Ashleen W.

I am very satisfied with the service of Mainely Urns. It was easy to purchase, and the travel urn was reasonably priced (we are on a budget, as I had been traveling from the West Coast to the Midwest every other month to help care for my dying father since fall of 2021). The only easy thing about this whole experience was working with Mainely Urns so I could get a TSA approved travel urn to bring my father's remains home (the USPS has also been very helpful. Kudos to them-I ended up mailing my father's remains to avoid any flight issues). The urn came very quickly, before we received Dad's remains. It was packaged well, came quickly, and I was pleasantly surprised to see they had US made urns that used recycled plastic. Dad loved nature and many of my fondest memories are with him out in the woods. Having the option to purchase something that is in some way reducing harm to our environment means a lot to honor his memory and the places he loved. If I could give a 10 star review, I would. No hick ups, no issues, less stress for us during this already stressful time for my family and myself. I would recommend them to others.

Also, there was a hand signed card in the box. It doesn't seem like much, but I like little reminders of the human element. I hope my small purchase did something to promote the business.

I started hosting my comic on CF back in 2015, and while I do have my own website and mirrors, this is the community I call home. I love Tapas, too, but as for the forums I get nervous with their size. Over the years, I've managed to stay out of the forum "drama" just fine. Granted, I understand my alignment lies with many in the community, but I've gotten a long with some of the more conservative members, too (most of the drama is when people are trolling to get a rise out of people, I've found, which is a problem found on any site on the Internet).

Forums aside, this website is one of the few where the person running it actually LISTENS to what the people want, and tries to implement changes. Want a dark mode? Dude coded it and made it available. Want to customize what updates you have? You got it. Oh, the updates and notifications just got a fantastic, well organized upgrade, too, and this year per the request of the community (and through our support), the whole server was able to be moved to an new one which now makes the site "https" (secure) where it wasn't before. This was because a lot of us wanted to be able to run advertisements and have a secure url to ensure readers/visitors feel safe when surfing the site.

Point is, if you want more control over your web comic page's appearance and someone who actually listens to what people want (versus most platforms where they constantly tell you what is and isn't gonna be done with the site-I'm looking at you Tapas), I would highly recommend this site, and encourage others to spread the word.

As for the forums, if you want to avoid drama, it's not as hard as some would have you believe. If you want to stir crap, people are going to react. I've managed to navigate several forums and rarely have problems, even when people have adverse opinions to me. As with anything, one's interactions tend to hinge on their tone and how they engage. But none of that has anything to do with hosting a comic: this site's fair update advertising on the main page is something that I appreciate. There's no favoritism when it comes to style and subject: when you update is when you get on the front page. And I like that. I love how I've been able to tailor my comic page to reflect my own tastes (garish as they may be), and I like that I can interact with a wide variety of readers and other comic creators.

5 stars, highly recommended. The rules on what you can and can't post are made clear if you read the site info. No CP is pretty much the only thing I've seen not allowed. Other than that, I personally haven't seen too much censorship of the comics themselves.