Please Vote - Considering Major Changes for Classifeds

[Okuma]

Serious question? What's wrong with more ads? They're a great source of revenue, some members may ***** about them but they'll get over it. The problem with a subscription fee is a ton of people are just gonna be really turned off by being required to tie a bank account or electronic payment to the site. It's not about the dollar, tons of gun guys are just funny about electronic funds.

I'm not saying I care, or the couple hundred of us more active members care, but of the thousands of casual traders you would lose a good chunk of them if you required any form of electronic payment. Just run ads, it's what all the successful social media sites do.

Unfortunately gun sites are blacklisted from all the major ad networks so I don’t even really have the option to run more good ads. The only options available to me would probably come with more malware and pop ups than we could handle, or they are really intrusive like auto playing videos and page takeovers.

 

[Pasasee]

Not a good idea. Will probably push new people in a different direction

 

[wesman5060]

It would kill it. One thing (out of very many) i like about odt is the consistency. There are tons of new firearm posts on the trader on a daily basis especially compared to other states traders. Requiring paid listings/memberships would effectively kill the backbone of the trader which is your average guy who maybe posts 2 guns a year and doesnt really use odt other than for watching the trader. The trader is the center of the site. The new people come here for the trader and stay for the consistency. Id suggest creating more incentives for supporters. Probably blasphemy for most of you, but i for one wouldnt mind a few more ads just to keep the site going. Just my 2 cents

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Unfortunately gun sites are blacklisted from all the major ad networks so I don’t even really have the option to run more good ads. The only options available to me would probably come with more malware and pop ups than we could handle, or they are really intrusive like auto playing videos and page takeovers.

Ah, I see.

 

[palmettomoon]

If you could just do a one day charge for access to the site, say on "Give Away Day", $1 for the day, you'd generate at least $60,000 from the 'worms in the woodwork' wanting freebies.

 

[fast306stang]

Wasn't there an option to pay and be ad free at one time? I believe I paid for that instead of opting for the supporter badge. I felt like I was supporting the site and getting less ads which was a win for me even though I didn't get the icon. I also buy new shirts everytime they come out.

Point being I spend money here but I don't have an icon and I'm still considered a nonsupporter?

 

[mcdougmd]

May have been asked/answered already but could you do a paid auction forum to raise $? Second, have you ever actively marketed to gun/pawn shops to become advertisers or supporters?

I too think the paid idea is not a good one. I personally would not mind but a lot of folks do.

 

[WyldeDime]

Dude, you already know what you’re going to do. Don’t pretend you care what the **** any of us have to say about it, just grow a set and do it.

 

[geerod]

charge 4 CRAIGS LISTED CRAP hubcap mufflers silly art ECT? outdoors stuff oNly as in the title of the site.

 

[palmettomoon]

Wasn't there an option to pay and be ad free at one time? I believe I paid for that instead of opting for the supporter badge. I felt like I was supporting the site and getting less ads which was a win for me even though I didn't get the icon. I also buy new shirts everytime they come out.

Point being I spend money here but I don't have an icon and I'm still considered a nonsupporter?