Website Help - why donate to pet chat ? coliel - Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:19 pm Post subject: why donate to pet chat ?
hi
i have notised a petcht donation predomiter where petchat wants raise £100 - can i ask why and what is the money for ?
thanks
coliel
honeydlc - Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:
Good question Coliel! I was wondering that myself lol
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Hcollie85 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject: petchat
Would it be to fund it to keep it running.
probly not
Heather
littlelab - Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:
Yes its to help for the up keep of the site Hcollie85 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:51 pm Post subject: petchat
Cool i was right, i had a feeling it would be
Heather
coliel - Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:
hi
i have no idear about the running and up keep of sites please can you tell me more as im obviosly not going to donate money just because it has been asked of me !!!
also sorry for putting it on lost pets i dont have a clue as to why it is on here as i thought i had put it on off topic .
thanks
coliel
coliel - Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:
hi
perhaps their needs to be a proper piece on here about what petchat dose and what the running costa are.
maybe people on here could help with things you have to pay for?
rather than just donate money as how will any one know it is being spent on worth while things !!!
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: petchat
What about a raffle, then get a ticket pay for ticket and that will go towards petchat
Heather
coliel - Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject:
hi
to be honest the way petchat asks for money isnt the problem its why that i would like to know!!
as i have no idea what running costs their are or how we would no it was going to real things and not inside some ones back pockit!!
love coliel
coliel - Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:48 am Post subject:
where are you admin !!
poppydog83 - Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject:
id b more than happy to contribute to running costs of the site
coliel - Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:59 am Post subject:
hi
i would be happy to give some money too , but i dont know what the money will be usedfor.
what running costs?
Violette - Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject:
Well, I guess the admin staff need to be paid, and also the techies who create the system and keep it running (and created the options where we can post pics and change signatures and create various special effects on our screen names.... and dear knows how many other things that they do that I don't understand because I am a total technophobe! ).
I thought, though, that the costs would be covered by advertising revenue from companies wanting to reach all us pet lovers.
But maybe that isn't enough to cover the costs?
Like Coliel, I do think that maybe Admin should give us a wee bit more information on what they need, and why - though I love using this site and would be glad to help cover its costs....
But a wee skinflint part of me doesn't like just handing over money - I would like to know why???? Please, Admin?
Hellooooo-oooo?
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: petchat
Why dont you pm or email Admin, if you dont want to do it ill easily do for you
Heather
coliel - Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject:
hi
its a good idea to pm admin how ever i think it would be better for them to tell every one and explain what is needed and how much it costs etc.
im not saying i wouldnt contribute only that i want to know what im paying for and im sure other people must think the same as no one has actualy given any money as yet !!
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: petchat
if anyone has the guts to do just say the reason, if you want ill pm him if no oneone else wants to.
Heather
Violette - Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:
I have no objection to emailing or pm-ing admin - but that would be a personal correspondence.
The request for donations is made publicly on the homepage, and it would be best if the explanation was equally open - that's all.
I just think it is a good principle, right across the board, that if anybody wants someone else to donate money for something, then they should explain what it is for.
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: petchat
So who do you think should pm and that person can say what other people want to say.?
Im finding some posts really hard to understand right now
Heather
clareabella - Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject:
I dont know if this will explain anything or not but i will say anyway. My partner is a memeber of a car forum and they had asked for donations aswell to keep the site running as the lads couldnt afford to keep it running themselves. They asked for a £10 donation but offerd car stickers and other things in return.
Unfortunatley they never got enough donations and the site was shut down. My partner said its not exactley cheap to keep one running but i wouldnt know seeing as i have only just worked out how to use a computer properly Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: petchat
People wont be happy if this site is shut down, ive met the nicest people on the sit
Hmmmm
Heather
I think admin could of said something about that donation thing, if he hasnt allready
coliel - Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject:
hi
it would be a shame for the foram to close down !!
how ever i would still lkie to know where the moey will be going?
i have no idea about what costs what but am very intrested in finding out.
but like violet i think the reasens should be put out on a proper poste explaining every thing to every one !!!
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:39 pm Post subject: petchat
would you mind if i sent a pm to admin?
Heather
shadylady - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject:
are they going to shut down petchat, plz dont its the best site on the net.. well i think anyway lol
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject: petchat
no i wouldnt think so
Heather
shadylady - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject:
thank god... clareabella - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:
oh im sure it wont close down my example was a bit different as the site was setup and run by a couple of young lads with not alot of money.
Hcollie85 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject: petchat
there you go this site wont finish.
Heather
coliel - Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:
hi
i wounder if the petchat team have read this thread - as they dont seem to be replying to us , i think im going to send a pm like sugested by hcollie85 to their admin team asking them to start a thread about why they need money!
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: petchat
Ok ill go with you on that, i havnt seen admin or mods on here in a while
Heather
coliel - Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject:
hi
i have sent a message to petchat , hope fully they will now start a thread explainig how much is needed and why!!
if they get back to me persanaly then i will let you all know.
-good thinking hcollie85 !!!
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: petchat
Anytime my smart brain was switched on
Heather
littlelab - Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:
Hi all
Sorry been away on business, have I missed much..lol
As far as the donations are concerned;
The site is not closing down and never has been, so don't worry
It costs an absolute fortune to run and maintain a forum and on some forums members like to be able to contribute to the up keep, its not complusory and its not there to beat you around the head, its a bit like a collection box in the sweet shop.
On Lab forums, the sister site, we all pay a yearly subscription if we want to be regular posters, its a bit like a social club I suppose.
Does this help?
Hcollie85 - Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: petchat
Yes it does thanks Natalie
Heather
coliel - Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject:
hi
no sorry it dosent realy help me, can i ask if it costs a fortune how much is that? also , why ? and how are you generating income at the moment ?
im being a pain i know but i will happily donate money if needed but i would need to know the ins and outs as obviosly you may be just hoping to pockit the money!!! (i dont think you are) but all the same !
love coliel
Hcollie85 - Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: petchat
Ive told Natelie you sent a pm collieL.
Heather
petchatadmin - Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:02 am Post subject:
hi sorry I too have been away, moved house etc
As Nat says, its just a collection box type affair.
Petchat is a fully dynamic website and runs on a server that I lease out. Obviously initially when I set the website up (Back in July 2004) there was a considerable amount of time and effort taken to do so.
As time progresses when I have time, I add functionality / tweak things etc
Petchat is growing and every month it consumes that bit more bandwidth, bandwidth costs money.
Petchat sits on a dedicated server (Its dynamic and is too power hungry a website to sit on shared cheap servers), the server it is on has some of my other websites on it, but that server costs around £1200 a year out of my pocket
The donations are completely and utterly voluntary, Petchat isn't closing down
It's just your way of saying thank you for the service that Petchat offers annestaff - Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:
I reckon you dererve a pat on the back Admin for keeping this site running all this time with no donations
I was absolutly gob smacked when I found out how some of the bigger boards pay for their servers, its a ridiculous amount of money coliel - Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:
hi
can you not make your money by charging companys to advertise with you , also i thought you got money every time some one googles to get on here?
could you have special members who pay a monthly amount a bit like a magazine subscription?
what will hapen if no one dose donate money ?
love coliel
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doesn't like just handing over money - I would like to know why???? Please, Admin?
