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thanks for taking the time explaining all the past efforts and a good rundown of what has been happening over the years.
My taught were, that if even just 5% of members would pay the 10% it would be worth wild !! 1-% would be awesome.more so for sellers if requested to be a paid service, you are correct about the fact people want free, unless it's worth it for them to pay..
not sure how much $$ would be needed to keep it up, which brings me back to the best have many paying less than fewer paying more solution.
looks as if you still have good numbers per day and the for sale page is always full, this site is still one of the best known, that has to count for something when adds are considered ??
as for the adds, they are for sure non intrusive, not enough to be honest because you can barely notice them.. for non members, having a line of adds in between each post could be a way to bump up adds and maybe make more %% off them to help out.
All said and done, there is the fact you have been doing this for many years now, it's also ok to move on to greater things, less stressful things in life .
wish that an easy solution would, maybe times have changed and now with the reputation this site has, people would be willing to spend 10$ a year for the opportunity to sell here where you get 1000s of views daily .?? maybe worth a try.. if as you say people hate being forced, maybe give a one add free trial with a donation if sold option, that way they feel as if they have a choice, if they sell we both know that some won't bother donating but seeing that their add worked, might be inclined to pay up for a year subscription..
thanks again for the time replying, well explained .wish there was a easy way to fix this.
Steph
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