henry0
msg:3959222 | 9:33 pm on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0) |
This depicts my business model
I charge a premium for membership.
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farmboy
msg:3959359 | 3:53 am on Jul 25, 2009 (gmt 0) |
A year or so ago when people were advising to put up free content and earn revenue by putting AdSense and other advertising on the site, I did the opposite and charged a fee for access to the information. Now I'm reading more and more about charging for content yet I'm putting up more free content and earning more from it. Both decisions, even though the timing contradicted conventional thinking, have produced good results for me. Be careful from where you take your advice. FarmBoy
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Swanny007
msg:3959373 | 5:22 am on Jul 25, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I've never charged for my content and I consider my site "great". My competition gives similar information away for free so I think it would be bad to have a premium membership in my niche. Internet advertising is doing well right now though (for me) so I don't see any urgency in changing to a paid membership style site. My $.02....
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Scooty
msg:3964977 | 10:20 pm on Aug 3, 2009 (gmt 0) |
I have found that charging a fee depends on your audience or niche. Unless you have some really really good content that isn't given away on a hundred other sites then charing a fee is feasible. One thin I learned is dont wait too long to charge a fee as your members will be put off by denying them access to the good stuff. I once ran y site for free helping solve problems and one day I had enough and told everyone I was going to start charging admission to the site and the site died in less than a week. Although I explained most sections would still be free they misread and took offense to the fee.
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henry0
msg:3965034 | 12:14 am on Aug 4, 2009 (gmt 0) |
You need to built your biz model from the very beginning,
offer a free "for a fee membership" trial (I offer it for a three months period),
offer sections with no fee attached
and be very clear on what the full "for a fee" membership is about.
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