Community Support Thread.

sSNAKESs.com · 02-03-03, 11:11 AM

Hey everyone, I am just putting this thread up to thank and list all of the people who have supported and continue to support the community and list the ways of how you can give financial support to help cover the costs of server bills etc. With the growing numbers in the community we have had to upgrade our servers a few months back from a $29.99USD Web Hosting package to a dedicated unix box which is costing us $250USD each and every month.

Why should you support sSnakeSs?

This is everyones community and we are doing our very best to keep this site as free as we possibly can, and are constantly upgrading our software as well as our server so that we can keep things as smooth, up to date and as fast as possible. Everytime a member joins and starts to post, it is taking up more space and more bandwidth, and with only 2 people supporting for every 100 members we have, I am stuck paying the differance which is between $0 - $400 Canadian every month. The other "big" web site is charging $200 canadian a year for the cheapest account to post classifieds on their boards, which i think is ridiculas, especially for someone who is only selling 5 - 10 snakes a year or even less. The last thing i want to do is to have to start charging to use the classifieds in order to pay for the server costs every month, but in all honesty, who here at 22 years of age could afford to dish out $400.00 each and every month. I am not asking for charity here, I am asking for people to give what they feel they should give back to their community in which they spend hours on each week. With 1400 members in our community it really should not be a problem to bring in $250USD a month, but it is.

We would also like to get t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and other various products with out community name on them but again funding is minimal and without your support we wont be able to do so.

How can I support the community?

Photo accounts: We offer 3 levels of photohosting, if you have a digital camera or a scanner then purchase one of our upgraded Photohosting accounts... They start at $25.00 Canadian for a entire year.

Banner Ads: If you have a website then take advantage of our banner ad services. We have numourous packages available and its a great way to gain and give back to the community at the same time.

Web Hosting: Our web hosting is only $20.00 Canadian a month, half of what the other site is charging, if your hosted their then switch your hosting over to us, you will save money and you will be giving back to the community at the same time. We have professional web hosting software, this is not done with subdomains as it is done else where, each and every customer has their own control panel to manage their site on there own exactly how they want to.

Donations: Donations are always welcome of ANY denomination. Every dollar helps and goes directly back into the community, no donation is to small or to big. We encourage people to use our other ways of supporting if at all possible. Donations are great but at the same time we like to see people getting something back in return, first and for most.

I will be listing each and every member here who has supported and continues to support sSnakeSs.com, wether it be upgrading your photo accounts, purchasing banners, web spare or regular donations. I think that these people should be recognized because without them the wheels would stop and progress wouldn't be made. Thank you all for your continued support and thanks to everyone for making sSnakeSs.com what it is today and stide to be in the future.

Your community supporters:

Laurynn - Shane Tesser - Chris Marshell - Grant VG - Linds - Matt K - Jason h and family - Dom - Trace - Grant Crossman - Darren Hamill - Mark Pepper - ReptileHQ - Markus Jayne - Boa Mania - Don Patterson - Henry Piourn - S.C.A.L.E.S Zoo - Year of the Dragon - BoidKeeper - Chappy - Corr - Dino - DragnDrop - Honduranfreekk - JKS - Helena & KaHane - Katt - Tony Lammana - Paul_le_snake - POiSoNoUs & Jonathan - Renee & Eric - SDSnakes - Silke - Vanderkm - Asphyxia - Jamie - Jaylyn - Mike7034 - Zoom - Tim Canwill - Dan U - The infamous Hip - Canadaherp - Cricket food - Reptile Direct - Silkworms.ca - Tarzets - Frogman - High Quality Reptiles - The Gillards - Norman - Damzookeeper - Vincenzo - Steeve B - J Riley - Alicewave - Pixie - Nuno - BAZ - Lasher - BJ - Greg West - Youkai - Mardy - Boa - Frankie - Mykee - Matt - Melly - Tim & Julie - Colonel SB - Diana - Silkie - TheSilkLady - Don Skelly - Iquanalady - Jeff_Favelle - BOAS_N_PYTHONS - Bearded Al - Conas - ICULIZARD - Niagara Reptiles - Sonyr - HetForHuman - Phox - JaredArden - SnowSnake - Pontus - Ravi - slannesh - FlatwoundScotty - Joer - Ralph Davis -

The list in in no specific order and i am going by my photo account records here in the database so I could have missed a few cash donations, if I missed or left out anyone PLEASE send me a PM or E-Mail right away.