July 19, 20241 yr Gotta be somewhat vague here regarding what the topic of the site would be but it would potentially similar to a BBS. The topic would be construction related, however unlike Shag², no branching out into a wide variety of topics, no material or equipment sales, nothing related to even trade news, etc. What is gonna be the best way to get revenue: • Membership only with tiers • Menbership monthly ($ 5.00?) & maybe an annual subscription w/ discount ($ 50, so a $ 10 discount vs. $ 5×12=$ 60)? • Advertising only? & Of course there is the site architecture, hosting, maintenance, etc. & obv. I'm not qualified to do that stuff. Again, the big question is comparing ad only & bring in a higher volume of users (what FB does, obv... no membership fees) - vs - Membership tiers (think dating sites). - vs. - A blend between ad + tiers where ad only gets viewing of basic info but paid gets unlocked, more detailed information. & I will go ahead & make the joke about "roofers dating roofers" / "roofers looking to nail hot shingles", etc.).
July 19, 20241 yr Do you think there is a big enough “customer” base to warrant this? And if so, a big enough one that would pay for said service?
July 19, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said: Do you think there is a big enough “customer” base to warrant this? And if so, a big enough one that would pay for said service? I have been pondering this same question. I do know of a Facebook group with +17,000 current members (obv. not all fully active, much like the % of lurkers we have here on Shag²) so... yeah, there *is* an interest. & Not that I am asking for income details¹, however a basic comparison would be non-members for this BBS who get ads onscreen. We don't have any requirements on Surly for a paid memberships & I have actually received PM's here from roof customers who stated "I only registered so I could message you". For a site like this, what's the monetization like for an ad that comes across the screen? Two cents... half a cent per flashed ad? Multiply ×100 views? Based on actual time on screen or only paid for a click through? 🤔 ¹$tree-fiddy$ Edited July 19, 20241 yr by ROFL BOX
July 19, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said: I have been pondering this same question. I do know of a Facebook group with +17,000 current members (obv. not all fully active, much like the % of lurkers we have here on Shag²) so... yeah, there *is* an interest. & Not that I am asking for income details¹, however a basic comparison would be non-members for this BBS who get ads onscreen. We don't have any requirements on Surly for a paid memberships & I have actually received PM's here from roof customers who stated "I only registered so I could message you". For a site like this, what's the monetization like for an ad that comes across the screen? Two cents... half a cent per flashed ad? Multiply ×100 views? Based on actual time on screen or only paid for a click through? 🤔 ¹$tree-fiddy$ 17k people isn't much.
July 20, 20241 yr Author 8 hours ago, immamac said: 17k people isn't much. And... that's why I have come here to ask questions like how do I most easily monetize the.sire idea. Do you have raw #'s on what the the Shag² site traffic is like, lurkers & subscribers combined & then separately lurkers / visitors vs. subscribers? It seems that with "only" 17,000 members, a paid to participate platform would work best. I'm not expecting to get rich off this idea, however making some $ for my troubles & solving some of the issues inherent with the GB Groups would help this idea.
July 20, 20241 yr Author OP - have you thought of spinning up a discord channel? I don't participate in any Discord(s). Is it able to be monetized? I have Ø experience with Discord, however I have heard of it. This website idea has to use a GUI for things like selecting various options & "fill in the blank / answer this question" type stuff, some of them causing cascade changes & lockouts, so a straight on BBS format would not work.
July 20, 20241 yr You are no longer allowed to do this because of Woke 19 hours ago, ROFL BOX said: Discord(s) discord's
July 20, 20241 yr Author 5 minutes ago, __construct YOUR_FRIEND_NG said: You are no longer allowed to do this because of Woke discord's ¿"woke"? How about [thread ----> threads] / [board / boards]? Again, I have not ever done anything on Discord, therefore I am not at all familiar with the nomenclature for that medium.
July 20, 20241 yr Author 8 minutes ago, __construct YOUR_FRIEND_NG said: You are no longer allowed to do this because of Woke discord's You registered to make that ONE post? ThatWasLame.gif
July 21, 20241 yr Author 2 hours ago, Dbeasy said: You’re working on a Jump To Conclusions mat, aren’t you? https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic?url=https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/104-wives-and-the-stupid-shit-they-saydo/&share_tid=104&share_fid=2053247&share_type=t&link_source=app Thataways... ⬆️↗️➡️↘️⬇️↙️⬅️↖️
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