We’re all for transparency and accountability. Regular readers may be reassured to know that we aren’t going anywhere, and that we aren’t planning to roll out unpleasant changes to the way we run the site.
Operational Costs of Faith Gamer
Please note these are rough approximations, based on what we expect to be the highest we would likely be paying per year. And since some components are used for multiple projects, we don’t always consider them a Faith Gamer exclusive expense. Some of these costs also fluctuate.
But here’s an estimated yearly breakdown:
Annual Costs
- Website hosting: £425
- Forum hosting: £425
- Off-server website backups: £96
- Off-server forum backups: £96
- Primary domain name: £12
- Additional domain names: £25
- Email hosting: £325
- Content delivery network: £50
- Website software licensing/renewals: £150
- Forum software licensing/renewals: £70
How Faith Gamer Generates Income
There is currently zero monetisation in place. And we’re okay with this right now.
How Faith Gamer is Sustainable
Thankfully, some expenses are partially covered as part of our regular jobs. We work in the tech space, and can leverage certain elements such as website hosting and software licensing for multiple projects. So while the costs outlined above are relatively accurate, we’re able to make great use of our stack for multiple purposes.
Plans for Monetisation
We do occasionally mull this over. It’s not on our immediate radar, but we expect there will come a time one day where we would welcome funding.
What we’re considering
- Donation/giving functionality
- YouTube monetisation
Unlikely, but not impossible
- Opening a digital shop
Very unlikely to ever happen
- Patreon/premium memberships
- Putting up paywalls
- Displaying ads
- Taking on sponsorship deals
- Getting acquired