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Good examples of fee-based web biz models you can respect? (besides flickr)

3 points by ereldon 19y ago

gibsonf1 19y ago
37signals.com
- medfoer 19y ago
brianmckenzie 19y ago
Netflix is the first example that springs to mind. They're not purely a web app, but they're the only thing I'm paying for besides 37signals. I might pay one of these domain-name-brainstorming sites that are popping up, not sure yet. Buxfer.com also looks intriguing, not sure if they charge yet.
lupin_sansei 19y ago
O'Reily's Safari book thing.
yaacovtp 19y ago
1 - Dating sites with targeted communities such as religious peers. 2 - Premium news sites. You see a lot of these with financial sites such as theflyonthewall.com, briefing.com etc. 3 - Quality tutorial sites. lynda.com 4 - I started paying up for an ad free experience and premium features for email.before gmail took off. 5 - Job listings on craigslist. 6 - Membership sites. Too many to list.
especkman 19y ago
Live Journal, Wordpress.com...
- bootload 19y ago
  '... There is no money coming in on WordPress.com (http://www.wordpress.com) http://www.wordpress.com) right now. We don't charge users or show advertisements ...' wordpress.com isn't funded by fees ~ http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/WordPress_Inc_Story http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/WordPress_Inc_Story It's all self funded even the hardware. There seems to be lots of confusion about this. Not the least this article ~ http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/008169.php http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/008169.php Wordpress does pass around the hat for donations but I don't think that would be classed as a good business model.
  - phil 19y ago
    That was 2005 though. Wordpress.com now has quite a few paid premium services.
    - bootload 19y ago
      now that I didn't know ... checks ... '... Almost everything on WordPress.com is free, and things that are currently free will remain free in the future, but we do offer paid a la carte upgrades for things like CSS editing and custom domains. How do we pay for everything? WordPress.com is run by Automattic which currently makes money from the aforementioned upgrades, blog services, Akismet anti-spam technology, and hosting partnerships. ...' ~ http://wordpress.com/advanced-services http://wordpress.com/advanced-services and http://wordpress.com/about http://wordpress.com/about stands corrected. Looks like there is more than what first appeared. I notice they don't advertise this much.
sharpshoot 19y ago
eBay, PayPal, YouSendIt, Dropsend, WuFoo, SHaadi.com, Stardoll.com

3 points by ereldon 19y ago

gibsonf1 19y ago

37signals.com

medfoer 19y ago

brianmckenzie 19y ago

Netflix is the first example that springs to mind. They're not purely a web app, but they're the only thing I'm paying for besides 37signals. I might pay one of these domain-name-brainstorming sites that are popping up, not sure yet. Buxfer.com also looks intriguing, not sure if they charge yet.

lupin_sansei 19y ago

O'Reily's Safari book thing.

yaacovtp 19y ago

1 - Dating sites with targeted communities such as religious peers. 2 - Premium news sites. You see a lot of these with financial sites such as theflyonthewall.com, briefing.com etc. 3 - Quality tutorial sites. lynda.com 4 - I started paying up for an ad free experience and premium features for email.before gmail took off. 5 - Job listings on craigslist. 6 - Membership sites. Too many to list.

especkman 19y ago

Live Journal, Wordpress.com...

bootload 19y ago
'... There is no money coming in on WordPress.com (http://www.wordpress.com) http://www.wordpress.com) right now. We don't charge users or show advertisements ...' wordpress.com isn't funded by fees ~ http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/WordPress_Inc_Story http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Matt/WordPress_Inc_Story It's all self funded even the hardware. There seems to be lots of confusion about this. Not the least this article ~ http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/008169.php http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/008169.php Wordpress does pass around the hat for donations but I don't think that would be classed as a good business model.
- phil 19y ago
  That was 2005 though. Wordpress.com now has quite a few paid premium services.
  - bootload 19y ago
    now that I didn't know ... checks ... '... Almost everything on WordPress.com is free, and things that are currently free will remain free in the future, but we do offer paid a la carte upgrades for things like CSS editing and custom domains. How do we pay for everything? WordPress.com is run by Automattic which currently makes money from the aforementioned upgrades, blog services, Akismet anti-spam technology, and hosting partnerships. ...' ~ http://wordpress.com/advanced-services http://wordpress.com/advanced-services and http://wordpress.com/about http://wordpress.com/about stands corrected. Looks like there is more than what first appeared. I notice they don't advertise this much.

sharpshoot 19y ago

eBay, PayPal, YouSendIt, Dropsend, WuFoo, SHaadi.com, Stardoll.com