Death Before Dishonor! :: Server Setup Guide

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     Depending on the size of your server, it can cost a lot of money.  If you seem to have trouble paying the bills every month, try some of these strategies:

- Ask your regulars for donations.  On of the easiest ways to do this is to put an announcement on your server that donations would help keep your server around.  It also helps to provide incentives for them to do so.  Nothing material, of course - but something that shows the other users that they have helped you out.  We at DBD do this by giving every donator a special icon by their name in the player board on our server.

- Put a paypal button on your site.  If you get a good amount of traffic to your site, you may be surprised by how much you can get to fund your clan.

- Ask your clan members to help out.  If they really care about the clan, they should be able to throw a couple of dollars your way.  This is a team effort - never think of your clan as a one-man show.

- Place ads on your site.  This isn't a very desirable feature of any site, but something that's unobtrusive like Google AdSense can get you a good deal of money.