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Thank you, I have sent a donation 
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Thank you!Thank you, I have sent a donation
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Thank you @Rescued One
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Thank you @Danibear18 ! Glad you're with us again
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As an update, donations have reached £323 Which is halfway there! This means that the October anniversary costs for server, email, and main software renewals are all now covered - which is amazing - thank you! Of the remaining sums to be paid - some come in smaller amounts in dribs and drabs throughout the year (and another large one in April/May - the new costs since the forum reopening). So any further donations will help to cover these
Which is halfway there! This means that the October anniversary costs for server, email, and main software renewals are all now covered - which is amazing - thank you! Of the remaining sums to be paid - some come in smaller amounts in dribs and drabs throughout the year (and another large one in April/May - the new costs since the forum reopening). So any further donations will help to cover these
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Thank you @Hamster Haven
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Finally remembered to send,hope it helps!Here is the annual request for donations! This site is owner funded, supported by donations mainly. Each year, members are kind enough to donate something towards the running costs. This is entirely voluntary however.
If you would like to make a donation to help support the forum, however small, then this can be made via the paypal link below - to the forum's paypal account. In return you will receive a special purple banner under your name for the next year (example in photo below). If you don't have paypal, you can either open a paypal account via the link, or message me for an alternative method.
The site is non-profit-making and a global forum for Hamster owners - our care guides reach many people.
Where it says "What is this payment for" please add your username in that box as a reference, when using paypal - so I know who to give the banner to! Or you can post on here if you forgot.
Note: If you select the friends and family option (rather than goods and services option) then the forum doesn't get charged a fee for the transaction.
The donations request is a bit earlier this year - the first main bill isn't due until early October, so I'll keep the donations option open until late September. A similar post is on the home page, for those who visit and read articles mainly. The site will definitely be continuing and be renewed however!
Some additional one-off, up-front costs have already been paid this year, for necessary upgrades re the online safety act. Even so, the annual renewal fees are still higher than last year due to software renewals due over the coming year: Approximately £635.25.
This sum includes:
Server/hosting plan
Email plan
Software licence renewal
AI content moderator renewal
Software addons for functionality and security (and renewals)
Image subscription plan
In terms of income from affiliate links – the grand total of income so far is approximately £3. The affiliate links are quite recent, so I’ll see how much they make over the next year, which might help towards the bills for the following year.
Pay The Hamster Forum using PayPal.Me
Go to PayPal.Me/TheHamsterForum and enter the amount. It's safer and more secure. Don't have a PayPal account? No problem.www.paypal.com
This is what the banner looks like (although obviously I won't be having one!).
Any size of donation would be very much appreciated, however small
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Asssume that is a joint donation so I’ll the banner for @Roborovskis r us as well 
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Oh no ,it was just from me,she says that she isn't taking credit for something she hasn't done lolAsssume that is a joint donation so I’ll the banner for @Roborovskis r us as well
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Thanks Matt. If you're having some issues, I could do a paypal "invoice" or request - would that help? The downside to that is I'd need to know how much you wanted to donate, to set up the request! You could message me about that.