I've had great success with a Paywall on www.poserworld.com, we've been charging for access to our 3D content for about 10 years. Of course what I have available are scarce goods (digital content) that cannot be obtained elsewhere.
I also tried a Paywall on Designer Today (graphic design magazine) and met with only a small success and eventually abandoned the charge for access to our premium content.
It all boils down to the fact that if what someone is charging access to can be found elsewhere for free, then a Paywall isn't going to be profitable. Until newspapers find something of substantial value to provide to paying customers then they are doomed to failure by charging for access.
I love it. Publicizing companies sleaziness is a great thing. If publicized enough they think twice the next time they pull such questionable practices. Good going!
Another reason for me to stop going to the movies all together and just wait till the movie comes out on DVD, Netflix or PPV. The industry thinks by raising prices they will have a much higher profit margin. What will happen, I believe, is that less consumers will go to the movies and their profit margin will stay where it is currently or shrink a good bit. Let them shoot themselves in the foot, eventually movie prices will get so cheap, as they'll have to compete with the likes of Netflix to get warm bodies into theaters.
I still prefer Music CD's over MP3's. CD's are more durable than digital formats. Less worry about hard drives failing. Call me backwards, but then again that's me...
I am so sick of seeing those Free Credit Report commercials, the guy can't even freaking sing. Worse is they claim "free" when it's not. They should have been shut down or forced to be honest about it years ago.
I for one made sure that the sites we post news on got included in Google News, the way I see it all web traffic is good traffic (well 99% of it). Let the big boys cry and pout and pull out, it means more free traffic for me. I am more than happy to have it.
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I also tried a Paywall on Designer Today (graphic design magazine) and met with only a small success and eventually abandoned the charge for access to our premium content.
It all boils down to the fact that if what someone is charging access to can be found elsewhere for free, then a Paywall isn't going to be profitable. Until newspapers find something of substantial value to provide to paying customers then they are doomed to failure by charging for access.
Just my .02
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