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I remember paid subscriptions mentioned in the interview with Calacanis. Freemium tends to work well with this kind of service.
by rubinelli 16y ago
I remember paid subscriptions mentioned in the interview with Calacanis. Freemium tends to work well with this kind of service.
- wdewind 16y agoCan you expand on this? IE: Would someone pay to host their blog, or would someone pay to get access to someone else's blog? I've always been really curious about Posterous, Tumblr and all the others who come up against this problem (ie: great product with tons of users who love it and no clear monetization).
- rubinelli 16y agoPremium features basically. That's how Blogger stayed afloat before it was bought by Google. Posterous got tons of new features since it launched, and it wouldn't be hard for them to hold a few back and create a compelling package. I believe many customers would pay for a solid templating system, for example.
- phreanix 16y agoYou would be surprised. This topic came up for tumblr users and I remember reading that quite a few of them would pay for premium features. They each all have their own business model, Tumblr I think is still tweaking theirs but they currently offer paid themes. Tumblr users are incredibly supportive of Tumblr. Same goes for WP, and I'm sure Posterous. You will have the casual 'free' users, and you'll have the users who will actually shell out a significant amount to support their blogging medium.