I haven't been here all that long, but during the first weeks, as I was getting to know the site, I became enthusiastic and started recommending it to friends. I'd say: go on and try it, you can simply try it without paying a thing and without being bombarded with ads, so go ahead and see how you like it! Now I feel like I cannot recommend it anymore. I wouldn't recommend joining a site that's so full of ads unless you cough up. Personally, I'd go paid if that meant I could give free basic accounts to friends (= having the invite system back).
You're right: people want to try before they buy. If they like what they see, a lot of them will start spending money. Especially if they have grown used to a site without ads... If they get in at the Plus level and grow used to the ads, why would they ever go Paid, when it brings you almost the same features? I think Basic is useful as a stepping stone to Paid.
The other argument holds water, too: Basic members deliver the content that others pay to see.
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Date: 2008-05-08 03:16 pm (UTC)I haven't been here all that long, but during the first weeks, as I was getting to know the site, I became enthusiastic and started recommending it to friends. I'd say: go on and try it, you can simply try it without paying a thing and without being bombarded with ads, so go ahead and see how you like it!
Now I feel like I cannot recommend it anymore. I wouldn't recommend joining a site that's so full of ads unless you cough up.
Personally, I'd go paid if that meant I could give free basic accounts to friends (= having the invite system back).
You're right: people want to try before they buy. If they like what they see, a lot of them will start spending money. Especially if they have grown used to a site without ads...
If they get in at the Plus level and grow used to the ads, why would they ever go Paid, when it brings you almost the same features? I think Basic is useful as a stepping stone to Paid.
The other argument holds water, too: Basic members deliver the content that others pay to see.