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Originally Posted by Lucille
I suggest trying out a contributor membership of $5/month as well as a choice for annual memberships of various kinds like we have now.
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Actually, I tried to do something similar to that back in 2005 ->
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ad.php?t=63362
At the time, the purpose behind that was to try to more firmly establish ID of people posting in the BOI, as we were having severe problems with bogus registrations to post there. And it was also to generate a revenue stream that wasn't dependent solely on the goodwill of contributions. In other words, the value of the BOI to the readership was tested, and failed.
My thinking now is that simply attaching it to the paid memberships, as well as the sponsorships, would be considered as just an additional perk for those people already inclined to contribute in that manner. As mentioned earlier, THEY really are paying the way for everyone else here.