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gameshop

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meine kabhi special favours mangy bhe nhe......bs pg pr achy dost bn gaye hain.....pta nhe q ap nhe bny....... Inferno Bhai:D:D:D:D:D

last post ab yaha bhe post nhe lgao ga......plz pg na bnd kro
 

Shyber

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Am willing to put in some cash as donation too.

But I really think PG should make money. No, not for profits only but for smooth operations, event organizations and investments in PG branded merchandise. (y)
 

iNF3RN0

PG Founder
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meine kabhi special favours mangy bhe nhe......bs pg pr achy dost bn gaye hain.....pta nhe q ap nhe bny....... Inferno Bhai:D:D:D:D:D

last post ab yaha bhe post nhe lgao ga......plz pg na bnd kro

Dude I treat all members equally, all members are my friend however there some members who don't think this way! and I never said that you have asked me for the favours all I meant to say that I will not going to do any favours to anyone if they are standing at the wrong end, it doesn't matter if someone is my friend or not. I will always welcome and treat people with respect who have good manners.
 

AbbY

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Ashhad[/URL said:
1720759]Actually by doing this we just might be able to get rid of all the people who spam around and are making the forums a living hell for everyone...

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No. They won't get rid of you and me :p

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Jokes aside, the 2 threads for a normal and more than that for paid/pay a portion of the selling price of the good or whatever for the marketplace thing seems very much doable.

Apart from that, how about:

- Every time we have a meetup, a portion of the revenue goes to PGs running cost. This way, we can have more meetups as an incentive to keep it running. I'm sure no one will mind a minimal cost.

What do we pay? I think it was around 300 the last time I went. Shelling out another 100 should be no biggie. So, 100 form everyone who attends can go towards the running cost of PG. Sure, it'll still be very less, but lets say, umm 30 people make it to the meetup, that's 3000 from there alone. Better than nothing, no? Furthermore, the frequency of meetups can be increased too. The price towards PG could be increased to 200 too, and that'd make it even better

- Donation collection points be meetups.

Okay. I mean to say, when on the meetup, someone responsible, from team PG or otherwise, be appointed as a treasurer or something, who can collect donations at the hand and hand it over to the hierarchy or whatever. What's the point? 1- people who cannot pay due to bank charges will be able to pay up, ofcourse at personal choice 2- the hassle of going to the bank for them will be eliminated.

- Bring back the incentive for donations with the VIP stuff on most forums. Like, the special colour, extended PM box, etc.

- Request sponsorship from hardware/gaming websites/shops. Like, galaxy, imx, aiprotech etc. I'm sure they'd be willing to invest in it. In return, you could perhaps give them an exclusive subfourm where they could deal with queries related to their store/site directly? so that they have an incentive to keep investing in here.

- Use alternatives to Adsense - Buysellads, Clicksor, I think infolinks is decent too.

- Appeal/revoking the ban by ironing it out with Google.

- Increased fee for Mkt place premium.

- Removal at market place at all, if that helps ease the load and shift the forum to a cheaper server.
 

Soulhunter

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For all these years i thought PG will hold a national gaming competition in all the major cities but it wasnt to be. charge people for participating the tournaments . u have members that will provide u most of the equipment required for a competition . expand with time . planning is the key for this and its quite doable .
these meetups could be used for some serious thought process instead of gaming and eating.
 

MrJayPlays

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Gameshop tum aik 6000 rupee ki cheez jub 2000 me lena chaho ge who will even visit ur profile
Tumhara bus kere to her cheeze muft he le lo aur pg market per sell kero
 

Ottoman

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Close down PG even for a month and you're back to square one.
A method should be devised so that PG generates revenue itself. Donations aren't a long-term solution because a majority of members here are kids. And a certain group of donators can't continue to support it each month.

PG is a discussion forum. The Marketplace section is not. Plans regarding it have already been suggested by some members, to which I agree.
 

Khawaja

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Here's my two cents: Get a fee on Marketplace for selling products, anyone who has more than 3 sale thread/month has to pay a fee of like 500-1000

@All people who are suggesting to sell PG off, seems like you people haven't had ever made something yourself, once you create something it becomes YOUR Creation and part of your soul, selling it off ain't the option for most of the people, they get make a bond with it. Unless until you make it for the purpose of selling, selling doesn't come as easy as you think :).

Any feedback on my VIP Section suggestion?

-Khawaja
 

Ashhad

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[MENTION=25983]AbbY[/MENTION]
Nah no one can get rid of us :p
Anyways the points that you made a pretty easy for people to follow and would be hassle free...we need implementation on that :)
 

Cerberus

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ah. greedy people keep suggesting selling pg...because they want marketplace and doesnt matter to them whoever runs it.

loyal members are ready to donate PG to keep it running not for Marketplace

Its better to shut it down even for a year rather then selling it to some greedy hands

---------- Post added at 11:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:13 PM ----------

[MENTION=25983]AbbY[/MENTION] chaa gya boss. great suggestion
 

MBOPK

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I'll pay through easyload, and then the person can transfer the 100 rs from my side to inferno along with the other donations. Well, atleast i'll be contributing. I mean, I'm 15 and obviously unemployed. D:
 

WajieRaja

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i pity everyone's emotional little minds who think selling it to someone who can actually run the site is not a rational option.

Please take this bs of 'bonding with your creation' nd 'part of your soul' to
the kiddies table. I expected the admin to take all suggestions open heartedly and not call people greedy bastards, even if he doesnt like the suggestion, he should reply more maturely. Even though I have esteem respect for his love and dedication towards PG.

Being optimistic is one thing but the right thing to do here is to be realistic and practical. What I suggested is a viable option, donations wont last forever cuz a time will come when all these people who are saying heres my 500 etc wont consider donating anymore, I saw that last time when PG was up for donation.

If the adsense matter can be sorted out then thats great but Im sure Inferno would have tried that already.

Charging for marketplace is sensible but then again the number of people going there would decrease like hell since anyone who wants to deal would have to pay and not everyone is always looking to buy or sell stuff, so they wouldnt want to pay for something they dont even use.

But if the owner just wants to shut the thing down then go ahead. We all had lives before we came to PG and we would live without it. It might be hard for some but again I call for practicality and realism from all of you.

If you want suggestions which are actually practical then what soulhunter suggested is a very practical idea and I for one can actually make that happen, that is if the admin wants to go ahead.
 

NighteySenpai

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Some ideas to raise money:

-Charge a certain percent on either every transaction made in the marketplace or sell marketplace rights (For eg: Abby wants to deal in the marketplace, he must pay a certain fee say Rs.200 to get started).
-Ban All piracy related talks. Even if a person plays pirated games he should keep it to himself and not brag about it here and be like 'Oh tum loog to pagal ho, Mein to pirated games khelta hun').
-Allow advertisements (Be it of other firms, products, etc)
-Promote PG store. PG store could easily be beneficial for this platform, provided it makes profits.
-Sell Merchandise, Special editions of games etc through PG store.
-Find a sponsor, with providing them the benefit to sell their products at this platform.
 

Tultras

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Some ideas to raise money:

-Charge a certain percent on either every transaction made in the marketplace or sell marketplace rights (For eg: Abby wants to deal in the marketplace, he must pay a certain fee say Rs.200 to get started).
-Ban All piracy related talks. Even if a person plays pirated games he should keep it to himself and not brag about it here and be like 'Oh tum loog to pagal ho, Mein to pirated games khelta hun').
-Allow advertisements (Be it of other firms, products, etc)
-Promote PG store. PG store could easily be beneficial for this platform, provided it makes profits.
-Sell Merchandise, Special editions of games etc through PG store.
-Find a sponsor, with providing them the benefit to sell their products at this platform.
How would the underlined point help raise money?

Also selling expensive merchandise and such would raise problems of its own ( i suggested this some time back too ).

Moreover, i think adding a fees to the marketplace transactions would be problematic, i mean, if you are charging the person the money for selling his item, i think you would need to give some sort of guarantee on the transaction, which is mostly not possible.
 
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