Fyodor
Летающий фотограф
Changes in the operating procedures on Airliners.net
Due to the World economic recession and the associated reduction in advertising revenue which is hurting us badly, it has been necessary to change some operating procedures on http://www.airliners.net
Starting May 1st, each accepted upload will need to be paid for in the sum of US$0.10 and to accommodate this, all members will be required to set up a PayPal account. Discounts will be available for bulk uploads so that for US$5.00 you will be allowed to have 75 images accepted. We are working on setting up the exact pricing scheme - we will make this available next week when we will also be giving out some more details on how the new system will work. All upload limits will be removed for all members so you can upload as much as you want!
A 25% discount will be made available to those with First Class or Premium membership and Photo Sales, which are soon to be resumed, may be used for photo upload fees at twice their face-value rate.
In addition, we will be introducing a Premium Photography Membership or "First Class Photographer". For a one-time fee of $25 you will get personal rejection help and your pictures will be screened as part of a seperate and faster queue. Each of you will have a screener assigned to you who will always be available to answer your questions in detail. Regular photographers will have to wait a little longer for their photos to be screened and will most likely not receive any personal messages anymore. We hope you understand that our screener's time is limited and we need to prioritize, which means giving our time to paying members first.
We realize this change may not sit well with some of you but hope that most of you will understand the need for it in these difficult times and we hope to revert to the previous operating basis as soon as economic conditions allow. Understand that we needed to do this, as the site may not have survived otherwise.
If anyone has thoughts, questions, etc. please don't hesitate to post them here.
Sincerely,
The Airliners.net Crew
Тезисно, для тех, кто не владеет. В связи с кризисом все аплоады будут платными - 10 центов за принятую фоту. Будут разные уровни членства - на "богатых" уровнях скриннеры будут объяснять - что не так. Все оплаты через Pay Pal, который (поправьте меня если вру) в России не работает.
Меня собственно даже не деньги беспокоят (10-15 руб. в день можно пережить), как то обстоятельство, что даже если они решат что-то через обычные кредитки - кому нужен этот геморрой, а если фотографы уйдут и просмотры с ними - кому нужен будет этот проект?
Как-то так - опять кризис - опять не весело.
Due to the World economic recession and the associated reduction in advertising revenue which is hurting us badly, it has been necessary to change some operating procedures on http://www.airliners.net
Starting May 1st, each accepted upload will need to be paid for in the sum of US$0.10 and to accommodate this, all members will be required to set up a PayPal account. Discounts will be available for bulk uploads so that for US$5.00 you will be allowed to have 75 images accepted. We are working on setting up the exact pricing scheme - we will make this available next week when we will also be giving out some more details on how the new system will work. All upload limits will be removed for all members so you can upload as much as you want!
A 25% discount will be made available to those with First Class or Premium membership and Photo Sales, which are soon to be resumed, may be used for photo upload fees at twice their face-value rate.
In addition, we will be introducing a Premium Photography Membership or "First Class Photographer". For a one-time fee of $25 you will get personal rejection help and your pictures will be screened as part of a seperate and faster queue. Each of you will have a screener assigned to you who will always be available to answer your questions in detail. Regular photographers will have to wait a little longer for their photos to be screened and will most likely not receive any personal messages anymore. We hope you understand that our screener's time is limited and we need to prioritize, which means giving our time to paying members first.
We realize this change may not sit well with some of you but hope that most of you will understand the need for it in these difficult times and we hope to revert to the previous operating basis as soon as economic conditions allow. Understand that we needed to do this, as the site may not have survived otherwise.
If anyone has thoughts, questions, etc. please don't hesitate to post them here.
Sincerely,
The Airliners.net Crew
Тезисно, для тех, кто не владеет. В связи с кризисом все аплоады будут платными - 10 центов за принятую фоту. Будут разные уровни членства - на "богатых" уровнях скриннеры будут объяснять - что не так. Все оплаты через Pay Pal, который (поправьте меня если вру) в России не работает.
Меня собственно даже не деньги беспокоят (10-15 руб. в день можно пережить), как то обстоятельство, что даже если они решат что-то через обычные кредитки - кому нужен этот геморрой, а если фотографы уйдут и просмотры с ними - кому нужен будет этот проект?
Как-то так - опять кризис - опять не весело.
