I also will not be joining the "pay" forum once its up.
I wish you the best of luck for the future.
An alternative, That I would more than jump for is if it was a yearly donation of say bout $50.00.
As I am in another forum that I and others donate yearly.
We are given to our accounts extra options to a artwork folder
where we share and can request files that we've made/done
and also the option to post in another folder for selling.
They also have the option to donate more to get a "merchant" option where we can advertise our products to other forum members.
They been doing it for about 2 years now and they've grown bigger than anyone had imaged (3,628 users) when they converted over.
Here are the options that they give, might help you out for ideas:
Contributing Member:
This is a voluntary, renewable membership fee for those Registered Members wishing to help defray cost of operating the forum.
1 Year - US$50.00
6 Months - US$30.00
3 Months - US$17.50
1 Month - US$7.50
Merchant Member (Job Shop):
For shops in the engraving, embroidery, sublimation, signmaking, screen printing, digital printing & other areas. This allows you to create new threads in the Merchant Classified Forum to make announcements and, in general, to promote your products and services.
1 Year - US$150.00
Merchant Membership (Supplier):
For manufacturers, resellers, distributors & others not involved in operating a engraving, embroidery, sublimation, signmaking, screen printing, digital printing business. Membership allows you to create new threads in the Merchant Classified Forum to make announcements & to promote your products & services.
1 Year - US$300.00
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