Why don't people donate?

[postggj]

just one for the site team

no names, just for interest

 

 

a few of us on cag have got some caggers quite a large pay out from the creditor

 

and ime talking no small sum

 

has that come back to the forum by way of a sizable donation as a way of thanks

 

on a side note

 

people should just pay what they can afford

be it a quid or a million

 

every penny helps

[Guest wino]

I have learnt such a lot from cag and made quite a lot of virtual friends aswell. I like everyone else am strapped for cash but I am sure I can find £1 or £2. I will donate a little at a time but start donating regularly.

 

If every cagger sent in just £1 or £2 each month I'm sure it will help:)

[Stornoway]

BF

 

You could have a three tier system;

1. guests - no charge

2. ordinary members - no charge but limited access (i.e. no access to bear garden or templates section and no ability to send PM)

3. paying members (say £1 per month) - full access including all of the above plus a fancy title "DIAMOND ACCOUNT"

 

This would be moving away quite dramatically from where we are now though and collecting the fees would no doubt be a nightmare (I guess you could charge a penalty fee for late payers).

 

Just a thought .....

[car2403]

The problem with a recurring fee is that most who come here don't reappear once their issue is resolved, plus there's those we don't hear a positive outcome from that did get them as they've been gagged

[locutus]

...plus there's those we don't hear a positive outcome from that did get them as they've been gagged

 

The S&M crew can't make up that big a proportion tho can they?

 

I'd say the biggest part of CAG is dealing with debts / fighting unenforceable debts and issues where people are trying to take money from members, so dealing with that does not leave the person with any physical payment made to them. If the bank issue gets rolling again, then people will actually get a payment made to them and hopefully move some of that in CAG's direction.

 

So, to get money rolling in to CAG, is their any way of getting some advertising that the site team deem ethical? I note amazon gets highlighted when you type it in... if you have a pay per link deal with them, I'll buy my stuff from their through your link and you get some money?

[Desperate Daniella]

I certainly won't be going anywhere for ages - I've got so many of them chasing me.

 

DDxx

[Ell-enn]

Given the number of registered Caggers - if even a quarter (approx 50,000) could pay £1 when they have it there wouldn't be a problem:)

[car2403]

Yes, there are a few auto links that have been set up to help a little bit.

 

For those that can't donate, there are Internet Search boxes on all CAG pages that generate a small income for the site. If all members used these, that would help also

[spitfire650]

Wouldn't putting Google Adsence on be a solution? These generate a commission payment which depending on the subject can be up to £2-3 every time a visitor clicks a link which can quickly add upon on a site with decent traffic.

[car2403]

I asked about that, but we wouldn't be able to control the ads displayed

[Bookworm]

Wouldn't putting Google Adsence on be a solution? These generate a commission payment which depending on the subject can be up to £2-3 every time a visitor clicks a link which can quickly add upon on a site with decent traffic.

We did that in the early days, but the problem is that as the ads link to subject of relevance, the ads coming up were for bank accounts, loans, credit cards etc... Just the opposite of what we would want to promote as you can imagine.

 

I still maintain (I have been saying it for 3 yrs, lol) that a possibility to set up a standing order is best. The argument used to be that if it got bounced, then people would incur a bank charge which again would be counter-productive, but I know that with Barclays nowadays, if a standing order doesn't get paid, it just doesn't get paid, and doesn't generate a charge (unlike a direct debit, one more reason to switch to SO instead of DD)

 

So please, please, BF, listen to me! A SO can be cancelled, moved, reinstated at the stroke of a click for those who do online banking, I do it all the time for all of my loans, bills etc, and the chance of incurring a charge from one of those is really moot. But you have to give us a chance to try and do it.

 

Let's put it this way, I pay £15 a month for my gym membership and at the moment, I can assure you that £2 to CAG would be a lot more productive!

[Bookworm]

Well yeah, but the problem with that is I don't know about you, but there's never enough money left over for ad hoc (not at my plaice anyway, ), whereas I know I wouldn't notice a couple of quid leaving at the same time as the rest of the bills. I know it doesn't make sense, but it does to me.

[Jan4a]

I'm fairly new to CAG and always intended donating when I win my PPI claims as I've already used it for lots of things (saved me £75 for MS package when someone suggested open office). However, I hadn't realised that a couple of quid a month would be welcome in the meantime until I read this thread and I can easily afford that.

 

As for method, I would agree with Bookworm, a SO would be best way of my doing it. I think I would intend to make card payments every month but would probably forget or mean to do it tomorrow etc... it becomes one more job/thing to do when you are busy.

[Ell-enn]

Well yeah, but the problem with that is I don't know about you, but there's never enough money left over for ad hoc (not at my plaice anyway, ), whereas I know I wouldn't notice a couple of quid leaving at the same time as the rest of the bills. I know it doesn't make sense, but it does to me.

 

Yep, I'd agree with that Bookie. If everything goes out at the same time you manage with what's left.

[sam614]

I know I wouldn't notice a couple of quid leaving at the same time as the rest of the bills.

 

nor me:D

 

must be loads more prepared to do this me thinks?

[foolishgirl]

Recent posters seem to be suggesting making this, in effect, a subscription site. However, even if the SO was voluntary, wouldn't that discourage those who regularly contribute but don't necessarily have any current claims on which they need advice as they would paying to give of their knowledge & experience. You may end up alienating those who others rely on.

[Ell-enn]

While I understand what you're saying FG, I haven't actually received any monetary gain from using this site, but the knowledge and advice that I and many, many, others have gained would have cost us a lot if we'd had to pay for it.

 

So really we all gain from the site, whether it be actual cash in the bank or knowledge.

[car2403]

The currency most of us use to pay for the site is our time and experience - unfortunately, that doesn't keep the Wolf from the door

[Spamalot]

I wouldn't mind subscribing say £2-3 a month even if it was just for the socialising... have 'virtually' met some lovely people and have also learned so much and had some amazing advice... The Bear garden's far better than the tele

 

I do find Paypal a pain though..

 

Spam.

[Jan4a]

I think I will always use CAG even when my claims are finished - I've found it great for advice on benefits, mum's disability problems and IT, so its not just about financial problems for me. Its like an on-line CAB. So, happy to contribute few quid month.

[MsWeatherwax]

I'd be more than happy to give a couple of quid a month via standing order...perhaps those of us to are happy to do so could do this voluntarily? It's really no different from donating the same via Paypal every month, except those of us who are memory challenged like myself wouldn't have to keep remembering to do it!

[citizenB]

Given the number of registered Caggers - if even a quarter (approx 50,000) could pay £1 when they have it there wouldn't be a problem:)

 

Agreed, I think somehow many CAGers are under the impression that smaller donations are not as valuable to the running of CAG as a one off payment of a more substantial sum.

[pinkduchess]

i think a bit of prompting would help....

 

could you not maybe at the end of each month as a reminder (for a day or 2) change the message under the avatars to a little flashing box saying something like "Has this site helped you this month? Donations always needed to keep us going!"

 

ive donated in the past but both times only when it was brought up in discussion on a thread.

 

im sure there are a lot of people who would give a little but just need a nudge every so often (like me)

[car2403]

Site team have updated their signatures - it would seriously help if others would do the same, also

[Crapstone]

If CAG were to offer a small incentive to donate..such as a little icon next to the users name then we'd all be as proud as punch to compete to get it (Bear Garden users are a simple bunch to please or I may just be speaking for myself there ).

 

It shouldn't matter how much is donated but a lower limit say of £1 could be set, just for admin. purposes.

 

Explore the ideas of having a whip round at the CAG meets or being able to buy badges so we actually recognise who is who. And if you care to have some car stickers printed I'd be first in the queue to buy some. Free advertising, more members and hopefully more revenue.

 

Imagine having one on display when a DC comes knocking, priceless..