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enacae · 11-19-2008, 03:36 PM

Well although it is not much for a subscription at the least 12 USD a year , and at the most 60 USD a year. This site has exploded in such a short time because of the content they provide. The content is excellent! With the audience that Bill and Kerry have they should have no problem raising money through placing advertisements in key locations on the site. Everyone knows why ads are on a site, and everyone knows that if you click an ad or complete an offer that the site owners get revenue. I truly believe in what Bill and Kerry are providing here. I know that they will do fine with or without the paid subscription. I also believe that the only thing that will suffer here is the forum part of the site. You see, right now anyone can post, but if the people have to pay to post a message or convey an idea about something they will probably go to another forum to do so. Therein the sites content becomes very limited and people will stop coming to the forum. Loyal visitors will stop by to see if anyone has posted anything of interest, but with the limited amount of select people who decided to pay to post, the site will suffer in the end.
Not to mention the whole stigma that goes along with turning something that was free to begin with into something that we now have to pay for. Kind of like a bait and switch deal. I know that is not what Bill and Kerry wants.

To me it's a simple decision
Turn this site into a paid subscription site :

Pros:

Quck revenue from the subscribers that is reoccurring month by month or year by year. (depending on how the subscriber pays)

Cons

Limits on who can post messages.
Loss of potential content (due to limits on who can post).
Stigma of the whole "pay to post" thing.
Potential loss of traffic to the site.
Subscribers could potentially drop their subscription due to lack of content or limited views.

I could go on and on on the cons of this, but Im not going to. The thing is.... I could come up with the 60 bucks to pay for a subscription, but I wont do it. This site will grow beyond belief if you keep it free. More and more people out there are getting the word about this site and it could reach critical mass and it could just go crazy. If those same people come here and realize they have to pay to post. Then what do you have? You have them leaving and probably never coming back.

What ever you guys decide to do, it will be fine. As I said before, Good Luck and God speed.

11-19-2008, 03:36 PM	#60
enacae Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 26	Re: The Goodbye Thread / Options To stay Well although it is not much for a subscription at the least 12 USD a year , and at the most 60 USD a year. This site has exploded in such a short time because of the content they provide. The content is excellent! With the audience that Bill and Kerry have they should have no problem raising money through placing advertisements in key locations on the site. Everyone knows why ads are on a site, and everyone knows that if you click an ad or complete an offer that the site owners get revenue. I truly believe in what Bill and Kerry are providing here. I know that they will do fine with or without the paid subscription. I also believe that the only thing that will suffer here is the forum part of the site. You see, right now anyone can post, but if the people have to pay to post a message or convey an idea about something they will probably go to another forum to do so. Therein the sites content becomes very limited and people will stop coming to the forum. Loyal visitors will stop by to see if anyone has posted anything of interest, but with the limited amount of select people who decided to pay to post, the site will suffer in the end. Not to mention the whole stigma that goes along with turning something that was free to begin with into something that we now have to pay for. Kind of like a bait and switch deal. I know that is not what Bill and Kerry wants. To me it's a simple decision Turn this site into a paid subscription site : Pros: Quck revenue from the subscribers that is reoccurring month by month or year by year. (depending on how the subscriber pays) Cons Limits on who can post messages. Loss of potential content (due to limits on who can post). Stigma of the whole "pay to post" thing. Potential loss of traffic to the site. Subscribers could potentially drop their subscription due to lack of content or limited views. I could go on and on on the cons of this, but Im not going to. The thing is.... I could come up with the 60 bucks to pay for a subscription, but I wont do it. This site will grow beyond belief if you keep it free. More and more people out there are getting the word about this site and it could reach critical mass and it could just go crazy. If those same people come here and realize they have to pay to post. Then what do you have? You have them leaving and probably never coming back. What ever you guys decide to do, it will be fine. As I said before, Good Luck and God speed.