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[Blake1]

Regardless of what cowboy is trying to do, offering a service like this for free is basically dumb.

Charge money, make money, grow, increase capacity, find a way to sell advertising, stay free.

If not it's gonna have to cost the clients in the long-run.

This service was a lifesaver for me, I didn't want to have to pay for RTB Hosting or kalphost. I just couldn't afford it. Plus all my ports have been closed by my ISP so I have no way of hosting for free.

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[Kishgal]

Regardless of what cowboy is trying to do, offering a service like this for free is basically dumb.
Charge money, make money, grow, increase capacity, find a way to sell advertising, stay free.
If not it's gonna have to cost the clients in the long-run.

yeah, you really shouldn't offer things as free if you're incapable of actually supporting them.

[jes00]

The best solution would be to split the cost between clients + accept donations.
Then if enough donations came in, that month is free for the clients. If not, they all get a small fee that's split up between all of them, a fee just big enough to cover the expense, no profit gained.

[Blockzillahead]

these free systems never work anyway. its just a bad business model to work with and results in major failure because you can only sustain it yourself for so long until it starts eating up your wallet

[Tezuni 2.0]

these free systems never work anyway

wikipedia

[#Ravencroft]

yeah, you really shouldn't offer things as free if you're incapable of actually supporting them.

He's supported a free service for two years.

[Kishgal]

wikipedia

Is a massive thing that people will obviously donate to in addition to advertising revenue. You really can't compare them.

He's supported a free service for two years.

Surprising, but so what?

[The Black Card]

It sounds like a ransom. lol

[Brickitect]

The best solution would be to split the cost between clients + accept donations.
Then if enough donations came in, that month is free for the clients. If not, they all get a small fee that's split up between all of them, a fee just big enough to cover the expense, no profit gained.

This.

[Tezuni 2.0]

Is a massive thing that people will obviously donate to in addition to advertising revenue. You really can't compare them.

these free systems never work anyway

Yes, it's a free system people donate to.  They do work.  Wikipedia does not advertise.

[#Ravencroft]

Surprising, but so what?

Well he obviously showed he was able to support it with no problem at all until recently. Sudden financial issues are not uncommon when you're an adult.

[Cowboy6]

Well he obviously showed he was able to support it with no problem at all until recently. Sudden financial issues are not uncommon when you're an adult.

Indeed, I was able to support it fine. But, I'm having to support my family financially now, so I don't have the extra I used to.

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[chubaka452]

CBMHost is always full tho...

[joe411]

He should put ads on the site to help cut the cost.
Non-intrusive ones obviously.

[Zeblote]

He should put ads on the site to help cut the cost.
Non-intrusive ones obviously.

Ads only help if you have a frequently visited site which this obviously isn't.