I'd support thisHow about a Patreon? With some tiers, the highest tier gets priority on which game gets modded first, etc. The money we all save without having to spend on every CoG and HG is a lot. Maybe if some of us can spare even a fraction of that for the Patreon, it would help run the servers. Also, as a side comment, the mod menus are god tier; there's no place like this with quality this high. It would be a shame to lose this site.
I was referring to intellectual property rights and not internet address. We might have a bit of misunderstanding on that one but i agree with your point too.Corn ads are definitely the way to go. It's a pirating site, after all. And I think we'd all rather cringe for a second then cry for a lifetime if the site shuts down--and most of us have malware protection and antivirus already installed because we're downloading this stuff.
Also like Frozen Death said, I don't know if Patreon or Kofi would even be viable, not because of the IP address though since you could find a way to ping that, but because of the nature of this site and how it technically "steals content". They might not be down with that.
I think that's viable and maybe make it mandatory before downloading a game so it can actually generate revenue. You can't download your game if you don't watch ads within reason of course. I've seen website do that IIRC.How about a watch an Ad (as a donation of time) link on the front page of the website?
With some type of daily update that measures approximately how many more views are needed to run the website?
Thank you for your support and welcome to CoM.I'm a new member but I've already found lots of good stuff here and I'm very thankful that I can enjoy them using this CoM. I'll watch ads everyday if it means keeping this site running.![]()
Appreciate it, sir.Thank you for your support and welcome to CoM.
I really like this website and community. Please let us know how you'll accept donations.Hello my dear members,
I hope you guys are doing well. As you may know that during the past few years, CoM has continuously grown to be a thriving community for not just mods but also a place where people can talk and have fun. Now If new members don't recognise me then I am Daniel, the forum administrator and usually I am not active here except I do check things from time to time on backend.
Now to come back to the today's discussion, If you guys haven't noticed already then there are no more ads on the website. Previously we were using a good ad network which had banners across the site with mainstream content (nothing 18+, offensive or shady). Unfortunately a few days earlier the ad network disabled our account due to a reason which doesn't make an absurd reason which was false. I did send an appeal but they rejected it.
After this I tried some other ad networks but they are nowhere near the previous provider. The rates are not sustainable and many are applying 18+ ads along with shady pop scripts which I personally do not want you guys to experience.
Unfortunately at the same time if we are unable able to find any solution to the money problem as we do need to pay the server and domain bills then I am afraid we will have to close the website. Also due to our current server nearing the maximum storage capacity we will need to upgrade it.
At the moment, I have funds to run the server for another 3 months but that's how much I can pay including some out of my own pocket.
I was thinking that a dedicated server with good cpu, ram and enough storage for the next 3 years would be good rather than our current VPS which is not scalable either. Currently we will need to make $60/per month if we were to go with the new dedicated server.
I have consulted with the staff as well about this situation and honestly we don't have any ideas other than user donations which due to privacy reasons will need to be done in crypto currency. Additionally I am open to other ideas which users think we can go ahead with to save this forum.
Please feel free to reply on this thread or start a private conversation with me here or on telegram at @Daniel_161.
Edit (07-20-2025): Thank you guys for your amazing response. I have received many messages and DMs about ideas as well as support for donations. I have thought about this and I think we will be going through the donations. Many people said crypto would be a problem so we are working on an alternative similar to Patreon/Ko-Fi which would be secure for us. Additionally, based on the feedback received so far, I think we will be able to raise the amount per month so we won't be using any sort of advertisements. I will add the options later after I create a transparency report. So stay tuned for more updates.
I really like this website and community. Please let us know how you'll accept donations or if you need help finding new ad providers.Hello my dear members,
I hope you guys are doing well. As you may know that during the past few years, CoM has continuously grown to be a thriving community for not just mods but also a place where people can talk and have fun. Now If new members don't recognise me then I am Daniel, the forum administrator and usually I am not active here except I do check things from time to time on backend.
Now to come back to the today's discussion, If you guys haven't noticed already then there are no more ads on the website. Previously we were using a good ad network which had banners across the site with mainstream content (nothing 18+, offensive or shady). Unfortunately a few days earlier the ad network disabled our account due to a reason which doesn't make an absurd reason which was false. I did send an appeal but they rejected it.
After this I tried some other ad networks but they are nowhere near the previous provider. The rates are not sustainable and many are applying 18+ ads along with shady pop scripts which I personally do not want you guys to experience.
Unfortunately at the same time if we are unable able to find any solution to the money problem as we do need to pay the server and domain bills then I am afraid we will have to close the website. Also due to our current server nearing the maximum storage capacity we will need to upgrade it.
At the moment, I have funds to run the server for another 3 months but that's how much I can pay including some out of my own pocket.
I was thinking that a dedicated server with good cpu, ram and enough storage for the next 3 years would be good rather than our current VPS which is not scalable either. Currently we will need to make $60/per month if we were to go with the new dedicated server.
I have consulted with the staff as well about this situation and honestly we don't have any ideas other than user donations which due to privacy reasons will need to be done in crypto currency. Additionally I am open to other ideas which users think we can go ahead with to save this forum.
Please feel free to reply on this thread or start a private conversation with me here or on telegram at @Daniel_161.
Edit (07-20-2025): Thank you guys for your amazing response. I have received many messages and DMs about ideas as well as support for donations. I have thought about this and I think we will be going through the donations. Many people said crypto would be a problem so we are working on an alternative similar to Patreon/Ko-Fi which would be secure for us. Additionally, based on the feedback received so far, I think we will be able to raise the amount per month so we won't be using any sort of advertisements. I will add the options later after I create a transparency report. So stay tuned for more updates.