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Ai · February 20th, 11, 08:14 AM

Dear All.

As our 4th birthday approches, YaoiAi.com and our sister sites are facing a crisis of sorts. For the last 4 years I have been funding the sites more or less out of my own pocket and our server costs have recently increased to around €270 (euros) a month. Currently the adverts we show generate less than US$120 per month and revenue is falling. I personally have just had to pay a very large tax bill which has left me with no spare money to continue paying for the server. Due to paypal regulations I am unable to place a donate button on this site because it is classified as "Adult Material or Services", instead we rely on members who wish to donate to contact us. This is less than desirable as the vast majority see no further than "no donate button, they don't need dontations".

To keep the sites alive for another month we need a minimum of €300 (to be safe), that's about US$410. Therefore we beg that you donate as much or as little as you can afford to help keep YaoiAi.com and it's sister sites running. Over the past 4 years, I have personally paid somewhere in the region of $12,000 out of my own pocket to set the sites up and keep the servers running. We are too big to run on cheap shared hosting, and too small to run on the fully dedicated server setup we require.

If we lose the server, then it will be the end of YaoiAi and all the sister sites. I've poured thousands of dollars and hours of time into these sites and to set them all back up again would take over a week of uploading from my home PC - something I simply don't have time to do. The future of these sites rests in your hands... You have my personal promise that any and all funds collected will be used to pay server fees and nothing else.

If you think you can donate even $5 to keep the server running please Private Message me you will be given details on how you can donate.

Best Regards, (and hopefully not goodbye)
-Ai
YaoiAi Admin, Owner & Webmaster.

February 20th, 11, 08:14 AM	#1
Ai VIP Donator Ai is offline Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 50	YaoiAi.com Needs your help! (Very Important - Please Read) Dear All. As our 4th birthday approches, YaoiAi.com and our sister sites are facing a crisis of sorts. For the last 4 years I have been funding the sites more or less out of my own pocket and our server costs have recently increased to around €270 (euros) a month. Currently the adverts we show generate less than US$120 per month and revenue is falling. I personally have just had to pay a very large tax bill which has left me with no spare money to continue paying for the server. Due to paypal regulations I am unable to place a donate button on this site because it is classified as "Adult Material or Services", instead we rely on members who wish to donate to contact us. This is less than desirable as the vast majority see no further than "no donate button, they don't need dontations". To keep the sites alive for another month we need a minimum of €300 (to be safe), that's about US$410. Therefore we beg that you donate as much or as little as you can afford to help keep YaoiAi.com and it's sister sites running. Over the past 4 years, I have personally paid somewhere in the region of $12,000 out of my own pocket to set the sites up and keep the servers running. We are too big to run on cheap shared hosting, and too small to run on the fully dedicated server setup we require. If we lose the server, then it will be the end of YaoiAi and all the sister sites. I've poured thousands of dollars and hours of time into these sites and to set them all back up again would take over a week of uploading from my home PC - something I simply don't have time to do. The future of these sites rests in your hands... You have my personal promise that any and all funds collected will be used to pay server fees and nothing else. If you think you can donate even $5 to keep the server running please Private Message me you will be given details on how you can donate. Best Regards, (and hopefully not goodbye) -Ai YaoiAi Admin, Owner & Webmaster.