I would show your audience this and tell them you'd like to run a trial for a couple months. Level with them that there are costs to running this site and it would be wonderful the burden could be lessened.
Your audience now has a choice. Crowd fund or shut their mouth and let you run ads. That's the reality of producing online content.
Audience donations would be appreciated to help maintain the site and all the costs associated.
Be up front and show them your true costs.
If the audience is worth their weight they'll should be able to provide you with enough income to keep it decentralized.
You retain complete control, with a reduced return but you also get to engage your audience even more and become crowd funded/supported.
I would show your audience this and tell them you'd like to run a trial for a couple months. Level with them that there are costs to running this site and it would be wonderful the burden could be lessened.
Your audience now has a choice. Crowd fund or shut their mouth and let you run ads. That's the reality of producing online content.
Audience donations would be appreciated to help maintain the site and all the costs associated.
Be up front and show them your true costs.
If the audience is worth their weight they'll should be able to provide you with enough income to keep it decentralized.
You retain complete control, with a reduced return but you also get to engage your audience even more and become crowd funded/supported.