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We have about a dozen people doing a monthy "Supporter" now, I was thinging yearly too, but our IT guy said to look into monthly, that is why I am asking.
You know your users best. 3 a month sounds as really low to me. I use 9.50 a month and 80 a year. The price is of course dependent on how much value you can add for your premium members. What real value in terms of useful functionality, access to useful information, status can you give them. Your list doesnt sound appealing to me. How about a blog for premium members. Life refreshing content? Chat? Coupons for popular brands? Competitions/Giveaways? Whatever features that are in demand with your premium members.I was thinking $30/yr or $3/mo? Should it be more?
Yes I drop kicked murdered all ads on my site 2 years ago and switched to 100% community supported and it's going quite well. Making WAY more money than I did from ads.Definitely do both. We do €3/month or €30/year. Originally I had subs = no ads, but the the arse completely fell out of the ad market, and google ads weren’t worth the time, so now people just subscribe because they want to.
Curious about your conversion, I hope you dont mind questions.Yes I drop kicked murdered all ads on my site 2 years ago and switched to 100% community supported and it's going quite well. Making WAY more money than I did from ads.
However - you get access to proprietary data when you become a supporting member - so it's worth it to people.
Yes I drop kicked murdered all ads on my site 2 years ago and switched to 100% community supported and it's going quite well. Making WAY more money than I did from ads.
Yes they paid crap. In my site's heyday in the 00s it would make up to 800/month and before I killed ads maybe 80.Did ads really pay that little or less than before?
Too early to tell. Just added recurring in July with the minimum term of 3 months. But so far so good. My site is extremely seasonal though and because of it's nature people are only usually active members for only a year.Are members renewing their subscription payments in sufficient numbers (if its not too soon to tell)?
Yes. With the income we've been able to develop new features and hire writers for articles.Are non-paying members getting benefits from the community going exclusively member-funded?
Because ads suck balls and the user experience has gotten so much better without them for everyone.How would this differ from having a no ad upgrade option?