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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 19, 2013 8:10:26 GMT -6
I was thinking about maybe doing some kind of giveaway/raffle to raise some funds for the monthly fees on the site...but it looks like online "raffles" (pay $5 to enter a raffle for something like a $100 Sweetwater giftcard) is illegal. Anybody have any ideas? I am always inclined to throw $5 a month or something towards an office-pool type thing...Just a thought.
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Post by popmann on Oct 19, 2013 22:39:32 GMT -6
I've known small sites that did giveaways--sponsored by the manufacturers. Usually they traded gear for ads and the publicity/discussion. Increased traffic FROM the giveaways mean you can charge more for other ads...
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Post by levon on Oct 22, 2013 23:54:09 GMT -6
A raffle would effectively limit participation to the US, though. I guess shipping an item to a winner overseas is more expensive than whatever you get out of it.
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Post by tonycamphd on Oct 23, 2013 0:05:21 GMT -6
A raffle would effectively limit participation to the US, though. I guess shipping an item to a winner overseas is more expensive than whatever you get out of it. and it takes forever to get delivered, like when someone(to remain nameless) sends a CD from europe...he he.. |
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Post by levon on Oct 23, 2013 6:36:41 GMT -6
A raffle would effectively limit participation to the US, though. I guess shipping an item to a winner overseas is more expensive than whatever you get out of it. and it takes forever to get delivered, like when someone(to remain nameless) sends a CD from europe...he he.. Blame that on that big stretch of water, steamships need time...  |
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Post by Johnkenn on Oct 23, 2013 7:24:39 GMT -6
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Post by levon on Oct 24, 2013 0:22:07 GMT -6
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Post by unit7 on Oct 24, 2013 1:52:07 GMT -6
Off topic, but I'm probably not the only one that simply miss that Donate button that is down there all the time. I don't use to participate in giveaways, but if someone reminds me that they need a little support to run a place where I like to hang out, I do that. I just put $3/monthly. I know it's nothing but I guess if a few more would do the same it could do some good, or?
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