Megan — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:37:37 +0000

We haven't ironed out the details on that yet but basically you'd be able to pay a small yearly fee (probably around £10-20/$20-30 US) for some extra features like more PM space, ad-free browsing, things like that. There will be a couple of levels that might get phased in over time. Premium members would also have a badge under their names - you might have seen this in other forums. Just a way to make a little bit of money and allow members to support the forum. Regular members would not see any change in permissions or features, although new features may only be available to premium members.

It's important to understand that this is not about buying more features so much as showing your support for a forum you find valuable. I am a premium member at two other sites and I appreciate the opportunity to support their efforts.

demonhale — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:19:45 +0000

so whats with the premium membership?

JeevesBond — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:41:33 +0000

Oh Renegade, that's the funniest thing I've heard this week!

Never a truer word spoken in jest...

Megan — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:41:18 +0000

Greg K wrote: There is usually ads there, they just have not been started back up since the forum was moved to the new servers. There will be ads again.

-Greg

Actiually, I think I can put an adsense banner in there for now until we get the ad system set up properly. That's going to take awhile because we'll have to finalize our pricing and contact advertisers and such. I am also going to be putting google ads on the guest user pages today.

We will also be implementing premium memberships sometime within the next few weeks.

Renegade — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:13:09 +0000

bja888 wrote: I will be glad to give what i can to the forums!

Great, we'll have all of your money and physical possessions. Since you have no personality or a life, we can't have those

bja888 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:54:38 +0000

I will be glad to give what i can to the forums!

Greg K — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:59:44 +0000

There is usually ads there, they just have not been started back up since the forum was moved to the new servers. There will be ads again.

-Greg

Nintendo — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:48:37 +0000

Quote: Phase I will involve the introduction of some revenue generating methods.

See that empty spot up there? Place AdSense/Yahoo ads or some banner there!! Why have it empty when it can make money??!!