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alright thanks for that. One more question, I don´t actually have a credit card (or at least not one I´m keen on using) I have a couple of debit cards. can I use those?

Good to have this sort of reminder a couple of times a year so that people like me get reminded to finally get around to it. This site is by far the best coverage of racing and I for one am very grateful of it being here.
I like the fact the merchandise has been decoupled from the subscription package, this is just a direct cash injection without causing all the hassle of merchandising, or the high cost of postage for international subbers.
A suggestion - some other enthusiast sites I've been on have had a small icon or similar which appear next to your name when posting in comments/forums etc that show you're contributing to the site rather than a casual observer. With an increasing number of crash.net mentality people posting on this site, it would help us sort the wheat from the chaff. It would also serve as a very subtle but ongoing reminder for people to contribute, without being invasive or annoying.

Wanted to do this for a while, good thing you put up a reminder!
I have a personal feature request, regarding the layout customization.
An option for site supporters to modify the layout to make the header absolute would be great!
I have a N900 now, and while the stock browser supports greasemonkey, which is pretty cool, it doesn't reflow the text correctly.
I have to use opera mobile, which does reflowing perfectly, but doesn't take care of the position:fixed. It does have a mobile view which does, but that destroys the layout pretty badly.
A dedicated mobile version of the site is absolutely not necessary for me, when i could prevent the header from eating up half of my screen i would be perfectly happy.
Hope I'm not going on your nerves with this yet! ;)

You are right, sorry for the false alarm!
I checked with chrome, and apparently it still had the CSS cached.
I'm 100% happy now, thanks a million! :)
Now the site works great! For me, personally, there is no need for a dedicated mobile version anymore.

Thank you, David and Scott, for the excellent site, stories and photos, glad to subscribe. Looking forward to more of your work.

Thanks for the reminder, like many avid followers of arguably the best MotoGP news site I have been meaning to subscribe. I was also pleased to see the paypal option, always my favourite payment method for web purchases.

I know I subscribed to the site, I'm just not sure how long ago. I'm assuming the subscription lasts a year, so is there some kind of warning that the subscription is coming due?

Also, even when I log in as a subscriber I still have the fixed banner and ads. I've adjusted my page layout settings, but there doesn't seem to be a setting for ad-free there. To be honest, I don't mind keeping the ads on the page if it means more money going your way, but it would be nice to lose the banner.

You caught me with $40 in my pocket, got me off the fence.
Between this and HFL I get almost all my moto news on the web.
cheers. -case-

Subscription worth it for the larger desktop version photos from the lens of Scott Jones - top stuff!

Also I'll add another shoutout for HFL, great stuff!

as Aussie 66, i waited to be order nr 66. keep up the sensational reporting. Keep me in check if i go too far. Great work, I dont know what i get for my 40 dollars worth but if it keeps you going then its money well spent.

David,

The news and op-ed side of the site is fantastic…definitely without parallel…thank you for that.

Otoh, the forum side is a bit rubbish, definitely not to the same standard as the main site.

How about adding a $20 option for those that would like to support the front side of the site only?

Thanks

All of the money in subscriptions goes towards supporting the main website. The forum is run mainly by the moderators there, and though I maintain it, I spend very little time or money on it, other than occasionally upgrading the (free) software and reading some of the interesting opinions there.

Now, I profoundly disagree that the forum is not the same standard, but that is a matter of taste and not worth arguing about. But I can assure you that the forum is not draining any resources from the main site. So you could say we already have the option you are asking for.

Helllo David: After reading your thourough analysis of the potential problems with the desmosedici, I decided I had to stop being so cheap and pay the man for his superlative journalism skills( I was a site browser until now) That article was sooo informative. I'm an engineer but I still often come away enlightened by your articles and comments AND from some of the comments by your forum posters. Keep up the good work!!

Thanks for the reminder to help support the best MotoGP website in the world!

Got my PayPal receipt already, but under My Settings > Orders, it says "No orders available." Will give it some time and hopefully "supporter status" will kick in soon.

Keep up the good work!

... and as I'm previewing this post, my order has been processed. Thanks! :)

Thank you for the friendly reminder. It was high time I contributed to a site that gives me so much information, insight and pleasure.

Since I learned of this site I have been coming here for the latest on anything motorcycle racing related. Awesome site and am glad to support the cause! Keep up the great articles!!!

Paid my subscription and very happy to.
I have eschewed all other MotoGP sites in favour of MotoMatters. The haters and the pin-stickers seem to be far less evident on this site and I hope David and his team can keep herding them back to crash.net and the like and keep this site focused on racing.
I know that Casey can be prickly at times, and Vali and Jeremy have had their reputations somewhat tarnished by the move to a red paint job, and that Dani is maybe not managed by the nicest person on the planet.
You know what? I don't care!
What I care about is the great and magnificent history of GP racing, and that it continues unabated and unpolluted.
I want a prototype class not a production-based class, and I want to see the best riders in the world on machinery that advances motorcycling, not imitates what already exists.

Keep pushing against the trend towards dumbing everything down, David. You
have a great site with intelligent, incisive commentary. Long may it prosper.

Paid my money and happy to support such a great site. Keep up the great work, Scotts photos are superb by the way.

MotoMatters is my first, and usually only, stop... well worth the money. Keep up the good work!

I'm puzzled. I thought the $39.95 annual subscription came with relief from ads. However, I'm paid up, logged in and there they remain. I've no complaints supporting Mr. Emmett either way, but it'd be nice to ditch the ads.

On your "My Settings" page, you can change the theme to one of the Subscriber themes. There are no ads in those. I still haven't automated that step yet. I have changed your theme for you, you should not see any ads any more!

David,

I'm logged in but my site supporter subscription has lapsed, so I would expect the ads to re-appear but they don't (not that I'm complaining but thought you should know).

I'm a little reluctant to re-new my subscription though, besides the desktops and badge I don't feel there is enough benefit to justify it (to the wife). Perhaps if you could negotiate some discounts with your advertisers or partners they could offer to subscribers, or even a discount on MotoGP.com video passes for 2014? I've a feeling I'll be needing one to see any racing at all next year.

Great site with incisive well written articles, reports and insight.
Please keep it up.

Dave.

The main benefit to subscribers is that the site keeps on going. If we don't get enough subscribers, I will have to get a job and stop running the site. That is a very, very real possibility.

That, to my mind, is the biggest benefit to being a subscriber.

That's the most tangible benefit for me, the other half is not so appreciative (yet she will spend £20 on a nail polish and think nothing of it being even more temporary than a subscription). I'm just suggesting you might be able to"sell" more support subscriptions with something a little more Appealing. Maybe a premium suscription pack? Just a thought, as I'm going to have to pay to watch MotoGP next year unfortunately I will be choosing whose pocket my money goes into very carefully.

I am thinking of cutting the subscription in price, probably to $19.99, and changing the conditions, but I first have to figure out how to handle existing subscribers. I may have to give them all an extra free year. It's all complicated, and hard getting the pricing exactly right. But we're working on it.

David we have a quirky show here called Media Watch, which aims to hold our journalists accountable when their journalistic standards drop a little - quite entertaining. Last year the long presiding host moved on and left us with these parting words:

“Media Watch regularly shows you the worst (referring to journalism): but the best, I still believe, is worth paying for.”

He ended by saying, “So my parting plea is this: whatever your politics, or your preferences, and even if you’ve never bought a newspaper, start subscribing to at least one media website: whether it’s the Herald Sun or New Matilda, Crikey or the Sydney Morning Herald, old media or new, pay just a little to keep real journalism alive. “

Well I still haven't subscribed to the Sydney Morning Herald yet, but I have finally paid up for a subscription to the website run by the most informative and well written MotoGp journalist (at least amoungst those who publish in English and whose work therefore I am able to judge).

Keep up the good work David. Thus far for 2014 I have not renewed my subscription for MotoGp.com ( which I have had for several years). The access to old races and live streaming of practice etc is great, but I suspect that they are hamstrung by Dorna in terms of providing any meaningful insight or analysis.

I hope you are here to stay - we need you!

Actually, I just realised that without my subscription to MotoGp I will not be able to watch the full post race press conference, which aside from the races, was the thing I looked forward to most from that website. Damn it, how will I justify this to the wife...

Like most of us, I'm happy to take what is offered free on the web, and since stumbling on Motomatters a few weeks ago I've been coming back more and more often to read the superlative in-depth articles.

Compared to the bland politically-correct reporting on MotoGP, the articulate analysis of what's really going on behind the scenes at Motomatters is a breath of fresh air. Previously Crash.net was my main source of news, but it's a pale reflection of the in-depth, intelligent analysis available here.
I echo someone else's comment that this is the most erudite motorcycling sport site on the web.

The articles are great, but so are many of the comments - of a far higher standard than you see on Crash or the other sites. After finding I've become addicted I think it's only right that I pay for my regular supply, so have just happily subscribed :-)

Thanks to David and the team, keep it coming!

Brendan Power

It's refreshing that the focus of the site is news and not sales but, you guys should really make the Subscription button more obvious. I decided that I wanted to subscribe but, 1 minute later I was on the verge of saying "screw it" when I finally found the small font and small button tucked under the left corner of a picture. I found it (and did subscribe), but how many other people timed out before finding it and moved on.

I also was confused (and on this I feel I am partly to blame - but not for the item above) about how to find the calendar for purchase. I kept clicking on "Calendars" on the menubar to no avail of course. Now, this did not take as long to figure out, took me about 10-15 seconds to locate the store and to see the calendars there.

Oh, yeah - then after adding the subscription to my cart I navigated away to see about adding the calendar to my cart. But then I realized that I should probably purchase the calendar after becoming a subscriber. So I decided to go back to the cart, but I couldn't find it! I finally clicked again on "Support Us" to add another subscription to my cart, which brought up the cart, where I corrected the subscription count and proceeded to check out.

I have no doubt that the navigation links are there to do what I wanted to do efficiently - but they are not obvious and helpful. I was able to find myself around before my ADD kicked in, but my suggestion is to at least do some simple things to make sure that you get potential subscribers before their ADD kicks in. Make the purchase section for subscribing bigger - that should be an easy one. Bigger and bolder. Also, if there is a cart button somewhere, maybe you could make it more obvious as well.

Just sayin' - I think it might help. From a new subscriber :-)

-Neil

Second year in a row where I've been a "site supporter" but I saw something on facebook (David Emmett post) about supporting motomatters. It worked and I just renewed but man I would have done it much earlier if I had known. Nothing on the sites says "Idiot, your subscription is expired", "Pay up or we are sending rabid badgers to your house", "I have some friends that may pay a visit" etc.

Some will never pay for content but I think (at least I hope) that people will generally support content that they find valuable and interesting. I appreciate what you all are doing here and will support in the future. A gentle reminder to renew is cool and expected (no need for any strong arm tactics)