haven't read all the posts in this thread but as far as I'm concerned if you start
restricting downloads more than you already do aka the 'elite' section you can
forget about me remaining a member

if you want money get some advertisers

you're sounding like one of those Chinese sites that requires either money or
contributions before a member can go up a level in order to download something

in fact I think I'll piss off now

Indicators alone will not make a potential trader successful.

However, having done my share of programming and tweaking indicators I downloaded from here and the ninja site I can deeply appreciate the long hours it sometimes takes to express oneself in C#.

So when I saw someone collect information here for over a year and then open her own website selling indicators and trading methodology (considering what she knew about trading would fit on the head of a pin) - well I could not believe it.

I felt very bad for the people who had spent hours giving her their precious time and explaining at great length how their indicators worked.

Shameful.

Charge away I say.

It would be even better if the people who contributed indicators got a kickback for the number of times their indicator was downloaded. That might lead to even more indicators being uploaded.

Keep it free, no conditions.

Run more ads on ur pages if u need more income. You will make more money this way than through memberships in the long run. As u develop ur income by marketing through ads, u will develop the revenue to reimburse all elite users their membership fee. This is a step in the right direction, a way to gain integrity and credibility and profitability.

It is not plausible to me that u need to protect the hard work of others nor ur own 'hard work', nor the need to protect ur own intellectual property.

Ur success will be determined by the quality of the service u provide, which may or may not be justified by the elite membership fee: personally i have no interest in paying for ur services.

The extent to which u provide useful trading tools to the trading community u will personally benefit and empower those around u. Deriving your revenue primarily from selling membership for education probably does not give u credibility I am looking for. Running ads is just fine and a perfectly legitimate source of income. Ur excuses about y u want to protect ur information make no sense at all to me.

The main and most legitimate way that the internet operates is by freely marketing, branding and promoting products and services. A good product and service will ALWAYS sell itself. U do not need to fend of the copycats. Either u get it right and develop the trust, loyalty and support of the community or not. Time will tell.

Ur site has some useful information and is a resource. U should be seeking ways to open ur service and remove all restrictions rather than wasting time trying to protect anything. There is nothing to protect. There is a plethora of free information on the net and u r not even a drop in the bucket. U r only showing weakness in the eyes of the public by sending out emails such as the one i just received. Keep ur gloves up and tell ppl positive things and find ways of value adding ur services.

gl