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**ditpiler** · 12-02-2010, 08:31 PM

Are you saying that your considering assessing a membership fee for THP or are you guys trying to decide on whether or not to accept advertising? I guess when this thread started I figured that the crossroad was the decision to accept ads, but this post sounds more like you're considering the fee. Why don't you tell us exactly what's on your mind? That way we can have a better picture of what we're all talking about. What are your options at this point? Or do you not really have a clear decision on the direction you're leaning toward right now?

There will not be a fee. Its an analogy of sorts to show where we are headed. We would love to post exactly what we are going through, but simply cannot without disclosing some companies information and that is not fair.

The simple way around that is to say that THP as it stands now cannot continue to move the way it is moving without money coming in. We can shut it down, we could go stagnant and just do what we do but on a slightly lesser scale, or we could look for alternatives. We have been approached numerous times over the last year about advertising and always have said no. Could that be where we are headed? I really do not know right now. But spending close to six figures again this year with no return will not happen again, because it cannot happen again. We are looking at all sorts of options and determining what is best for the people that make this site great.

12-02-2010, 08:31 PM	#24
ditpiler Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	Are you saying that your considering assessing a membership fee for THP or are you guys trying to decide on whether or not to accept advertising? I guess when this thread started I figured that the crossroad was the decision to accept ads, but this post sounds more like you're considering the fee. Why don't you tell us exactly what's on your mind? That way we can have a better picture of what we're all talking about. What are your options at this point? Or do you not really have a clear decision on the direction you're leaning toward right now? There will not be a fee. Its an analogy of sorts to show where we are headed. We would love to post exactly what we are going through, but simply cannot without disclosing some companies information and that is not fair. The simple way around that is to say that THP as it stands now cannot continue to move the way it is moving without money coming in. We can shut it down, we could go stagnant and just do what we do but on a slightly lesser scale, or we could look for alternatives. We have been approached numerous times over the last year about advertising and always have said no. Could that be where we are headed? I really do not know right now. But spending close to six figures again this year with no return will not happen again, because it cannot happen again. We are looking at all sorts of options and determining what is best for the people that make this site great.
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