to pay a tenner.0 -
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