I’m taking donations again
December 3rd, 2007by John
It has been about 3 1/2 years since I last took online donations. That’s around the time that I started putting Google Adsense ads on my site. I thought Adsense would generate enough revenue to do away with ads, but I was wrong. It’s barely enough to cover my hosting costs each month.
Recently many readers have expressed a desire to help me out given how much time I have put into the site over the past 5 1/2 years since its inception. One reader asked me today if it was possible to donate, so I went ahead and found some of my old code that allows you to donate using Paypal. And compared to the last time I took donations through Paypal, the good thing is now you can make donations using credit cards through the Paypal payment system (you don’t need a Paypal account).
I figured this is really the best way to collect money rather than making YaoMingMania a “walled garden” only viewable to people who pay a subscription fee.
The donate button is on the right side of the page, or you can donate using this button here:
Thanks again to all the readers who have expressed a desire over the last week to help me out financially, and for all your support and kind words!
December 3rd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Where can we send a check?
Hi Todd, I’ll email you my personal address. Thanks for your willingness to donate! Anyone who wants to donate via check can email me direct at john [at] yaomingfanclub.com, and I’ll email you my personal address. Thanks! — John
December 4th, 2007 at 3:29 am
How to donate if I’m located in Hong Kong?
Hi James, you can still donate through the “Donate” button if you have a credit or debit card, or a Paypal account. If you don’t have any of those, then I can email you my address where checks can be sent. You can email me at john [at] yaomingfanclub.com if you’d like to do that. Thanks! — John
December 4th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
John, I had thought about buying stuff from PamBee via your site but I held off because 1) the product wasn’t really needed and 2) the “kick back” you got in return would be small anyway.
I am glad you open up the paypal and I just sent my donation. As a long time Yao fan who started reading your site since the early days of Yao’s NBA career, I want to thank you for years of tireless dedication, excellent detailed analyses on Yao’s games, and for providing a place for us fans to sound off. You are a true inspiration.
Keep up the great work.
Hi Bob, Thanks so much for your donation! I received it and I’m flattered by your generosity! I’m really feeling loved here. I’d also like to thank other YaoMingManiacs who have donated since I posted the donate button yesterday, which includes Lester and James (I’m holding off on providing last names because I want to protect their privacy, if they wish for me to do so). However, I always thank each donator individually through email.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:40 am
John,
I just sent my donation as well. I also want to thank you for maintaining this excellent website and for your superb analysis, which gets better all the time. After every Rockets game, I read several sources to get information about the game (I live in Hong Kong and only limited number of Rockets’ games are broadcast ), but I always leave the Yaomingmania site for last — save the best for last, as they say.
Hi James, thanks for your donation! I really appreciate the kind words and the financial backing! — Thanks, John
December 5th, 2007 at 11:09 am
You are the man…
keep up the good work…
Thanks, JT. You guys make it all worth it. — John