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RevTK Donation Drive - Zarxrax - 2008-05-29
Let's all show fabrice our appreciation for this excellent site! I've already donated once, but I'll do it again.
I'll put in 20 euros (about $30) if TEN people match me
RevTK Donation Drive - Floatingweed5 - 2008-05-29
Okay. Done.
Despite my best intentions I hadn't got around to donating. Done it now.
I've gained a lot from this site. Thanks Fabrice.
RevTK Donation Drive - paddy71 - 2008-05-29
Done.
RevTK Donation Drive - skylarth - 2008-05-29
donated
RevTK Donation Drive - Delina - 2008-05-29
Donated. Great idea, Zarxrax!
RevTK Donation Drive - nagisa - 2008-05-29
I'm quite broke, but I'd definitely be able to put in $5 or $10 towards this site - it's been such an amazing study resource! (Even if I still haven't gotten around to -finishing- RTK yet...)
Silly question, but where do we donate? I didn't see a link on the main page.
RevTK Donation Drive - dihutenosa - 2008-05-29
nagisa Wrote:Silly question, but where do we donate? I didn't see a link on the main page.Hence my suggestion in another thread to put links to donate in the forums as well.
But for quick reference, here you go:
Support the Website
click the above to donate, should you feel so inclined. I did.
RevTK Donation Drive - suffah - 2008-05-29
It's been a long time since I last donated, just did $20 (US).
RevTK Donation Drive - amthomas - 2008-05-29
A great idea from the other thread mentioned above:
CharleyGarrett Wrote:I'm one of those guys that uses the PayPal recurring donation thingy. I cannot donate huge sums of money, but I can send a little bit over and over. Like public television. $5 isn't much. But it comes out once a month, so it's $60 a year. And if the 1100 users did it, then that'd be $66,000.I also find that, in general, putting recurring donation amounts in terms of real world items make people more inclined to see the light. For example, CharleyGarrett's suggestion of 5bucks a month works out to one or two coffees (depending on where you go), or possibly even a cheap lunch. Would you be willing to skip a couple of coffees to thank and encourage Fabrice? I sure would be.
Heck, even two or three bucks a month still adds up over time.
<going to paypal now to set up a recurring donation.../>
RevTK Donation Drive - BigAmish - 2008-05-29
Yet another new donor here. Needless to say, my kanji studies would not be nearly as productive were it not for this site. Thanks Fabrice!
RevTK Donation Drive - Rivvie - 2008-05-29
Donated also, I have been using this site for some time now and this thread finally pushed me to send a donation (have been thinking about it for some time, but never got around to it).
It's not much (my paypal balance was not that high), but every bit helps I think. Will donate again when I finish.
RevTK Donation Drive - Dragg - 2008-05-29
I'm down for the $5 recurring. Each month he can get himself a nice sack of fun-size candy bars.
RevTK Donation Drive - nac_est - 2008-05-29
I donated (again) too. It's not much, certainly not proportioned to the benefit this site has had on my studies. I'm sorry I couldn't afford more at the moment. Nice thread, go ファブリス!
RevTK Donation Drive - Cirion - 2008-05-30
I did a small donation too. This site is awesome. Very user friendly and friendly users too. I meant to do it then saw the post on the home page and felt bad that I didn't get to it. So I dropped everything and did it. Definitely think there should be more "support the site" links. Thanks, Fabrice!
RevTK Donation Drive - meolox - 2008-05-30
I love the community here, everyone's in for helping Fabrice and each other, I've donated before and will be sure to as soon as some money comes my way.
RevTK Donation Drive - frychiko - 2008-05-30
I've donated before.. and just donated again just now! (about 2000 yen this time)
I don't mind donating now and again especially when there's a donation drive!
RevTK Donation Drive - Zarxrax - 2008-05-30
I went ahead and put in my donation just now. I wonder how many more we can get? Don't stop :p
RevTK Donation Drive - HerrPetersen - 2008-05-30
I just put in 10 Euro. While still adding cards I always thought: when finishing I will definitly show my gratitude to the Fabrice and the site. Somehow when finished I forgot. --> One more vote for the more visible "support page"-feature. So thanks for the great work. (Hopefully once RtH comes out there will be a hanzi.koohii
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RevTK Donation Drive - ファブリス - 2008-05-30
Thanks Zarxrax and everyone else!
Also a while ago I had added a book about the basics of layout & design called "The non-designers design booK", to my Amazon whish list and I received it by post about two weeks ago. Thank you!
Well you guys did it, this was the most generous month in donations since I first put up the donation page
There was approx. 350 euros. It is usually around 100 euros, and it ramped up since March when I posted thanks on the news page I guess more people noticed the donation button 
I withdraw the donations each month to a savings account as I rarely buy anything with my PayPal account.Things are moving forward although slowly. Had one meeting at the bank today and one next week someplace else to get information about setting oneself up as a "independent".
Now I need to create a "business plan". Which means I need to define clearly different sources of income, if there is a "premium" subscription for example, how much it is, whichever extras it entails and need to be devloped need to be clearly defined etc etc.
The problem is right now, I did in fact burn out. I am tired of working in the evenings. I feel like I'm always running after something, it's been months since I've read a good book or watched a good movie at home. The refactoring was a lot more work than I thought. I continue to do some work on it here and there so hopefully when I do get around to fund myself and have this business plan done, at least the new site framework is ready.
So now really my dilemma is that some people I've talked to suggested I go half time and start working on the site, but I'm much more motivated to go the "full monty" and devlop full time for 3 to 6 months. In my mind plan B is not so risky because I'm skilled, I've got a good CV and I think it won't be too hard to get another job, in case it doesn't work out well enough or quickly enough. However it seems there are not structures in Belgium that help you do that. Instead, they have specific plans for people who are *out of job* to start something, and they send employed people to the banks, the latter in addition to business plan, etc. does *not* want you to quit your job (or you have to lie to them).
Anyway.. all these things will be clearer once I get a business plan down.
Thanks to some good tips from Ivan, when I finally get around to fund myself I will improve all the RtK aspects and will have to make Trinity secondary. Trinity could be a huge time sink and at the same time create too little revenue, and I won't be able to make the site viable, and thus eventually the site will completely freeze. On the other hand I think it's possible to improve the RtK part, add more tools (eg. I'd love to finish the RtK primitive kanji search), add some extras for encouraging people to get a subscription and make it worthwhile such as kanji quizzes and tests and mini games... there can be plenty of ideas but with a first deadline of 3 months of fulltime work, there is no room for hesitation.
RevTK Donation Drive - laner36 - 2008-05-31
Great job in starting this thread Zarxrax. (I only wished you had titled it the "I just donated...please congratulate me" thread).
I've been meaning to donate for a while. I've never donated to anything like this before so it took longer than I'd like to admit. Actually, one excuse I gave myself not to donate was because I couldn't donate as much as the site has been worth to me. I felt like I should be donating hundreds from what I learned from SRS, Heisig, and imaginative memory to name a few. I couldn't afford to donate as much as I felt I should so paradoxically I donated nothing. Anywho, if anyone else is in this same boat, please just donate something.
I like the idea someone had of donating 20.42 euros. It's definitely not as much as you deserve Fabrice, but it's a small token of my appreciation for all that you do. Thank you. And good luck to your new business!
RevTK Donation Drive - somukeru - 2008-05-31
Great idea. I have added 20 Euro to the pot.
RevTK Donation Drive - Savara - 2008-06-08
Donated 10 euros
RevTK Donation Drive - KristinHolly - 2008-12-07
I know this is an old thread, but it's such a good idea & such a good site.
I just set up a very small recurring donation to say thank you for the site, to celebrate finishing the RevTK lite sequence, and to remind myself to keep doing reviews and adding characters. Someone mentioned milestones on another thread. Maybe making an extra donation at each milestone would be nice.
RevTK Donation Drive - tibul - 2008-12-10
KristinHolly Wrote:I know this is an old thread, but it's such a good idea & such a good site.I'm with you there I'm about to finish RTK so I'll be sure to make a donation as without this great site with peoples stories and the great community I would never have made it to the end.
I just set up a very small recurring donation to say thank you for the site, to celebrate finishing the RevTK lite sequence, and to remind myself to keep doing reviews and adding characters. Someone mentioned milestones on another thread. Maybe making an extra donation at each milestone would be nice.
RevTK Donation Drive - ファブリス - 2008-12-10
Thanks for your support guys/gals