New Membership Scheme.....Coming Soon!

[Renniwano]

Membership fee is nothing. Subscribers will get that back on supplier offers alone.

Also the information and advice gained from this forum can prevent members from making costly mistakes.

Saved me making some too..

[Justin]

I was on a forum the other day. Adverts in-between each section and each section was also sponsored by an individual company! I couldn't find where the information was!

There are over a dozen areas I could enable banners ad on here, I could have large ads down the side, much larger ads in place of the 3 small ads as well.

I've tried to keep the ad space restrained so that it doesn't interfere with viewing the forum. General feedback has been excellent however I appreciate that not everyone is happy, this is the a good compromise all round.

As mentioned, I'm only allowing industry specific companies to advertise here and all of these Suppliers are being invited into the membership scheme to give paid members discounts etc. As soon as I get a chance I'll start the scheme running.

[Paul]

I dont want to steer to much but is any clothing companys a "industry" related??? I think it would be good to know about some offers on tees and other garments...

[JSR]

I was on a forum the other day. Adverts in-between each section and each section was also sponsored by an individual company! I couldn't find where the information was!

There are over a dozen areas I could enable banners ad on here, I could have large ads down the side, much larger ads in place of the 3 small ads as well.

I've tried to keep the ad space restrained so that it doesn't interfere with viewing the forum. General feedback has been excellent however I appreciate that not everyone is happy, this is the a good compromise all round.

As mentioned, I'm only allowing industry specific companies to advertise here and all of these Suppliers are being invited into the membership scheme to give paid members discounts etc. As soon as I get a chance I'll start the scheme running.

For non-paying members, you perhaps should have adverts all over the place - including non-specific ones. If non-payers knew that the annoyance of ads all over the place could be entirely abolished for merely £10 a year, then that'd surely be enough incentive to get them to pay up. And wasn't that the point in the first place?

[Justin]

I dont want to steer to much but is any clothing companys a "industry" related??? I think it would be good to know about some offers on tees and other garments...

I am looking at other companies that whilst not directly Sublimation related do offer services/products that are useful or of interest.

[John G]

At the moment, how do these supplier offers work. They are supposed to be for members only but surely all guests that come on the site can see the offers and codes too!

[AdamB]

At the moment, how do these supplier offers work. They are supposed to be for members only but surely all guests that come on the site can see the offers and codes too!

I'm not sure John, and Justin will be best placed to answer this, but - I think that once the membership is sorted then members will have access to special codes where non-members will just see the forum and perhaps a generic teaser code. But as I say this is just what I've gathered from all the talk on the forum with the new membership club.

[John G]

Its a mine field really!

[purpledragon]

At the moment, how do these supplier offers work. They are supposed to be for members only but surely all guests that come on the site can see the offers and codes too!

I dont envy the work justins going to have to do on this, firstly you are going to need in place some special offers obviously these are supplied by the relevant companies but they are going to have to be SPECIAL offers which you wouldnt get else where unless of course its another membership forum.
So ok you have a super duper offer from a sublimation firm how will this be displayed lets face it just saying theres super offers to be had isnt going to entice many into a membership we've all heard that before in day to day life,they are going to want to know what they are missing out on so will the offers be displayed to all eg 50% off for all DSF members (can but hope ay) so now you need a system where you can claim that offer
ie hello sublimation supplier im a DSF member please give me my 50% off heres my membership proof.
and so whats then to stop a non member from seeing the offer and contacting the supplier and saying hey ill shop with you if you give me the same discounts, in this climate i would think a salesman would probably agree to this thereby negating the need for membership .
Im only guessing but surly the special offers would have to be substantial so will the sublimation firms want to or can afford to give these offers or will part of the membership fee go towards subsidising this (no answer required im just summising) this is now not a membership but a shopping club.
Good luck Justin mate its gotta be a nightmare organising all that !
wow my brains hurting now just trying to work it all out

[ptholt]

Just thinking aloud, but a members section where offers/discounts etc and relevant members info is posted is probably the way forward.upon purchasing membership Justin amends the user account to allow access to the member areas. Banners can be added to the rotation to promote membership and recommend membership to get involved in the group purchase scheme, as the more than join, the greater the buying power and the higher the discount available for all.The discount on ordering can be done by quoting membership number which Justin can inform the supplying companies with a current membership list.From previous experience i find there are greater discounts to be had if the suppliers have some exclusivity (in other words one company may be willing to give a better discount if they are the sole recommended supplier for the members for a particular product) rather than having two or three companies to choose from which dillutes the potential purchasers and may reduce the discount being offered.