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Ian M;31463 wrote:I was wondering where you were Jonathan.

It was possible to access the forum on my mobile phone but it wasn't a pleasant experience - a small screen mostly taken up by the ads and the top graphic just meant I'd rather wait until the site was back up and running.

Fortunately, I think I've said everything I needed to say on this subject before and I don't think I need to bore everyone to death with repeating myself. Whatever will happen will happen.

I don't know if this has already been discussed in this thread (haven't read it all yet), but all I would suggest is a way for paid-up members to be able to browse the forum with the ads turned off. If you don't pay, you see the ads. If you do pay, you get a "cleaner" experience without the ads. Let non-payers have a face full of adverts, while the rest of us can concentrate on the forum.

JSR;31466 wrote:I would suggest is a way for paid-up members to be able to browse the forum with the ads turned off. If you don't pay, you see the ads. If you do pay, you get a "cleaner" experience without the ads. Let non-payers have a face full of adverts, while the rest of us can concentrate on the forum.

No point in advertisers advertising if no-one, or a fair percentage of members aren't going to see them. Unless of course the members are paying the same as the advertisers?

Justin;31468 wrote:No point in advertisers advertising if no-one, or a fair percentage of members aren't going to see them. Unless of course the members are paying the same as the advertisers?

Only you know the finances. Many websites have adverts if you're not a member which are hidden when you are - by way of encouraging membership. I just figure that having no adverts for paying members might encourage more people to pay.

Or, to put it another way, if members who pay have access to whatever "special offers" there are, then there's no need to clog up the screen with adverts anyway. After all, we're paying, we'll presumably have access to some "special offers" sub-forum or threads or whatever that non-payers won't have access to.

There will doubtless continue to be far more non-payers than payers, so I don't see that hiding adverts from the few who pay will affect revenue one way or the other but, as I say, only you know the finances.

I do not mind paying £10 per year and think the forum is great :biggrin:

The one small banner on the top of this page is nothing. Some forums have adverts between posts on a thread..lol.

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.

P4UL;32079 wrote:The one small banner on the top of this page is nothing. Some forums have adverts between posts on a thread..lol.

Some places clearly think very little of their members, then...

Make you right. Within these heavily advert displaying forums 'subscribed members see less adverts'...

But having an association, in way of advertising, with branded industry suppliers should give a professional appearance to the forum and its potential content for new visitors.

Martinx;32084 wrote: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.

Been there, done that, and I've even got the T-shirt.:biggrin:

Jack.

P4UL;32079 wrote: Some forums have adverts between posts on a thread..lol.

yep !
and those adverts not even industry related! is more like "do you need cheaper mortgage???" who want to look on that??