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Re: Brickshelf L.L.C.
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:35:09 GMT
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Kevin & All,
> Before anyone gets too excited about this, no money changed hands in this
> transaction. This is a necessary part of the conversion from a "hobby" site
> to a commercial site. While it would have been nice to run it as a hobby site
> forever, the immense trafic has made that impossible. While this has been in
> progress for some time, it was accellerated by the fact that I lost my job
> yesterday.
That is too bad, I have been through it a few times myself. : / Good luck on
your future employment endeavors.
> Brickshelf must now support itself, as I am unable to. Brickshelf
> will soon be selling Brickshelf branded merchandise, as well as other products
> of interest to it's visitors. It will also soon have banner ads (ugh),
> although I will try to do that in a tasteful (yet effective) manner.
Although I know most people seem to *hate* advertising, I understand this,
and hopefully if there are products I like, I will purchase them. I wondered
hwo long Brickshelf could go on the way it was, a totally free site, etc.
> A related concequence is that the Instruction and Catalog scan library had to
> be taken offline. This was necessary because the Company had not yet received
> permission from LEGO to use them on a commercial site, and to reduce bandwidth
> costs. I sincerely hope that a workable business solution can be found for
> those two issues.
I wonder if TLC would be willing to do something there, maybe take over the
hosting, since it is there stuff, anyway, in a sense. I would contribute
something if the scans can be moved somewhere, or if someone is willing to
host that part.
Kevin, is there was a way to structure a fee situation, such as Yahoo /
Geocities, where you pay a certain amount for certain MB, no ads if you pay,
and you pay more the more MB you use, I think that would be a great way to
offset some of the costs. I am certainly willing to pay. If you are going to
restructure the site, is there a possibility of FTP uploading as well? I am
not programming expert, but that would be helpful from a users standpoint.
I am thankful for the great site, and for what offers our community, and I
hope that this will work out for you. Thanks for everything!
Sincerely,
Scott S.
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Member, MichLUG - www.michlug.org
Website - http://www.scottesanburn.org
LEGO Site - http://www.scottesanburn.org/legoindex.html
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