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RE: Donations and hosting payments - Kit-Katt - 06 May 2021
The paypal.me link does not seem to be working.
I did, however, find what looks like the correct place in the search. Just want to confirm if this top one is you:
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 06 May 2021
(06 May 2021, 20:51 )Lucas Gryvon Wrote: The paypal.me link does not seem to be working.Hmm... What is not working exactly?
(06 May 2021, 20:51 )Lucas Gryvon Wrote: Just want to confirm if this top one is you:Yes! This one is the one associated with Linode account! They are changing the procedure, so I created an "independent" from Linode account - will move to that one shortly. Anyway, the one you found should work!
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 08 May 2021
In the preparation of Linode payment changes I switched to my own PayPal account and updated the PayPal.me link. I hope it's less confusing now:
https://paypal.me/likeracom
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 11 Jul 2021
An interesting alternative for data storage: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html
The problem is - they charge $0.01 per downloaded GB. Currently, only registered users can download images/videos uploaded to the forum. If big files are saved somewhere, it would be very difficult to control the access. If the current traffic is 500GB/month, it will be at least 2TB. In the example above the calculated price is:
Initial upload: 100GB
Uploaded per month: 20GB
Downloaded per month: 2TB
Annually: $253 (I think it's without VAT, so most likely it will be $300)
So, theoretically, storage-wise B2 is cheaper, than Linode (or similar VPS hosters), but the total costs will be still around $1000 per year.
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 13 Jul 2021
(11 Jul 2021, 13:45 )Like Ra Wrote: If the current traffic is 500GB/month, it will be at least 2TB.OK, 2-day test showed, that the traffic will be very high. 1GB free daily transfer expires immediately - and I uploaded only 3 files (675MB in total) and the biggest one is in the "registered users only" section. A couple of rippers, weird crawling bots and the costs will be skyhigh.
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 14 Jul 2021
Huge THANKS to @madjack for covering the costs for the whole month!
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 01 Jan 2022
(17 Apr 2021, 21:08 )Like Ra Wrote: Should be fixed now! A buffer account is still used, though - the direct server payment is not implementedFinally, the direct payment system has been implemented by Linode! Whatever you donate to my Paypal account (e.g. https://paypal.me/likeracom) goes directly to the payment system! So, the site future is in your hands now, guys!Even if the money is on the Linode account, I still have to "move it" manually. My original idea was to make it fully autonomous and community driven - anything can happen, you know...
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Like Ra - 09 Mar 2022
HUGE THANKS to @essanym for keeping "the bucket" full for the next month (and more)!!!!
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Highinheels66 - 28 Mar 2022
I can add within a day or 2
RE: Donations and hosting payments - Highinheels66 - 28 Mar 2022
Do you take Zelle?