OLLIE 26 Report post Posted June 20, 2019 I should have done this a long time ago ... The resilience of Bimmersport to still be chugging along today, is a testament to our passionate members, the still dedicated admins, and a number of very important individuals. It really proves that there is value here for enthusiastic bmw owners and that this site deserves to have some life breathed back into it. There is an immense amount of information in the archives and there is still an active member base, although not as active as it once was. Unfortunately the current owners, Andrew and myself can't give bimmersport the attention that it deserves, and haven't been able to for some time. Therefore I'm interested to hear from anyone who is keen to take over the running of the site, or interested in buying it. It requires a leader who can dedicate time and effort into re-establishing bimmersport as the best online car community in New Zealand. Selecting and managing an admin team Maintaining the Website / Forum Building and managing Bimmersports social media and online presence Promoting and running great events Selling Advertising (online & offline) to fund the running of the site Nurturing and developing the bimmersport brand Managing Finances I'm open to working out a deal with the right person/s. If you're interested please email me [email protected] with a bit of info about who you are, why you're interested, and in what capacity. I'll do my best to reply to emails within a reasonable timeframe, but please excuse me if I'm a bit slow, I'm travelling a lot. Cheers Ollie 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zero 1162 Report post Posted June 20, 2019 Hopefully someone with not just the means, but the passion for this community will step up. It could really take this place I love to the next level. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BreakMyWindow 1874 Report post Posted October 24, 2019 Bumping this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted October 24, 2019 Just an idea for fundraiser - seen on other sites where they sold calendars of member cars each year... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1061 Report post Posted October 24, 2019 9 hours ago, C-130 Hercules said: Just an idea for fundraiser - seen on other sites where they sold calendars of member cars each year... There was one about 10 years ago maybe? Probably still have it somewhere 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Gaz said: There was one about 10 years ago maybe? Probably still have it somewhere Cool - you should find it and post it for us... Blast from the past. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted October 24, 2019 I'd buy one, and it would probably sell internationally if it was done well 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackie 510 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 3 hours ago, m325i said: I'd buy one, and it would probably sell internationally if it was done well Wouldn't public holidays be an issue? Labour day on Monday for example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
m325i 709 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 ^Fair point. Assuming you use a calendar for practical purposes. I'd just use it as an excuse to hang cars on my office wall. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 You can have a calendar that just has days and dates... no holidays... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 11 hours ago, Gaz said: There was one about 10 years ago maybe? Probably still have it somewhere There was one more recent, about 5 or 6 years ago I think. I threw it out when I moved last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1662 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 Ive got a sealed one from 2013 if anyone wants it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted October 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Eagle said: Ive got a sealed one from 2013 if anyone wants it I'll have it happily... ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3_Power 636 Report post Posted July 27, 2020 How much does it cost to run the site on an annual basis? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E30 325i Rag-Top 2957 Report post Posted July 27, 2020 Currently, not a lot. This is due to a lot of time and services being provided for free to help with running the site. For example the site is hosted on an admin’s personal server for no cost. What it would normally cost to host a site like this I have no clue, sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted July 27, 2020 Can we get any traffic stats? I can do basic hosting calculations. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2078 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Highlighting this thread up for visibility. @Jamez I think you have helped in the other thread to answer how the site is currently hosted and what is being done to sort out the downtime that occurred. Are you able to provide some figures for traffic etc? Edited September 15, 2020 by Driftit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Driftit said: Highlighting this thread up for visibility. @Jamez I think you have helped in the other thread to answer how the site is currently hosted and what is being done to sort out the downtime that occurred. Are you able to provide some figures for traffic etc? ~25GB a day of traffic and 65GB of disk (it was 300GB before I compressed all the old pictures), so something that allows 1TB of traffic per month and 100GB of disk would be about right, that would cost ~$20usd a month with Amazon lightsail ($350nzd per year). Whilst the site is not as active as it once was, there is still quite a bit of traffic to it due to the historical content here and bimmersport ranking pretty highly in google searches. Edited September 15, 2020 by Jamez 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2078 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 Awesome thanks James. @M3AN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jamez 2147483647 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 That doesn't take into account what you would do for backups. For instance I take a full copy every night for backups and push it to my home connection which meant I did ~7TB total traffic last month lol, GBIT FTW! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-130 Hercules 571 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 What would it take and cost to move it to the cloud? I am no expert, just my 2c. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted September 15, 2020 1 minute ago, C-130 Hercules said: What would it take and cost to move it to the cloud? I am no expert, just my 2c. Amazon Lightsail (as mentioned above by James) is - I think! - a cloud platform. There are others, with good/better/worse characteristics and price points. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted September 16, 2020 If the line of thinking is to move it to the cloud then it will be worth considering Invision Community's cloud service. Some work would have to be done around storage but it does support AWS S3 so it might be possible to use that for attachments. I imagine a lot of that 65GB is infrequently accessed. I'm assuming there's rarely >65 'concurrent' (ish) users? Costs could be about NZ$100 per month Invision+AWS I'd think. A lot would depend on how much of that 25GB a day traffic (which is surprisingly high) is attachment based (storage intensive). You don't pay for Invision bandwidth but you would pay for S3 bandwidth. But also, I don't necessarily think that hosting (or ownership) needs to change to make some improvements. Changing ownership or re-homing something can be quite the undertaking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karter16 407 Report post Posted March 18 Given a couple of recent posts I've seen it's probably time to drag this up again. It would be really helpful to understand, as of 2024, exactly what the ask/offer is. Is it to "buy" bimmersport, is it to save it from being turned off and disappearing, is it to run it for the current owners? From an enthusiast community perspective I'm keen to see the forum stick around as it's a wealth of NZ-specific knowledge, but not really looking for an entire side-business, so would be good to understand how things currently lie. Cheers, Matt 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted March 18 I spoke with the owners a few years ago, but no numbers were mentioned. I did get the impression that something would be required, despite a feeling that the whole 'looking after the forum' aspect was more of a chore than a labour of love. I think I was waiting for a further comms but nothing came of it. The time may now be right. A fresh injection of enthusiasm could be a wonderful thing. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
