Dear George

[Dillon35]

I have an idea on how to finance the boards.
Charge $5.00 per person to access the entire site.
Before you think i'm crazy just hear me out.
If you keep just half the members that's $50,000 per month profit to you, minus your expenses, and it would look more reasonable to newcomers.
I wouldn't mind $5 a month, and i don't think anyone else would either.

Also i think it would actually attract some people just for the mere fact that you have to pay to use the site.A good example is nobody takes free advice, but when you pay for it you take as much as you can.

And since you are already charging for the other fourms,you should just go ahead and charge for the entire site now and get it out of the way now, instead of doing everything a little bit at a time.
It would be an excellent business move to do it the way i suggested . You will make more money in the long run and it won't be so hard on the members.

Just my opinion,
Dillon

 

[Bodhidogma]

a good idea for sure bro, but i am sure george has gone through every possible scenerio we can think of and has proposed the best one.

 

[jennifer BFL chick]

5 a month would be alot better for most people-----not saying 12 is alot, but it would make a difference--plus, we could keep more people from leaving

 

[George Spellwin]

Guys, the difference between the cost of Platinum and $5 per month is the price of a Hamburger. I hope you will support the site with a platinum membership.

 

[danielson]

i dont think no-ones gonna leave, and if anyone does they would have probably left anyway

most are just whining 'cos all the hot booty we've cometolove will be gone

at the end of the day, this will keep elite alive by not having whoever was pissed at the boards no longer pissed, create a good number of susbscribers, and crucially as frackal, you and many others have pinted out allow us access to the core boards, anabolic, training and chat and convo (3's pushing it but its where i come the most )

i think this site was first set up to promote intelligent anabolic freely. i may be wrong. thats why i like the arrangement just as it were.

 

[George Spellwin]

Danielson,

Can we count on your support?

 

[Dillon35]

From a business point of view, $5 a month would yield more profits on a board like this, or better even $4.99.
It's just not that much to pay.
But $12 is getting in the area where people will leave, And you can't have the attitude of "well just leave then" because that's not very good business, if you loose the good customers, the bad ones will run off the other potential profits that you might be able to gain from advertising and such.

 

[Adaptek]

Danielson,

Can we count on your support?

You can count on my support and I hope you got my email earlier from [email protected]

Thanks again George!

 

[r00+]

Something to remember regarding funding needed to run a site:

Bandwidth and staff can easily eat through 50K/month.
As an example, a good buddy runs a very well known tech site.
The overhead for this site is very near 70K/month.

Premium housing at a datacenter is about 25K/month.
Ten technical staff members for 24/7 support of the hardware runs about 40K/month.

So at this point we're looking at 65K/month.

Of course, George could always massive ammounts of wireless bandwidth, distribute the site over thousands of shared folders and hire nothing but interns to maintain and develop the site.

 

[the Prince]

Why would people pay to post on this board when there are numerous boards just like this one on the net?

 

[danielson]

Danielson,

Can we count on your support?

we'll have to see....currently awaiting a student loan cheque...but i usually dont have enough cash. maybe ll be sign up after new year, i dont really know sorry

 

[Gilbyag]

you know what it is, for me, I dont even pay for my net access at home! If I did access to JUST this site would be more than what I WAS paying when I was paying for net access, burger or no burger... but 5 does sound alot more reasonable. call me cheap or whatever you want... but I just can see it. sorry, I just cant. But I do understand georges position, and I feel I support him by buying his products a few times a yr.

 

[George Spellwin]

we'll have to see....currently awaiting a student loan cheque...but i usually dont have enough cash. maybe ll be sign up after new year, i dont really know sorry

I hear you, but this makes you part of the problem. We have hundreds of members like you who are on here for hours every day and still refuse to find 39 cents a day to help cover the costs.

 

[manny78]

Danielson,

Can we count on your support?

Ok and if I wanna be platinium, can I pay through WU or Paypal ? and for the whole year ? Cause I dont really like giving out my credit card number.

 

[Checkmatebloated]

I hear you, but this makes you part of the problem. We have hundreds of members like you who are on here for hours every day and still refuse to find 39 cents a day to help cover the costs.

Big boss man, I will be leaving my current job off 11years on Dec 1 to take a job as a surveyor. I will nolonger be on the board, but I will help through product purchases.

 

[Gilbyag]

I hear you, but this makes you part of the problem. We have hundreds of members like you who are on here for hours every day and still refuse to find 39 cents a day to help cover the costs.

... that seems kinda harsh george.

btw, I just purchased some of your products totaling 172 days worth of chating....

 

[nevertoobig]

I know this a business, but can you get lottery funding to help?

I mean, Elite fitness is providing a service to people and promoting a sport.

 

[George Spellwin]

Ok and if I wanna be platinium, can I pay through WU or Paypal ? and for the whole year ? Cause I dont really like giving out my credit card number.

Yes, we are only taking checks MO's and PayPal. Here are the details:

http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/11.html

 

[George Spellwin]

... that seems kinda harsh george.

btw, I just purchased some of your products totaling 172 days worth of chating....

I am really trying not to be harsh, but the reason we need people to pay a small monthly fee is because so many people spend so much time here yet cannot find 39 cents a day. We cannot cover the costs any more.

 

[manny78]

Yes, we are only taking checks MO's and PayPal. Here are the details:

http://www.elitefitness.com/reports/platinum/11.html

By checks ? cool, so I'm joigning for sure Well on the link it only mentions by Pay-pal didnt that checks MO thing

 

[dballer]

Fuck it George... I am in. I will sign up next week when I get paid. You can count on my support.

 

[Truthugs]

George, check your email. I can help you.

 

[Dillon35]

I hear you, but this makes you part of the problem. We have hundreds of members like you who are on here for hours every day and still refuse to find 39 cents a day to help cover the costs.

George, i love coming here and enjoy all the information that is available, but .39 cents is $12 a month no matter how you look at it,and i will cut you a check right now for $60 for one year access to this board and to help support it.

I can help you find sponsors are whatever else you might need but i am not going to pay $12 a month for a platinum membership if i don't need one, i have looked at the pic forum but it's not something that i am going to miss because you are now charging for it, and i'm sure others will feel the same.

Just charge $5 for the whole board and you will make bad ass money, unless you have got something else already in mind.

Dillon

 

[George Spellwin]

Fuck it George... I am in. I will sign up next week when I get paid. You can count on my support.

I fixed your account -- your platinum now. Send the check as soon as you can -- or better yet, use your checking account and PayPal. Go to PayPal.com to register.

 

[Hindustan]

Sad?

I hear you, but this makes you part of the problem. We have hundreds of members like you who are on here for hours every day and still refuse to find 39 cents a day to help cover the costs.

Hello Mr. Spewllwin,

Its one think to thank those who do give, but I dont think you should put those that don't give down. I dont know, throughout some of your posts it seems that is the re-occuring theme, but then again maybe I am wrong.

At this point, I really can't afford 11.00 per month. I am running on ends-meat with all college expenses. Elite is purly a board for liesure, so I really can't make it a neccisity on my list of financial priorities. (I wish I could however) I just wish we were given advanced notice about this happening? Curious if you can remove those boards and charege for them, what makes us sure you wont do that same for the remaing free boards?

Thank you George,


Hindustan