# What else do you pay for on the web? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927 "2004-07-13T17:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/21 "2004-07-14T12:47:13Z")
I pay to play at two online chess sites. But that’s like paying for service. I also pay to play at another site that has chess forums as well as a big opening database and the ability to search for specific positions, players, games, etc. That’s more like paying for content. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/22 "2004-07-14T13:12:51Z")
I pay $25 annually for another forum that I don’t care to name here. I pay for my website’s hosting, that’s about $5/month. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/23 "2004-07-14T13:24:20Z")
I pay for quite a few online content sites: [ul] [li]SDMB (of course)[/li][li]Wall Street Journal Online[/li][li]eBay market research services at Andale[/li][li]I kick a donation every now and then to an online BBS where I pick up Fidonet echomail[/li][li]I have a subscription at [adland](http://ad-rag.com/) because subscribers have access to a huge archive of TV advertisements[/li][li]I pay a small sum at [this weather site](http://www.wunderground.com/) to remove banners and other ads when I’m online there.[/li][/ul] Geez, I guess that’s quite a few. If the content is valuable to me, I have no problem paying for it. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/24 "2004-07-14T13:38:10Z")
I used to subscribe to a pron site but that got old quick. Theonly other thing I pay for on the web is here. Nothing else really interests me. But if I did find another forum or service on the web that was interesting or useful I wouldn’t have any problem paying for it as long as I could afford it. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/25 "2004-07-14T14:49:47Z")
I subscribed to [launch.com](http://launch.com) (streaming music stations). It was $30 or $36 a year, I can’t remember. I haven’t listened to regular radio in ages, and I love commercial-free radio. I occasionally subscribe to Fileplanet, but it’s an on-again, off-again thing for me. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/26 "2004-07-14T16:15:09Z")
I have an account on pBase, the picture-hosting website. I’m also currently in the market for a web hosting service so i can have my own webpage. I have 50MB of free webspace through my university, but the serevice sucks because it is basic hard disk space, with no features (ftp, php, database, etc., etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/27 "2004-07-14T16:51:41Z")
If you want to get technical, I don’t even subscribe here since my account was paid for me by another Doper. Once the expiration date looms, I’ll be a subscriber to this site and this site only though. (okay, and maybe LJ. I want more than three icons, damn it.) ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/28 "2004-07-14T17:34:59Z")
[Ucomics.com](http://Ucomics.com) - $10/year - I don’t think I’ll re-subscribe, since I haven’t read them in months, but it’s a wonderful service. Daily comics page that serves me up Garfield en Espanol and Ted Rall side by side, and years and years of archives. [Dragonrealms.net](http://Dragonrealms.net) - Online text-based game. $50/month or so. It’s…an addiction. Website hosting - $10/month, hosting three sites of my own, including bandwidth-sucking fan-girly music videos, and one site for a friend. I’m barely touching the capacity. Like my cable modem, this is the service I will no longer go without. **mhendo** , I’m happy with [fidelityhost.com](http://fidelityhost.com) and their $4.95 plan will work for you, but I know there’s a few people on the board that have an even cheaper, cooler service that starts with b. I can’t remember more than “b”… [fanfiction.net](http://fanfiction.net) - $15 for three months, or something. I’m not sure I’ll keep it, as the advanced statistics aren’t that great. Porn sites - Every six months or so I sign up for a free 3-day trial ($15-20), get what I need, then cancel. Things that I’m not paying for that I should: LJ - More icons aren’t enough of a draw. Their free service is far too good and their pay service, far too crappy. Yahoo! Games AOL - My mommy still pays. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/29 "2004-07-14T17:54:03Z")
> [@Rysler](#): > > **mhendo** , I’m happy with [fidelityhost.com](http://fidelityhost.com) and their $4.95 plan will work for you, but I know there’s a few people on the board that have an even cheaper, cooler service that starts with b. I can’t remember more than “b”… Thaks for the advice, but fidelityhost’s $4.95 plan doesn’t have enough space for me. While my university only gives me 50MB, and fidelityhost offers 250MB for $4.95 a month, i really want 500+MB so i can store a bunch of photos. Right now, the leading contender is [ipowerweb.com](http://ipowerweb.com), which offers 800MB of webspace and 40GB of transfer for $7.95 a month. I have a web developer friend who uses it, and who is very happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927/30 "2004-07-14T18:03:57Z")
I pay for Salon Premium, Consumer Reports, and a photo hosting service, Funtigo. I have a some credits over at Nerve Personals but I’ve decided I’m out o’the dating game. I also registered my MIRC version but I’m not sure if that counts. I keep debating about paying for the Salon forum, TableTalk but so far I’ve been satisfied with lurking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-else-do-you-pay-for-on-the-web/254927.md?page=1)