Ways to support the site

leagleaze · 07-05-2003, 07:45 PM

I'd like to thank the people who have recently supported LawTalkers fiancially, as well as those who have done so during the past 6-7 months.

So you know where the money is going:

Monthly expenses:
Hosting -$110
Monitoring - $7

Other expenses:
Programming and installation of software costs about 60-75/hour. Figure several hundred a year.

Financial resources:
At this point we run mainly on donations. We earn about $15-20/month from our Amazon.com link (please keep using it) and we earn another $10-15/month from the ads (please click on those too, we get paid per click.)

As you can see this isn't close to the amount we need to run. We continue to explore alternative means of funding, but for the moment, we need donations to keep the site up and running.

How you can help?

Sponsor the site for a week or a month

For the cost of running the site for a week ($30) you will receive a public thanks on the home page of LawTalkers. You can also receive the same credit on our sister site Omnilegalnews for $15/week.

If you prefer to be anonymous, this is, of course fine, simply let me know when you make the donation. Feel free to donate any amount, every bit helps.

Donations are made through paypal, simply click on the link location on the right side of the home page. If you would prefer to use a check or money order please email or pm me, and I'll be happy to make arrangements.

Amazon.com and Ads

All purchases made directly after you click on the Amazon.com link on our home page result in a percentage being paid to LawTalkers. This is an easy way to help support the site when you were planning on buying something anyway.

We receive a small amount of money any time someone clicks on the Market Banker Ads you see on the left side of the home page.

People can also buy ads, so if you know of a company that would be interested in advertising on LawTalkers, please have them contact me.

On behalf of the Admins of LawTalkers, I want you to know we appreciate your support, both financially and through your continued participation in the site.

Thank you!

Leagleaze

pretermitted_child · 07-05-2003, 08:08 PM

This is a really helpful post. Maybe it should be listed in the left column Main Menu (linked as something like "Donation Info" or "Support This Site"). I think a suitable position would be right under Salary Charts.*

* Well, if GAs have all that money to throw around . . .

leagleaze · 07-05-2003, 08:09 PM

Thanks. Perhaps, for the moment, I'll just leave it where it is and see. I'll keep that in mind as a potential thing to do though.

08-08-2003, 08:07 PM

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Originally posted by leagleaze
Amazon.com
We have become an affiliate with Amazon.com. This means any purchase you make after you click on the link will be credited to the site and a percentage of the purchase price will be given back to LawTalkers. This holds true for anything you purchase directly from Amazon.com after you have clicked on the link. So if you were planning on buying something anyway, if you can take an extra moment and visit amazon.com by clicking on our link, it would be most helpful.

This is anything on Amazon - even baby stuff (which is excluded from most Amazon promos)?

-TL

leagleaze · 08-08-2003, 11:23 PM

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Originally posted by TexLex
This is anything on Amazon - even baby stuff (which is excluded from most Amazon promos)?

-TL

I think so, but I'll have to check on baby stuff. As far as I know it is covered, but sometimes when it switches over to a different store, so it isn't technically amazon, just a partner, it might not be.

08-11-2003, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by leagleaze
I think so, but I'll have to check on baby stuff. As far as I know it is covered, but sometimes when it switches over to a different store, so it isn't technically amazon, just a partner, it might not be.

OK - pls find out as I have a large-ish purchase to make that I would otherwise make at the store, but will do online if it will help.

-TL

leagleaze · 08-11-2003, 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by TexLex
OK - pls find out as I have a large-ish purchase to make that I would otherwise make at the store, but will do online if it will help.

-TL

Will do, I'll check asap and get right back to you

Updated to say yes, we get the referral fee if you buy it through the link.

Thanks again

L