Gardeners corner

Maybe I'm just being stupid here but as a regular user can I ask these questions.
Who pays for Gardeners Corner.
How is it financed.
Who is behind the idea.
What is it all about at whose expense.
How stupid am I not to know all this.
With respect to everybody.
Sincere in the questions.

 

by the looks of it a mix of banner advertising and user donation - everytime you click on a banner and buy somehting / sign up for something they will get money

might also be click and earn ad model too!

 

No, Its all paid for by a mixture of eastern european prostitutes and a big pay off from the fertiliser companies, advertising just wouldn't generate the kind of income to pay for a site of this quality.
:lollol:

 

Maybe I'm just being stupid here but as a regular user can I ask these questions.

Of course you can!

Who pays for Gardeners Corner. How is it financed.

A little of the revenue comes from Google ads and we also have a donation scheme though sadly nobody ever seems to feel like donating. Other than that, the bulk of the costs are borne by the owner, Nathan.


Who is behind the idea. What is it all about at whose expense.

Our worthy benefactor and Webmaster, Nathan. He was looking for a place to find gardening info and realised there was nowhere to discuss. That was in December 2004. Then it was on a free DB but it eventually became apparent that the traffic had outstripped the capacity of it and we moved to vBulletin.


How stupid am I not to know all this.
With respect to everybody.
Sincere in the questions.

Not at all. In fact, there are very few members who have been here long enough to know GC's history.

At present we have 6,575 registered members and our best number of users online (members and guests) was 581 on 25/04/2008. We average about 10-20 new registrations every day! Yet unlike other message boards with similar numbers, we don't have hoards of moderators - we have just 2 admins and 4 mods! You all get along so well, you see? We hardly ever have any trouble. It's a great site and always has been but then we always seem to attract really great members! :gnthb:

 

I am a moderator on a small closed food forum. We all donate when the ads appear. It's about £8 but I don't know how many clicks that gives.
How much does it cost to finance a forum like this?

 

So...does clicking on the ads mean GC gets a bit more cash? Without a need for us to actually part with cash, just a click?

 

I've clicked and donated :yho:

Oh Look no ads

 

Thank you to you and all the admins. You work very hard to keep the site just lovely. Everyone is so friendly.
Donating is a small price to pay for the information enjoyment and expertise you get from this forum. A night at the cinema would cost more

COME ON EVERYONE STICK YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS

 

Thank you so much for the information Daisees.
A big thank you to our very kind and generous benefactor - Nathan. He has my sincere gratitude.
And thank you to all the mods, administrators and behind the scenes staff for their hard work which is very appreciated.
I'm glad I asked the question.

 

I agree Alice. Thanking for asking the questions, and many many thanks to Nathan, administrators and staff, you are all apprediated for bringing us such a lovely forum. I will do my best to donate.

 

Yes quite correct.. I`m off to donate now, we just have to keep this going.. its a must.
robert of Yorkshire

 

so, that bit in the right hand corner of the posts where it says £gc (donate) or £gc (check) what does that mean?

 

It means you have to donate £1,163.00 immediately, charly96. Or else a rampant patch of Japanese knotweed will mysteriously appear in your vege patch.