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Why The Fremium Model Is A Lot Like Dating
- reitzensteinm 16y agoFlawed analogy. I don't often pay for premium features then stop visiting a site!
- brianto2010 16y agoWhere do you see that? > "At the end of the day, a paid member of a freemium service is often more involved than the free account holders. He or she might log in much more often and begin to make full use of the new features..." Martell is saying that if you are paying for the premium, you will visit the site.
- michael_dorfman 16y agoRight. Which is why the analogy is flawed. If you are paying for the premium, you will visit the site. If you have sex with someone you have been dating, you may choose to move on to date other people. Get it?
- blaix 16y agoYou missed the joke.
- sachinag 16y agoWow, Dan's linkbait shows up here on HN. Never thought I'd see the day. Well played, Martell, wherever you are.
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoI nominate this page for today's Most Superfluous Use of Stock Photography award.
- hugh3 16y agoIndeed. Usually I scroll straight past stock photos so they don't appear on my screen for very long, but in this article they're spaced about three hundred pixels apart so you can't possibly avoid having at least two of 'em onscreen at once. If I were reading this at work, everybody would think I was planning a wedding.
- sak84 16y agoJesus, it seems like everything in a startup is like dating. Finding a co-founder is like dating. Finding an investor is like dating. Being an entrepreneur is like dating. Now, Freemium Models? I'm kinda sick of the dating analogy personally.
- andrewvc 16y agoDon't worry, soon the stylistic tides will turn and the analogy will be war/raising kids/making the perfect turkey sandwich instead of dating, and the articles will flow just as freely.
- sethrq 16y agoSo what would be the startup equivalent of meeting someone on craigslist?