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Fast passes at amusement parks, airlines and online dating like other comments mention, concert tickets, hell tickets for anything. Court side seats are as much

Fast passes at amusement parks, airlines and online dating like other comments mention, concert tickets, hell tickets for anything. Court side seats are as much about being close to the action as being seen by others which is a similar vein of vanity as a blue check.

oneoff786 4y ago
None of those are whale economics. Just premium offerings.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
  Is the difference where whales make up the majority of revenue vs free or near free users?
  - watwut 4y ago
    The difference is that "whale economic" implies some users are paying huge huge amount of money. Like, over thousands of dollars in month in case of computer games. That sort of thing.
    - carrotcarrot 4y ago
      And they're paying it through microtransactions. Most populations follow a power distribution like that, not just gaming. The most loyal customers spend way more than the tail. They don't spend it all at once usually, it's over many transactions. But they are still the group you target. This phenomenon is true in all lines of business not just gaming, and it's due to loyal customers who keep coming back (regardless whether it's a premium purchase or not), not single large ticket purchases... Sports have super fans that come to every game Airlines have business travelers Etc etc. https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-a-whale-2917364 https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-a-whale-2917364 ^ This term does not come from gaming.
    - noizejoy 4y ago
      Suites in sports arenas (edit: also frequently used for large concerts) would seem to qualify as whale economics.
checkyoursudo 4y ago
> online dating I can just imagine. "For $10/month, you can message with any profile on DatingSimulator dot com, and for only $25/month we will highlight which profiles are of humans instead of bots." (but you can still message the bots, if you want)

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Fast passes at amusement parks, airlines and online dating like other comments mention, concert tickets, hell tickets for anything. Court side seats are as much

by MonkeyMalarky 4y ago

oneoff786 4y ago
None of those are whale economics. Just premium offerings.
- MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
  Is the difference where whales make up the majority of revenue vs free or near free users?
  - watwut 4y ago
    The difference is that "whale economic" implies some users are paying huge huge amount of money. Like, over thousands of dollars in month in case of computer games. That sort of thing.
    - carrotcarrot 4y ago
      And they're paying it through microtransactions. Most populations follow a power distribution like that, not just gaming. The most loyal customers spend way more than the tail. They don't spend it all at once usually, it's over many transactions. But they are still the group you target. This phenomenon is true in all lines of business not just gaming, and it's due to loyal customers who keep coming back (regardless whether it's a premium purchase or not), not single large ticket purchases... Sports have super fans that come to every game Airlines have business travelers Etc etc. https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-a-whale-2917364 https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-a-whale-2917364 ^ This term does not come from gaming.
    - noizejoy 4y ago
      Suites in sports arenas (edit: also frequently used for large concerts) would seem to qualify as whale economics.
checkyoursudo 4y ago
> online dating I can just imagine. "For $10/month, you can message with any profile on DatingSimulator dot com, and for only $25/month we will highlight which profiles are of humans instead of bots." (but you can still message the bots, if you want)