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Aligning the incentives of users and business could be accomplished with a pay-per-connection model. Users would browse and attempt to connect freely, but woul
by mortenjorck 6y ago
Aligning the incentives of users and business could be accomplished with a pay-per-connection model. Users would browse and attempt to connect freely, but would only see a paywall when a mutual connection is made.
Someone must have attempted this before; I’m curious what obstacles they ran into. My guess would be that this model is radically less profitable than the standard “casino” model where you effectively string users along with the evergreen promise of “maybe this time.”
- dheera 6y agoThe problem with this is that while people are more than willing to pay high sums for actually giving them a partner worthy of a stable relationship leading to marriage, people don't want to pay to hedge on mutual app connections that may or may not evolve into a relationship. The reality also is that once you know someone's name and if there truly is mutual chat interest you can just connect with them on other social media, and it's extremely hard for any dating service to avoid that.
- toyg 6y agoDid you read the actual post? It describes the precise model you mention, and all its problems.