Minimum of AUD $2500 required to keep 5EP afloat for the next year
Dear 5EP community,
UPDATE: AS A RESULT OF NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS AND SOME GENEROUS DONATIONS, THE AMOUNT NOW REQUIRED TO KEEP THIS PLATFORM RUNNING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO AUD $1427.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY!
FIFTH ESTATE PRESS is in danger of shutting down at any time due to a lack of subscribers. Our expenses exceed our income. The expenses include fixed costs such as hosting an e-commerce payment gateway, server hosting and email service hosting. These costs are non-negotiable 3rd party expenses which are required to keep the platform running.
If you value this platform then I would suggest you subscribe immediately if you're not already a subscriber, and then use the Donate page (Menu > Options > Donate) to send us additional funds, as the modest subscription fee is not enough to cover basic costs until we have at least 100 subscribers.
On the Donate page you can choose an amount to donate between $5 and $1000.
I will keep you all updated as to our progress in raising this money.
I think 5EP is a great platform and good technology, which is well worth a small subscription payment, especially in today's tyrannical environment where big tech is busily eliminating free speech.
Unfortunately, many people today, despite claiming to be passionate about free speech, are only interested in getting "free stuff" on the internet.
I have done my fair share of work to support free speech and hold back the tide of tyranny. I've put years of work into this.
I'm counting on your support to be able to continue to do this work.
Best regards,
Hereward Fenton
CEO, Fifth Estate Press
Can you update us on the situation now, in November 2022? Is Fifth Estate Press still viable?
It was always a labour of love. While I have funds I will keep it afloat. We need 10,000 subscribers.
Is there some way of introducing a sales component to help keep afloat?
I don't know. A VPN service, even if it's just one which is done by another company that could give tiny royalties.
Or if there are products you regularly purchase yourself, which you could turn into a sales opportunity, to save you money on your own purchases, whilst helping find the site with at least fractions to begin with??
The platform has no organic traffic because Google has decided to suppress search results that lead to it. This is partly why I decided to change the top level domain name. Still waiting for Google to re-index the site.
Without a decent amount of organic traffic it's pointless trying to market anything.
What I would like to see is Elon musk BUY GOOGLE and expose all the dirty things they've done with their search ranking arlgorithm.
Do you have an account with Facebook? I can't remember when I found you or how then I lost contact. I LOVED the articles I had read. If you aren't on Facebook, if you could give me a great article to post, maybe we could get a GoFundMe. I would be honored to introduce you!! Let me know! 
Have considered something like a GoFundMe page as well?
It could also work as another outlet of promoting the website to a larger audience who may still not be aware it exists and how great it is.
Good idea.
Just wondering. Can a donation larger than the subscription price still entitle you to all the same features as a subscriber? Like publishing stories etc etc.
No worries mate - I will manually upgrade you to subscriber status.
Thanks. I will shortly contact you privately.