Can anyone tell me what is happening with this 'Reload'?
Michael
Home of the Golden Gun
Yes, GB and I sold GBO back in 2014 to one of the advertisers at the time. Fast forward a few years and I noticed that the site was dying and wanted to start the "Old GBO" back up but GB was not in favor of it. Back in November my wife and I decided that we would restore the database to the way it was on March 1, 2014. After a talk with GB he was now on board with the "Reload" so here we are.
What's changed? NO ADS EVER!!!! We will not be selling ads on this site. I hate ads and I know many of you do as well. So my wife and I are funding this completely out of our pockets. At this point it is not a big deal as we have a VPS with 1&1 hosting which is very affordable. As traffic to the site increases then we will move the site to our own servers and colo them in Atlanta GA or Savannah GA both are only a few hours drive for me so trips to the Data Center will not be an issue.
How will we fund the site as it grows? Well one of the ventures that I started after GBO sold was a Print Shop. My wife and I print shirts, hats, bag, mugs and just about anything else you can think of. We have a line that we are creating that will be GBO exclusive and all funds from the sales will support the site. Also members can still donate or become subscribers as before if they feel so inclined.
Why did we do this? Well the go2GBO site was sold a few more times and is now owned by Vertical Scope, a Canadian company which only care about the bottom line and not about the quality of the site or the members at all. GB and I spent 17 years building GBO into what it was and as I see it, it is GB's legacy and I will not stand by and watch it die. At any point the site becomes unprofitable for VS they will sell it or just shut it down. I put way to many hours into GBO for it to just go away all together, so here we are in 2019 and we have GBO Reloaded (reloaded as it was in 2014) and now even if the other site dies out all the info will still be here for the world to share.
Am I crazy? Maybe... but GBO will be around as long as I am and I can make sure of it now.
You can check out some of our work on our
www.InkredibleImage.com site or we also have an etsy site @
www.etsy.com/shop/theinkredibleimage keep in mind that we supply boutiques so most of our designs on those two places will be geared towards such.
Matt