Curtis L. Olson wrote: > I want to bring a new subject before the group. > > In the past we have discussed potential income sources for the FG > project, so I think it's fair to discuss another option since the > opportunity has introduced itself today. > > There is a company that makes hardware (3d glasses, head tracker, voice > recognition, joysticks, gaming chairs, etc.) that is of potential > interest to flight sim enthusiasts. > > If we put banner adds on our web site, and one of our visiters clicks > through and buys something from this company (being referred from our > site) then we would get a 10% commission from the sale. I believe there > is some flexibility in the design of the banner so perhaps we could have > some input so it's not *too* obnoxious. (?) > > But any way you cut it, putting advertisements on our web site will > change the look and feel of our web site and probably influence the > impression our project projects to the world ... > > Is this a direction we want to explore? It wouldn't have to be a > permanent thing. I think we could choose to end the arrangement at any > time. We stop referring potential customers ... no more commissions for > us ... I think it's that simple. > > Any thoughts? Any strong feelings? We get a pretty good chunk of daily > hits so we do have some "referring power" to swing around. What do you > think? Wrong way down the slippery slope? Good idea? I'll buy > anything with Curt's personal AAA*** rating?
Would it be a single company or a space broker ? Would you be able to control the content of the advertisement ? I am not opposed if it is related to aviation or computing. -Fred _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
