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Greetings All:
The question for this thread is this:
Would you pay a monthly subscription fee for premium content or services as part of your membership on the site?
Why or why not?
If so, what additional features/content/services would make you willing to subscribe to the premium membership?
if I did have to pay, which I would, i would want maybe a better break down of the tutorials and other information, paying for this website would almost be like receiving a techie magazine but supercharged, (which would be something good for you to put out with your AO store idea). so getting a "subscription" here would be worth the dough IMHO
I wouldn't pay for a subscription either. Unless something extraordinary was offered here, I wouldn't pay for it. As of right now, I don't see anything worth subscribing to. Forum chatter isn't worth a price (especially when 75% of it is non-security related).
I don't see a vuln d-base or anything else being offered that isn't freely available elsewhere. Charging would be a good way to get rid of visitors though.
nah jp sorry im with hog, im guessing its not your idea to have to pay, probably a negotiation t hing. anyway but no, bad idea. no one will do it
I would have to agree here. Generally you pay for services. But AO as of this point offers no services. And I am certainly not going to pay to get negative antipoints for a valid and factual post with a comment of "**** you *******" or worse.
I wouldnt pay because I dont have the money and by making people pay alot of people would leave and the few that were left wouldnt have enough people for awnsers and their would be very few posts which would probally drive more people away so I think it is a bad idea.
no. because im too dam cheap
I have a habit of not paying for things that I use to get for free.
i doubt many peps would pay
and as the rest have said you would need to offer something out of the normal as a premium service....
but i can't think what you could offer that cant be gotten else where for free
v_Ln
if you forced people to pay, AO would Die very quickly
SittingDuck
would you be buying your way out of the antipoints system? that doesn't seem right.
...and away did run...
Id actually be happier if it was something like a fee u pay once for a half a year, maybe 30 bux? or there could be a thing where u pay a larger sum all at once and get a full lifetime subscription, like 150 bux or something like that, but thats only if the site is guarenteed to stay as is for a while, otherwise id be cheeted out of my money!
The long and short of it is that I could justify paying only if the content were something remarkable, the delivery was stable and undiluted with useless bantering and whining, and there were changes for the better on the horizon that would enhance the content. I would see it more as an investment. But just as easily, that viewpoint can change where upon I wouldn't be willing to spend a dime.
I don't think I would pay unless anti-online was focused more on security related topics. Right now it feels that people post what ever is on their mind and that isn't security. Perhaps its members like myself fault for not writing tutorials and setting an example.
concidering I regularily contribute to other organizations yes, however a few changes may need to happen.
Perhaps a newsstand style subscription to a monthly newsletter/zine, simply look at 2600's long standing run... A content referral service for professional members (cause sometimes it's nice to be able to email someone a question and get an answer). A big fat bumper sticker, and maybe a lighter with the antionline logo.... (eh... )
If you consider a magazine subscription to run about $4.00 a month, and attach a well written and informative subscription to an antionline membership, as well as cleaner content (less crap more info) I'd be in with no quam's.
To be short, No.
I also have this strange habit to back up from something that charges you for things that used to be free. Especcially when you can get it somewhere else for free. The only thing that AO has to offer are the 3.000 active members and shared knowledge, which can also be retrieved from a few googles. The rest are just thingies. I dont pay for thingies.
If AO would ever charge people for things, or start some online shop or something, or any Amazon book banner ****, then i'm out.
Respect.
Well JP yes I would pay as a matter of fact anyone that actually works for a living would pay the $25 or under figure is good less then my usual business subscriptions to a vareity of magizines. I do not think the site would die either but maybe if the free was taken away much of the BS would go with it. Site is worth it! Think people it's less then your anual Playboy, or Hustler, what ever subscription, and you can relax your hand :) One hand typing no more LOL!
I probably would pay, but only if it was under $2 a month (I can't afford any more than that). Also, I'd wait and see how many of the existing members signed up. There would be no point paying if the likes of hogfly, negative, the_Jinx, MsMittens etc were not going to pay.
Cheers,
cgkanchi
I guess 75%+ agree with me on saying "Hell no, we wont pay." We are fine with the amount of ads that are currently on the server. If we had to start paying, even for premium membership a lot of people who stop comming to AO simply becuase they would think "JP sold out" or whatever.
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Hi JP,
I don’t mind paying 10 -15 buxs per year for access to specialized topics such as tutorial, securities etc. But I still believe general discussion areas should be free, so that we have a greater pool of information. I also don’t mind having a single ad on each page…. in order for AO to survive.
Paladin :cry:
I would pay a fee simmilar to that of the magazines I subscribe to ( about $50 a year I pay for EOS (a belgian magazine that cooperates with the scientific american magazine) )
But no more..
so per month that'd be something like $4.20 but I think you shouldn't charge monthly
And what would we be thinking about as "premium members" ??
a premium members forum ?? (not me, I'm hardly ever in addicts forum either)
no adds (ehm we have no adds now ;))
more DB functions and editorials (compressed stuff, filtering options, extracts of threads) ?? ( would be hard !! )
Immunity ?? (not fair, sometimes I deserve the negs I get ;))
If I could look at the 10 dollar bill and say I'd be happier without the money.
as every body said
pay = service
and surfing a site doesn't count as a service theses days !
there should be something else.
i think we should all think about a good way to get some income for the site.
that what JP seems to be doing
There is a price for everything in life. You would go out and think nothing of buying whatever it was pleased your fancy or for your computer. There is a wealth of knowledge here and people who are good at what they do. No one really knows his reasons for leaving except him alone and I am sure he will do whatever he perceives to be the right thing for himself in the end. The only other solution would be to allow advertising and I hope he stays. Auntie
JP I will Not pay . I many of the AO user will not pay . By asking user to pay for website your are kill the basic resone for the creation of Internet i.e resoure and informaton sharing.Besides all the things on this site is " By Geeks " and "For The Geeks". JP please re thinck on your idea????
SeanRager, Antionline has evolved over the years from a simple webpage/forum for Geeks into a full fledged business. As with any business it needs to be able to generate revenue to survive. If JP needs to increase revenue he must explore all methods of doing it and I believe that's all he's doing here is exploring. He has also posted other suggestions for increasing revenue, he's is testing the waters, it is, after all his business (right now) he needs to manage it. Charging for a service is not an uncommon practice and I believe, if the value is there, people will be willing to pay. IMHOQuote:
Originally posted here by SeanRager
JP I will Not pay . I many of the AO user will not pay . By asking user to pay for website your are kill the basic resone for the creation of Internet i.e resoure and informaton sharing.Besides all the things on this site is " By Geeks " and "For The Geeks". JP please re thinck on your idea????
Cheers:
I agree with most folks here, IM still at the beginning stages of learnin somevery intresting stuff. It would have to be some very good services. I'd simply go elsewhere. there are enough resources for me to look at so far without having to pay.
Sorry, JP, I don't have the money to be able to pay for this. Plus, i don't trust the security of any "pay-online" service. No offence, but there is nothing on this site that i would pay for and that i couldn't find elsewhere. It is nice to be able to find it in one place though. If this site went to subscription based, i would have to not come here anymore :(
no, i would pay cause i think that we should keep knowledge free