Which option would you choose?   Option 1   Option 2   Option 3

The Internet advertising market is in the dumps. While larger sites like Yahoo! continue to get some money for their banners smaller sites such as NetDragons.com's ads are worth just a little more then dirt. This means we can no longer generate enough money to pay for our web hosting with the little money the ads are bringing in. Fortunately NetDragons.com saved some cash from when advertising was worth more and is no immediate danger of shutting down. However, the current model of relying on ad revenue is just not working. This leaves us with few options in the short run. In the long run, if we can make it that far, the release of Vagabond's Quest 2 should give us sufficient subscription revenue to reduce our dependency on ad revenue.

Option One: Batten down the hatches further. This means taking the second arena server offline and reducing the number of people that can enter the dungeon. This will lower bandwidth costs, our major expense, and allow us to keep the site up and running a little longer. It also means that unless you're very lucky you won't get to play VQ+ at peak hours.

Option Two: Ask for donations. We have been doing this for about a month now, but the donation level has been pathetic to say the least (We do thank the people who have actually donated). Your donation really does make a difference! Going with this option facilitates the need for donations, if they don't come in another option would have to be explored.

Option Three: Charge for VQ+. A small one time fee of $14.95 or so just so you can play after reaching Master level experience.

As of right now, NetDragons.com has 4 months to live unless one of these plans is put into place. The choice is yours...