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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 1192940" data-attributes="member: 1129">It really depends on what Morrus wants to do with EN World. Is this just something on the side, a hobby or a business? Previous post by Morrus indicate that this is "hobbyish" but at the same time, if he hasn't been working, he's basically been living off of ? the site?Controling cost in manufacturing is often handled by JIT, just in time, but I don't think that Morrus can really use 'lean' manufacturing. Cutting some services like the science fiction material, fewer boards, no hosting, merging of forums, might go well in some ways. Reduced avatars, signatures and other options can be examined.Other things may be outside, like merging. Mortality is a fairly friendly site. They already officialy host several publishers. Could they do something with En World with EN World staying itself? I don't know.Morrus is in the UK. I don't know what their financial situation is, but it seems overlooked sometimes when prices are touted out here.The 'joke' about Wizards of the Coast might not be a bad idea in and of itself. This place is often just as, if not more busy than Wizard's own site. I've told MOrrus on more than one occassion that he shouldn't underestimate the power that EN World has and the strength of it's brand. Wizards benefits hugely, especially from the Ennies. Perhaps they might be the ones to host the forums as opposed to say Mortailty?There are ways to generate revenue, as pointed out.1. Increased member use. 2. Increased Sales of PDF material. This would mean that more material would have to come out. Librum Equitis 3? In addition, how much does Morrus actually make on these? Most of the products are from third parties that use Morrus kinda as a publishing house or name brand. Ambient was strong before, but even they tend to use others like they did for Crimson Contracts.3. Increased Ads. In the end, it's going to boil down to what Morrus wants to do with the site and what his long term goals are for it. If it's got to pay for itself, then it's going to have to become more of a business. If it's a hobby that he's going to pay for, well, he needs a hella of a job to get that extra $4,800 per year on a steady basis.</blockquote>

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