I never like having to write about this sort of thing, although thankfully until this point I haven’t needed to.

The server has been sustaining itself through player-funding through our webstore for nearly three years, and that is amazing for me to consider!
However, the costs of running a server are not a one off thing. We have bills to pay every month, and sadly we’re just not earning enough each month to cover this.
Every month, we have to pay for the hosting of our server, a few licenses (Plesk, MultiCraft, Buycraft) all to keep the server running. These amount to around $100/month.

We cannot keep going if we don’t make enough money to cover our costs. I don’t want you to think that my reasons for running the server are in any way money related, I think I’ve shared my reasoning before – but thanks to all of you the server has grown tremendously and now I cannot afford to cover it’s costs for a long time.

If you enjoy playing our server, I urge you to consider sending a bit of money in, which will help us to continue with the server. If you really can’t afford it (or parent’s won’t let you) you can also help by just promoting the server, voting and all that. You’d be surprised how much it helps.

You can visit our store at shop.clownercraft.net

Thanks for all the support.
~Clowner

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