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Monthly Site Expenses (Updated January 2022)


Petra Jane

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Many thanks for that, and to everyone who has supported the site in this fashion, THANK YOU ALL!

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Thanks, Leggy girl. Your service to us is greatly appreciated. My 10 is on the way,

~~Grateful hug, from Lee~~

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Many thanks Charles, Lee, Bobbi and Jandi! ? And anyone else I have forgotten or missed!

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On 6/2/2020 at 7:54 AM, Patti Anne said:

I have to do it anonymously with cash, MO or cashiers check. Whats the procedure for that?

 

One way might be to ask a favor of a friend or work acquaintance who has a PayPal account. Give your payment in cash to them, and they in turn make the donation in that amount via PayPal. 

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6 hours ago, Astrid said:

 

One way might be to ask a favor of a friend or work acquaintance who has a PayPal account. Give your payment in cash to them, and they in turn make the donation in that amount via PayPal. 

 

If you do this, please, please, please make sure that they are happy to make a donation on your behalf to a Transgender Site, if they do this for you, and then decide they do not wish to be connected to us, and they raise a dispute with PayPal, we are charged an additional $20 to refund them! So, please use the message option to state "Donation on behalf of <your username>." thanks in advance.

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  • Petra Jane changed the title to Monthly Site Expenses (Updated November 2020)
On 10/2/2020 at 11:09 AM, Petra Jane said:

Many thanks ... Lee,

The pleasure's all mine, literally. This site is my window on the world, along with tgAA. Otherwise, it would be a bleak view....

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2 hours ago, Lee H said:

This site is my window on the world

Me too.  Without y'all I'd have no contact with other trans folks.

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Dear @Petra Janeand all the staff/mods at Transgender Pulse, I just wanted to say that while I'm new here, the support and community here has been absolutely wonderful and so valuable to me, especially where I'm at now with my journey and transition. It's my pleasure to make a monthly donation to extend my appreciation.

 

Love,

~Audrey.

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On 12/14/2020 at 4:42 PM, Audrey said:

I just wanted to say that while I'm new here . . It's my pleasure to make a monthly donation to extend my appreciation.

       Petra Jane ditto here! My private website, which has been around since 2006, is currently down (disabled due "hack"?) and, having been a member of other sites that heavily censure, find your format and friendly member attitudes to be quite refreshing!

       Don't post much, not big on lengthy "introductions" either, been quietly transitioning FOREVER (a political "conservative") and your "pro-binary/bi-gender/transfemme" labels would probably best describe me quite well.

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  • Petra Jane changed the title to Monthly Site Expenses (Updated April 2021)

Hey Petra.

I tried donated 50 dollars via my visa card and TP return it .

Something like i already charge 50 in May and was not allow to donated .

Did i do something wrong

Much Lv

Lexi

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On 7/12/2021 at 4:07 PM, Lexi C said:

Hey Petra.

I tried donated 50 dollars via my visa card and TP return it .

Something like i already charge 50 in May and was not allow to donated .

Did i do something wrong

Much Lv

Lexi

The only one I returned was due to it been charged to someone who claimed it was done without their permission and instigated a PayPal chargeback which cost us $20 extra  last year. This was donated this year on 8th July, and refunded on 9th July so as to prevent any further chargebacks.

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  • Petra Jane changed the title to Monthly Site Expenses (Updated January 2022)
  • 8 months later...

I can't donate now because I am currently going through a lot. Once I can I definitely will. I'm really hopping the group can stay funded because I haven't felt this welcomed other than the military. 

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There is no green bar at the top of my screen on the forum.  
And there is no yellow button below the text when I follow the link to the donate page.  fyi 

 


I appreciate this forum.  
Like a life preserver. 

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On 5/9/2023 at 2:29 PM, Maddee said:

There is no green bar at the top of my screen on the forum.  
And there is no yellow button below the text when I follow the link to the donate page.  fyi 

 


I appreciate this forum.  
Like a life preserver. 

Sorry @Maddee I missed this.

The only reason the green bar wouldn't show should be if someone is not logged in, or they are a Guest or are a New Member, the bar and option to donate only shows once a New Member has made 10 posts and become a regular Member.

 

Yellow button has changed since we've had a run of fake donations.

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25 minutes ago, Petra Jane said:

Yellow button has changed since we've had a run of fake donations.

Shoot.  I didn't realize how much the site gets attacked.  But really, it figures.

Thank you all for what you do for us.

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On 5/26/2020 at 2:17 AM, Petra Jane said:

Having taken on the site, forums, and all of the bills, from Dev (May 2020) and because I also want to be fully transparent about the cost of running the site, I feel it's time to update this information. 

 

If you'd like to donate, please do so viaq the green bar at the top of the forum pages.  The months of July through October are pretty heavy with annual and semi-annual expenses and every little bit helps.

 

Here's the breakdown as it stands now:

 

Chat is now free. (Stu now runs the Chat)

 

Forums:  $70.00 every six months (February and August, effectively billed in January and July). (Was $45 until 2022, support ticket system depreciated!)

Resource Locator:  $50.00 yearly, payable in September.

Email Delivery:  $5.00 monthly.

Server Rental:  $30.00 monthly.

Security Software:  Now included in the package we have.

Domain Renewals: Annual charges for Transgenderpulse.com, Lauras-playground.com and the server domain.

 

Total Monthly Breakdown: $58.00 per month.  (Annual bills = $690) Updated 28 January 2022

 

Now then.  I'm on a fixed income, which means I know what it's like not having a penny to spare.  If you're not in a position to donate, please don't feel guilty; I didn't take over here to turn a profit.  The lights will stay on.  Donations are very much appreciated, but they are not a requirement of membership.

 

An update to clarify a couple of points: Because you have to use your legal name with PayPal, emails confirming your donation from PayPal will be from a name with the initials "DS", not Petra Jane and the email used is tgp (at) uk-web***

 

Unfortunately, we can only accept payment through PayPal, and please ensure that you have permission to make any donation through a PayPal account, we have recently been stung by someone alledgedly using a PayPal account without the owner's permission and incurred an additional $20 chargeback to refund the donation!

 

We have recently seen a number of these of late so I am asking that genuine donators please add your forum username in the comment box so that I, and I alone, will know who has sent the donation and that it is genuine. Thank you.

 

Let me reassure you:

Donations help towards ongoing costs related to keeping the site running, including hosting, bandwidth, etc. It also encourages us to commit regular updates, add features, and improve the service.

Our promise to you is that this site and its use will always remain free of charge.

 

 

Petra Jane

I don't see the link on the Donate page. Can you please share it with me? thank you

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1 hour ago, Owly said:

I don't see the link on the Donate page. Can you please share it with me? thank you

Sorry, had to pause the Green bar to make room for the Christmas Lights at the top of the forum pages, should be there now. Thank you in advance for any donation you feel happy to offer, it is appreciated.

pj

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21 minutes ago, Petra Jane said:

Sorry, had to pause the Green bar to make room for the Christmas Lights at the top of the forum pages, should be there now. Thank you in advance for any donation you feel happy to offer, it is appreciated.

pj

Thank you for everything you do for our community. Just sent a small donation.

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