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Is anyone here interested in hosting an Ovarit clone made with the same Throat software that powers Ovarit? : https://gitlab.com/feminist-conspiracy/throat
It would look just like Ovarit!
Grandma can help us make an Ovarit clone if someone is interested in hosting it! :)
Here is an example of another site powered by the same software that powers Ovarit... : https://phuks.co/
More info on the Ovarit software : https://ovarit.com/o/Ovarit/159688/ovarit-runs-on-open-source-software-interested-in-contributing
How much per month?
I cannot do it, but this info might be useful for anyone considering it. last fall, when the last monthly stats update was posted, it said that the site cost about $34 a day to run. this is $1020 per month and $12410 per year.
I don't know if costs stayed consistent from the outset, or if the site's growth meant that it cost more to run by that time than it did at the beginning. I also don't know anything about how the operating costs broke down, like what portion of money is needed for what.
I wonder how many individual donors it took to reach the monthly 1,500 funding goal . I myself minimum donate $100 every month or every other month , but that might be too much for others.
So we have to figure out What is the minimum number of donors needed and the minimum donation amount to be sustainable for all donors
there were some fundraising stats in that post too. it was a mega-post for stats of multiple months, and it looks like the bulk of donations came from subscribers, around 70 subscribers each month. there were between 11 to 6 one-time donations depending on the month, and about 4 donations from susbtack each month.
It doesn't specify how much was raised via each type of donation though. here's a hypothetical calculation using the 70 subscribers number, $1020 / 70 = about $15 per person.
based on what I know about organizations that solicit donations, it's preferred to donate monthly in a smaller amount (i.e. subscribe) rather than just once or twice in a large amount. it's because the monthly donations are reliable and recurring, but one-time donations are irregular and the organization doesn't know if they'll get that money again in the future from you or anyone else.
using my hypothetical calculation again, that means a $15 monthly subscriber recurring donation would be preferred over a $180 donation once a year, even though it's the same amount of money.
ETA: link to the monthly stats post I'm referring to https://ovarit.com/o/Ovarit/619349/traffic-and-fundraising-stats-super-update-for-may-june-july-august-and-septembe
And I don’t believe that counted their upfront investment
if this were to work, one would have to fundraise for that upfront investment first - then launch the site.
I hope someone will post realistic estimates of the upfront costs - and the ongoing costs too - so that we can all be on the same page, so to speak, about how much money would be needed overall. Even if I tried, there's no way I could ever come up with even the the most generalized ballpark figures on my own because I know absolutely nothing about making and maintaining websites.
agreed. I have no idea about the upfront costs either, and the ongoing costs I mentioned in my other comments are just based on a small amount of information that I don't really know further context about.
additionally, are there any possible ways that one could reduce the costs of running a new site, compared to what this existing one costs? I have no idea, maybe this one is already running as frugally as possible.
I'd be surprised if there were, given that this site is a target for people with tech skills and any future version of Ovarit will be too.
I can't do donations, unfortunately. I'm on unemployment benefit and likely to stay so until I get the age pension. Plus those are US dollars - it would be way higher in Australian dollars.