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[doug3030]

I have no idea Tony and in all honesty don't really want to have to charge a subscription. If advertisers were supported I won't have to. That would be an absolutely last ditch stand which could be a headache to administer.

If it were to happen it would be a voluntary thing with a monthly fee of maybe $5 or a discounted yearly fee of maybe $55. Subscribed members would have no ads and would have a private members forum or something like that. But that's only pie in the sky and may never happen.

I also hope that it never comes to that either but if it does the pricing suggested would be acceptable and I would ante up.

If it happens I would recommend making the Marketplace a member-only feature. Buyers and sellers benefit from the marketplace so it would be appropriate to charge a fee, and finally you would have a "stick" to help enforce the rules when people do the wrong thing. Break the rules and you're out. Join up with a new name and pay a new fee to continue.

[poundy]

One other thing to consider is using something like donations to help running costs - you could do that now even.... I don't know how they stack up from a fees perspective, but something like Patreon might work, or just drop your PayPal PayMe link somewhere?

[Lappa]

The ads are like traffic noise in a new house - after a while they fade into the background. I’ve never used ad blockers.
I mainly use an ipad and sometimes a Windows PC.