this post is a followup to one of my pinned posts, read this first before proceeding
my rocket launch viewing guide, LaunchRats, sorely needs a major remodel, for many reasons.
- it's not effective as a guide, it's no good having pages for every viewing area when they're inaccessible
- the only thing i can reliably do with it is sticky new guideblogs to the main page
- its very "wayward knew how to make websites in the early 2000s and tried to force wordpress to look and act like that" in ways that aren't @coolstation levels of charming.
but most importantly, a remodel would allow me to place ads and make the site actually make money (good, 'cause i'm broke and unemployed). I have my ad policy figured out already, to hopefully court ads from local restaurants/hotels/attractions, stuff folks in the area to see a launch would probably enjoy.
But in order to get the site into that place, I need to hire a developer. I have them picked out already, they're someone I've known for years, who has a particular understanding of what I'm trying to do 'cause he ran a theme park fansite for years.
The question, I guess. Is it permissible, proper, whatever, to set up a fundraiser with this in mind? A fundraiser specifically to pay for my website rework, with the hopes that once it's reworked, I can pursue getting the site to make money through advertising to help pay my bills.
Or is that foolish, and if I'm gonna fundraise at all, should I instead just be fundraising to pay my bills directly, like just about every other broke queer?