Hosting Donations

[nakorkren]

I've donated.

[Snoman314]

I've spent a few minutes looking around for a donate link and can't find it. Sorry if it's obvious, but where do I look?

[karax268]

go to profile, then under actions there is tab for paid subscriptions

[viperfan7]

Are there any other possible methods of donation besides PayPal? For those of us without a PayPal account, and who do not desire one.

Anything else I have is tied to my own accts and this paypal is strictly for the forums. We could figure something out.

Could try something like patreon? Yeah, they take a cut, but, at the same time, they handle the actual transaction

[welchbloke]

I had the same issue with Paypal preventing donations via the link from my profile. I have sent direct and will IM Erik to link with my profile. Thanks for highlighting how much the hosting costs Erik, I will definitely be supporting from now on!

[GodEmperor]

Yeah Patreon/KoFI or something else would be cool. I dont want to do business with PayPal for all their smeg.

[Erik L (OP)]

Are there any other possible methods of donation besides PayPal? For those of us without a PayPal account, and who do not desire one.

Anything else I have is tied to my own accts and this paypal is strictly for the forums. We could figure something out.

Could try something like patreon? Yeah, they take a cut, but, at the same time, they handle the actual transaction

Paypal takes a bite too. I will look into Patreon.

[Erik L (OP)]

I pre-emptively canceled all of the subscriptions to the old address. Any funds collected thus far will be transferred to the new account. No action is needed by you. Anyone wishing to subscribe via the new address is more than welcome to do so.

[Profugo Barbatus]

Had the cancellation notice come though just now, had to go digging to figure out what it even was, been a bit since I played Aurora. Apparently I've been backing since 2021, via the profile subscriptions. Still listing as active in there too. Do I need to do anything for it to redirect?

[Erik L (OP)]

Had the cancellation notice come though just now, had to go digging to figure out what it even was, been a bit since I played Aurora. Apparently I've been backing since 2021, via the profile subscriptions. Still listing as active in there too. Do I need to do anything for it to redirect?

You'd need to set up a new subscription here. It will use the new address. Thank you for your backing though

[Froggiest1982]

Had the cancellation notice come though just now, had to go digging to figure out what it even was, been a bit since I played Aurora. Apparently I've been backing since 2021, via the profile subscriptions. Still listing as active in there too. Do I need to do anything for it to redirect?

You'd need to set up a new subscription here. It will use the new address. Thank you for your backing though

A new subscription will be appreciated, mine expred during the recent down period and need to restart it.

[jackbrownii]

Odd. PayPal wouldn't let me set up a recurring subscription. Only let me do a one off.

[Neophyte]

Odd. PayPal wouldn't let me set up a recurring subscription. Only let me do a one off.

Same here, but the CC I use is expiring this year so that might have been the problem for me.  Guess I'd better set a reminder!

[GhostIsGone]

Why does running a forum cost nearly $1400 per year? We operate a couple of small-scale websites that handle not an insignificant amount of traffic just fine on a $40/month VPS, with plenty of resources to spare. What am I missing here that's causing the cost of a forum to be this exorbitantly high?

[Erik L (OP)]

Why does running a forum cost nearly $1400 per year? We operate a couple of small-scale websites that handle not an insignificant amount of traffic just fine on a $40/month VPS, with plenty of resources to spare. What am I missing here that's causing the cost of a forum to be this exorbitantly high?

Unlimited bandwidth. unlimited database resources, etc. I was having issues with previous providers throttling bandwidth even with "unlimited" and that caused the forums to be non-functional.