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I can't quote myself, but in here: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13082156/
I mentioned how affiliates earns less as companies change terms or offer less revenue... well, this morning Wiggle said that "we are trying to move away from these type of publishers".
Those type of publishers are:
Wiggle and CRC make up most of the non-eBay affiliate revenue, and whilst eBay has been declining for years, Wiggle and CRC have been fairly resilient (unlike Amazon who just crash and burn frequently).
Basically, what is left of the affiliate revenue doesn't have a long shelf-life.
The amount of recurring monthly donations does look like it may soon be enough to fully cover us (not just cover the shortfall that was experienced by the collapse of GBP against USD).
For those thinking we have it covered... we do this month, and next month too... but it will get harder in the future.
If you haven't set up a £3 monthly donation, do so.
You won't notice it, it's tiny. You won't begrudge it, it's tiny. It's a beer for the server, once a month, a nothing in the grand scheme of things.
If enough people do this we can totally forget about the finances and it can run itself.
The bills are paid from PayPal via a PayPal debit card - so as long as there is money in the PayPal it's a nice self-contained system. This month's bills have been paid, and we're ~£150 up... but this month has seen a disproportionate number of one-off donations, so we're probably still just below having enough small monthly ones.
Don't send us a one-off wedge of money (unless it's huge!)... just sign up for £3 per month.
In the long-run, that's the most effortless way for the forum to just exist without us caring about anything external to us (advertisers, affiliates, partnerships, whatever).
Links to donate are in the first post. Apparently it helps if you're signed-into PayPal before you click the links.