08-31-2005, 07:56 AM
Sonimon Wrote:Well, there's a bit of a problem with that plan. In fact, I can think of two things right off the bat.
1. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but my site gets a lot of the same things that the DaD receives and mine is 100% free. That means people will think, "Okay, I can either pay to get this stuff right away, wait for it to become free, OR I can just go to the DHZ and get it right away AND for free. See ya, DaD!"
This was why I suggested that we do not restrict anything. We should only ADD something to the site, probably something the DHZ doesn't have, and then charge people to access THAT PORTION ONLY of the website. But it'll have to be something special, so people won't think it's a waste of money.
Sonimon Wrote:2. While there are artists and authors who draw/write because they enjoy just writing for their own pleasure and submit things just to share that enjoyment, many authors and artists submit things to have them seen by a lot of people and receive their accolades. How would those people feel if they worked their asses off on a particular picture/picture series/story only to have their work viewed by a small number of people willing to pay to see it?
Soni
Yes, but there are also those who do that anyway. Remember my idea before about auctions? It's basically the same, only with the work going to the highest bidder. It should raise a fair amount. And it's not like we'd draft artists and authors to do it--naturally, we'd ask them to help. I've seen a site where people auction off their work. I was rerouted there by mistake. I think it was FurEAuctions, or FurAuctions, or something like that. So it's not like this stuff doesn't go on anywhere on the i-net. It just helps.