Banner Advertising

[Secret Santa]

From Admins post:

Your ad will get on average 180,000 page views per month in addition to the 6,000 or so unique visitors per month.  Don't forget the 13k members we also have who drop into the site.

And yet we still only have about twenty regular posters. WTF is going on here? Why aren't those thousands dropping in with info, questions, chat etc.?   

[Ramirez]

Without wanting to suggest anything, I find those numbers very hard to believe.

[commis]

Hi

I assume those numbers must come from a reliable source, so it's a shame so few people contribute. 

[Yousef]

cheers commis,

You always get the bashers.  I want the site to grow and i want a bigger server.
We failed on donations for the VPS so im trying other avenues to raise revenue.

Check stats, we get on average 180k page views per month.  Dont forget we can have over 100 people (mix of members / guests) on the site each day.

My stat centre on the hosting is showing over 6k unique hits per month.
For example we had over 400 new members signing this month.

The site is buzzing and hopefully this will attract some sponsers who want to advetise their business/service/product.

S

[Razor]

I can't believe that we've failed to reach a target of 99 quid.  Even if we do only have 20 active members, that's only a fiver each!  What does a TA curry cost with rice naans and so on?  Surely we could have donated the price of a TA curry each, especially when you think of the money we have saved on TA's and BIR's, mainly down to the recipes on this site.

I'm absolutely staggered, gobsmacked even

Ray

[Peripatetic Phil]

I can't believe that we've failed to reach a target of 99 quid. 

Seconded.  I pledged GBP 5-00 shortly after this thread started, and I'm listed as a "Contributing Member" so I assume I have also donated in the past, but there do seem to be some regular contributors who haven't yet announced their willingness to donate: I can only think that this is an oversight on their part rather than real stinginess.

** Phil.

[Razor]

Hi Chaa,

What does a TA curry cost with rice naans and so on?  Surely we could have donated the price of a TA curry each

Well, I donated a tenner, because I always order a starter too ;D ;D ;D

I can only think that this is an oversight on their part rather than real stinginess.

I'm sure that you are correct, or it maybe that some folk don't like using the net for financial matters but if anyone has a paypal account, it's very secure and very easy to set up too!

Does seem a shame, that we have all these members and yet Admin almost has to go cap in hand for a 99 quid upgrade!  The "other site" charges 6 quid I think, for membership, could you imagine what kind of site we would have if we had to pay a 1 pound joining fee? 

With 400 members joining this month, we would have had our upgrade, and then some.  I guess the main attraction of cr0 is that it's absolutely free, it's just a shame that it's taken for granted!

Ray

[Domi]

I don't have a paypal account...is there any other way to donate?

[Yousef]

Guys,

I am not going cap in hand, I could afford to upgrade myself.
However in order to generate suistained revenue to meet a ?100 a year for a VPS hosting account we need some income.

Therefore if some busineses sign up for advertising we get a recurring income.  Thats why I am doing it.

It would also help if peeps click on the google ads as these draw in revenue.

Stew

[Ramirez]

How short are we of the