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rag1873 · 26-11-2008, 22:27

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Originally Posted by Sweety

Sorry to say this extreme but you seem fixed on that the membership fee has to increase WHY :?: TBH that will be down to the new owner :roll: I know £10 is not alot but when you have a very small income (i'm out of work due to health probs) £10 is alot as I could easily spend that on my kids :roll: My T2 has got where it is via birthday & xmas pressies from my family & things i've took out of my old motors & have fitted to the T2 :roll:

I agree Sweety, Extreme seems intent of pushing up the membership!

Could Mav maybe give us an answer to whether this would help things.

I think that by pushing it up to £20 it would just put more folk off joining. I too am off work due to ill health and am having to sell my terrano, if i sell it and if the membership stayed at £10 i would probably renew my membership just for the chat but if it went up to £20 i doubt i would renew my membership if i no longer had the terrano.
Surely the cheaper the membership (£10) the more likely folk are to pay it especially if they dont know what they are getting for their money.

extreme-4x4 · 26-11-2008, 22:38

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Originally Posted by Sweety

Sorry to say this extreme but you seem fixed on that the membership fee has to increase WHY :?: TBH that will be down to the new owner :roll: I know £10 is not alot but when you have a very small income (i'm out of work due to health probs) £10 is alot as I could easily spend that on my kids :roll: My T2 has got where it is via birthday & xmas pressies from my family & things i've took out of my old motors & have fitted to the T2 :roll:

well im no dragon, so here goes.
if the club is run on profit from subscriptions that means you need lots of members to pay its running costs. without the owner profiting from it.

now assume you was buying the club , you would want a return on your money spent. the club has 1300 members so thats 13,000 turn over less any expenses.
tax insurance hosting support and what ever else it costs to run the club.
that's without taking all the free time mav spends running it and sorting out all our problems ei pics, avatars and editing the site

now as you know mav dont seem to have won the lottery recently and he still has to go to work . so he aint making much from the site if anything

so what percentage would you expect to get back on your investment

how huch would you want for your time doing mav's job here

cos if you bought it you'd want something.

so now you need more members or more money or changes to the site like advertising... do you know many companies splashing out on advertising in this climate

so how do you attract more members ?

how do you raise more revenue ?

i dont want to pay more . im broke the same as you . i have mouths to feed.
id rather attract more members for the club to grow and make the club a better place

so that just leaves more new members ????? how you going to do it ?????

Deleted Member S · 26-11-2008, 22:43

I understand what your saying BUT pushing up the membership fee I think it may drive away the members who hardly post & would turn away new members

extreme-4x4 · 26-11-2008, 23:07

we are averaging 1 new member a day if that. how many current members are up to date with membership ie renewing membership

if its less than 1 a day we are shrinking and so is turnover

running costs wont shrink !

members / money is the key

its all well and good saying i want a price increase ( i dont )
but the new owner will want something in return for his / her investment

id like to pay my 10 pounds and talk about trucks all year

so good ideas is what the club needs right now

Deleted Member S · 26-11-2008, 23:17

As far as i'm aware this club was set up for like minded people to chat & help each other out with their probs & ideas & not as a money maker & TBH I think thats why the club has done so well. Over the next few years I would think the new owner would start to get their money back which the had to fork out to buy the site. Like all investments it takes time to recoop your outlays

makeitfit · 27-11-2008, 01:20

Hi again, overall I'm afraid I agree with extreme.
Not that I want to pay more at all.
BUT as we're all in the dark as to what the h... is going on what do you expect. 8O
I've run my own web business and it's really time consuming, so I have loads of admiration for what Mav does. he must be mad for it!
Anyway up what you need is some numbers, how many renew membership, how many visit and go again without signing up etc. All easy numbers on the data reader pages. You can even see how many read the chat and how many read the tech.
I've only been on here a few months and joined cause I needed info as there was nothin of use free for the maverick.
It's the only forum I use regularly the others I go on are simple question post and answer then I'm off.
Here is diff. but I cant see what the harm is of a few opinions.
Without the sales pitch to look at it's bound to be a bunch of nissan/ford types havin a three peneth :?

26-11-2008, 22:43	#33
Deleted Member S Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,711	I understand what your saying BUT pushing up the membership fee I think it may drive away the members who hardly post & would turn away new members

26-11-2008, 23:07	#34
extreme-4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: WALES Posts: 6,295	we are averaging 1 new member a day if that. how many current members are up to date with membership ie renewing membership if its less than 1 a day we are shrinking and so is turnover running costs wont shrink ! members / money is the key its all well and good saying i want a price increase ( i dont ) but the new owner will want something in return for his / her investment id like to pay my 10 pounds and talk about trucks all year so good ideas is what the club needs right now

26-11-2008, 23:17	#35
Deleted Member S Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,711	As far as i'm aware this club was set up for like minded people to chat & help each other out with their probs & ideas & not as a money maker & TBH I think thats why the club has done so well. Over the next few years I would think the new owner would start to get their money back which the had to fork out to buy the site. Like all investments it takes time to recoop your outlays

27-11-2008, 01:20	#36
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	Hi again, overall I'm afraid I agree with extreme. Not that I want to pay more at all. BUT as we're all in the dark as to what the h... is going on what do you expect. 8O I've run my own web business and it's really time consuming, so I have loads of admiration for what Mav does. he must be mad for it! Anyway up what you need is some numbers, how many renew membership, how many visit and go again without signing up etc. All easy numbers on the data reader pages. You can even see how many read the chat and how many read the tech. I've only been on here a few months and joined cause I needed info as there was nothin of use free for the maverick. It's the only forum I use regularly the others I go on are simple question post and answer then I'm off. Here is diff. but I cant see what the harm is of a few opinions. Without the sales pitch to look at it's bound to be a bunch of nissan/ford types havin a three peneth :?