At mods and ThunderSS: How much does this forum cost per month?

Hi,

How much are the running costs of the server and this forum ?

Its hard to quantify, this place wouldn’t be what it is without people commiting serious amounts of their time to moderation duties.

Why do you ask? Any donation to keep this place going is good, the more the better.

Yes, i appreciate the mods work here very much.
I ask because of the contribution calling.

So how much do you guess in $s?

Rising,

This server costs 150.00 USD per month to lease. Does that answer your question??

Whoa thats very much!

So you are paying 150 $ per month only to make these forums available……

Rising,

Donations from members are the only thing that keep this forum online.

The people who have helped out have ‘Forum Contributor’ under their name.

The more popular this place is the more it costs.

Now i have to know…

Does that server lease figure include bandwidth costs?

Yes, that price includes a generous amount of decent bandwidth also.

Damn.

Its time for a new contribution.

But I thought you were going to buy a new one?

Soon flip, soon. Even if we own a server, we will still have to pay for bandwidth. But we should be in the 50.00 a month range then.

I asked because i wanted to know if you are making a plus because of the contributors. Or if all the money is put in the forum…..
I mean, a certain time before the forum had to survive WITHOUT ANY contributors……and i don’t believe you paid 150 $ all the time, Thunder….

No offense, just my thoughts….

No, we have increased the server size as needed. When we started out here, we got by on a 16.95 per month package. I paid it myself for awhile, then started asking for help as the server requirement increased.

No one makes any money off the forum and no one pays for advertisements here either. I tried setting up non-PE related affiliates to help pay for the place, but that never panned out. No one used the affiliate links here in the forum except Goingdeeper and Drugstore.com hosed us on the small amount they owed us. Probably because of the “content” of the forum, not sure they never answered the emails I sent them.

Ok good to know. I am glad to hear that the money is used in a non-profitable way .

Thanks Thunder

Thunder…how soon on that new server?

I’m hoping by Christmas/New Year’s.