Of Minecraft and Money Issues

I have some serious news to bring to you all.

Something we need to address, as a server.

 

The hardware we're currently running on is expensive. Very expensive. $249 USD per month expensive.

And we're running out of money to pay for it.

We've been working to bring out the Tier system in order to help relieve some of the costs, but it may be too little too late.

We've received some very generous donations recently, for which we are thankful, but it totals to only about half the monthly price of the server.

 

Now, we have several options before us.

1) Shut down the server - I really hope it does not come to this, but it is possible

2) Move to cheaper hardware - We may suffer some performance issues, and adding more worlds would be out of the question. We'd still need money, but less.

3) Get more money somehow - I'm kinda hoping for this, but short of inspiration or a sudden onslaught of donations, it's very iffy.

 

So, we present our issues to those most invested in the server: Our players. What should we do?

We have enough money for one more month, thanks to the aforementioned donations, but after that... Who can say?