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posted by martyb on Thursday December 30 2021, @12:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the We're-getting-there!!! dept.

You guys are GREAT!

Previously:
In our last Fundraising Update we had raised $1,808.21 (net) towards our goal of $3,500.00 for the 2nd half of the year. (And five days earlier we stood at just $1,510.49).

Currently:
And where are we now? Hold onto your seat...

mysql>  SELECT SUM(payment_gross) AS Gross, SUM(payment_net) AS Net, ts, max(spid) AS SPID FROM subscribe_payments WHERE ts >= '2021-07-01' ;
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
| Gross   | Net     | ts                  | SPID |
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
| 2435.06 | 2307.23 | 2021-07-01 02:15:00 | 1727 |
+---------+---------+---------------------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

In that time, we had 4x $50.00 subscriptions and a $100.00 subscription (flagged by an "*" below):

mysql> SELECT ts, payment_gross, payment_net, method, submethod, payment_type FROM subscribe_payments WHERE ts > '2021-12-28 13:01:56' AND payment_gross > 0 ORDER BY ts ;
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
| ts                  | payment_gross | payment_net | method | submethod | payment_type |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
| 2021-12-28 22:28:09 |         *50.00 |       47.76 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-28 22:48:32 |         20.00 |       18.81 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-28 23:33:57 |         *50.00 |       47.76 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 00:54:44 |         20.00 |       18.81 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 02:47:41 |         *50.00 |       47.01 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 03:08:48 |         20.00 |       18.51 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 04:50:49 |        *100.00 |       96.02 | paypal | NULL      | gift         |
| 2021-12-29 07:01:43 |         20.00 |       18.51 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 10:58:54 |         10.00 |        9.16 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 12:46:04 |         25.00 |       23.26 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 13:32:12 |         20.00 |       19.12 | stripe | CC        | user         |
| 2021-12-29 13:37:36 |         *50.00 |       48.25 | stripe | CC        | user         |
| 2021-12-29 14:16:35 |         20.00 |       18.81 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 14:24:29 |         40.00 |       37.51 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 21:11:32 |         12.00 |       10.91 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
| 2021-12-29 22:06:03 |         20.00 |       18.81 | paypal | NULL      | user         |
+---------------------+---------------+-------------+--------+-----------+--------------+
16 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

Yes, the larger subscriptions are attention-getting, but $220.00 of that $527.00 came from subscriptions of $20.00 or less.

Remaining:
Since I started writing this, we received two more $20.00 subscriptions! All told, we need just $1,173.96 to make our goal and only 2 days to go. Can we do it? We Can Do This... Please Subscribe!

Ahem. Got carried away there. But seriously, every bit makes a difference; please help.
--martyb

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Thursday December 30 2021, @04:09AM (8 children)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 30 2021, @04:09AM (#1208612) Journal

    Really, what's needed is more people visiting regularly. But how? How do you attract more visitors? Advertise? Especially, why haven't more green site users become regulars here?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @11:21AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @11:21AM (#1208662)
    Make shirts and hoodies with just the logo. The current ones feel very billboardy, hut if they were subtler, I'd buy at least one or two a year and wear them around.
    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @11:24AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @11:24AM (#1208663)

      https://www.zazzle.com/navy_hoodie-235655968012148915 [zazzle.com]

      For example, take the URL off this. It's unnecessary and ugly. People are going to type it into a search engine or browser search bar more likely anyway, and they're also more likely to ask about the shirt.

      I just don't think wearing full HTTP URLs is trendy anymore. And I buy clothes both to support things and to wear.

      • (Score: 3, Informative) by pkrasimirov on Thursday December 30 2021, @02:24PM

        by pkrasimirov (3358) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 30 2021, @02:24PM (#1208690)

        There is the edit button and you can crop out the text. But I agree https://... is too much for my laundry and it should be readily available as an item.

    • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Friday December 31 2021, @03:40AM

      by bzipitidoo (4388) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 31 2021, @03:40AM (#1208903) Journal

      Nice thought, but swag seems more for fund raising off the probably very small percentage that the vendor passes on.

      I still have my 10th anniversary green site t-shirts that I wear occasionally. I really ought to buy a SoylentNews shirt.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @01:49PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @01:49PM (#1208681)

    ...How do you attract more visitors?...

    More Kardashian news?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @02:11PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30 2021, @02:11PM (#1208687)

    Less British editors would help to differentiate from green site.

    • (Score: 1) by pTamok on Thursday December 30 2021, @07:21PM (1 child)

      by pTamok (3042) on Thursday December 30 2021, @07:21PM (#1208760)

      Less Fewer British editors would help to differentiate [this site] from green site.

      Is the green site overridden with Brits imposing their cultural hegemony? I would have thought that you would welcome free speech in all forms, including correct English, and not the degenerate form used in the former North American colonies.

      But I'm not disagreeing completely with you, old fruit: more editors of any stripe would be welcome and useful. What-ho!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 31 2021, @09:06AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 31 2021, @09:06AM (#1208954)
        I do the community a service by not volunteering to edit. I don't need extra power to corrupt my shitposting.