imperative of subscriber drive?

[freyar]

A question for Morrus: I think I remember that you once wrote that you'd have to shut the site down if you didn't get the 1000 subscribers by Christmas. Is that right? (Needless to say, that would be great motivation for me to get off my rear and figure out how to work paypal.) If so, I think you may have only said that down here in Meta, so would it help motivate other people to subscribe if we spread the word? I wouldn't want to cause a panic, but I wonder if maybe people would respond differently if they thought that ENWorld might vanish.

While I'm at it, does anyone know if I can sign up for PayPal with a credit card, order the subscription, then leave a PayPal balance to pay for the subscription and erase the credit card from the PayPal account?

 

[Morrus]

The figures look like we'll be safe. I don't think we'll hit 1000 by Christmas, but we'll be approaching it as long as subscriber rates keep up.

For the PayPal thing - I'm not sure. I strongly suspect they need a funding option (either a card or a linked bank account) in order to facilitate recurring subscriptions.

 

[pawsplay]

I think you could break the credit card info easily enough. The only problem would be that your account would revert to being unverified.