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How many donations to your Minecraft server do you get?

NewSuperMario's Avatar NewSuperMario5/21/16 7:15 am
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5/26/2016 9:46 am
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How many donations do you get in average each month? Just thought this would be good to know if donations can pay for a Minecraft server or not

Reply in this format:
1. Amount of money donated each month (in average)
2. How much RAM your server is using
3. How many players that are online on your server each day (in average)


Here's an example:
1. 20$
2. 4 GB
3. 50
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05/26/2016 9:46 am
Level 6 : Apprentice Miner
kemmeo
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None since the EULA.
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05/24/2016 11:33 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Currently average donations is about 5$ per GB RAM each month
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05/24/2016 12:56 pm
Level 40 : Master Explorer
avrona
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Then you have me with no donations
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05/24/2016 4:58 am
Level 24 : Expert Nerd
dooly123
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8GB
12USD
80 Player Slots
free Webhost
50 cents domain

mostly my players and staff pay for the server.
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05/24/2016 3:19 am
Level 49 : Master Wizard
Sammo346
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1. £500~ https://gyazo.com/1717264e57f8fd8d4bf7aa4652be48dd
2. 3.5 GB (32GB machine)
3. 475-ish individuals https://i.gyazo.com/113481c674393c410e5 ... d79fd8.png

To reiterate the previous comments, I've ran the server for 6 years now and paid for it myself for the first three.

Please pay attention to the EULA, and don't let kids waste money
As people can only donate for cosmetics, the key is community. Make them look and feel special for helping out.
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05/24/2016 2:00 am
Level 88 : Elite Modder
Fureniku
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1. Average $150/month ($3600 lifetime)*
2. 32GB, but I use the box for various things. I wasn't an idiot who bought a MC-centric server. Generic for life.
3. Lasting players about 20, but I get a lot of passthroughs too which would take it to 40-50 a day.

*I've not had a single donation for over a year. My income is from forum advertising, but that also includes the ads on my mods. (I left out AdFly and Curse though which are solely from mods). I get about twice what I pay for the server.
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05/26/2016 9:42 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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How much $ do you get per 1000 forum page views?
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05/24/2016 1:33 am
Level 40 : Master Explorer
avrona
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If anyone is wandering why my previous answer may seem strange to some people, it's because I self-host my server.
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05/23/2016 12:28 pm
Level 22 : Expert Blockhead
raidarr
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Rule of the thumb: Don't bother if you can't sustain a server yourself for a while without any donations at all.
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05/23/2016 12:48 pm
Level 15 : Journeyman Network
Flappo
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^^
Me at the moment.
I'm for already 4 years running servers from my own pocket, got a few donations but they were not enough. But I'm still enjoying doing it, and that's why I didn't stop!
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05/23/2016 11:01 am
Level 51 : Grandmaster Necromancer
Noctris
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Small server 1-2GB are ussualy friend only servers, so dont expect many donations on thouse.
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05/23/2016 12:02 pm
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Less than 3$ a month?
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05/23/2016 10:48 am
Level 40 : Master Explorer
avrona
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1. £0
2.16GB
3.1-2.
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05/23/2016 10:13 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Anyone with a small server got donations? (like a 1 GB RAM or less server)
(You can post even though you don't have any)
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05/22/2016 8:47 am
Level 4 : Apprentice Network
Moderocky
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1. ~£500
2. 242GB (Across all my nodes)
3. N/A (I sell server space from my dedicated box privately, no idea who goes on them)
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05/21/2016 4:58 pm
Level 41 : Master Loremaster
CWAdmin
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1. $300-$400 USD (Proof of lifetime sales https://gyazo.com/a70fd45b8db205a8dd26d74c69920562)
2. 3GB
3. 20-30 weekdays, 30-40 weekends.

Side note: If you're looking to start a minecraft server, DO NOT do it for the profit. It will take several months of hardcore grinding and working just to have a decent chance, with then again is never guaranteed as starting up a server nowadays is extremely tough. Do it because you want to make one genuinely.

There are MUCH better ways to get money for less time and work, such as working at a fast food place or doing chores for your neighbors
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05/22/2016 5:22 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Obviously you do it for the fun of playing and not extra money
I just want to know if it's affordable to keep up a server
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05/21/2016 4:41 pm
Level 11 : Journeyman Warrior
danny-cali
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0
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05/21/2016 9:50 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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MrrMidnight
NewSuperMarioCurrently, the average money donated per GB RAM is around 4.5$ per month! That's quite a lot

(Counting with only the people who specified exact amount of RAM)

Depending on which hosting you use.

Well, there are still a couple of hosting services that are cheap enough for that
Most hosting services sell for like 5-10$ though, but 4.5 is still pretty close to 4.5
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05/21/2016 8:55 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Currently, the average money donated per GB RAM is around 4.5$ per month! That's quite a lot

(Counting with only the people who specified exact amount of RAM)
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05/21/2016 9:34 am
Level 15 : Journeyman Network
Flappo
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Depending on which hosting you use.
If you use OVH it's quite a profit, if you host on MCProHosting, you're really low.
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05/21/2016 8:47 am
Level 13 : Journeyman Unicorn
JoshJW
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1. £80
2. 25GB
3. 20-50
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05/21/2016 7:41 am
Level 5 : Apprentice Dolphin
KitterBear
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1. $39USD
2. 1GB
3. 10
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05/21/2016 7:36 am
Level 65 : High Grandmaster Wolf Whisperer
Myyoyo
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EULA
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05/21/2016 4:52 pm
Level 6 : Apprentice Architect
Dystopia
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lmao
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05/21/2016 7:40 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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The EULA still allows donations afaik, as long as you don't give any unfair features in game in exchange for the money?
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05/21/2016 8:32 am
Level 15 : Journeyman Network
Flappo
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I think he meant that it is almost impossible to get those kind of donation amounts in a month with that less players, without having P2W perks on your server.
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05/21/2016 8:43 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Oh yeah it does seem a bit weird to be able to get that much but back to topic
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05/21/2016 7:22 am
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Batman
Tabbin
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1. Amount of money donated each month (in average) https://gyazo.com/535482f229a48a97660ee0e5ac3bcd29 in 13 days.
2. How much RAM your server is using A lot
3. How many players that are online on your server each day (in average) 20 ish
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05/21/2016 7:32 am
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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That's quite a lot
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05/21/2016 3:46 pm
Level 64 : High Grandmaster Batman
Tabbin
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Yep, buying a new TV
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05/21/2016 4:37 pm
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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Did you only get the money from donations?
Or I guess just partly?
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05/24/2016 12:05 pm
Level 17 : Journeyman Miner
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05/24/2016 12:47 pm
Level 25 : Expert Dragonborn
NewSuperMario
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1300 dollars?
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05/21/2016 7:19 am
Level 15 : Journeyman Network
Flappo
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1. €0,-
2. 8 GB
3. ~5 (Mostly developers and builders.)
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