Originally Posted by
fuzzy
but the medium that those enthusiasts offered their services such as magazines, had a monthly price to pay to buy those magazines.
the forum is just like a magazine.
Yes i know but to answer your point
1 Car featured were usually privately owned and they would not get paid to have their car featured, but as you rightly pointed out you had to pay for the magazine. But no cars featured no mag sales.
And it has to be the same on a forum no member no posts and no stats for IB to use to invite google adds Etc. We need posts like this and most forums are built on members sharing their projects and asking for advice.
2 Traders could if they wish pay to place a advert in the magazines, this did vary in price like a full page add would cost loads or just a ¼ or a 1/8 of page would be cheaper.
Here on PF i think the admin have got it wrong (i have raised the question but got no reply) I said i think they should have a sliding scale trade fee just like a full / half / quarter page add in a magazines. As i see it we have a full page fee take it or leave it.
This is ok for the likes of Reyland, R+B, Turbosystems Etc who can do the large turnover to cover the fee IE full page add, but if garage 9 wants to help members out and say do half a dozen sumps in a 12 month period it is not cost effective for him to do so as by the looks of it he does it in his spare time.
This is just my opinion and it is not my intention to wind people up or cause a argument.
It is in peoples nature to try and help others out, and also show off our capabilities whether this is welding sumps or making a space frame car