Membership card suggestion [split from Stanford thread]
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Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
i've got one...even came with 5 free driving license size laminates...but yeah, could mean people are suddenly over loaded with requests lol...we could blatantly sort something out though!!
i've got one...even came with 5 free driving license size laminates...but yeah, could mean people are suddenly over loaded with requests lol...we could blatantly sort something out though!!
Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
If we were going to do it - it would be done properly with credit card style cards - or at least thermal plastic printing.
I still can't see what they would actually be for though. Thats a bit more of an important question than how to make them.
Suppose we took for example:
Pay £10 a year.
Get a card which has an expiry date on it.
.... er .... and what else?
Some could argue that its just like a donation but you get a nice card, personally it seems more like exploitation (though of course, if 10,000 of you want to do this at £10 a year I'll be more than happy to accept ... lol)
I like the idea of an official club type thing - I just think we need to think more of the direction of why we have it and what will it offer, instead of just thinking "wow we get a nice shiny card!"
If we were going to do it - it would be done properly with credit card style cards - or at least thermal plastic printing.
I still can't see what they would actually be for though. Thats a bit more of an important question than how to make them.
Suppose we took for example:
Pay £10 a year.
Get a card which has an expiry date on it.
.... er .... and what else?
Some could argue that its just like a donation but you get a nice card, personally it seems more like exploitation (though of course, if 10,000 of you want to do this at £10 a year I'll be more than happy to accept ... lol)
I like the idea of an official club type thing - I just think we need to think more of the direction of why we have it and what will it offer, instead of just thinking "wow we get a nice shiny card!"
Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
Well it could be used as proof of membership to claim discounts instead of printing out profile page all the time? There could be a member number e.t.c
Well it could be used as proof of membership to claim discounts instead of printing out profile page all the time? There could be a member number e.t.c
& free beer for a year
tbh...i don't think there's a need for these cards...so the reason is purely because some of us would like them as an extra thing i guess
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Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
We already have a member code, and a member I.D. number.
Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
It is a case of networking. I ran a site for fitness professionals a few years back which was similar to this principle except yours is better..! I made some money, those who registered saved some.. what could be better?
You have already got things like insurance discounts etc but there is a world of possible benefits out there which if we could get discounted, i would buy an official card for i.e there are a few fiat garages near me, all franchised. As fiat forum is the unoffical HUB of all things Holy, i am sure the owners may be inclined to offer discounts if a large amount of registered donation users lived within a reasonable distance of their garage, body shop, MOT test centre, service centre etc.
at the end of the day, businesses pay thousands for email lists for potential clients, this forum has an untapped potential for these people.
Yes you may profit, but why shouldnt you, look at what you have created, there are more people registered than live in my town i am sure!!
i could do some ground work for the forum, i am sure there are others on here who would be willing as well, the old you scratch my back i scratch your back arrangement.. i have been a member for about 25 minutes and you already save me a trip to my fiat dealer!!
any thoughts, send me a message. It just takes a little effort from people.
mk85
It is a case of networking. I ran a site for fitness professionals a few years back which was similar to this principle except yours is better..! I made some money, those who registered saved some.. what could be better?
You have already got things like insurance discounts etc but there is a world of possible benefits out there which if we could get discounted, i would buy an official card for i.e there are a few fiat garages near me, all franchised. As fiat forum is the unoffical HUB of all things Holy, i am sure the owners may be inclined to offer discounts if a large amount of registered donation users lived within a reasonable distance of their garage, body shop, MOT test centre, service centre etc.
at the end of the day, businesses pay thousands for email lists for potential clients, this forum has an untapped potential for these people.
Yes you may profit, but why shouldnt you, look at what you have created, there are more people registered than live in my town i am sure!!
i could do some ground work for the forum, i am sure there are others on here who would be willing as well, the old you scratch my back i scratch your back arrangement.. i have been a member for about 25 minutes and you already save me a trip to my fiat dealer!!
any thoughts, send me a message. It just takes a little effort from people.
mk85
Re: Auto Italia Concours - Stanford Hall
i agree for sure
and if a little profit keeps the forum running...go for it
i agree for sure
and if a little profit keeps the forum running...go for it
exactly!
That discount thing is a fair point as a lot of places I've asked won't do it because we don't have fixed fees.
Ok - I tell you what - let me look into the pricing of these cards etc and I'll see what I can do.
But basically, to make it simple, each card would last a year and cost £X (and only Paypal would be accepted!).
You could use it to get discounts at X, Y, Z and maybe run competitions every so often for members to win items from the shop?
Plus, as an added bonus for anyone who collects stamps - they'd be sent from random countries in Asia, so nice to add to your collection
Ok - I tell you what - let me look into the pricing of these cards etc and I'll see what I can do.
But basically, to make it simple, each card would last a year and cost £X (and only Paypal would be accepted!).
You could use it to get discounts at X, Y, Z and maybe run competitions every so often for members to win items from the shop?
Plus, as an added bonus for anyone who collects stamps - they'd be sent from random countries in Asia, so nice to add to your collection
sicko philatelists
just a bad idea
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6902/lightscribe0001wx3.jpg
and then cut them out might look snazzily cheap+ i think a disk is 25p
also i used to collect stamps
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6902/lightscribe0001wx3.jpg
and then cut them out might look snazzily cheap+ i think a disk is 25p
also i used to collect stamps
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sounds good to me!That discount thing is a fair point as a lot of places I've asked won't do it because we don't have fixed fees.
Ok - I tell you what - let me look into the pricing of these cards etc and I'll see what I can do.
But basically, to make it simple, each card would last a year and cost £X (and only Paypal would be accepted!).
You could use it to get discounts at X, Y, Z and maybe run competitions every so often for members to win items from the shop?
Plus, as an added bonus for anyone who collects stamps - they'd be sent from random countries in Asia, so nice to add to your collection
I've been thinking about this some more, and have a different route type of idea for it.
Howabout instead of it being a membership card, it's marketed as a "Discount Card" (with the whole yearly expiry thing and all), this keeps us out of "club" territory and still the free forum we are - however if you want your "card", one is now available.
A subtle yet distinct difference I think?
Obviously for it to really take off, I'd need to get a load of companies on board - however I don't think that would be too difficult.
Howabout instead of it being a membership card, it's marketed as a "Discount Card" (with the whole yearly expiry thing and all), this keeps us out of "club" territory and still the free forum we are - however if you want your "card", one is now available.
A subtle yet distinct difference I think?
Obviously for it to really take off, I'd need to get a load of companies on board - however I don't think that would be too difficult.
Will this be exclusively for the UK?
