comment I got:
if markco is the big bad wolf doing something for money, why do you ask for donations? if you really cared website expenses would come out of pocket, you are after all such a giving person that youre only looking out for your reader?

My awnser:
1 – I don’t go spamming your email adress, if you don’t donate you don’t donate. simple.
2 – This is an option. you DON’T have to pay for this site or blog or podcast (if I ever get myself to actually do that now eve is around)
3 – I’m actually honest… If you donate the money goes back in the site (or podcast or a forum or etc) I’m not going to lie and say you can win 3000dollar for linking me….

etc. etc.

So whats the difference? I’m not bugging you, I’m not mailing you, I’m not lying to you, I’m not even asking you to link me.
If you don’t want to see the donate button, scroll down. change the resolution, block it. You can choose NOT to see it and I won’t bug you about it.

Those are the differences.
Now back to work for me.

tbh I don’t know where to start…
ok well, go and read this.
That’s a post from the person who got me into blogging. And I was shocked.

It mentions Marco from JM2C.

Now I’m first going to tell my short story around this.
I started reading blogs around the start of 2009 (a bit later). I started with our goblin friend, and worked my way through his bloglist. At the start I really liked JM2C. Then his guide came out.
I said to myself ok no biggy he has a guide, just greed. Then came the banners next to his posts, Still i didn’t really care. The forums came out and I was a poster there. then a few months ago the adds started to form between, under and above his posts. That actually did it. It is one thing to have greed, but to disrespect your readers by cluttering up your blog is not my cup of tea.


By then I was blogging and doing the group therapy sessions (worth a read btw!) and I never asked Marco, because of the reason stated above. Granted I never asked Gevlon but that was because I was intimidated and well… you don’t ask Gevlon for 2 favors in a month’s time. ( The first was a link on his blog, which he accepted not because I asked but because it wasn’t terrible)


The last time I actually viewed his blog was a while back since I disagreed that I started a blog because of him (I started since I was scared Gevlon would leave the scene) That’s about a month back now and was the only time in about 3 months.


Now I kept my mouth shut, I didn’t mention him since tbh It wasn’t and still isn’t worth it.

Today I’m posting about it for two reasons:


1: he acted like a lill schoolgirl when Gevlon told the truth.

2: And this is the most important one: with that mail to Gevlon he lost the last bit of respect he had.


Asking to get a link and affiliate, nothing wrong with that, though very stupid.
But keep mailing and not taking no for an awnser is more stupid. And pathetic, wrong and “social”

> 1G plz!
- No
> PLZ?
- No
>plzzzzzz
- NO!

we see these kind of people ingame all the time…
Sadly enough we just found out one of them is hiding among uss…


Seriously… I support Gevlon to the fullest with this.
Your comments are your own thoughts ofcourse, and more then welcome as always.

oh and btw:

If you write a response… be man enough to actually keep it, and don’t delete it after an hour and 100 bashing comments.

Grtz
seth
- A fortune starts with one copper


PS: Yes, yes I know I’m going to be hated for this post…. but expressing my own thoughts still isn’t illiegal… well at least not in this matter
PPS: Don’t buy gold guides!

I’m not trying to assert that your methodology isn’t earning gold. It clearly earns you plenty. It’s possible that the guy I referenced that’s crafting thousands of glyphs for 50 silver auction price is turning some profit. He’s just making gold very very slowly.
.

So 3% or 50Silver is “too slow” to make money?
let’s do some very very simple math:
I’m making it so simple I’m using a median price and set demand.

TOTAL glyphs sold a day: let’s say 100
normal profit: 10%
competitors: 5
asuming that 15G is the sellers price.

I’m selling for normal price (with other words: undercutting for one copper) 15gx100 : 5 = 1500: 5 = 300G sold
300G x 0.1 = 30G profit.

I’m selling at my profit (3%) – selling price stays the same, cost of making = higher – 15Gx100= 1500G x 0.03 = 45G

Since I’m the only one selling for such a low price, I’ll make more profit then selling at the normal price and competing.
Ofcourse the example herebove, can be flawed since I pulled up the costs in stead of lowering the price, but this gives a you all a good idea of what I mean.
If someone is selling ten pieces for 10G profit yes they make 50G. But I sell 100 pieces of 1G profit, which means I make 100G and the other guys is not going to sell anything.

A lower price and lower profit margin does NOT mean that my overal profit is lower, by having only a 3% profit margin I’m the only one selling and there by I’m raking in the money.

Why do you think that Colruyt fe. is making more money then a GB/Carrefour etc? since they sell the same stuff (exactly the same brands etc) for less money… which means more customers which means more profit…

I hope I made my point. And that you can see that having a lower margin of profit can give you better results in the end of the run.