> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:07 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: would you pay? > > I'm thinking of doing 2 things. the first is to remove the 'in text' ads > that are on the archives and the second is to offer an 'ad free' version > of the site for a fee. For a small fee, a user will be able to remove the > google ads on the side as well as the banner ad on top. In its place I can > either leave nothing (shrinking the right hand bar to 0) or give the > option for 'content pods' with extra information such as latest CF blogs, > news, etc. > Do you think people would pay for something like this?
Honestly I wouldn't pay for any of the extras you've mentioned (or even to get rid of the ads). However I would happily pay for the lists themselves. Personally I would focus on your strength - the lists. Some things I might find valuable additions in relation to the lists: +) An improved search facility just for paying members. The plebes get Google. +) Some completely substanceless pride-stroking recognition. (For example paying members are listed as "Gold Members" on the messages... oh I would so dearly love to be a gold member!) +) The abilty to get a "Printable Archive" of a thread or message (perhaps as simple as giving members a link to create a PDF out of any thread/message). +) The ability to mark threads as "ignore" or "watch" (preferably via links in the messages). "ignored" threads would stop coming to me while "watched" threads might come with (a filterable) prefix on the message subject. +) In a similar vein the ability to mark list members as "Watch" or "Ignore" to either get an extra emphasis on some person's messages or to stop receiving anothers. +) A "Favorites" list (again, preferably via a link in the message itself) allowing me to mark a message as a "favorite". I could then hit the web site and view a list of only my favorites. +) The ability to rank messages and/or participants. If somebody is constantly wrong you can give them a low ranking, for example, if they're constantly helpful then you can give them a high ranking. Taking it further perhaps only paying members could see the rankings. That's off the top of my head - I'm sure there are dozens of other things that could be done as well. While some of them might mean extensive development I think at least a few of them could be done quickly and cheaply. As I said - the lists themselves are plenty worth paying for as they are. But if you want to add value to them I think there's a lot of ways to do that. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154681 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
