Why Do We Need Sponsorship?
Back when this was held at an actual venue we had the support of the venue, local staff, and purchases to keep things running. As long as the venue remained and we had people willing to run things, stuff worked and worked well.
Today though, we are existing outside of a venue and able to open our doors literally to the world. But there are costs. While running ads on our site or during our stream is a potentially viable source to manage some, if not all our costs, we would like to avoid that. Or at least keep things in the “family”.
What Costs Do We Have?
Running something like this can incur many costs. Some of the services we use have fees to use them in the ways we need to. These include:
- Zoom – a subscription is needed for guaranteed quality and sessions longer than 45 minutes.
- Website Hosting – providing us a home online.
- Equipment – nothing lasts forever, sometimes we need to replace things. This could be a Computer, Monitor, Mic, Interface… You get the idea.
- Internet – running something streaming based requires more than average internet speeds.
Ways To Donate
Zoom
Zoom is our biggest concern month to month. Artists and viewers alike have donated monthly to help keep things running. Our typical costs are small, but it helps. If you would like to sponsor us for a month of zoom, we ask only $16 USD to cover Zoom and fees. You can donate with the following links:
https://venmo.com/?txn=pay&audience=friends&recipients=wesmasonmedia&amount=16.00
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tdp4/16.00
You can put a note in the donation of a month you would like to sponsor, or once you donate you can email wesley.mason@gmail.com to let us know and we will let you know what months we have open and talk to you about getting an on-screen popup on the stream proclaiming your generosity.
Here is an idea what the popup can look like:
Merchandise
Another way to help us is to purchase some of our merchandise. You can visit our store here: https://store.hambonesopenmic.com/
Other Ways to Support Us?
Donations can also be sent to Wesley Mason, Tech Director and Sound Guy. You can use the paypal or venmo links below. Please specify it is a donation.
https://venmo.com/?txn=pay&audience=friends&recipients=wesmasonmedia