BraveSirRobbin
Moderator
CocoonTech Members:
The CocoonTech staff may implement a mandatory purchase of the X-10 Car Monitor developed and explained in THIS How-To in order to meet necessary funding for this site’s existence as well as “open the door†to promote its own sponsored product line (sort of a new path we would like for our site).
First let us please explain the reason for this approach. CocoonTech has grown tremendously over the past two years (currently over 580 members) and does not take in any sort of “income†from advertisements or sponsors. We do this in order to keep the site “neutral†from any opinions or domination by a particular company or vendor. By promoting our own product we feel we will keep this neutrality as well as gain the much needed revenue to keep this site functioning.
An example of this need for increased funding can be exemplified by the recent “outages†and “SQL Database†errors recently encountered by some of our membership when they tried to access this board (plus a decision was recently made to move to a different host site).
The staff does not have all the details worked out but is seriously considering a one-time purchase by each member (which must be made before they can access the site). CocoonTech is negotiating with an EBay vendor to handle the product sales and shipping details (right now they only accept PayPal, but these are just some of the details that need worked out). CocoonTech also does not know exactly how to offer this Car Monitor to our membership (prefer offering it as a “kit†to keep manufacturing costs to a minimum).
The staff explored a LOT of options, all with their various pros and cons, but decided that this one would offer the best avenue for the future of CocoonTech.
Your opinions are welcome, but please understand our situation before commenting! More details will be forthcoming.
Regards,
electron and BraveSirRobbin
CocoonTech.com Administrator and Moderator
The CocoonTech staff may implement a mandatory purchase of the X-10 Car Monitor developed and explained in THIS How-To in order to meet necessary funding for this site’s existence as well as “open the door†to promote its own sponsored product line (sort of a new path we would like for our site).
First let us please explain the reason for this approach. CocoonTech has grown tremendously over the past two years (currently over 580 members) and does not take in any sort of “income†from advertisements or sponsors. We do this in order to keep the site “neutral†from any opinions or domination by a particular company or vendor. By promoting our own product we feel we will keep this neutrality as well as gain the much needed revenue to keep this site functioning.
An example of this need for increased funding can be exemplified by the recent “outages†and “SQL Database†errors recently encountered by some of our membership when they tried to access this board (plus a decision was recently made to move to a different host site).
The staff does not have all the details worked out but is seriously considering a one-time purchase by each member (which must be made before they can access the site). CocoonTech is negotiating with an EBay vendor to handle the product sales and shipping details (right now they only accept PayPal, but these are just some of the details that need worked out). CocoonTech also does not know exactly how to offer this Car Monitor to our membership (prefer offering it as a “kit†to keep manufacturing costs to a minimum).
The staff explored a LOT of options, all with their various pros and cons, but decided that this one would offer the best avenue for the future of CocoonTech.
Your opinions are welcome, but please understand our situation before commenting! More details will be forthcoming.
Regards,
electron and BraveSirRobbin
CocoonTech.com Administrator and Moderator