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Its Time for us to Pay for MM
Financing is the key to in creating a strong business. At current MM is Free. If were we to be proactive; We could start a conversation about fees & the further needs of MM users (client). Within this conversation, we can be a part of making a strong site (that helps us), even stronger. It is clear that MM is focused on the clients. By showing our support, via credit cards, checks, etc; we the clients can make a statement that we want this site to continue to grow and maintain its focus. Us the user. In giving your feedback, Please remember that in the long run MM is about you building your business. MM is one very large contact data base, which at the end of the day, may provide the resources to expand you work; thus your business. Aug 02 05 02:56 pm Link Hmmmm, let's give the a second try Aug 02 05 03:06 pm Link ok (:----- Aug 02 05 03:11 pm Link For those of you would hate the idea. Remember everything costs money. If not a fee then more ads and banners. Sometimes that can become too much. Plus a small fee would likely cure more problems then create. Just my humble opinion. Aug 02 05 03:31 pm Link i think that, at the very least, MM should charge a nominal annual fee (something like maybe $25), if for no other reason than to filter out some of the people who obviously see this site as "myspace 2". you dont have to be VERY serious to be willing to fork over that much, but i bet it would still narrow things down sufficiently. - s Aug 02 05 04:40 pm Link We would gladly pay it. I truly enjoy MM and would be willing to support it, financially. I would not like to see it go away like Musecube is trying to do, or go greedy like OMP. This is a great site and needs support. Cheers, Tim at www.portlandfilmworks.com Aug 02 05 04:43 pm Link Don't get me wrong, I'm not an opportunist, and I'm not too proud where I can't accept government cheese if I was hungry, but only if I'm allowed to work it off somehow, but with this thread I just have to say... You guys are weird for bringing up the subject. It's like a group of people gathering around the sycamore tree to discuss how much we should be paying Robin Hood monthly/annually for his generosity. Ultimately, he becomes no different than Sheriff Nottingham. Aug 02 05 04:44 pm Link I'm game to pay.. And what's wrong with the owners making a few bucks profit... So sure.. I say charge away! Aug 02 05 04:46 pm Link I'll ante in. I'm about to stop paying OMP anyway. Aug 02 05 04:47 pm Link duplicate post. Aug 02 05 04:47 pm Link how about MM paying us? it got us part of their huge database. Aug 02 05 04:49 pm Link Posted by dadikongbaduy: LOL. For realz! Plus, they got my personality too. Aug 02 05 04:51 pm Link This site is worth some money. Its an advertising site for my business, why wouldn't I be willing to pay? And what I pay can be deducted as a business expense, which I think is true for the models as well. Besides its still fun and for a little fun, innocent and safe, I'm willing to pay a bit. Aug 02 05 05:00 pm Link I created this thread to be Proactive. A fee will come sooner or later. With the truth in mind, I think that it would be a smart effort to be in the forefront of something that will happen. Every person on this site is conducting business, This site is a business. Operating cost is a serious part of business. By starting a conversation of an idea amount & of our further needs, we can help MM help us. I believe that the real bottom line is that every soul on this site, is moving their work efforts forward. Moving forward in business cost. Aug 02 05 05:18 pm Link Posted by Stacy Patrick: Aug 02 05 05:19 pm Link let me have more photos and features and I will pay for it... Aug 02 05 05:24 pm Link I'd pay Aug 02 05 05:29 pm Link Posted by dadikongbaduy: Ahhh, Kamusta ka,. magunda ka... Aug 02 05 05:37 pm Link Honestly - I would pay for the services that MM gives!! I have done several paid shoots & the networking it has created for me is awesome!! If I paid OMP - I can DEFINITELY pay MM!! SS Aug 02 05 05:40 pm Link Hey 10 dollars a month I am with it where do i sign up? Aug 02 05 05:52 pm Link I pay 19.99 a month to OMP. I can host 101 images, post travel notifications and recieve emails when models are traveling to my area or new in my area. I would gladly pay the same price here if mm could provide the same. I would like to see some "showcases" and competitions as well if I was paying. Mike Aug 02 05 06:02 pm Link I'd pay to host more images and also keep non-professionals off this site! People shouldn't be allowed on MM if they're only here to meet hot girls and chat! It's time to raise the bar. Aug 02 05 06:06 pm Link For those of you who have been around long-enough to remember, OMP was once a relatively small site (like this one) that was completely maintained by one guy (Stuart) who didn't charge anyone. Back then, folios.com (the original OMP) was the greatest thing anyone had ever seen. It became, however, a financial and time-consuming trap for Stuart; one that he never truly recovered from. If Tyler is doing this all by himself, at his own expense, he would do well to learn from the mistake Stuart made. Nothing is free. Determine a fee schedule and build the interface and back-end necessary to charge users. It's the only way. The monster will do nothing but continue to grow and it will require ever-more money and time to keep it on the Net. Aug 02 05 06:09 pm Link Ability to post more Images, 25-50 bux Annually...I'm in... Aug 02 05 06:10 pm Link I'd Pay. $25 annually very reasonable. OMP is ridiculous in their fee structure and service provided! Mark Aug 02 05 06:16 pm Link I'd be interested in paying so long as everybody else pays exactly the same amount and that amount would have to be under $50 a year. I do not get enough out of this site to pay more than that. Aug 02 05 06:20 pm Link Posted by Stacy Patrick: I agree with Stacy on this one, I host a meet and greet of local photographers and models and the biggest problem I see is clicks. Aug 02 05 06:24 pm Link "How many photos do you really need to display what you do? I feel if you canât describe whom you are or what you can offer the others, do you really think 20 more images will help you?" Amen Craig....Well Said.... Over at that other site I feel sorry for a photog or model who is still on 56k dial up and they have to wait 30 minutes for 150 lookalike images to load on their monitor.......I think that 20 images are more than enough...there is such a thing as speaking it or BOASTING....more images just slows things down for all of us.... I think Tyler ought to put a PayPal link for those of us who want to send a donation.....however I think $50.00 a year is worth the exposure as long as there is a perk for us like a more professional template for us to display our work that we can add some nice content.... Im paying $20 a month across the street. Aug 02 05 06:33 pm Link i would pay if it helps keep the pretenders off of here David Aug 02 05 06:37 pm Link Thank you Randy, you know I'm a nOOb photographer and I wish the very best for most of the folks on here or any other site in fact, my door (email) is open to anyone that has a question or comment for me. Like with my little yahoo group, I'm there trying to answer any question asked. Can't we all get along? Aug 02 05 06:38 pm Link I wouldnt mind paying a small fee for the site.....would go toward getting Tyler some pimped out H3 (Hummer) or something for Theda and Reese to share.... LOL. Seriously...a little fee can clear out the wannabes easily. Aug 02 05 06:42 pm Link I worked with a model this weekend that told me MM has been amazing for her. I think it's because it's small and we have a close community. Models don't get a 1000 emails there first day on the site.. David Aug 02 05 06:48 pm Link You right. I will be on and support this database as well if is a small fee. Aug 02 05 07:52 pm Link This database work better of others that I know, and I will be on as well if will be a fee to paid to support the owner and webmaster. I thing is a good resorce for all of us on this business. You can count on my support on this matter. Keep live and enjoy, Sal Aug 02 05 07:55 pm Link I would pay, but like some other said it would be cool to see some competitions and other features like OMP has. Aug 02 05 08:12 pm Link $25 a year would be more than reasonable, specially with a few added features.. i think this community is better than a number of others i'm involved in and most people are cool and supportive of each other.. Aug 02 05 09:36 pm Link Posted by Jibaili: As for the pictures I think we are doing good considering we can post 40.. and I've seen amny people posting more then 40. Extra features like maybe a better block feature or afavorits for fourm threads so we can keep track of them easier. Aug 02 05 09:43 pm Link As far as I'm concerned, OMP, MM and all the others are essentially like the classified sections in the newspaper. Right now, MM is a free classified section. If they charge fees, then the cost/benefit ratio changes. Contests, "showcases" and other crap like that distracts from the site's main purpose - classifed ads. Contests and showcases are what helped put that "other" site into the toilet. Aug 02 05 09:46 pm Link Posted by David Klein: What the hell's wrong with The Pretenders? I've been in love with Chrissie Hynde since I was a kid. Aug 02 05 09:53 pm Link Here's the situation: I doubt many of us are either willing and/or financially able to pay a fee to participate on several model/photog sites. For example, how many persons are paying members of OMP and another site such as Garage Glamour? Most of us would have to choose one site for a paid membership. Logically that would be the site that best benefits one's own business. At this point in time, I would have to say MM would be the loser if they did start requiring a fee for membership. I would have to say if most of us had to make a choice as to which ONE fee-based site we would support, "veteran" OMP would win over "newcomer" MM. 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