Oh yeah, it's been a hard road to Dolphin status, but it really didn't matter to me.
It is a time consuming undertaking. I think I was lucky that I didn't have much of a head for these things when I started - otherwise I might not have made it :)
Charities are going to suffer for some time to come, but hopefully it will get easier if prices increase. One of the problems with the charities is that it is hard for people to really know what is legit or not, so many err on the side of economic caution.
I didn't have much of a head for these things when I started
Well you certainly had much more of a head, as I had none lol.
You don't think that we know that suffering inside out since 2001.
The legit was a struggle during our early years, but in time we became more accepted as the genuine thing.
Same problem with us now on Hive and it.s almost like starting all over again. But this time round we have a few friends that know us well and one by one they will sign up at the Combination account as endorsers.
We have 5 so far and we will do the list with the first run.
Hope that we will also see your name on there as it is genuine!