Site news: Fundraising for new hosting service

Site news: Fundraising for new hosting service

February 3, 2017
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Over the last month, I’ve had too many site outages due to not having enough server. That has culminated with three consecutive days of some level of outage, starting with Tuesday, National Signing Day, and then yesterday. We’ll see if that streak continues today, but hopefully not.

Anyway, I added Cloudflare a few weeks ago, which has helped with site speed. But the server can still get overloaded. Therefore, I am moving the site to a new hosting service: Flywheel. I talked to some people, got advice from some readers, etc., and I think Flywheel suits my needs best. The trouble is that it costs a significant chunk more than my current hosting service. The package I’m purchasing costs $75/month, so I’m going to try to raise one year’s worth of hosting.

That means I’m looking to raise $900. When I constructed the new site in 2015, I used Paypal with some success. So if you would like to donate to the site, please use the Paypal button on the right sidebar or you can click below:


Other ways you can contribute to the site:

  1. Visit and interact! The more active the site becomes with comments, discussion, message board posts, etc., the more popular the site becomes. With popularity comes page views, and with page views comes additional ad revenue.
  2. Turn off AdBlock. I know AdBlock can be tempting to speed up your internet browsing experience, but it also inhibits sites like this one. I have AdBlock installed, but I turn it off for sites that I spend a lot of time on, such as MGoBlog, Rivals, 247 Sports, etc.
  3. Purchase items from Amazon via the links on the site. It doesn’t cost you anything additional, but the site makes anywhere from 4% to 8% on your purchases. If you buy $100 worth of exercise clothing, that’s $4 to $8 coming out on my end. It may not sound like much, but it really adds up if a lot of people contribute. I can’t make money by purchasing things through my own links, so I buy almost everything through MGoBlog’s Amazon links.

Thank you for reading and for your support. I’m hoping these things help improve the user experience.


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22 comments

  2. Extrajuice
    Feb 03, 2017 at 11:24 AM

    Love the site. I’m in!

    • Klctlc
      Feb 03, 2017 at 6:55 PM

      Put in earlier credit card via paypal. If you need more in a week let us know.

  3. steweiler
    Feb 03, 2017 at 11:31 AM

    Is there a way we can donate a certain amount directly through Amazon? Wikipedia has that option when donating there and it was very easy.

    • GKblue
      Feb 03, 2017 at 12:13 PM

      If this is true it would be convenient for me also. I spend a lot of time on TTB and wouldn’t mind slipping the site some of my gift card bucks. Wife already has Make A Wish set up as our charity go to.

    • Thunder
      Feb 03, 2017 at 12:21 PM

      There is a way to do so through Amazon, but Wikipedia is a bigger business than I am. It requires a secure server and such that is a little bit beyond what I have. Basically, I’d have to pay for some site improvements in order to take donations for site improvements in order to pay for site improvements.

      Paypal is very simple if you haven’t used it before. All you really need is an e-mail address and a credit card.

  4. upnorthmgoblue
    Feb 03, 2017 at 3:54 PM

    I’m in, donation sent… 🙂

  5. SinCityBlue
    Feb 03, 2017 at 4:07 PM

    I gotchu homie…lemme see where i stand after all my bets on Sunday and i’ll donate.

    • Thunder
      Feb 03, 2017 at 4:19 PM

      Hopefully you win big. Who ya got – Patriots or Falcons?

      • SinCityBlue
        Feb 03, 2017 at 6:04 PM

        Haha! Neither. I took a prop bet for the Under at 64.5. i lay 220 to win 100. I also bet that Isaiah Thomas will have more assists than Julio Jones has receptions. That one pays me 140 for every 100…

        • Thunder
          Feb 03, 2017 at 8:25 PM

          That’s the fun kind of betting. I like the Julio Jones vs. Isiah Thomas bet.

  6. je93
    Feb 03, 2017 at 7:57 PM

    Just made a donation matching the name of my first born

    Will the new site be compatible with the Tapatalk app? It’s pretty easy to follow blogs, without ever missing a post

    Best of luck, and GO BLUE!

    • Thunder
      Feb 03, 2017 at 8:28 PM

      I’ve looked at the Tapatalk app. I think it’s something that I can incorporate in the future. Right now I’m trying to take things one step at a time, so the server thing is my #1 priority. But yeah, the Tapatalk thing seems like it would be a good idea in the not-too-distant future.

      Thanks for the donation!

  7. Thunder
    Feb 03, 2017 at 8:23 PM

    You guys are awesome. I posted this at 11:19 a.m. It’s 8:22 p.m., and you’ve already pitched in $684. In less than 12 hours, we’re only $216 from the goal.

    Thanks for your generosity!

    • je93
      Feb 03, 2017 at 9:07 PM

      No sir, thank you

      I come here at least twice a day, but when I travel I’m on almost the entire time, enjoying yours & Lanknows back&forth, and even the WCB in-season rants can be entertaining

  8. Thunder
    Feb 05, 2017 at 8:30 AM

    As of Sunday morning, we’ve now surpassed our goal with $1.005 collected. Thanks, everyone!

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