You may have noticed I haven't been putting up much posts recently. It's mainly because I have'nt put much on Youtube in the last year and that's because I've been developing a new website.

I, like many others have been hit by the credit crunch. My music sales have made me just enough to buy a weeks shopping for one. That's not good for 2 years figures. That's probably because I give most of it away for free. So I decided to dedicate a good deal of time in developing an idea I had a number of years ago. I'm glad to say I'm just about finished and the site went live in the last week or so. Sure, there might be a bug or two floating around, but I've tested it well and i'm very proud of my achievement. I did it to try and provide me with the means to live and the freedom to develop my music.

First I'll tell you a bit about my new site, and then I'll fill you in on my latest youtube statistics.

The site is a bit like an enhanced directory for accommodation and events and it's called Megabunk. I have spotted a number of other sites that cover similar areas to my site, howver they charge commissions etc to those renting out. My site does not handle bookings. It's a contact site. So it's completely free to use. The search elements of the site are tuned towards accommodation and work together with Google maps. I'm very pleased with how it all works. There is also an easy to manage calender so that people can keep track of booked dates. I also considered that people might want to use the site in different ways. Someone might like the fact that it has internal messaging on the site, but it can also be used to just provide a profile with a link to a website. Also I allow up to 10 profiles per host user. This allows those who are a bit flush with multiple places to rent to receive mail on the same email address.

Just before I went live I spent several days making some instructional videos and the total viewing time of them all comes to over an hour.I combined the videos into a playlist, and as is usual with my posts, I'm going to give you a link to the videos:

It's advisable to at least watch the introduction vid before going to the site. The following link will take you to megabunk, and remember that I wrote the whole thing myself (including a few small open source functions that I adapted).

Megabunk

The way I intend raise funds to maintain the site is by placing advertising instead of charging the members. There aren't many overheads (just me myself and I) so I'm hoping to plough anything spare back into improving the site and promoting it. I've always believed that membership sites should be free. Commercial TV channels have done it for many years.

So, if you know anyone with accommodation to let for long or short term. Even if they have a spare room to rent for a week in the summer, then please guide them towards Megabunk. It wont cost them anything but a little time in setting up a profile, and it might just bring them some interest. It's a bit like free advertising for them. Oh that goes for any event organisers as well

Now for those interested in my Jeffstunes youtube channel.You're going to see a bit of a jump from the last post because it was so long ago. So here are the numbers.

My channel views are now 50,976

My subscribers have topped the 2k mark at 2,209 and my overall video views are fast approacing 1.5m at 1,463,739.

I've got 5 music videos to tell you about since I last posted and I'm hoping to let you know about them in the next few weeks.