Every month 20 articles to read free, only more is to pay.
This makes the choice for paid content much more easy.
Now is the only question, is there server software to do it like this?
johnepike3
7:45 pm on May 9, 2011 (gmt 0)
1 - Google has announced such a product, but it is "in Beta" and remains vaporware, as far as I can detect.
2 - [mypressplus.com ] is actually up and running, though there is a non-trivial setup fee and depending on your site traffic, it may take some time [months?] to earn this back.
jetteroheller
8:20 pm on May 9, 2011 (gmt 0)
Í can not find any price offer at this page.
Any ideas how expensive.
johnepike3
8:42 pm on May 9, 2011 (gmt 0)
I don't know whether they have a standard price, or a custom price for each publisher [quite possibly the later]. If your website has hundreds of thousands of dollars in ad revenue, this might be for you. If not, maybe you should wait for Google's vaporware to materialize.
Demaestro
9:23 pm on May 9, 2011 (gmt 0)
Just as an FYI, the paywall can be pretty good idea... if you have use for such a feature on your site I would warn you that the New York Times spent millions creating their paywall and it is very easy to defeat.
I am not sharing this to diss the NYT or it's practices. I post this to warn that there is indeed a downside to this and things you should be wary of.
2 lines of css defeats NYT paywall: [wesbos.com...]
Viewership plummets after paywall launch: [theinquirer.net...]
Just be careful that the solution you make use of isn't easy to defeat and that your users will be receptive to it. If they can get the info somewhere else for free it is likely that they will.
