donations
"Ouch." -HBN Bandwidth
What is bandwidth? Bandwidth is simply defined as, "The amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a given period of time." Basically, every time someone visits a page in this site, a little of our bandwidth is used up. A few months ago, HaloBabies.net became too popular for it's own good! After only 4 months of living off our 15 gigabit/month bandwidth restriction, the site was begging for more! Ever since we started receiving between 500 and over 2,000 (it now peaks at over 5 times that) hits a day, this became a problem!
As of February 20, 2004, HaloBabies.net is being hosted on a brand new server. With my busy life, it is tough to find the time to maintain a site of this magnitude, much less support it financially! In order to maintain our current server status, we need $20/month. Any money that is donated to us, is immediatly transfered to a secure Washington Mutual bank account. Whenever a site payment is due, the money is transferred directly from the account to our current web host. Any extra money we happen to come across, will be used for future projects of HBN, such as merchandise, or contests. If you would like your money to only be used for a specific purpose, please let me know, and I will accomodate your request.
I am using PayPal* for the donation transaction because it is renowned as the most safe and easy way to transfer funds online. In order to donate, you will have to create a PayPal account. This is free, easy, and has no strings attached. I also encourage you to include your personal information with your donation. This way, if we find a way to thank you in the future, we will be able to do so without the hassle of tracking the transactions!
Gruntsbane and I would both like to thank all of our fans, as well as our loyal forum members for their constant support and kind words. If you have any further questions, please contact me. It should also be noted that if you donate, and are a member of our forum, you get exclusive access to the Sponsors section, where I will post goodies (only available to sponsors) from time to time. ;)
With Gratitude,
Matthew Dunn | mrsmiley { Web Guy }
Joel Casebeer | Gruntsbane { Halo Babies Artist }