I am in the process of adding forum sponsorship sections for almost all of the classifieds and discussion forums. I've had people ask for some of these in the past, and it is only now that I am able to find the time to tackle this.
I am also changing the method that this system handles notifications of expiring sponsorships. In the past, I had to manually examine every sponsor to see if their paid subscription had expired. I would then send them a PM informing them of that fact, and normally never got a response. So I would then have to manually remove their sponsorship link. Some complained later that they never got the notice of expiration nor noticed my PM. Since this is all a manual process setting up those sponsorship links, I am invoking an option in the setup process to make those paid subscriptions a recurring PayPal payment. This will have a number of benefits. One is that a sponsor won't have to worry about getting the notice and manually renewing their sponsorship. Secondly, I will get a notice of cancelled sponsorships, so that will be an easy method for me to manage this aspect of running this site.
Yes, I realize that some will not like the recurring nature of the payments, but all things considered, I believe this is the best course to take.
Thank you to all of you who have opted for sponsorships, and hopefully expanding that horizon a bit will benefit most of us in the future.
I am also changing the method that this system handles notifications of expiring sponsorships. In the past, I had to manually examine every sponsor to see if their paid subscription had expired. I would then send them a PM informing them of that fact, and normally never got a response. So I would then have to manually remove their sponsorship link. Some complained later that they never got the notice of expiration nor noticed my PM. Since this is all a manual process setting up those sponsorship links, I am invoking an option in the setup process to make those paid subscriptions a recurring PayPal payment. This will have a number of benefits. One is that a sponsor won't have to worry about getting the notice and manually renewing their sponsorship. Secondly, I will get a notice of cancelled sponsorships, so that will be an easy method for me to manage this aspect of running this site.
Yes, I realize that some will not like the recurring nature of the payments, but all things considered, I believe this is the best course to take.
Thank you to all of you who have opted for sponsorships, and hopefully expanding that horizon a bit will benefit most of us in the future.