> -----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?
Oh - one other comment - the amount. (Let's begin by stating the obvious: the value you've provided is incalculable - if you could receive what it's truly worth you'd be a happy mr. pennybags with a hotel on Boardwalk and all the blues, greens, and yellows in your deck. But unfortunately we must instead talk about what people would be willing to pay.) Keeping in mind that we're not "buying" access (that's free) but rather some convenience the price wouldn't be as high as otherwise. Personally I would find $10 a month (a nice, round, completely arbitrary starting point) reasonable but hard to swallow. Anything over that I probably wouldn't even consider. (In general I find any monthly bill pretty hard to swallow and would rather see annual fees than monthly.) Cutting it in half, $5 a month is a no brainer to me. I'd have no qualms about ponying that up. I'd have even less than no qualms about ponying up less. $50 a year would be a nice round number - it's the "for the same price of a single video game you've got this for a year" argument. When I was considering an online radio service I was leaning towards Napster at $120 a year but then MSN radio came out with an introduction price of $40 a year - I immediately bit. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154735 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
