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| PG |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 07:59 PM
I'm getting sense that this sajha.com and GNBC are trying take advantage and make money. In past few weeks I have noticed that when any nepali company or personal comes and try to share the info about their product or their business, Sajha.com jumps right into send us money for maintenance.
First of all like our Momocha friend told, if they had big money and if they were a big business they'd have gone to better place into a bigger market. I also understand from Sajha.com's prospective that it'll be difficult for you to maintain free.
Here's my opinion, if you're really running as a non profit organisation, if you need sponsorship, then your account should be transparent. Share with everybody how much money you need to maintain, then we'll be ready to fully support you.
However if you're telling people that you're non profit org. but want to make money from different ways like advertisement, getting donation from people, that's not fair.
I see lots of advertisement in bulletin board, they never ask money. I don't think they charge for their banner also.
In one hand you discourage people to come and advertise in your site, you embarrase people but in another hand you advertise sajha.com in other sites like Nepal horizons.com.
Laj bhaneko pattakai chhaina rahechha yo Boston ka manchhe haru ko.
PG
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| Site Admin |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 08:47 PM
Dear PG,
I had replied to your posting in another board, which I am posting here for everyone's benefit.
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sajha.com wrote:
>> >> http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/jobs.cfm
>> >> Many Nepalese professionals working abroad would rather work in Nepal if they could find the right kind of job. Nepal based employers, please use JOBS @ SAJHA.COM service to attract Nepalese manpower back to Nepal.
>> >> With viewership from over 50 countries worldwide, and with over 10,000 unique viewers each month, what better place to seek the perfect Nepali candidate than on Sajha.com?
>> >> http://www.sajha.com/sajha/html/jobs.cfm
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You wrote as Ram:
>> Dear Sajha.com owner,
>> When some nepali person puts some information on your bulletin board to get some people, you guys tell them shame on you. Have you gave money to maintain sajha.com? etc.
>> Don't you also feel shame when you advertise here? Have you send money for Nepal Horizons to maintain their site?
>> Shame on you GNBC.
>> Ram
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Sajha.com wrote:
Dear Ram,
I own and maintain sajha.com and I have never said anything like that. Other visitors have questioned these out of their own free will and have raised the questions that such blatant advertisements should pay for advertising. If sajha.com visitors take initiative to denounce such advertisements without any contributions, that speaks volumes of their patronage to the site.
My notice here is to benefit other Nepalese community members who might benefit from the POST JOB feature and the JOB SEARCH feature that I have recently added to sajha.com
Sajha.com's primary goal is to bring together Nepalese communities scattered all over the globe and provide them with resources to stay connected with Nepal and the Nepalese.
I wouldn't call this an advertisement because I am not making ANY money out of this notice. This is simply a notification of a resource for Nepali people.
I thank you Ram, for bringing it up, and I hope you will continue to visit sajha.com and add to the vibrant discussions.
Best Regards,
sajha site admin
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| Digital Maniac |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 08:53 PM
You are a pathetic looser. Mr. San whom all adore has been putting all the time and effort for free. All he's been asking for is web-hosting fees to cover.
That said, whats wrong if this site making money any ways? We are in the good ole USA bro, you provide good service you can reap money-- nothing wrong with it. It seems like you need to take off your burkha off your mind.
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| Site Admin |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 08:56 PM
Dear PG,
In case you don't have the right information, sajha.com is owned and operated privately. Sajha.com provides service to communities like GBNC.ORG by bringing together their websites into one community site - for Nepali living anywhere in the world. Hence it is wrong for you to insinuate that GBNC is trying to make any profit from this site.
As a requote "I own and maintain sajha.com and I have never said anything like that (asking ANYONE to pay - I have said that I will take donations but it's NOT REQUIRED). Other visitors have questioned these (postings) out of their own free will and have raised the questions that such blatant advertisements should pay for advertising. If sajha.com visitors take initiative to denounce such advertisements without any contributions, that speaks volumes of their patronage to the site."
I hope this clears up any misunderstandings.
Best Regards
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| Classifieds |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 09:10 PM
Why am I here? Use me for any advertisement, free or paid !!!!!!!
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| Sangey |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 09:21 PM
Indeed, San's selfless effort is commendable. I don't think he is demanding or asking for your money, but saying that if you do donate some that would help him out. Hosting a site this big ain't cheap. Since we are all benefiting from sajha.com why not help out a little by pitching in a little bit.
Just my two cents.
Sangey
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| HahooGuru |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 09:54 PM
Hosting is not easy, especially, a site like Sajha.com which is
two way type of website. As many peoples post their postings,
and we were complaining for faster server to get faster access
to server side programs. This needs higher costs in web hosting.
San, don't worry. Such peoples do exist everywhere and here
in Sajha.com. In future, you don't even have to reply, let readers
first respond and your response can be at the last stage covering
the issues not covered by readers.
At this point, this fellow "PG" needs mental training to take
Sajha.com positively:
Before you ( "PG" or PG like peoples) write consider following points
1. You should have positive thinking. So, that peoples also side on you.
2. Write when you are relaxed, don't write here to flush your
frustration while you are under stress. I mean don't come here to
vomit to the things you swallowed somewhere and could not digest well.
3. Image training: Imagine if you were readers how would you perceive
your own mail. Imagine how are you going to get replies and how
are you going to defend them.
4. Routine checks: go back and check your postings whether your
statements will reach to your customer "reader" the way you want them
to read it.
5. Check your self: the relation between your mind, heart and technique
of presentation of your contents. I mean: be goal oriented, throw only
when your posting returns your expected answers, well, sometime,
you might want flames, but, you should be geared up for such flames.
Your XP
HahooGuru
Do you Hahoo!? Join Sajha.com
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| PG |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 10:51 PM
I'm not being negative to Sajha.com. I completely understand the cost and site owner's effort. I fully respect that. I didn't know that GNBC and Sajha.com are seperate. In fact you guys present like you're one. I'm sorry for that.
I just wanted to you guys to understand how you feel when somebody blame you. Because I saw that any nepali people doing their business posts something then you guys just embarrase them and ask money. That's not good.
Some of our Nepali fellows are trying to start their own business. For example this momocha guys in DC. These guys have a great idea starting business, they're also going to provide service by selling momo to nepali in DC area. They're definitely not a very big business so that they might not be able to pay you money right away. So all I'm saying is this is public place, please do respect everybody, if you want other people to respect you.
Sajha.com posted their message in Nepal horizon.com to give their message to more people which is good so do other people want to use your bulletin board to send their message.
Learn to respect.
PG
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| 13-thum |
Posted
on 19-Feb-02 11:19 PM
I think PG got enough responses (some were quite rude) and i do not need to speak anything on that issue. However, we should understand the point brought by him as well. At times i too felt odd at the immediate responses like "Did you pay Sajha?" to any advertisements in this site. I am fully aware that these responses are not from the site admin.
Can site admin devise some sort of advertisements rates in this site. It will be convinient for the potential advertisers if you publish the rate. Then you can delete any advertisements without the payment as soon as possible.
I believe that this site can attarct enough advertisements to cover the expenses and do not need to bother about donation. I am quite annoyed by this term "donation", this must be the result of bad experiences in Nepal. I would welcome if you charge some registration fee for registered users. I hate this word "donation". If you want to make this site accessible to every one, it still will be accessible as those who do not want to pay can access this site without being registered users.
Thanks
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