4chon needs donations to stay afloat. All donations are greatly appreciated and will only be used on 4chon. 4chon is a non-profit website and all staff remain unpaid. We are funded soley by user donations.
Postal Mail
You can post a donation via good old fashion postal mail to the address below. At the moment, we accept cash only.
4chon.netc/o Omega Software Dev. Group
PO Box 6703
San Jose, CA 95150
United States of America
Bitcoin . P2P Virtual Currency
Another way to donate is with Bitcoin, an anonymous, decentralised online currency. Real-life currencies can be exchanged for Bitcoins via a number of methods at Mt.Gox or TradeHill.
4chon's receiving address is 1BHbY8QBxypNJgnqfSNeCWujr9x98XQ6rP. You can also email Mt.Gox redeemable codes and the like to donate@4chon.net if that's preferable.
PayPal or Credit Card
Please donate via the r9k1 Network or Tinyboard.
Flattr (see below) also accepts credit card or PayPal deposits.
Flattr . Social Micropayments
Why does 4chon need donations?
The fact is that 4chon cannot survive on its own. Although 4chon's operating costs are nowhere near some other websites', it still isn't free. All together, 4chon needs to bring in just over $1,000 USD a year to stay afloat.
| Item/service | Cost (monthly) | Cost (yearly) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated server | € 67.00 (~$89 USD) | € 804.00 (~$1,063 USD) | Leased from a datacenter in the Netherlands. |
| Domain names | - | $49.25 USD |
|
| SSL certificates | - | $30.00 USD | $10.00 x 3 |
| Total | ~$95.20 USD | ~$1,142.25 USD | Plus a little extra to pay for the PO box, etc. |
Is 4chon responsible with donations?
Despite occasional jokes made by us and others, we are. 4chon's donations are held in a seperate bank account just for 4chon. We'll never use your donations for anything else and we'll always ensure there's enough in the account at all times (at least $100 USD).
Can't the mods/admins pay for it?
4chon is a public service, funded by the community. Although STI and some of the mods do contribute, we don't believe we should pay for it all by ourselves.
Why don't you just put ads on 4chon?
- Ads are evil. Advertisement networks track you and would create a privacy issue for 4chon.
- I'm sure advertisers would have a problem with some of the content here.
- It won't pay well. A lot of users would block the ads with AdBlock (or something similar).
- Some people don't like 4chon and would attempt to get us kicked off the advertisement network (and they'd probably succeed).
- Advertisements are annoying.
- We made a promise to never put ads on 4chon back in January 2011.
I don't want 4chon to appear on my credit card statement. I want to donate anonymously.
4chon offers a range of anonymous donation methods. To ensure total anonymity, simply put some cash in an envelope and send it our way.
Can I use an alternative donation method?
Maybe. Talk to us on IRC or send me an email.