History

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GigPosters.com was launched by Clay Hayes in January, 2001 and quickly grew to the Internet's largest and most popular site dedicated to the art of the gig poster. Showcasing over 160,000 posters from 12,000 designers located around the world, the site succeeded and survived due to the strong community backing throughout the years. Clay published 2 Gig Posters books, appeared in many amazing magazines and newspapers and was featured in multiple documentary movies.

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During 2015 and 2016, the site took major downturns due to decreased community participation, increased spambots, hacker attacks and overwhelming server attacks. As of June 1, 2016, even with a very powerful and expensive server, the increased negative traffic and attacks have forced the shutdown of the site. The time and costs of the coding changes and server fees necessary to 'fix' the site make it impossible to continue at this point.

 

 

Community Thanks

 

I would like to thank each and every regular member of the GigPosters.com community for all your support and site participation over the last 15 years. ​I am so happy to have met many of you at Flatstock events and worked with you through the creation of amazing merchandise items to help support the site. Thanks to everyone who purchased merchadise, became premium members, donated and supported the site throughout the years.

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What Now?

 

Well .. GigPosters.com will still exist, and hopefully serve a purpose. At this point, it is a very simple site. It is still a place where the community can gather. I honestly don't know where to go with it, or what to do at this point.  Feel free to make suggestions in the forums, or contact me.

 

 

Premium Membership Refunds

 

I realize that many people have purchased yearly premium memberships within the last year. I would like to offer refunds for the remaining portion to those interested. Please contact me and include your PayPal transaction ID and PayPal email address.

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