08-25-2005, 09:46 AM
Let's analyze what we have now. We have the small amount of donations, and someone said they're willing to pay up to 5 bucks (monthly, I believe) to keep it up. Plus, those were just random donations. Does the community know that the site is in danger of collapsing? If not, we should really ask them for their help and let them know why before we conclude that way. So, how much might this be in total?
Here's another idea, though it could be pretty complicated. How about art auctions? We could ask some willing artists to create some stuff exclusively for auctions, and auction it on this site, and keep a small percentage of it for the wellbeing of the site. The rest would go to the artist, so the artist wouldn't be doing it for free. Maybe we could do something similar with stories, though it may be less popular than the art. Like show a preview, the first part, or a summary of the story, and have a link that says "Find out what happens for only $x.xx!" Of course, I'm not too sure how much a picture or story would go for. Once I was redirected to a site by mistake--I believe it was called "FurEAuctions," or maybe "FurAuctions." I saw a picture, but didn't really stick around long enough to look for a price.
I'm sorry if this idea sounds dumb. I'm just throwing in random ideas.
Here's another idea, though it could be pretty complicated. How about art auctions? We could ask some willing artists to create some stuff exclusively for auctions, and auction it on this site, and keep a small percentage of it for the wellbeing of the site. The rest would go to the artist, so the artist wouldn't be doing it for free. Maybe we could do something similar with stories, though it may be less popular than the art. Like show a preview, the first part, or a summary of the story, and have a link that says "Find out what happens for only $x.xx!" Of course, I'm not too sure how much a picture or story would go for. Once I was redirected to a site by mistake--I believe it was called "FurEAuctions," or maybe "FurAuctions." I saw a picture, but didn't really stick around long enough to look for a price.
I'm sorry if this idea sounds dumb. I'm just throwing in random ideas.