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We have 3 types of Membership on Club Powerboat.ie
Registered Members: To Join Club Powerboat.ie, first register as a "Member" with a username and password. Membership is Completely Free of Charge. Registered Members can start posts and threads, access all forums, upload attachments, vote in polls and send Private Messages (PMs) to other members. Registered members are allowed one free Classified Photo Ad on www.powerboat.ie at any one time.
Flag Members: Registered Members who purchase a Club Pennant for 20 euro ( Including VAT and postage and packing) become Flag Members for life and are, in addition to the basic membership features, allowed to upload Post Icons / Avatars, Profile Pics and Signatures and may also launch polls. In addition, they receive a double size (100) PM Mailbox and are identified as Flag Members when they post. They are allowed two free Classified Photo Ads on www.powerboat.ie at any one time.
To upgrade to Flag Member status now, Go to Paid Subscriptions in your User CP (Control Panel at the top left of this page) and make a secure payment using PAYPAL. Your membership will be instantly upgraded !
Commercial Members. Cost 250 euro per anum. Registered Members who are involved in the Marine or Associated Trades really should subscribe to this if they want to post here.
Commercial Members may use their Company Name or initials as their user name, may use company contact details in their signature block, company logo as an avatar / logo on all posts, have a double size Mailbox (100) and may have up to 5 free Classified Photo Ads on www.powerboat.ie at any one time. In addition they will receive a free hyperlink listing for their website or email address in our very popular Marine Links and Resources Page both in these Forums and on www.powerboat.ie . Our posting guidelines for Commercial members still apply !
1 years Commercial Membership of Club Powerboat.ie for just €250 is not just great advertising. It is interactive Advertising with your Clients and Customers, the Irish Motorboating Community !
To upgrade now to Commercial Member Status now, Go to Paid Subscriptions in your User CP (Control Panel at the top left of this page) and make a secure payment using PAYPAL. Your membership will be instantly upgraded !
Our Vision is to have an accessible, free, functional, effective and vibrant online Club supported on a voluntary basis by Flag Sales and Commercial Operators who consider that any money they contribute towards the Maintenance and Development of the Club is Good Value !
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Many of the members of Club Powerboat.ie are involved as commercial players in the marine industry. As such, they, along with their customers, are a vital part of the marine community in Ireland and are especially welcome to contribute to these Forums !
We now have a Commercial membership Package which we really hope that Commercial members will suport. To subscribe see here.
Commercial Membership.
Cost 250 euro per anum. Forum members who are involved in the Marine or Associated Trades really should subscribe to this .
Commercial Members may use their company name as their user name, may use company contact details in their signature block, have a double size Mailbox (100) and may have up to 5 Classified Ads at any one time. In addition they will receive a free hyperlink listing for their website or email address in our very popular Marine Links and Resources Page. Our posting guidelines for Commercial members still apply !
In this way I know that we will still have a free, functional, effective and vibrant Club supported on a voluntary basis by some Private Sponsors and Commercial Operators who consider that any money they contribute towards the Maintenance and Development of the Club is Good Value !
As an example of how popular this site has now become within the Irish Boating Comunity, the traffic figures for last month (Jan 08) on www.powerboat.ie/forums from 01 - 31 January 08 are as follows:
Unique visitors per month 5,707
Number of visits per month 11,710
Pages viewed per month 146,464
Hits on site per month 832,759
These figures exclude non human visitors such as search engine bots etc.
We have had a steady climb in activity of about 10% per month in the last 6 months since I started recording the site stats.
Posting Guidelines for Commercial Members
Following on from the general guidelines for posting, here are some pointers ( with a small p ! You know yourselves folks - Common Sense !! ) as to what is acceptable for commercial type posts on these forums:
The forums at Club Powerboat.ie are generally non-commercial, although occasional relevant, useful or interesting commercial posts are acceptable.
Only Commercial members may use their Company name or similar as a username.
It is perfectably acceptable to use your company's web site address as the Home Page URL in your profile once you are a Commercial member of the Club. You may also have a link to your web site in your signature.
Your postings should be of real interest to Forum members though, and not just thinly veiled efforts to get your company name seen!
We do provide advertising opportunities on Club Powerboat.ie ! Contact stuart at powerboat.ie for details.
Specific examples of unacceptable commercial posts include:
- Blatant advertising, not related to any ongoing discussion
- Repetitive posting of the same information
- Unsubstantiated claims or wild marketing hype
- Running down competitors products
If you are the agent for Bloggs RIBs and the forum are discussing your product, feel free to identify yourself as such and provide relevant info. If you are a Mechanic or Instructor, giving advice on the Forum it is only fair that you be allowed to mention that you own or work for Bloggs Marine Engineering or Bloggs Powerboat School. Common sense folks !
Bear in mind though, that members may praise or criticise your products or services in a public forum ! Again all such comments are expected to be in the spirit of dignity and respect which I expect to be a feature of these forums.
As always, your comments and suggestions for further improvements are welcome at any time to stuart at powerboat.ie .
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