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Because my email is free of spam right now and I'd prefer to keep it that way, especially without a promise my email is not going to get sold around in a mailin
by Kaveren 8y ago
Because my email is free of spam right now and I'd prefer to keep it that way, especially without a promise my email is not going to get sold around in a mailing list.
I also shouldn't have to research around to see if a website author is the "type" to sell my email around, that's bad UX.
- puranjay 8y agoIn that case, you shouldn't expect this information for free. If you want free stuff, you should be okay being advertised to.
- sp332 8y agoSure but there's no way to offer any actual money in exchange.
- balibebas 8y agoIf the author didn't earn your trust prior to the exchange you won't convert to become his 100th customer and their content upgrade lost a potential customer. And if that's the case you're better off reading You've Got 8 Seconds.
- puranjay 8y agoYou're right. IMO, there should be a "Download with your email OR pay $1 to access this file" option.
- rchaud 8y agoOffering a PDF/Ebook with good content (one hopes) in exchange for joining an email list is Lead Generation 101. The book is a runup to a paid course he is offering. "Pay $1 to access this file" OR Sign up for email sends confusing signals to users. To the author, book is not worth $1, it is worth one email list signup. To the user, the book's value is entirely relative. They can offer up their email (positive value perception), or they can leave the site (zero value perception).
- goatherders 8y agoExactly. Content has a cost. You can pay for it in many ways.