We are thrilled to announce the launch of Club AppleVis. Club AppleVis
offers members and friends of our community a means of directly contributing
towards the financial costs of operating AppleVis-thus ensuring that we can
continue to deliver the information, help, and support that so many people
have come to value and rely on over the past 8 years.
In part, the launch of Club AppleVis is a response to Apple's decision to
remove apps from its affiliate program from October 1, 2018
<https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/1/17641388/apple-itunes-affiliate-program-r
emoving-apps-toucharcade> . For the unfamiliar, this affiliate program
enabled online content publishers to use a referral link when linking to
apps in the App Store. If people followed one of these links, a small
percentage of any resulting sale was paid by Apple to the originating
website as a commission.
We used referral links on AppleVis; not because we have wages to pay (all of
those involved with running AppleVis do so on a voluntary basis and receive
no financial recompense for their time), but because there are financial
costs from maintaining and developing AppleVis for the community. The small
amount of revenue generated by these links helped to cover those costs.
We want to stress that the changes to Apple's affiliate program should not
bring into question the continued existence of AppleVis.
However, as we receive no external funding or sponsorship, the reality is
that these changes will make it harder to cover the operational costs. This
is why we are asking the community to please consider helping by becoming a
member of Club AppleVis.
The biggest reward from being a Club AppleVis member is that you will be
directly helping to make AppleVis possible. However, as a "thank you"," we
offer a number of perks to Club AppleVis members:
* Each year, we offer one Club AppleVis member the opportunity to
take part in one of our roundtable podcasts. More details will be announced
on how this will work further down the road.
* Club AppleVis members have access to an RSS feed containing all of
the episodes in our podcast archive, enabling them to browse and play these
in their podcatcher of choice. Note that our main podcast feed includes only
the 100 most recent episodes, with the remainder accessible via the website.
* With the support of the developers and companies we have come to
know through running AppleVis, we will occasionally offer discounts or
giveaways to Club AppleVis members.
* Club AppleVis members also have a badge added to their AppleVis
user account that recognizes their membership of Club AppleVis and links to
the Club AppleVis page. If you do not want this badge added to your account,
please just let us know.
It is possible that we may offer additional perks to Club AppleVis members
as ideas and opportunities present themselves. However, what we will not be
doing is making some content only available to Club AppleVis members, as we
believe this would be against the spirit of AppleVis and everything our
community strives to offer.
If you are an app developer or behind a product or service that would be of
interest and value to Club AppleVis members, please consider partnering with
us to offer a discount or giveaway. Use our contact form
<https://www.applevis.com/contact-us> to reach out and let us know what you
have in mind.
How to Join Club AppleVis
To qualify for Club AppleVis membership, you will need to have either:
1. An active recurring donation towards AppleVis of at least US$1.99 per
month; or
2. Have made a single donation of at least US$25 in the past 12 months.
If you find value in the work that AppleVis does, and if you have the means,
we would greatly appreciate it if you would please consider becoming a Club
AppleVis member. To reiterate, any and all donations received go directly
towards the various costs associated with operating the AppleVis website;
our site editors receive no financial compensation for their work with
AppleVis.
If you are ready to join Club AppleVis, you can use one of the forms on this
page to set up either a recurring micro-donation or make a one-off donation
<https://www.applevis.com/club-applevis> . These donations are processed
securely via PayPal.
You can also use these forms if you wish to make a donation that's smaller
than is required for Club AppleVis membership. You will have our sincerest
thanks, as all donations make a difference and are truly appreciated,
irrespective of the amount.
If you already make a recurring micro-donation towards AppleVis or have made
a one-off donation of $25 or more in the past year, you will automatically
be made a Club AppleVis member. If you have any questions about this, please
contact us <https://www.applevis.com/contact-us> .
Thank you for your interest in learning how you can help to cover the
financial costs of maintaining and developing AppleVis for the community. It
is only with your help that everything AppleVis strives to offer is
possible.
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