Rogue Market Resurgence

[Gadzooks]

Are there any of our sponsors that would give a discount to people who donate to the site ?

Something like, I sign up for 1 dollar a month - Which gives me access to a joeGW retailer.com 20 % discount on orders ?

something like that might work, but there are places online that are already discount etc etc.

just throwing in 2 cents of an idea, hopefully someone else can tailor it to something usefull.

[rso]

Im going to try and see if the GW club at my school is still going on I'll advertise us there and maybe at our local GW shop if we're allowed to. Whom would I speak to about this?

Tesla or I.

As for the GW shop, the manager. You know, thats actually a good idea. I have alot of LGS shops around I can call up to see if they will add us to the weekly newsletters they put out. Silly me for not thinking of that.

[rso]

Ok...

Perhaps "subscription" is too harsh of a word....how about "automatic recurring donation" instead?? (because thats what I was going for)

My idea was to set something up where people could sign up to give a little bit (say, $1 a month for a year) If you were able to get several people to (cringe) subscribe, a little donation from many people could equal a lot of funding to upgrade the site, fund/expand other RM works (WGTV), and provide more/better prizes for contests and raffles

Not sure if it would work, just an idea...I know if $1 magically disappeared from my account each month, I would be none the wiser

Thats actually a pretty good idea. My mistake for misunderstanding.

[rso]

Are there any of our sponsors that would give a discount to people who donate to the site ?

Something like, I sign up for 1 dollar a month - Which gives me access to a joeGW retailer.com 20 % discount on orders ?

something like that might work, but there are places online that are already discount etc etc.

just throwing in 2 cents of an idea, hopefully someone else can tailor it to something usefull.

I cant speak for the other advertisers but I know I do. It does seem likely however that they all do to some extent.

As for a discount on retail, thats what lodge is for.

[Gadzooks]

Hah i guess buying retail sort of defeats the purpose of the site . . . really kinda makes me shake my head at my own post.



Ill go back to watching paint dry now

[rso]

Hah i guess buying retail sort of defeats the purpose of the site . . . really kinda makes me shake my head at my own post.



Ill go back to watching paint dry now

Joining lodge here on the site to buy new stuff isnt a waste at all. It lets you get a nice discount on a new product and it helps the site.

[Delta_Ice]

Well I must admit Insidius, I didn't care for this post at first but it has produced a lot of good feedback and good ideas. For this reason I'm gonna give ya some rep for the thread.

Good Job man

[Hypodermic]

summary:
-a very attractive and big infopage
-advertising on other forums
-possible subscription with some sort of benefits (other than being a lodge member, brainstorm on this what exactly)
-colorful sig banners even on this forum directing ppl to other parts of the forum.

this is so far from the brainstorming. Did i miss anything? Are there any more suggestions? I have one in the form of one staff member informing all the new members about the raffle via PM, for example. And for us staff to take a step further and try to personally communicate via PMs with as much members as possible.

[Warhorse47]

Okay, here's my suggestion. Every time you make a trade here, send $1 to the site. It won't break anyone and will add up.

[Greyknight4411]

I Would gladly pay a buck for a site that has saved me more than about 60% of gw prices!

[Hypodermic]

Okay, here's my suggestion. Every time you make a trade here, send $1 to the site. It won't break anyone and will add up.

This is not that easily possible, since if the site earns money from your trading, it needs to be registered as a firm, the IRS can also tap in etc etc, i don't know how exactly it works there in the states, but if a site is designed to earn money it should be registered as a source of income and all the jazz that comes with it.

Periodic donations to the forum that grant you perks are possible, regular donations after each trade could set of someones radar... Correct me on this one if i'm wrong.

[Warhorse47]

Good point, make sure when you give, it's listed as a gift.

[Ezekiel3000]

Well, might as well throw in my thoughts as well...

Idea 1 - How about a weekly poll or something to the like, on Gamefaqs they have a daily poll and also have a character battle type thing that normally brings a lot of votes - meaning more people on the site.

Idea 2 - Now i don't know what the imperial credits were used for or anything, but what if they could be used like how xbox points or wii points are used: meaning a person buys 5 pts for x amount of dollars, and with Y amount of credits you can purchase a tactical squad or tank or what not.

Idea 3 - how about an RSS feed for the site (don't know if that was already in the works or not)

Well thats what i've got, i hope it will point someone in the right direction to an even better idea!

[rso]

This is not that easily possible, since if the site earns money from your trading, it needs to be registered as a firm, the IRS can also tap in etc etc, i don't know how exactly it works there in the states, but if a site is designed to earn money it should be registered as a source of income and all the jazz that comes with it.

All depends on the amount of money the site makes each year.

My site for example doesnt need to be registered but is because im fancy like that.

[Avarice]

i dont know if this will help in this discussion at all but our hobby is very dependent on groups of people. while many could be in it for modeling or painting alot of people play. to play you need to interact with other people. those other people could be an untapped source. even if its like they just are like darn i wish i could get rid of these tyranids i never use them. just send them here as an idea instead of ebay. Im not saying be a pest and be like HEY EVERYBODY GOEZ HERE IZ GREAT AND AWESOME AND COOLZ, despite it being great and awesome and spelling aside, even if you just bring 1 person that person will play with people and you can build, even if slowly a base of people who maybe would like a place to talk about this that isn't so chaotic like warseer or something where when I go there its like hey her's 1000 things off topic and 2 for trade or hobby related.

i know its kind of a long post and im not even sure this helps solve a problem i wasnt aware of, just trying to help. I know I've let my close friends on to it and talked with my local shop, not GW owned that holds games about posting about it and he seems all for it. ok thats all =]

[nightshade777]

No problems anymore, any misunderstandings that existed were resolved in the chat.

Now, back to topic, how to increase member activity?

We tried raffles, we tried customized avatars, we have tournaments and competitions, and still nothing...

What I see to be the largest problem with growth is the lack of word of mouth and just plain and simple advertising.

One of the greatest resourses that all of us have is our multiple forum memberships and games store hangouts and games clubs!

If people here that were on other forums and invited thier friends to come here, that creates a influx of new people. If the next time someone went to thier GW and talked and gave the site to the staff member that they are friends with, gives a inside track member possibility. The next time they went to thier local retailer, ask if they could put up a flyer in the store.

If someone the next time they went to a game club or tournament, were to give the site to at least two people, that would create a chain reaction, that people have, by human nature, when they find something cool, they have to tell someone!


Just what I know of, from sales and marketing.

[Hypodermic]

We that have multiple fourm membership have already done so, the problem is that some of us have forum membership on some very local forums (like me). It wouldn't be a bad idea that besides every member doing a little advertising on their other forums (be it local or not), to have someone who will be periodically doing advertising all over the web (as long it's not spamming ).
Essentially, we need a PR.

[insidius]

One important thing to remember is that just because something's been tried before (and failed) doesn't mean that the idea was a bad one.

Causing change takes the proper application of force in the proper way, with the proper outcome in sight.

So even if we've tried something before, try it again, differently! It may work this time.

[officer kerky]

Im going to try and see if the GW club at my school is still going on I'll advertise us there and maybe at our local GW shop if we're allowed to. Whom would I speak to about this?

try talking to your friends about it. as for the GW try asking the manager, or if you have a better local gaming club (which we use and love cause its better than GW.)

and i know that there is a few people on here just a couple that are from australia one being myself. and personally i ain't here for the trades im here cause of a community (a great friendly community sure some of us can spit the dummy a few times but thats normal. this community here is much better than some of the other forums out there that have trolls everywhere you turn around. i can name a few off the top of my head but won't name them also i feel i am welcomed in this forum and i dont care if no one is in the chatbox when im there. but sure having a chat with a fellow gamer is great you can catch up to whats been happening or give friendly advice.

also i have seen my share of forums. i have been registered to many forums (around 20 or so on warhammer) anyway its mainly the introduction thread that hooks me. if i feel the thread is just a oh welcome to our "friendly community" and thats about it i just leave. but as what insidius has said we are a little red in some ections thats ok because we are expanding, slowly but at a steady and safe speed.
lets relate the forum to a star ok.
you can have a bright blue star that burns super bright and die out in a short time so basicaly a spark in the dark. (now in language people understand) we can have a super attracting site that gets everyone in but the problem would be that it would burn out real quick and become a dead forum. been on a few like that.
OR you could be a standard orange/red star that burns for alot longer. (now in language people understand) we can keep going at this steady pace and gradually build up to a massive community and would survive alot longer.

[TESLA]

We need a solution for funding... going -200 hasn't been easiest.. =(

[officer kerky]

well parent say that when im finished my hsc (high school certificate which is extreamly important in what i want to get to get anywhere in life) which is at the end of the year ill be able to donate and get more involved but right now i have reality and to get my priorities correct before that happens.

[Lord Erak Grimnar]

Hey spoke to my local GW about advertising they said I should speak to the head office about it and that it was a general rule no. Better luck with your local GW though.

To Officer Kerky

yer I don't have many friends into GW, and yes I know the community is great that's why ive never really left since GW closed their forums. I just said trading since that is what we market ourselves at.

And also hey were in the same year!

[TESLA]

Erak i'll talk to you later about something.

[Lord Erak Grimnar]

Yep sure, also found out my school GW club closed awhile back