Unfortunately nowadays, I know too few people that would consider a few hours playing boardgames an interesting and fun way to pass an evening.

I’d happily pay $25-$30 a year subscription whilst tolerating adverts to a degree. I rarely use the links pages of PBEM’s or MMORPG’s, but Tao makes a good point regarding affiliates.

What levels of games are you thinking about? Draughts to Wooden Ships, Iron Men?! Monopoly, Risk and Stratego are favourites with this Brit, as they all encouraged occasional players.

Thanks again for your efforts, keep it up…….

Good idea and this method had slipped my mind. Advertising is another good way to fund the site’s usage. When thinking of a subscripton-based model I had in mind something more automated that could happen behind the scenes as people sign-up or upgrade, they are automatically redirected to payment gateway, so forgot the more manual element of placing and managing ads.

In fact, depending how much usage the site gets, advertising or some form of on-site sponsorship could be a good benefit to both gamers and games supplier alike!

Although for those thinking that you wouldn’t be able to see- or use- the site for all of the adverts getting in the way, rest assured - if I do go down the advertising route, I’d make them sensibly positioned to not get too much in the way of the main site’s function, but still enough for advertisers to get their message across.

-Dan

The other area as well, again depending on how the site works out is, is an affiliate program (i.e. you get paid if someone clicks on a link and buys the board game from that site).

Feel free to contact me directly if you’d like to discuss. Sadly, I don’t have a server yet.