Funding an independent saints.com.au website
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Funding an independent saints.com.au website
Just wondering if Westaway is looking at an independent club website?
How much funding does it need to replace what we get from the AFL at the moment from our site on a per hit basis??
How much would it cost to set up a decent site, to say Essendon's level as a benchmark???
I'm sure a few on here would be happy to chip in a few dollars or expertise in web development????
How much funding does it need to replace what we get from the AFL at the moment from our site on a per hit basis??
How much would it cost to set up a decent site, to say Essendon's level as a benchmark???
I'm sure a few on here would be happy to chip in a few dollars or expertise in web development????
i am Melbourne Skies - sometimes Blue Skies, Grey Skies, even Partly Cloudy Skies.
pehaps the club could pay the peanut and help it become a more official webpagesaint66au wrote:We dont need to start a site from scratch
WestofMoorabbin is one of the best unofficial (or official) sports site Ive ever seen. Cr@ps all over saints.com.au and every other official or unoffical AFL site around IMHO
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I'll second that!SaintBot wrote:pehaps the club could pay the peanut and help it become a more official webpagesaint66au wrote:We dont need to start a site from scratch
WestofMoorabbin is one of the best unofficial (or official) sports site Ive ever seen. Cr@ps all over saints.com.au and every other official or unoffical AFL site around IMHO
The main thing is is that westofmoorabbin gets the PR required so that "ordinary" "uninformed" members find out about it.
Remember the mainstream media hate mentioning saintsational WoM etc as it takes away the importance of their sources/info etc.
A simple, well place link from saints.com.au to WoM could make a big difference......I understand it's not appropriate to link saints.com.au to saintsational, but WoM may be Ok???
i am Melbourne Skies - sometimes Blue Skies, Grey Skies, even Partly Cloudy Skies.
I'd just be happy if they just stopped sending me emails promoting the latest cheap crappy St.KIlda paraphernalia (made in China) each week.
How about something of substance like promoting a pie night to help the club ?
How about something of substance like promoting a pie night to help the club ?
My behaviour is considered acceptable in some far off remote exotic countries...
Re: Funding an independent saints.com.au website
If you're looking to take a website all the way, then upwards of AUD$600 a month. This is mainly paying for a dedicated server (ie. so your server is not shared with other websites, meaning the only strain on the server is coming from your website). saints.com.au, through their relationship with Telstra, would most certainly be using a dedicated server.saintspremiers wrote:Just wondering if Westaway is looking at an independent club website?
How much funding does it need to replace what we get from the AFL at the moment from our site on a per hit basis??
How much would it cost to set up a decent site, to say Essendon's level as a benchmark???
I'm sure a few on here would be happy to chip in a few dollars or expertise in web development????
Very few sites would pay this sort of money though, it is only when you are expecting, say, hundreds of thousands of hits on a daily basis, or you have the resources to do this (ie. through a Telstra relationship, as above).
To put it in perspective, I would hazard a guess and say that Saintsational.com is on shared hosting at about AUD$16 a month. Saintsational.com sometimes gets pretty active, so it could be possible the site is on what is called a VPS (virtual private server). These could be around AUD$60 a month. I haven't seen Damian log on to this site since 2004 though, so I doubt we will ever get a definitive answer
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In summary, if it is to be an official venture, anything less than a dedicated server would be seen as cheap. St Kilda FC can afford the 6 or 7 grand a year to maintain a good website. For an unofficial venture, such as WOM, a VPS would be more than sufficient.
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collingwood- through telstra- also have a CCtvsaintm wrote:Essendon had their best & fairest shown on bomber tv through their website.
If an alternate website gets of the ground this would be something worth thinking about for interstate and overseas members particularly, and I dare say a few Victorians as well!!
and freo seem to have regular online tv programs
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I have thought this a good idea for a long time.
Hate the saint website, too hamstrung by the telstra hype, and very little substance.
My vote would be to use WOM as the base and build up from there. Would like to to see a dedicated audio stream on gamedays, with live chat in a window, it would feel like being at the game for us poor interstate remote fans.
Ive got a spare $10 bucks
Hate the saint website, too hamstrung by the telstra hype, and very little substance.
My vote would be to use WOM as the base and build up from there. Would like to to see a dedicated audio stream on gamedays, with live chat in a window, it would feel like being at the game for us poor interstate remote fans.
Ive got a spare $10 bucks
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