Report from the Treasurer: Summer 2010 Edition

We here at Otaku no Podcast are committed to openness and transparency.  To this end I am starting a new series of periodic reports where we will inform you, the listening/viewing audience, exactly how much we’ve made off this website, and how it’s going to use.

This site (and associated podcast) is very much a labor of love for me.  (Plus it gives me the excuse to play with geeky things like microphones, web server software, etc.)  And, to be brutally honest, it costs me a fair amount to run.  The server costs me $60/month (although since I also run my personal email and website, as well as several friends’ websites off of it, it’s not fair to associate that entire cost with Otaku – if I had to divvy it up, I’d say Otaku’s share is maybe $20-30 per month).  There’s also domain renewal fees, which are about $30 per year.  (ICANN, the domain registrar, is in the process of raising their rates, so I don’t have an exact figure for this)  Of course, since this is my personal hobby, I don’t mind paying for it.  Still, I’m not the sort to turn away any assistance, and to that end we have two money-making methods in place here.  (Although, “money making” is a relative term – as you’ll soon see, we’re not exactly talking gobs of money here…)  Read below for the current state of things, and how the funds will be used.

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