In the interest of transparency and full disclosure, all site-related income and expenses are entered into the public record. I try to include only expenses that are exclusively for the benefit of websites owned and operated by Classic DOS Games. I've made many purchases (specifically, computer upgrades) that I probably wouldn't have made if not for this web site, but they are not included because I enjoy the benefit of those purchases outside of the maintenance and operation of the site.
The 2007 Financial Statement may be restated in the future. Approximately $100 in receipts haven't yet been located.
2008 Financial Statement
| Expenses: $28.70 |
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| Expenses related to all sites |
| $0.88 |
PayPal fees from donations. |
| Classic DOS Games expenses |
| $24.00 |
Purchased Space Bats 1 and 2 as part of the successful campaign to resolve the unfulfilled order scandal. |
| $3.82 |
Expenses related to the Official Classic DOS Games DVD. $1.80 for CD bubble mailers. $2.02 for shipping. |
| Revenues: $24.51 |
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| $20.00 |
Official Classic DOS Games DVD donations. |
| $4.51 |
Commissions from Amazon for visitors who used my links to discontinued games to order something (not necessarily a discontinued game). In fact, you don't even have to buy a classic game if you want to help the site. Just click the link and it will take you to the main page. I'll get a small commission on anything you buy, and it costs you nothing to give the site that little bit of support. |
| 2008 Total: $-4.19 |
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2007 Financial Statement
| Expenses: $875.25 |
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| Expenses related to all sites |
| $47.88 |
Two 6 month web hosting packages with 1&1 ($3.99/month). I chose them because downloading all these games uses a lot of bandwidth and they offer 300 GB of bandwidth per month, 10 GB of storage, and include one domain name, for $3.99 per month. It takes this site weeks to use as much bandwidth as it's entitled to use in a single day. This was the best deal I could find, and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for webhosting. If you decide to order from them, please click that link so that I can get a commission. |
| $24.00 |
PayPal fees from donations. |
| Classic DOS Games expenses |
| $17.87 |
1 year domain name registration for classicdosgames.com, classicdosgames.org, classicdosgaming.com (had to register that name after Apogee/3D Realms got our domain name wrong in a news item about the site!). |
| $619.16 |
Expenses related to the Official Classic DOS Games DVD. $106.02 for a Plextor PX-810SA DVD±RW. $33.05 for a Memorex CD/DVD Label Maker Kit Expert. $7.28 for CD bubble mailers. $7.88 for shipping. $10.82 for Dynex 100-Pack CD/DVD Sleeves. $67.65 for my failed attempt to purchase a Xerox Phaser 6110N color laser printer. $386.46 for a Xerox Phaser 6120N color laser printer. |
| DOS Historical Preservation Society expenses |
| $14.93 |
5 year domain name registration |
| $151.41 |
$131.01 for a CatWeasel MK 4, $20.40 in customs fees. |
| Revenues: $1180.59 |
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| $65.00 |
Donations made through PayPal. |
| $200.00 |
Official Classic DOS Games DVD donations. |
| $910.00 |
Sponsorship deals |
| $5.59 |
Commissions from Amazon. |
| 2007 Total: $305.34 |
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