Mobile App

[Northbound]

GoFundMe

Come on man - People just pony up some cash, christ, it's not a second mortgage - it's 20, 30, 40 bucks or whatever price Tom would set.

 

[noeynox]

Question regarding the ads - do you get $ just by us clicking on them? I always use the Amazon link when i buy stuff on Amazon and would have no problem clicking on the ad banners, but I wouldn't buy anything from them unless it was something I needed...

I bought a pair of blue tooth headphones from those banners. 10 bucks, good deal.

 

[Walker11]

Come on man - People just pony up some cash, christ, it's not a second mortgage - it's 20, 30, 40 bucks or whatever price Tom would set.

That's what I am saying. I don't need a mobile app.

 

[EricLA]

I bought a pair of blue tooth headphones from those banners. 10 bucks, good deal.

Right? I just bought a new house so I've been buying lots of stuff from Amazon and I always use the banner link...

 

[Fishy]

$15 is a screaming bargain.

It works out to something like $0.00000000007 cents a day.

 

[Fishy]

Right? I just bought a new house so I've been buying lots of stuff from Amazon and I always use the banner link...

If you really cared, you would have bought the house on Amazon.

 

[pj]

$15 is steep for an app. Would you be better off at 99 cents with in-app purchase options? Ad-free for x dollars, subscriber status with access to a private forum for x dollars, etc?

$15 dollars would be too much for me for an app and would probably turn away new subscribers. But I would pay 99 cents and would probably upgrade to a $15 subscription for a "value add" like the above.

Just don't charge too much for in-app Chief. I don't want to be relegated to the casual fans.

 

[Hoophound]

I like the idea of a premium board making a comeback. It would be worth it right now in particular, so much gossip out there.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'm shopping for a new mattress now, and they sure have the banner ads covered.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Does paying make you un-bannable? Asking for a friend...

That could be an additional revenue stream; ban insurance.

Personally I could care less about an app but if this site could become ad free, I would gladly pay a reasonable (possibly even an unreasonable) fee for that.

Quick question, would profanity then be allowed?

 

[UCDaveD]

Yeah I'd be interested.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

$15 is a screaming bargain.

It works out to something like $0.00000000007 cents a day.

Some people calculate "per Like," and it doesn't work out so well.
Ymmv.

 

[Travelman6]

Maybe if it was like 3.99 or something. There are a ton of good apps for 5 bucks or less and I rarely ever go over 10, sometimes even finding very solid free apps, though I do not expect this one to be free of course..

I do like the in-app purchases idea, if used wisely. Some games or other apps beat you over the head with in app purchases or just do not use them effectively (like not being upfront about the fact that in the long run they are actually kind of essential, backing you into a corner in the end). But if it is used for non essential but nifty type of extras, it could help you a lot too, for those who want to be even more supportive.

 

[Huskyforlife]

1. Completely ad free/sometimes they're so bad you can't use the website. Hasn't been a problem recently though.
2. No filtered words- Thinking of creative ways to let your feelings out mid blow out sucks, that'd be a notable improvement from the website.
3. You can't ban people from threads/the entirety of it. Unless it's just spam or something.- If I pay for something you can't take it back from me. This is essential.

 

[wethyhusky]

I don’t want the app, but would gladly donate $5 for the site on a fund raising platform

 

[whaler11]

People are super cheap about apps and paying for anything online but in general waste money like crazy.

I’ll never fully wrap my head around that dynamic.

 

[Jaker]

Not a Dime!!

 

[Bryan Lord]

Don't really want an app but I would pay. Just make donating members names gold or something. Like the UConn women cptv days.

 

[Dove]

I use my deck top most of the time, but to stay on here I would gladly pay $15.00 a year!
But please give @Dove a discount for all the injuries he got from spying on all those recruits for us

Thanks for the shout out sonofa!! Means a lot.

The near gangrenous knee.
Falling out of tree.
Scraping my back on a jagged ac vent tube.
Getting sprayed in the face by a ruptured sewer pipe.
Getting hit by a scooter.
Slipping on some ice.
Getting wedged between some fence boards.
Losing a $2300 Leica telescope.

 

[ZenConn]

I'm okay with it.

But I don't mind being tempted by the Mature Singles ads though ...

 

[Purple Stein]

If the server logs are accurate, 100,000 people a month visit the 'yard. If everyone bought in to this new revenue stream, I'd be willing to drop the fee to $10/year.

Maybe consider something like Patreon? It would provide a more predictable and ongoing revenue stream than a one-time purchase of an app.

The psychology of the market is weird. No one wants to pay $15 for an app (myself included), but I'm sure many people here would pony up $5-10 per month as site patrons (including me), especially if it also came with some sweet schwag.

Patreon on Wikipedia

 

[intlzncster]

Don't really want an app but I would pay. Just make donating members names gold or something. Like the UConn women cptv days.

Already got 590 trophy points man. What do I need gold status for?

 

[intlzncster]

I voted 'No' but that's because I don't care about the app. Voted before I read the thread though. I'd pay $15 if the site's having revenue problems. No big deal.

 

[SouthBayHusky]

I wouldn’t mind paying for a hole insurance for those times when you just can’t help being an a hole. Many of us have been there, usually after a major beatdown against an inferior team, or after a couple of nightcaps, and we just can’t control what comes out of our mouth/keyboard. This annual insurance would help mitigate against said risk while allowing continued and unfettered participation while contributing ongoing money streams to the site.