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It´s quite strange. I don´t want to mix in Pay Pal, just donate by MasterCard function. But donation seems not to pass without creating Pay Pal account and pw... Dodgy..
 
eWRC-results @eWRCresults

Thanks to 600 supporters we funded 62% of the requested amount. We really appreciated it, but it is ONLY 62%. For us it's an important signal that the current financial model is wrong and we have to prepare some model with very limited free access.

Full access will be for subscribers only. We are NOT happy about it, but the hard work we are doing daily for the rally community is not valued. Or maybe it is, but we need to feel your support.
 
While I am also a bit surprised they didn't get enough funds there were also issues with the donation platform. For me it was impossible to use credit card until I manually changed browser settings, no matter what browser I used. The worst part was that everything looked ok until the very end and then the payment failed. It certainly does not inspire confidence/thrust when you enter all credit card details and confirm the payment using your banks authentication solution and then suddenly you get an error.

Anyway something like a yearly subscription service for say 20-50 euro with limited number of logins for free could work.
The main issue probably is that it should be some robust and simple to use authenticating platform.
 
No excuses. I think its that most people just expect every website to be free.

eWRC.com gets millions of unique visitors yet only 600 put in a donation.
 
Pretty rude and impolite to say that 62% (now already 81%) is ONLY and they don't feel support from fans..
especially to them, who have already donated..
 
Fast Eddie WRC said:
No excuses. I think its that most people just expect every website to be free.
eWRC.com gets millions of unique visitors yet only 600 put in a donation.
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So true. Just look at how many posts on youtube and FB comments section saying: "Hey, You must upload this full event for free on youtube for us". (racing, soccer, concerts, tv shows, documentaries, movies...)
 
TypeR said:
Pretty rude and impolite to say that 62% (now already 81%) is ONLY and they don't feel support from fans..
especially to them, who have already donated..
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The percentages refer to how much of the target had been reached. 61% received meant they were still well short of money despite asking for help for months.

I didnt feel this reaction was rude when so few of the users had donated. And as a donor I understood this wasnt aimed at me.
 
TypeR said:
Pretty rude and impolite to say that 62% (now already 81%) is ONLY and they don't feel support from fans..
especially to them, who have already donated..
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I've donated every year, but every year I smile at the, how should I say, to the point, wording used for the appeal. I don't think there's anything rude about it, as I think there's just a bit of nuance lost in translation.

I agreed with the one tweet that they put out though, given how the site is obviously used widely by the rallying 'industry', it's kind of ridiculous that us fans are chipping in a good amount of money yet many people making a living out the sport seemingly aren't.

EDIT: Spoke too soon, noticed a big jump up to 99%, Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville amongst the latest donors. :D
 
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It would seem that more publicity was what was needed and not a more reliable payment solution as I thought.
 
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