LET'S KEEP POINTING!
Believe it or not, it's been an entire year since I started this page. I got the email that it's time to renew and pay the bills. Thing is, I don't make money from this. I don't post "EAT AT _____" or advertise happy hour specials at bars. Just pointing pics.
I'm not looking to make money from this. I love doing this because of the community it's built. Thais and "falangs" (foreigners, for those who don't know), smiling and laughing and enjoying the content that comes out of this strange but fun Thai custom....together. It's truly great.
But bills are bills and it's hard to run at a cost. I don't mind the work, it's nothing. Get sent fun pics, upload to site, watermark, share to Facebook and Twitter. Takes me a few minutes. Happily do it for free. But hopefully we can share the cost of another year! A couple baht here and there and it's taken care of.
So, I made one of those fundme style pages. I know, I know, I know. They're horrible. But it's the best and easiest way I could think of. And as I was putting the page together, they REQUIRE a video. The horrible video I made that took me HOURS is well worth visiting the indiegogo page. It's amazing. It looks like it was made by an 8 year old.
Your support of this page over the past year is so incredibly appreciated and any support you can lend to keep it going would be amazing. Thank you so much!
- Thais Pointing At Things was created a year ago by a guy who giggled like an idiot while registering the domain name and loves how people laugh the exact same way every time they hear the name for the first time. It's all in good fun!
- We're just looking to pay hosting and domain costs as we don't generate money from the site
- Your support will help keep the site and content going!
What We Need & What You Get
Break it down for folks in more detail:
- Bills are about 3100 THB for hosting and in the range of 500 THB for the domain
- We don't need $500 but that's the minimum the site allows! I think we have to reach the total goal so that's a bit of a pain in the butt BUT we'll do cash prizes for people submitting their best "Pointing Pics" and make sure 100% goes right back into the site and it's community, if that's the case.
- If we don't have to reach the total goal, awesome. Once it passes about 4000 THB for all the bills and fees, don't worry about donating.
The Impact
We want to keep the site and pages ad free. We don't want to be flooding you with "EAT AT _____!" or happy hour specials. Just fun pics. This isn't about money, it's about the community of smiling and laughing people we've built:
- The site gives this template for us to fill out.
- So here's text in bullet points
- POINT AT THINGS! (ok, that's 3 bullet points)
Risks & Challenges
Now I'm supposed to talk about risks. No risks. We make enough to pay the bills, we pay the internet peoples their money and we get to keep posting content that everyone in Bangkok gets to laugh at on the BTS or the toilet and the world gets to join in on the fun.
- Oh, look. Another bullet point.
- But only 2 this time. Not 3. They're making it easier on me,
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't donate, sharing this would help a lot:
- Please don't donate if you're tight on cash.
- If this has been shared to you, welcome to Thais Pointing At Things! You kind of need to have lived in Thailand to get it but trust me....it's funny.
What a year, all. Thank you to everyone around the world that has made this so much fun and hopefully this campaign doesn't bomb entirely!