From: Chris Hemmings <Chris.Hemmings@p0.f637.n442.z2.fidonet.org>
Subject: Pay BBS's still make money?
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 4:46 PM

Hello Dad2be1.

16 May 99 15:48, Dad2be1 wrote to All:

 Db>  I would like to know if any sysops out there who run a BBS that
 Db> charges for full membership are making any money from it? If so, what
 Db> do you need to offer to get people to pay for it?

I don't think you'll find many BBS's still running that charge for access. It's
hard enough competing with the Internet, let alone charging for access as well.
The only things that people used to really make money on were porn areas, but
look how much is available on the net for free. I don't have any subscriptions
on here for anything, and to be fair I'm still getting plenty of new callers,
and about 150 calls per week, which isn't bad for a BBS these days. The days of
making money from a BBS are long gone.

Chris