Donations

Want to contribute towards keeping the website running?

Just started playing, can I have 1000g? No, I’m kidding!

While our website isn’t a huge beast like Amazon or eBay, I don’t like to do things half-assed. Our website will be growing over time with memories and thoughts from more than just myself – and I want to make sure that is preserved.

I’ll preface by saying that I am not asking for a dime. I have absolutely no issues maintaining our website out of my own pocket, because it’s a work of love and it’s not that expensive. It costs roughly $30 per month to keep our website maintained, oil changed, tires rotated, and running like a champ.

Why does it cost that, you ask? I am hosting the website on my web host, and that costs a little bit per month. The biggest portion of cost is for virus scans, firewall hardening (to prevent hackers from getting into our stuff!), and daily backups. So if disaster strikes, we won’t lose our hard work and our memories such as blog posts, pictures, eventually videos, and so forth.

Just to break it down, so you can see where the money goes:

  • Web Hosting
  • Daily Backups
  • Daily Virus Scans
  • Anti-spam (for the blog)
  • Activity logs (So I can keep up with things, if there is an issue)
  • Downtime monitoring
  • Brute force attack protection
  • Secure authentication
  • Secure payment protection (We’ve got a swag shop coming soon!)
  • Faster website performance
  • Video hosting capabilities

If you find it within your Cookie heart to donate, donate WHATEVER you want – even if it’s a dollar. I don’t care nor will I ask for anything. If no one donates, then I’ll continue paying. But I will make sure that every dollar that’s donated goes directly towards paying for these “peace of mind” services. If you like, I can even send you a screenshot of the payment invoices each month. Better yet, I’ll probably do that anyway and upload it to our Drive.

That being said, if you do donate through the link, it’s processed by Square so it is secure, and you will receive an email invoice of your donation.

Thanks in advance! Unless you don’t donate then, …whatever!

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