What is Balkanium and what does it offer?
Balkanium started as a simple Internet forum evolving around the Balkan peninsula. Its goal was to create a constructive community of Balkanians and other interested groups or individuals, where people could share and learn about eachother in a civil and peaceful manner. The community quickly evolved and so did the need to provide more content and an improved experience.
Today, Balkanium offers:
- An Internet forum.
- An image gallery.
- A Balkan music database.
- A flash and java games section.
- Easy access to Balkan related news.
- An RSS feed of Balkanium's forum.
- The ability to include Balkanium's forum into your own site.
In the near future will be included:
- A Balkan cinema database.
- An online radio station.
- More features that we still haven't thought about!
What costs does Balkanium have?
Beside the time devoted to the improvement, maintainance and well being of Balkanium, there are other, more tangible costs that are involved. Some of these are:
- Domain name.
- Web hosting.
- Forum software subscription.
- RSS system subscription.
- Advertisements.
- Flash games.
- Various paid scripts.
Why should i make a donation?
The online presence of Balkanium requires a lot of resources. From the time and money spent in developing, maintaining and improving the site and its offered services, to the everyday costs that were described above. By making a donation you can help us secure the necessary resources that are needed for Balkanium to function unhampered and also for its faster development and improvement.
Do i HAVE to donate? How much money must i donate?
You are not obliged to make a donation! Only make one if you can afford it and wish to help us out. Also, there is no fixed amount that you must donate. You can donate as much as you want and can afford to!
You convinced me! So how do i make a donation?
You can make a donation by using PayPal, the world's largest payment processing service for online vendors.
- Click the "Donate" button below.
- Select the amount you would like to donate, and press "Update Total".
- If you have a PayPal account, login to your PayPal account. If you don't have a PayPal account, click on the appropriate link on the bottom-left of the page. You can donate using a credit card.
- Follow the instructions and confirm the donation.
If you encounter any difficulties or if you have any further questions about this procedure, you can always contact us! We will be happy to help you.
But I've never heared of this PayPal. Are you suuuure it is safe?
PayPal protects your financial information with industry-leading security and fraud prevention systems. When you send money using PayPal, your financial information is not shared with the recipient (in this case, us Balkanium). Once your donation is complete, you will be e-mailed a receipt for this transaction. The information practices of PayPal, Inc. have been reviewed and meet the standards of the Better Business Bureau's BBBOnline Privacy Program.
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