How to help Outdoor Gearzine and what about new Outdoor Gearzine memberships

To all the outdoor enthusiasts who always read this

Outdoor Gearzine was launched in September 2014, when there was not much information on mountain climbing or outdoor gear on Japan's internet yet.

For about 10 years later, I was basically a small group of writers who worked with me (the management) at the same time, but I pursued cutting edge, never being swayed by trends, and I never forget to respect everyone who loves the outdoors and is involved in the outdoors, and although I have written flat and truly practical information about outdoor products, the richness of nature and the charm of outdoor activities, despite its poor quality.

Thanks to you, over the past decade, we have grown into a media that can be viewed by an incredibly large number of visitors, with a total of over 8 million users.

Furthermore, the range of communication has expanded to new media and social media such as Facebook and Twitter (X), Instagram, YouTube, and Discord, and the messages of support we receive from this continue to provide more encouragement than anything else. I can only express my gratitude to everyone who supports me. Thank you very much.

However, this situation has been changing rapidly recently.

Outdoor Gearzine, which has not received a subscription fee up until now, has managed to run it with affiliate links in review articles, Google AdSense ads, and tie-up articles with manufacturers who agree with the purpose of flat criticism (plus migrant workers not related to Outdoor Gearzine). This is because we believe that Outdoor Gearzine's role is to create a situation where everyone can easily touch, including great tools and information that have been overlooked by the waves of the times, or valuable information that allows them to realize the deeper appeal of the outdoors they had never known before, and to bring the richness of the outdoors to as many people as possible (on the moment when information is overflowing) it is a place where people can enjoy the richness of the outdoors.

However, these revenues, which had been the minimum pillar from the beginning, have been on a decline recently, and the situation has finally become a severe one.

The cost of procuring various gears for reviews, the cost of interviews (transportation) costs for trial use in the field, and equipment costs such as cameras and PCs. In addition, operating expenses will be required to continue our stable activities, from maintaining and maintaining our website to fees for manuscripts to external writers. Until now, I have managed to continue with thorough quality and efficiency, as well as determination and good fortune, but it may be about to reach my limit.

For those who are reading Outdoor Gearzine who want to continue reading Outdoor Gearzine articles or supporting Outdoor Gearzine's activities, we have prepared a new monthly membership plan (membership) and a new monthly membership plan that allows you to have an even more intensive outdoor experience while also providing an even more intensive outdoor experience .

Part 1. Support and new services through "Outdoor Gearzine Membership"

Outdoor Gearzine is participating in "OFUSE," a web service that supports creators. The first method of support is Outdoor Gearzine membership (hereinafter referred to as membership) that utilizes OFUSE's "monthly membership feature."

At "Membership," we would rather provide new content and services unique to Outdoor Gearzine, which will allow those who support us to enjoy the outdoors more than ever before.

*To use "OFUSE", you must first register a new account (Sozi ID). We apologize for the inconvenience, but please follow the instructions to create an account before joining the membership.

Join a membership

There are two types of memberships: "Light Plan" and "Standard Plan."

Memberships currently offer a Light Plan Standard Plan that allows you to participate in various events such as offline events for free

Various events are scheduled to be held at least once a month (scheduled to start in late May), and in addition to the talk events that we had held last year, we are also considering workshops, study sessions, and screenings with instructors. Furthermore, for those who are too far away to travel, or those who were unable to participate because they were unable to make the event on the day, we plan to provide live streaming online and archival content, so we would appreciate your support from people all over the country.

In addition to these offline events in Tokyo, we also plan to hold meetup events for camping, hiking, running, and other outdoor activities about once a month. We will work with the people who have actually become members to decide how to proceed in the future.

Join a membership

Part 2. "Support through fan letters" using OFUSE

The second support method is to use OFUSE's "fan letter function."

In this case, we would appreciate your support by logging in to OFUSE using the above 2D barcode or using the link below. We will read all of the senders carefully and send you a reply to them.

It is not a personal or corporate type, so we would appreciate your consideration and support.

Support with OFUSE

Enjoy the new Outdoor Gearzine

That's the announcement about support for Outdoor Gearzine.

The new membership service in particular is a major attempt to help Outdoor Gearzine unlock restrictions such as advertising revenue, and provide a rich, one-of-a-kind service for readers and users, taking into account the lessons learned last year.

However, there is still a lot of uncertainty about who will be able to join and how many people will be able to join, so (as usual) I am completely groping. From now on, we will continue to study trial and error while listening to the opinions of our members, and make it a more satisfying and meaningful community, so please feel free to consider and subscribe while watching over us in a warm and warm manner.