Ronnie Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 After I responded to a post in the Buy/Sell forum, I received a few emails/messages from some of the members here wanting to know my intentions. I was surprised that anyone even noticed. There were some concerns that I was selling my car and going to close ReattaOwner.com.Just to let everyone know, I have no immediate plan to shut down my website even if do I sell my Reatta. If I sell my '88 model it is my intention to buy a '91 model... or possibly a '90 model. I have always wanted a '91 but I can't afford to buy one without selling my car.I will have to make a decision sometime early next year about the future of ReattaOwner.com. The software I use on my website is outdated and may stop working due to technical issues beyond my control. I will need to do lots of work on the website that will amount to building a new website from scratch and then transferring all the information on the current website over to it. I'm willing to do that if I think enough Reatta owners use the website and find it to be a useful resource that helps them keep their Reattas going. I can see that there are lots of visitors to the website but how useful they find it is hard to gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I find it very useful. I will certainly contribute some $$ to keep it going if that's what you need. If you just need some flat out help on the technical side, I can help with that too.Just let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Very helpfull site. I would want to see that it remains active. Don't you need a 'vert ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 I find it very useful. I will certainly contribute some $$ to keep it going if that's what you need. If you just need some flat out help on the technical side, I can help with that too.Just let me know! Thanks for offering Marck. I appreciate it. Hope I didn't come across as asking for money. I just wanted to let the forum know my thoughts about ReattaOwner.com and how it relates to me selling my car. Me selling my car won't effect the website but lack of interest in the website will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gotitright Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 I agree with Marck, I also would contribute. I would not be near as far or educated without your site. Thank you, Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kingsley Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 The Journal is now an integral part of the Reatta community and an amazing repository for very relavent M & R info. More than willing to help any way I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltanb Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I found it to be a great help, there quirks and oddits that you can not find in the manual, actual hands on is the best. Keep up the good work!! It is refreshing to find people that actually work on there own cars, people around here look at me like some kind of a wierdo because I like to work on mine.89 Reatta89 Toronado Trofeo87 Olds Regency cpe09 Pontiac G8GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue90 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Ronnie your site is very helpful to me. I use it to gather information on projects I'm about to get into. It has saved me much time and skinned knuckles: well, I still get skinned knuckles, but I enjoy it more.Thank you and please keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVES89 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 After I responded to a post in the Buy/Sell forum, I received a few emails/messages from some of the members here wanting to know my intentions. I was surprised that anyone even noticed. There were some concerns that I was selling my car and going to close ReattaOwner.com.Just to let everyone know, I have no immediate plan to shut down my website even if do I sell my Reatta. If I sell my '88 model it is my intention to buy a '91 model... or possibly a '90 model. I have always wanted a '91 but I can't afford to buy one without selling my car.I will have to make a decision sometime early next year about the future of ReattaOwner.com. The software I use on my website is outdated and may stop working due to technical issues beyond my control. I will need to do lots of work on the website that will amount to building a new website from scratch and then transferring all the information on the current website over to it. I'm willing to do that if I think enough Reatta owners use the website and find it to be a useful resource that helps them keep their Reattas going. I can see that there are lots of visitors to the website but how useful they find it is hard to gauge. Getting visitors to respond to whether your site is useful is like hoping they will respond with some sort of acknowledgement if the advice you gave them worked when they need help repairing their car. Most times they don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Getting visitors to respond to whether your site is useful is like hoping they will respond with some sort of acknowledgement if the advice you gave them worked when they need help repairing their car. Most times they don't...Sometimes people do come back here to the forum and tell us we helped them solve their problem. It is satisfying to know we were able to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest William Vernon Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Thirteen pages on your site are bookmarked in a sub-folder (called "Reatta Owner's Journal") in my Reatta bookmark folder (for future reference). Might not need them yet, but I figure I'll need them someday. Let us know if you shut down the site so I can print a bunch of stuff beforehand Your site is an institution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Might consider a CD, I'd buy one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushwack Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Might consider a CD, I'd buy one.As would I. Great idea! Shouldn't be too difficult (i.e. save pages as a pdf file). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVES89 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I think it is a great idea to sell CD's. I too would buy one. Also would give you a bit of a cash flow to fund your site upgrade should you decide to do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Was thinking more of a web site on disk just as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 I had never considered selling CDs with information from my website. Would it even be appropriate? Forum members posting information here, me copying it to my website, and then selling it back to you??I can see how it might be beneficial to have all the information from the website on a laptop when traveling. If the website was pure html it would be easy to do but my website is mainly based on the PHP scripting language and MySql databases. Both require server side software to function.If there was enough interest I could probably build a pure html website on a CD, just for the tutorials, that could be viewed on any computer with a web browser. It would just take some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCReatta Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I think if you just covered your costs with your time and material (CDs, cases, etc), nobody should have a problem paying for it. Pay yourself $25/hour to compile the stuff, add in the CDs and cases, then divide that cost by however many you make. I'd buy one for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 I think it is a great idea to sell CD's. I too would buy one. Also would give you a bit of a cash flow to fund your site upgrade should you decide to do that...Dave and others,Some of you have expressed interest in helping out with the website financially. I don't want anyone to think I hang out on this forum for financial gain, I really enjoy posting here, but if anyone wants to help support the ReattaOwner.com website they can do it in two ways: One is to by using the "Donate Now" button that is on the bottom right side of most pages on ReattaOwner.com. The other way is if you need parts, and intend to buy them from Amazon.com, please use one of the links on my website to do so. When you do I will get a very small percentage of the cost of the item. It will not cost you anything extra if you do. Even if you don't click on the exact part you need on my website, I will get credit if you go to amazon from my website. Look for the Amazon "Save On Auto Parts" banner on the right side of each page or click on one of the parts displayed there. By doing this you get a great deal on your parts [usually with free shipping] and you will be helping ReattaOwner.com at the same time. Thanks to those who have already done so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest steveskyhawk Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I like Ronnie's site. I refer to it often. The only problem with Ronnie's site is that it doesn't generate enough revenue for Ronnie. Marck brings up a good point which I believe is the elephant in the room. Ronnie needs to install the mechanisms for his site to generate revenue for himself. Ronnie deserves to be compensated for his efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Glad you find the website useful Steve. You're right, I do a much better job providing information with my website than I do making any money with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Microcash is still the bugaboo in the Internet. I recall people talking about the difficulty of generating a nickle, dime, or quarter. $5 is easy, 5 cents, not so yet if a site could charge 5 cents a visit the revenue could be considerable and the viewers would not notice (much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mc_Reatta Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Not having knowledge about how ads and referrals can generate money for a website, if Ronnie can install links on his website that can generate money for him to most of the commercial car parts vendors we tend to deal with (Advance, NAPA, RockAuto, GMPartsDirect, etc.) I'd be all over that.Don't buy alot from Amazon, but would be happy to go thru Ronnie's site when I do.Does any Amazon purchase made via this link count, or just auto parts, or just select parts via a special offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 (edited) Not having knowledge about how ads and referrals can generate money for a website, if Ronnie can install links on his website that can generate money for him to most of the commercial car parts vendors we tend to deal with (Advance, NAPA, RockAuto, GMPartsDirect, etc.) I'd be all over that.Don't buy alot from Amazon, but would be happy to go thru Ronnie's site when I do.Does any Amazon purchase made via this link count, or just auto parts, or just select parts via a special offer?I appreciate your comments. The only links I have are to Amazon. I don't know if it is possible with the vendors you list or not. Any amazon purchase counts as long as you enter amazon through a link on ReattaOwner.com. So far not much income has been generated from it. About $15 in six weeks. Not exactly getting rich. Thanks to everyone who's used the links so far! Edited December 3, 2011 by Ronnie (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mc_Reatta Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I know now to keep you in mind the next time I do order anything from Amazon.I may order an accumulator or two if funds permit and that deal Barney mentioned is still around.Let us know if you can do a similar arrangement with anyone else. Least we can do is help you help the cause. A few extra mouse clicks never hurt anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 I'm looking into some of the others you suggested. I'll probably wait and see how the amazon goes over before getting in too deep. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 <img src="http://reattaowner.com/roj/images/stories/misc/clipboard1.gif" alt="clipboard1.gif" title="clipboard1.gif" style="float: left; margin: 10px;" height="125" width="92"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>I need your help!</b>I'm making plans for a new update to ReattaOwner.com.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Please take my website survey and tell me what you think.Your input will help me in deciding what changes I should make.<a href="http://reattaowner.com/survey/index.php?sid=85985&newtest=Y〈=en" target="_blank">Click here</a> to get started now.<small>(This survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete)</small></span>I will be starting a new thread for this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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