View Full Version : How much would YOU pay for yourname@oc-forums.com
Thelemac
10-18-02, 12:04 AM
We're trying to figure out how much to charge for this service. It would come with 20megs of space. We're looking at either an annual payment, or a twice annual payment.
If you have some other suggestion, feel free to post it.
Those are all far too rich for my blood :p
Jeff Bolton
10-18-02, 12:10 AM
i'd pay $50 for the exclusivity of the email address, but just IMO it seems a little high. however, i realize that the cost will go to pay for this service and to keep to forums running (i assume) so i'd feel like the money was well spent.
i guess think of it as a donation with a free email address.
jeff
edit: wtf? oni posted right before i did but it says his post was edited by william like 6 days ago..lol shadow really screwed something up.
edit again: apparently oni has that in his profile, grrrr :D
Thelemac
10-18-02, 12:15 AM
Well, it *is* a yearly cost...for a 20meg account, that ain't bad. Hotmail charges, what, 20 bucks a MONTH for something similar?
Theorie
10-18-02, 12:45 AM
are you crazy? i could register my own domain, and get hosting, so i would have an unlimited number of my own pop3's email addresses...
OH WAIT, I ALREADY DO THAT!
register a domain name: $10 per year (dotster.com)
domain hosting: $10 per month (phpwebhosting.com)
total cost to me for unlimited webspace and unlimited pop3 emails with my own domain name: $130
cant beat that with a stick! fujikuro@ghettoblasters.com and no one else has an @ghettoblasters.com addy but me! oh yah, and i use the webspace for EVERYTHING since its unlimited space... :D
my webspace > *
i've got about a gig on my webspace on directv servers. no limit on transfer :)
plus net access for 50 a month :D
Originally posted by Oni
Those are all far too rich for my blood :p
Wow $4.17 A MONTH is too much for you?
Rob
R3V3L4710N
10-18-02, 03:03 AM
Originally posted by Fujikuro
are you crazy? i could register my own domain, and get hosting, so i would have an unlimited number of my own pop3's email addresses...
OH WAIT, I ALREADY DO THAT!
register a domain name: $10 per year (dotster.com)
domain hosting: $10 per month (phpwebhosting.com)
total cost to me for unlimited webspace and unlimited pop3 emails with my own domain name: $130
cant beat that with a stick! fujikuro@ghettoblasters.com and no one else has an @ghettoblasters.com addy but me! oh yah, and i use the webspace for EVERYTHING since its unlimited space... :D
Or you could get an exclusive @overclockers.com e-mail address for $4.17 per month(im assuming that Robbie's calculations are correct) and support the OC forums at the same time. :clap:
I know which one i'd go for....
Spec_Ops2087
10-18-02, 05:56 AM
think 50 is a lil high....but I may be willing to do it anyway...Still might wanna reconsider that price...hecks tupid comcst gives me 10MB or space per account and no bandwith limit and I can have up to 8 accounts
Spec
DeltaSierra
10-18-02, 06:20 AM
Originally posted by Jeff Bolton
i'd pay $50 for the exclusivity of the email address, but just IMO it seems a little high. however, i realize that the cost will go to pay for this service and to keep to forums running (i assume) so i'd feel like the money was well spent.
I agree with JB on this one. I'd pay the $50 per year. One thought: I personally wouldn't need 20 Megs of space...we're talking about e-mail here, not web hosting. My other suggestion would be to have some means OTHER than Paypal to pay the annual amount.
EDIT: I feel so stupid now.... Didn't read that it was JUST for an e-mail addy... Don't need one (and wouldn't get one), but I think I'd pay $50/yr for one....
Thought it was for access to the forums.... Boy I would have hated to pay to see y'all! :D
JigPu
GunSmoke
10-18-02, 08:50 AM
Whoa I agree 50 bucks way to much for me to spend in one shot.... saving to buy my rig and dont have 50 to spend on an email:(
Thelemac
10-18-02, 09:44 AM
Ok, I'm changing the numbers to reflect a monthly fee. You're all looking at the big number without spreading it out over a year. :D
krott5333
10-18-02, 10:32 AM
umm.. nothing. I can just use hotmail for free.
GunSmoke
10-18-02, 10:41 AM
Originally posted by krott5333
umm.. nothing. I can just use hotmail for free.
That isnt the point , Its to support OC FORUMS:D
And one question why the hell cant I vote?! did you guys disable my voting rights or something?
garwain
10-18-02, 10:46 AM
I voted for the 4.17 because that's about all I would really want to donate on a monthly basis. I don't really need another email account, but if you would have an option to forward the email recieved at that address to another address, I'd be jumping on it. I might even be willing to go into the 2nd bracket for forwarding.
For now, I think I'll stick to sending a donation every once in a while...
NASsoccer
10-18-02, 10:50 AM
i could go for 50-75 bucks for a yearly service, as long as i could pay it in a lump sum:) i hate monthly charges:)
NAS
Thelemac
10-18-02, 11:24 AM
I'm *sure* we could offer it as a forwarding service as well. :)
Originally posted by krott5333
umm.. nothing. I can just use hotmail for free.
Hey sure why not, we ALREADY give good ole Billy boy enough info about ourselfs by running his OS, now he has control over our email too.
Rob
Originally posted by Robbie
Wow $4.17 A MONTH is too much for you?
Rob
He changed it. Before was $50 as lowest, then increasing.
Being in Canada, and considering that our money is barely worth using to wipe our bottoms, the $50/mo was a little steep . . . or was that yearly?
R3V3L4710N
10-19-02, 04:12 AM
It was $50 yearly which IS $4.17 a month.
Thats not too bad, considering the amounts Hotmail charge for the same services AND they reserve the right to read you e-mails whenever they want.
Plus this $50 a year goes to keeping these Forums up and running (i presume).
Would any of you rather pay less for the same thing and help Skip at the same time, or pay more and give Big Billy Gates some more cash to burn???
This is an awesome offer! Think of it as a donation with a 'Thank you present' rolled in.....:p
I think i might start giving them away as gifts....lol
Don't miss out on this guys!!
flounder43
10-19-02, 09:50 AM
I would pay if it was web-based email. My new cable provider gives me 6 email addresses, but I have to use pop, no web-based email...Argh.
Thelemac
10-19-02, 10:02 AM
Well, I can access mine either way, so I *think* that this could be done the same.
Originally posted by Oni
He changed it. Before was $50 as lowest, then increasing.
Being in Canada, and considering that our money is barely worth using to wipe our bottoms, the $50/mo was a little steep . . . or was that yearly?
NO HE DIDN"T!! you didn't read the top. IT SAID ANNUAL!!!
Rob
I guess I'm insane or something compared to the rest of these people, but I'd only pay $15-$20 yearly for an email address, even if the profits go to supporting overclockers.com. I just can't bring myself to pay much more than that considering all my email accounts are free and I can register a domain name and host my own email if I want to.
I was just going to say that the 20MB is a bit too much space, but I'll retract that comment now considering I have been known to send 10MB files over email. Perhaps 10-20MB really is the ideal space amount.
I'd consider paying the $4.17 a month if it was an "@overclockers.com" address, instead of the "@oc-forums.com" address.
But I'd be much more likely to pay if it was like $25 a year, instead. I want to support the site, but money is really tight right now, and my Hotmail address works just fine for free.
SickBoy
10-19-02, 05:17 PM
My big issue right now is now that I am off campus, my college email account can't send mail because the smtp is firewalled.
I -hate- web based email, I much prefer POP3 mail readers, BUT I like being able to read my mail, say, from work so html mail is a necessary evil.
So having said that, if it was a combination HTML/POP3 account I'd fork over the cash for 20 MB. I agree though, that I'd want it to be SickBoy@overclockers.com instead of SickBoy@oc-forums.com.
sb
Gandalf
10-19-02, 05:21 PM
I wish......
Originally posted by Robbie
NO HE DIDN"T!! you didn't read the top. IT SAID ANNUAL!!!
Rob
Wanna take a pill, please? It was a misunderstanding on my part. I'm sorry that I offended you so much by it. I'm still new at this 'Total Perfection' thing.
who the heck would pay $25 a month for email at oc-forums. thats ridiculous. you could get a full php/mysql functioning site with 50 email address, a couple hundred megs of storage, and a domain of your own for that price.
even $4 a month is way too much for just email. I thought it said per year when i voted at first.
where did you come up with these ridiculous numbers?
Originally posted by Fujikuro
are you crazy? i could register my own domain, and get hosting, so i would have an unlimited number of my own pop3's email addresses...
OH WAIT, I ALREADY DO THAT!
register a domain name: $10 per year (dotster.com)
domain hosting: $10 per month (phpwebhosting.com)
total cost to me for unlimited webspace and unlimited pop3 emails with my own domain name: $130
cant beat that with a stick! fujikuro@ghettoblasters.com and no one else has an @ghettoblasters.com addy but me! oh yah, and i use the webspace for EVERYTHING since its unlimited space... :D
there is no such thing as "unlimited webspace" your provider puts a certain number of space that he/she thinks you wont pass. look it up :beer:
Gandalf
10-19-02, 10:29 PM
Originally posted by Ebola
who the heck would pay $25 a month for email at oc-forums. thats ridiculous. you could get a full php/mysql functioning site with 50 email address, a couple hundred megs of storage, and a domain of your own for that price.
even $4 a month is way too much for just email. I thought it said per year when i voted at first.
where did you come up with these ridiculous numbers?
Exactly.
It's even harder for us Canadians.
Maybe just Seniors and Mods should get them?
William
10-19-02, 10:38 PM
Skip is struggling to keep up with the increased bandwidth costs. We are trying to introduce a more innovative way to finance the bandwidth costs instead of cutting features from the forum. The membership expressed great desire for e-mail service and said they are willing to pay. I think the rates are damn reasonable. Can you get it cheaper elsewhere of course. But that elsewhere doesn't support the forums either. In all honesty, if we don't start reducing the costs from methods such as these, we are going to have to have it on the forums themselves and figure out what to do.
Thelemac
10-20-02, 01:58 AM
Originally posted by SickBoy
My big issue right now is now that I am off campus, my college email account can't send mail because the smtp is firewalled.
I -hate- web based email, I much prefer POP3 mail readers, BUT I like being able to read my mail, say, from work so html mail is a necessary evil.
So having said that, if it was a combination HTML/POP3 account I'd fork over the cash for 20 MB. I agree though, that I'd want it to be SickBoy@overclockers.com instead of SickBoy@oc-forums.com.
sb
If it's what is currently set up (I'm sure it is) it would be a combination. :)
One that I rather like. :)
triflux
10-20-02, 05:01 AM
I think some of our new members need to still learn about OC Pride! Things are rough I thought more people would be open to change or other options. hmmmm maybe if thelm would like to open up a thread asking the users what they would buy or give for a certain type of service or good.
I mean seriously I'll drop $20 in the overclockers bandwidth bucket per year to support the forums but selling email address for $50+ is pretty insane.
We managed to buy the server machine for the forums out of donations so i think we could probably start up something like that again.
Maximus Nickus
10-20-02, 08:59 AM
I would pay $5 a year for an @oc-forums Email but not the webspace, I don't need it.
M_N
R3V3L4710N
10-20-02, 10:27 AM
Is there any way to have an @overclockers.com instead of @oc-forums.com?
I think as mentioned above more people would enlist for an @overclockers.com than the latter.
yeh definitly. i would not do it for the email if it was @oc-forums.com. no one knows what that is. overclockers on the other hand makes a statement that you are about as 31337 as they come ;). if we are really pressed for cash though we should have some members make some awesome modded stuff(fans and grills come to mind) and sell them, donating the profits to the site. we could advertise said products on the main page.
BinarySuperman
10-20-02, 12:32 PM
yeah overclockers.com is much better then oc-forums.com, and i think 4.17 is a bit pricey for an email address even though it helps support the forums, some of us aren't rich.
Malpine Walis
10-20-02, 01:09 PM
I voted for the 4.17 because it was the cheapest option. However, I really have no use for such a service. What would be useful to me would be having a few products that I could buy.
The case badges are a good idea, I will be putting a couple of them on the new folding boxes I am building. If we had shirts and hats, I would buy a few of thhose as well.
Fedorenko
10-20-02, 10:02 PM
I couldnt read the whole thread, so here are my thoughts.
It has to be POP3. It should be able to be read by all the good external email clients (and BeOS ones). THough, it should also ahve a web based side, so you can acess it from any computer.
I would be 25USD for the serivce.
reidroach
10-21-02, 01:37 AM
id love to have that tag, but not willing to pay, im a good member, i help support and tell outsiders to come in and join, liek the origional gangsta who just joined the other day
filip04
10-21-02, 01:57 AM
im not one of those who would pay for an email address... and i know there's more people like that....
and the 20 meg limit... you can do that with hotmail too.. noone says you are only allowed one account
SickBoy
10-21-02, 06:16 AM
Originally posted by filip04
im not one of those who would pay for an email address... and i know there's more people like that....
and the 20 meg limit... you can do that with hotmail too.. noone says you are only allowed one account
Yeah but you'll never be able to send/receive a 15 MB file through Hotmail. Ain't gonna happen... and no amount of extra free hotmail accounts will fix that.
Another thing too.... many of you made/make donations to the "OC Fund" and you don't get anything in return - I think this is a great way to make a donation -AND- get something useful in return. If you're viewing it from the perspective of "What am I getting for my $50 year?" you're looking at it the wrong way. If you have no desire to make donations to the fund and think the suggested prices for this service are a ripoff, NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO DO THIS!!! It's voluntary! So don't crab about it... take it or leave it.
donny_paycheck
10-21-02, 06:53 AM
This is to help pay the bandwidth bills. I'd donate more than the max without a return just to keep the site running.
RnPgrosz
10-21-02, 05:15 PM
I also think a yearly fee would be better. Less work for the mods or admins that handle it. Collecting a monthly fee could prove to be too complicated. But anyway...I would definitely be willing to pay $50 or $60 a year for overclockers e-mail.
Thelemac
10-21-02, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by Thelemac
[B]We're looking at either an annual payment, or a twice annual payment.
Yearly payments. I had the yealy payment up before, but it seemed that most people thought that was supposed to be a monthly payment, so I changed it to a monthly rate...to be collected once or twice yearly. ;)
My option does not exist. $0.00.
I'm biased though, I have my own domain & emails accounts.
silent bob
10-21-02, 06:33 PM
NOW I see this just after I got my new email account silent-bob@senior-member.com , I guess I should stop in this thread a little more often, ohwell I would pay the 50 or 60 to have the privilage of that email addy , count me in for 1 silent-bob@overclockers.com, payment through paypal ,just tell me when to send it and it is yours,
GOOD Idea peoples ,
Malpine Walis
10-22-02, 02:35 AM
Originally posted by SickBoy
Another thing too.... many of you made/make donations to the "OC Fund" and you don't get anything in return - I think this is a great way to make a donation -AND- get something useful in return. If you're viewing it from the perspective of "What am I getting for my $50 year?" you're looking at it the wrong way. If you have no desire to make donations to the fund and think the suggested prices for this service are a ripoff, NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO DO THIS!!! It's voluntary! So don't crab about it... take it or leave it.
Well, for what I have sent, I get forums which are free of popups. I just do not see what I would do with a third malpine walis@ account. If I would be getting this for what is essentially (what I would do anyway) free, then yah, sure.
I do have some links to promotional vendors. If I can help by putting together some deals on hats or other stuff, I would be willing to do that also.
residentevil2
10-22-02, 05:01 AM
I would be willing to py but not monthly more like $20 a year thats sound better than $5 a month
heck im willing to pay you guys $100 now but that would have a price hehe to have my record expunched and to becom a senoir member :rolleyes:
R3V3L4710N
10-22-02, 10:43 AM
I think that a good idea to make money for OC forums would be to have a special 'exclusive member' service or something.
If any of you know or have played Yahoo Pool, then you will know what i am talking about! The service used to be free but then it became so popular that Yahoo started selling 'star member' packages. These packages offer a new game (9-ball pool) and rooms exclusively for star members as well as a larger choice of 'avatars'. These packages are completely optional and are there if you want to support the service if not then you can continue using the old pool rooms, nothing has changed. But the premium members get a bit of a bonus.
IMHO this would greatly benefit OC forums. I haven't really got any ideas as to what to include in the star packege but im sure someone can think of something.....
Thanks for listening.....(should i post this in its own thread?)
Thelemac
10-22-02, 11:58 AM
We're not going to make any part of the forums a pay part. We're willing to look into perks that members can pay for (shirts, hats, case badges, email accounts...things that are little extras that don't take away from the forum experience if you don't have them)...but no special membership type of thing.
I would definitely be interested in buying a shirt if the logo on it is simple.
Originally posted by Ebola
who the heck would pay $25 a month for email at oc-forums. thats ridiculous. you could get a full php/mysql functioning site with 50 email address, a couple hundred megs of storage, and a domain of your own for that price.
even $4 a month is way too much for just email. I thought it said per year when i voted at first.
where did you come up with these ridiculous numbers?
True, When I first looked at it I thought it was a year, but I guess I was really wrong. Im all set...
R3V3L4710N
10-22-02, 03:36 PM
Originally posted by Thelemac
We're not going to make any part of the forums a pay part. We're willing to look into perks that members can pay for (shirts, hats, case badges, email accounts...things that are little extras that don't take away from the forum experience if you don't have them)...but no special membership type of thing.
Okay. Just a thought....
It's actually really difficult to find ways to help out.....
PhoenixMDM
10-22-02, 04:59 PM
The shirts would probly look like these shirts here, in the pic. We've had that discussion probly 3 times in the past year, and I'd definitely buy a shirt, maybe even a hat (i never usually wear hats).
If there were polos and tees, I'd buy a polo with a small logo so i could wear it at school, and a tee just because OC rocks!
http://firebirdtutors.netfirms.com/PhoenixFiles/OC-Black-Tee.gif
krott5333
10-24-02, 10:27 AM
Sell some popup ads.. i have popup killer anyway so it doesnt phase me.
LittlePiggie
10-24-02, 02:17 PM
No pop-ups. The good thing about these forums is the no-pop-ups nature of them. I would pay at least 50 a year.
Gandalf
10-26-02, 04:53 PM
I would like to see if all of these people who are saying they would pay $50 a year will actually follow through......
Or maybe $50 isnt that much to you guys, up heres, thats around $80. :(
I also agree with Gandalf. I have a feeling that a lot of people said that they will paly this money but when the time comes around to dish it out they won't be around...
Tismedt
10-29-02, 09:58 AM
I voted for the $8.33. I'm sure I could scrape up $50.00 every 6 months for a Overclockers.com addy which I would prefer over oc-forums.com. Seems asmall price to pay for a addy that says alot and helps keep the forums going. I say give it a try for a yr and if it is not cost effective then cancel it. Also a OCers polo shirt would be cool.
Thelemac
10-30-02, 11:19 AM
Unfortunately, @overclockers.com is not an option.
ahh, shucks! That's too bad, I really wanted an @overclockers.com addy. Having an @oc-forums.com addy does not interest me personally.
Mictlan
10-30-02, 03:04 PM
Couldn't it be @overclockers.forums.com?
ArBiTaL 24
10-31-02, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by Monster of Rock
ahh, shucks! That's too bad, I really wanted an @overclockers.com addy. Having an @oc-forums.com addy does not interest me personally.
Same here. Why isn't @overclockers.com an option?
specific
11-01-02, 02:16 AM
Originally posted by jspam
My option does not exist. $0.00.
I'm biased though, I have my own domain & emails accounts.
me too
but if you guys wanna raise some scratch, why not t-shirts, hats, keychains, under-roos, condoms, lighters, case badges, ....etc
TimDgsr
11-01-02, 02:37 AM
I'd be willing to pay $50 a year for an OC email address, mainly just to support the forums.
I'd like a white version of the t-shirt ;)
Tismedt
11-01-02, 10:39 PM
Thelemac why is @overclockers.com not an option. I'm just curious. What about .net?
OnDborder
11-03-02, 10:36 AM
Originally posted by krott5333
Sell some popup ads.. i have popup killer anyway so it doesnt phase me.
Cyber masochist..
I also like the idea of selling hats, t-shirts, etc.. It's been discussed before with no avail..
Where's this "donation" thing??
TimDgsr
11-03-02, 10:43 AM
Originally posted by OnDborder
Where's this "donation" thing??
the front page of the forums has the donation button at the bottom left.
Mr. Chambers
11-03-02, 12:20 PM
Originally posted by specific
me too
but if you guys wanna raise some scratch, why not t-shirts, hats, keychains, under-roos, condoms, lighters, case badges, ....etc
hm.. i can see it now my girlfriend giving one really strange assed look when i whip out my overclockers.com condom.. no thanks :D
but i would be really interested in a shirt, it has been brought up many times but never really followed through unfortunately.. perhaps a t-shirt and a polo, as long as the polo didnt have a damn pocket.. i hate those damn things!! :)
Mictlan
11-06-02, 09:53 AM
A OC.com condom :D.....That would make an impretion.....:D
Shadow рс
11-10-02, 09:06 AM
Originally posted by Mictlan
Couldn't it be @overclockers.forums.com?
because we don't own www.forums.com? :rolleyes:
Shadow рс
11-10-02, 10:36 AM
how about yourname@overclockersmail.com sound?
Release here. (http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138223)
Newbie_Doo
11-11-02, 09:04 AM
Originally posted by OnDborder
Cyber masochist..
I also like the idea of selling hats, t-shirts, etc.. It's been discussed before with no avail..
Where's this "donation" thing??
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