First off, let's address any misconceptions you may have:
- we are not telling you that you have to pay to use our site
- this is not an attempted cash grab to fatten our pockets
- this site is definitely not a money-maker
- we do not receive any financial support or fees from either the movie theatres or studios
CalgaryMovies.com has been live
since the fall of 1998. However, not once in that time has the site
ever generated any revenue. That being said, that isn't the reason we started the site
in the first place - we wanted to provide the superior way for
Calgarians to get their movie information, and we feel we've been very
successful at that since Day 1.
But the reality is that the site costs money to maintain and host
(as web hosting with a database back-end does not come cheap), and
we're sure you've noticed how we keep the advertising to a bare
minimum on the site, so as not to clutter up your viewing experience.
In fact, the majority of the ads on our site are "banner swaps" with
other sites - i.e. they produce no revenue for the site whatsoever. As
time has gone on, discussions have been had as to whether we should
continue to incur the costs associated with the site (given the lack
of any revenue to help the site to even attempt to break even), but
we've decided that we love doing the site, and the thousands of you
out there love us doing the site - so we're not going anywhere!
So what we've come up with is this: a completely voluntary
"Donate to Keep the Site Funded" Campaign: if you, the user, should
feel like showing your appreciation by donating even $1 to the site,
your support would be incredibly appreciated, and would go towards
covering the cost of web hosting & development, and possibly prizes
(i.e. DVDs, movie passes, etc.) down the line. If you'd like to help
us out, please click on the piggy bank to send us a donation via PayPal.
Again, any donations will go towards covering OUT-OF-POCKET expenses
to maintain the site. We will continue to contribute our time and
energy to keep the site up to date, fresh and informative.
Thanks for your continued support!
