Man, I really did stir the pot with my post yesterday where I talked about expenses, asked if the site should charge a subscription fee, and complained about ad blockers.
I got a little more than I bargained for with that one.
Mostly, I was just offended about ad blockers being used on THIS site.
I closed the other thread because it was getting very long with some long individual posts and it became obvious with all that text that a lot of people weren't reading everything, and therefore weren't correctly comprehending the situation.
Here is the most important thing you need to know:
#1
PipesMagazine.com is profitable and will be here for a very long time.
Everything is fine and we are way ahead of plan.
I love what I do and I wouldn't trade it for any job in the world.
#2
We will NEVER charge a subscription fee for this site.
It never has been part of our business plan and never will be.
Which leads me to ...
#3
This site is a business, not a little hobby of mine.
It is easy to forget, or not realize that PipesMagazine.com is a professional, commercial endeavor.
It was always intended as such from the moment it was conceived.
Our business model is to offer extraordinary, unique, exclusive content for a highly targeted, narrowly defined market niche which will build a large audience that is valuable to advertisers seeking to reach this interest group.
We are sticking with this business model and are not interested in deviating from it or supplementing it with other avenues at this point in time.
We have considered and decided against -
- having an e-comm store
- having an auction section
- selling logo merchandise
- pipe of the year
- renting out pipe babes
- taking donations (real legitimate businesses don't ask for donations)
Thank you to everyone for all their input, suggestions, and concerns.
You have nothing to be concerned about. This site isn't going away and it is doing fine.
Thanks to the people that said they would be willing to pay a subscription, but you don't have to.
I got a little more than I bargained for with that one.
Mostly, I was just offended about ad blockers being used on THIS site.
I closed the other thread because it was getting very long with some long individual posts and it became obvious with all that text that a lot of people weren't reading everything, and therefore weren't correctly comprehending the situation.
Here is the most important thing you need to know:
#1
PipesMagazine.com is profitable and will be here for a very long time.
Everything is fine and we are way ahead of plan.
I love what I do and I wouldn't trade it for any job in the world.
#2
We will NEVER charge a subscription fee for this site.
It never has been part of our business plan and never will be.
Which leads me to ...
#3
This site is a business, not a little hobby of mine.
It is easy to forget, or not realize that PipesMagazine.com is a professional, commercial endeavor.
It was always intended as such from the moment it was conceived.
Our business model is to offer extraordinary, unique, exclusive content for a highly targeted, narrowly defined market niche which will build a large audience that is valuable to advertisers seeking to reach this interest group.
We are sticking with this business model and are not interested in deviating from it or supplementing it with other avenues at this point in time.
We have considered and decided against -
- having an e-comm store
- having an auction section
- selling logo merchandise
- pipe of the year
- renting out pipe babes
- taking donations (real legitimate businesses don't ask for donations)
Thank you to everyone for all their input, suggestions, and concerns.
You have nothing to be concerned about. This site isn't going away and it is doing fine.
Thanks to the people that said they would be willing to pay a subscription, but you don't have to.
