Help the Creek

[Larry Frank]

I have read some postings about SMC and current financial issues. It appears there are many on here who are guests. Also, many are using ad blockers which hurt revenue.

I am a contributor and it is well worth the very small cost. I also turned off the feature which prevents me from seeing ads. I was surprised at how minimal the ads are. There are some sites where the ads take too long to load and are a real pain.

Please support SMC and be a contributor and turn off your ad blocker. If we want the site to continue we need to support it.

[Bill Carey]

What he said.

[Scott Brader]

I don't want to come across as a jerk, but I was all set to support SMC, until I saw that the only payment option available is PayPal. I, for reasons I won't get into here, refuse to use PayPal. Maybe give us a different/better option????

Scott

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Scott,

Listed at the bottom of the same page is an address with a statement about to whom and where to send checks. If you don't use personal checks, I'm sure they would take cashiers checks or money orders.

[Scott Brader]

Thanks! I hadn't noticed that.

Scott

[Peter Kelly]

Thx for the reminder.

[Stan Calow]

I just went in and turned off the ad blocker. I noted that it says that ad blocking is automatically turned on for contributors. I did not know this.

[Malcolm McLeod]

I just went in and turned off the ad blocker. I noted that it says that ad blocking is automatically turned on for contributors. I did not know this.

Same here. I have been seeing (since 'contribution') banner ads at top of the page and similar at various points in a thread...so thought ads were enabled??

[Phil Mueller]

done...i have no problem with the ads. Thanks for posting!

[Roy Petersen]

Reminds me of this thread from December.
I became a contributor mainly because of the things I've learned here over time.
Unfortunately, when they move to Xenforo (though way better than IPB) my participation will likely drop off totally. It's not for everyone.

[Brian Tymchak]

Unfortunately, when they move to Xenforo (though way better than IPB) my participation will likely drop off totally. It's not for everyone.

Why would being on Xenforo make a difference for you?

[Sam Murdoch]

How does ad blocking reduce revenue? Does SawMill Creek get paid according to views or hits or just for placing the ads?
If views then unblocking certainly is useful, if otherwise then unblocking serves little purpose. Just asking because I don't know.

[Bert Kemp]

I to have enabled ad's on this site and turned ad blocker off for this site. But all I see is the banner ad's at top of page. I don't see any google ad's

[Scott Brader]

This thread led me to become a contributor. While I actually have very little to contribute from a knowledge perspective, I get so much from this group that it is worth far more than the measly sum I sent in.

Scott

[Pat Barry]

I'm listed as a Contributor but I'm not sure that's really true as I can't find records of an annual payment. I just thought it was automatic annual payment. Help! If I'm behind I'll try to catch up.