How much would you pay for ads?

[»Xog]

Idea of members of community committing to a monthly donation

 

With a daily budget of $3.50, approximately $98 per month would be used. Sometimes actual daily costs are a few cents over, or even nowhere near the daily budget (lately we have been getting between $1.00 to $1.50 in usage even though the daily budget is set to $3.50).

 

Calculations:

01 person would pay 0$98.00 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

02 persons would pay $49.00 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

03 persons would pay $32.67 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

04 persons would pay $24.50 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

05 persons would pay $19.60 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

06 persons would pay $16.33 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

07 persons would pay $14.00 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

08 persons would pay $12.25 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

09 persons would pay $10.89 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

10 persons would pay $09.80 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

11 persons would pay $08.91 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

12 persons would pay $08.17 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

13 persons would pay $07.54 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

14 persons would pay $07.00 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

15 persons would pay $06.53 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

16 persons would pay $06.13 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

17 persons would pay $05.76 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

18 persons would pay $05.44 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

19 persons would pay $05.16 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

20 persons would pay $04.90 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

21 persons would pay $04.67 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

22 persons would pay $04.45 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

23 persons would pay $04.26 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

24 persons would pay $04.08 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

25 persons would pay $03.92 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

26 persons would pay $03.77 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

27 persons would pay $03.63 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

28 persons would pay $03.50 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

29 persons would pay $03.38 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

30 persons would pay $03.27 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

31 persons would pay $03.16 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

32 persons would pay $03.06 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

33 persons would pay $02.97 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

34 persons would pay $02.88 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

35 persons would pay $02.80 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

36 persons would pay $02.72 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

37 persons would pay $02.65 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

38 persons would pay $02.58 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

39 persons would pay $02.51 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

40 persons would pay $02.45 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

41 persons would pay $02.39 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

42 persons would pay $02.33 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

43 persons would pay $02.28 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

44 persons would pay $02.23 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

45 persons would pay $02.18 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

46 persons would pay $02.13 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

47 persons would pay $02.09 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

48 persons would pay $02.04 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

49 persons would pay $02.00 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

50 persons would pay $01.96 per month to fulfill a monthly budget of $98

 

Decided to make a poll for this, because it's a legitimate question and I think we should stop speculating and start acting. Post your votes.

 

For clarifications, the only downside to not paying anything is less population. And if you decide you want to partake in this type of systematic payment, you can stop at any time you want. It's your decision and yours only.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Xog

[L.C.]

I am willing to contribute $10 monthly.

[Samapico]

That poll is messed up... why multiple choices?

 

I also don't agree with this 'monthly commitment' thing, but I do think that you can encourage people to donate even very small amounts of money if they can. Even 2$ can contribute significantly to this advertising campaign. What you are willing to pay shouldn't matter with what others are willing to... The whole poll is weird.

[L.C.]

It is cheaper to run advertisements continuously (as I have found from AdWords) and I also have a hunch that after a certain point (in decreasing the daily budget) money begins to waste for literally nothing (no results/clicks/whatever).

[»Xog]

That poll is messed up... why multiple choices?

 

I also don't agree with this 'monthly commitment' thing, but I do think that you can encourage people to donate even very small amounts of money if they can. Even 2$ can contribute significantly to this advertising campaign. What you are willing to pay shouldn't matter with what others are willing to... The whole poll is weird.

 

I put two different styles of options there because some people may not really care about an exact amount, and it's easier to read.

 

$2 can have it going for about a day. I don't quite understand what you mean about this monthly commitment thing you mentioned, I specifically said you can decide not to pay if you don't want to (it is a donation lol). The whole reason I wanted to make this poll is so that we can have an actual campaign, a real one - and to see the community's opinion on how much they would donate on a monthly basis. I've spoken to a few people and they said they don't want to donate because nobody else is. Hopefully this poll will get a bunch of people to agree all at the same time, and then we can actually have active donations.

 

What I had in mind is that between a specific time, everyone sends in their donation, say for instance, the 10th through the 15th of every month (or whatever). This will give some type of organization to this program rather than "Okay, we need some money. Send in a donation someone!" which nobody will do.

 

L.C., I noticed we've been getting less clicks too, but it really could be a good thing. My speculation is that many spiders/bots record ads or websites they've already visited, and then don't click on it the next time they see it. This is actually saving us money from spider/bot clicks.

 

So far, with the 8 members that have voted (and I've redacted double votes) we have a monthly donation of between $42 and $47.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Xog

[aquarius]

@ tcsoccerman, Hakaku, jabjabjab

 

wtf?

 

Lol.. If everyone who's voted so far actually pays what they claim they would, we already have the budget covered.

[Kilo]

+1 Useless poll due to false dilemma

[rootbear75]

You people don't understand what multiple choice means do you?

 

Multiple choice means that people can select more than 1 choice, NOT that the poll has multiple choices.... I see this way to fucking often... you people can't be that dense

[aquarius]

Says the person who voted everything.

[Samapico]

For clarity's sake, I'd like to point out that the poll initially had checkboxes (multiple choices) meaning (as root said) you could select everything. Which is why I said the poll was weird... But it's still weird because the choice implies the number of people who are required to vote that option, which doesn't make sense... Have people vote on what they want to pay, then add it up and see if it fits the budget

[»Xog]

For clarity's sake, I'd like to point out that the poll initially had checkboxes (multiple choices) meaning (as root said) you could select everything. Which is why I said the poll was weird... But it's still weird because the choice implies the number of people who are required to vote that option, which doesn't make sense... Have people vote on what they want to pay, then add it up and see if it fits the budget

 

 

Yeah, I disabled multiple choice and removed multiple-votes from those that did it and used their highest choice for my calculations.

 

 

So far, with the 8 members that have voted (and I've redacted double votes) we have a monthly donation of between $42 and $47.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Xog

[»Xog]

For clarity's sake, I'd like to point out that the poll initially had checkboxes (multiple choices) meaning (as root said) you could select everything. Which is why I said the poll was weird... But it's still weird because the choice implies the number of people who are required to vote that option, which doesn't make sense... Have people vote on what they want to pay, then add it up and see if it fits the budget

 

 

Yeah, I disabled multiple choice and removed multiple-votes from those that did it and used their highest choice for my calculations.

 

 

So far, with the 8 members that have voted (and I've redacted double votes) we have a monthly donation of between $42 and $47.

 

Update: With 10 people that have voted, and the double/multiple votes ignored, I've concluded that we can get a total of between $63.34 and $64.84 a month.

 

When we reach 15 votes, I'm going to average it out and make another poll with a more direct and difinitive answer that we can use (this was just for finding out the average amount of money a player is willing to contribute per month).

[Samapico]

The anon poll seems more... accurate to me, no need to make another

[»Xog]

The anon poll seems more... accurate to me, no need to make another

 

The answers from your/his/rootbear's poll isn't something I was looking for.

[rootbear75]

Says the person who voted everything.

I vote for everything 7 and under. However at this time I cannot make a commitment because a few unexpected bills have come up.

[Samapico]

The anon poll seems more... accurate to me, no need to make another

 

The answers from your/his/rootbear's poll isn't something I was looking for.

To be honest I have no idea who this is

[Chambahs]

So all this time when I was in school and had multiple choice questions, i could have picked them all? Shit.

[whalz]

lawl why should we have to pay for advertising, its not like anyone reads this stuff or would click on a subspace add... really 98$ or w/e/ the fuck ur talking about for like 100 players who 90% wont stick around and the other 10% will be fucktards (undoubtedly) i cant immaging paying for some adds... but hey.. i spend all mine money on drugs and gas for my car. so i guess u can spend yours on subspace adds ...

 

be cooler if you jus saved your money and spent it on milk or somthing..

 

 

 

 

.. well i guess im jus a nanny poopoohead :\

[»Lynx]

You people don't understand what multiple choice means do you?

 

Multiple choice means that people can select more than 1 choice, NOT that the poll has multiple choices.... I see this way to fucking often... you people can't be that dense

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/picard-facepalm.jpg

[Samapico]

Ok, multiple answers poll then.

[rootbear75]

lawl why should we have to pay for advertising, its not like anyone reads this stuff or would click on a subspace add... really 98$ or w/e/ the fuck ur talking about for like 100 players who 90% wont stick around and the other 10% will be fucktards (undoubtedly) i cant immaging paying for some adds... but hey.. i spend all mine money on drugs and gas for my car. so i guess u can spend yours on subspace adds ...

 

be cooler if you jus saved your money and spent it on milk or somthing..

 

 

 

 

.. well i guess im jus a nanny poopoohead :\

If you are trying to make a point, it would be helpful if you actually spent some time and lerned to use spelchek!

[Gravitron]

I voted $0, but it forces you to pick an option on both dumb polls and the other one hasn't such an option.

[whalz]

i dont make points rootbear, i jus say shit that people can try to read if they want to. if it makes a point its all relative..

 

 

... unless u make it as frequently addvertised on facebook as mafia wars.. i dont think your going to get alot of people.. make an APP for the new ipod device they came out with (cant remember if its the Ipad.. if it is reminds me of apples version of period stopping technology) if it costs $ for an apple application.. then maybe put one of those together and more people would help pitch, as its cooler and a big media addvertisment

[Hakaku]

@ tcsoccerman, Hakaku, jabjabjab

 

wtf?

You can't expect everyone to have the money to put into such a project, nor can you expect every player to have a paypal account or other payment-over-the-internet method, nor does everyone necessarily agree with the fact that these advertisements are having any impact whatsoever on the game. I'd rather be honest and vote 0, than vote something I could never fulfill.

[»Lynx]

@ tcsoccerman, Hakaku, jabjabjab

 

wtf?

You can't expect everyone to have the money to put into such a project, nor can you expect every player to have a paypal account or other payment-over-the-internet method, nor does everyone necessarily agree with the fact that these advertisements are having any impact whatsoever on the game. I'd rather be honest and vote 0, than vote something I could never fulfill.

 

I'm with Hak on this one. Unless theres some proof that ads are following through, I'd be reluctant on paying for them.