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[ donation ]Founded 1997 by Sunci Nikolic & Fab Syz as a local (!) mailinglist in Zurich, the SHOE community grew and grew over the years into the biggest lesbian online community worldwide. The now 157'671 members strong community - is still to this day1 - funded privately by Sunci & Fab.

Now, in the year 2005, 8 years after starting this exciting adventure, we have become realistic and realized, that this community is not getting any smaller -> it keeps getting bigger! Which, in itself is of course absolutely fabulous *smile*. But it also means: more members -> more traffic - higher costs!

All along, we were hoping to cover the costs by paid advertising but unfortunately this has never really materialized... [ View information and statistics ].

We are now at the point, where the workload to maintain this site has become so great, that we were forced to reduce our normal jobs in order to keep the site running. Having less income, makes it very hard to keep on financing SHOE out of our own pockets.

So at this stage in SHOE history, we are forced to think of alternative ways to fund the existence of www.shoe.org. This is where - hopefully - you, our members, will come in. If you like coming to SHOE-lalalaaaland and enjoy the many different things SHOE offers, then we would be more than happy if you would donate, whatever you can to SHOE - to ensure it's continued existence.

How can you help?

There are several ways you can support and help SHOE. For example:By the way, if you can't afford to donate, shop or advertise - please do not feel guilty! That's not what this is all about.

We would like to thank all those of you who have already contributed. » View donor list

We thank you for your support and for being a part of SHOE!

Kind regards
Sunci & Fab
Better known as > The SHOE-Team ;-)
Shop in our online store Shop4Lesbians
Get the coolest SHOE and rainbow goodies and support SHOE with every purchase you make. All the proceeds will go towards the funding of SHOE.
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Shop in our partner stores
Buy Books, DVDs, Videos, CDs or Posters and support SHOE automatically: For every order you make on one of our partner sites through the SHOE, we will receive a small percentage. You pay the regular price - no additional charges.
To the Amazon Shop »
To the Poster Shop »
Advertise on SHOE
Do you own a business? Maybe a club or a bar? Do you have an event you wish to promote to our members? Advertise on www.shoe.org and reach over 250'000 women worldwide! Of course, you can also reach women only in specific countries. No wasted shows!
More information »
Sell online ads for SHOE
Since we are not born the perfect sales person, we are not very good at selling online ads on SHOE. But hey maybe you are the right person to do this? Maybe you have a flair for selling? Get in touch with us!! If you sell advertising space you will receive great commissions. Up to 30%!
To the contact form »
Donate through Paypal
To donate through Paypal is actually very easy. All you need to do is choose your currency and click on the Paypal button


SHOE Username:



then you can enter the amount you wish to donate. If you do not already have an account with Paypal, you can register for free.

donatedTo say thank you and show our appreciation for your donation, we would like to present you with a special icon on your nickpage. For this we will need you to provide us with your SHOE username. Please enter your username in the requested field. If you prefer to donate anonymously, then simply leave the field "username" blank.

Not unimportant: Of course Paypal keeps a certain percentage for themselves since they also take care of the collection. If you donate let's say 20 USD they will keep about 1 USD. So depending on the amount you wish to donate, an alternative method might be more suitable for us.
Donate through Bank Transfer
This is how you can reach our bank:

Postbank Stuttgart, Germany
IBAN: DE89 6001 0070 0054 3357 05
BIC/SWIFT: PBNKDEFF
Account Number: 54335-705
Clearing Code: 600 100 70
Recipient: SHOE International Network, 8917 Oberlunkhofen

Please don't forget to mention: Donation for www.shoe.org in the comments box.

donatedTo say thank you and show our appreciation for your donation, we would like to present you with a special icon on your nickpage. In order for us to do so, please provide us additionally with your SHOE nickname in the subject/comment box. If you prefer to donate anonymously, then simply leave out this information.
Donate through Postal Transfer
If you wish to donate through postal transfer, here are the details:

Account Number: 87-457002-4
Recipient: SHOE International Network, 8917 Oberlunkhofen

Please don't forget to mention: Donation for www.shoe.org in the comments box.

donatedTo say thank you and show our appreciation for your donation, we would like to present you with a special icon on your nickpage. In order for us to do so, please provide us additionally with your SHOE nickname in the subject/comment box. If you prefer to donate anonymously, then simply leave out this information.
Donate Cash
Probably the easiest way to donate is to stick the amount you wish to donate into an envelope. It's best to send it by registered mail to make sure it doesn't get lost.

Send it to:
SHOE International Network GmbH
Schmidtenbaumgarten 10
CH-8917 Oberlunkhofen
Switzerland

donatedTo say thank you and show our appreciation for your donation, we would like to present you with a special icon on your nickpage. In order for us to do so, please provide us additionally with your SHOE nickname. If you prefer to donate anonymously, then simply leave out this information.
  1. Update Jan 2007: A little over a year ago we have introduced paid membership for extra features. Although we manage to breath a little bit more easily now, all costs are still not covered. [↩]
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