I am a mere day or two from going live on a server that we (my team and myself) have worked hard on for a good 5 weeks...
As many, I am hoping that donations will bear much of the financial burden of running a high end populated server...
As we all know, there are pluses and minuses that go with anything we do...
This thread is to discuss them...
Let's talk about the drawbacks of donations here...There are a few...And let's talk about ways to combat these drawbacks...
My original thought was to just pick the brains of some of the more successful server owners and see what kind of information I could glean...Then I thought, why not post here so we can all share and maybe all benefit from this discussion...
1. Accepting donations, I am sure is just another reason to piss off the powers that be...Or is it?
2. Chargebacks...We will all get them, however, I am sure there is a way to lessen the impact of these...Discuss
3. How much is too much? I mean, there must be a line drawn in the sand somewhere as to how many items are made available "Only By Donation"
That is all that comes to mind at the moment, but I would really like to see some input from some of our more qualified and experienced server owners as well as an open format for those like me that just wish to address some of the hidden evils of accepting donations
I don't have much rep power but I am always willing to give what I have to those that provide us as a community a better way of doing things...
Rick