Your opinion: Advertising vs Payment revenue

[Redshft]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, I couldn't find anything in a search. I was wondering what everyone's opinions are on the two types of revenue.

Advertising seems to be highly used now on almost any website, big or small, and I imagine it is getting fairly cheap for advertisers and not so profitable as it used to maybe be with websites.

Personally, I prefer fee/payment based sites for revenue, but a lot of fee based sites now are getting undersold by other sites offering the same services for free(ie plentyoffish.com). I would assume payment based services are very profitable for B2B websites(even some of these are being offered for free by competitors), but not as likely with B2C.

Obviously the ideal site would receive revenue through both, but is it good idea to offer some services for free, then have the option of upgrading your features by a payment? Or should you go one way or the other?

 

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[Redshft]

Xux....pucufz?

 

[mtnman]

MUM Vjev't ciip jeqqipoph ugvip esuapf jisi mevimz!

O xetp'v tasi jux vu sitqupf vu zuas dunnipvt...vjisi't vsavj vu cuvj raitvoupt ONJU. O vjopl ov fiqipft up vji opfatvsz epf eqqsuedj/tiswodi, puv upi tobi govt emm.

Veli QUG gus iyenqmi, vjiz (ji, mum) duamf qsucecmz ietomz onqminipv ep efwepdif qeof tidvoup xovj dsebz gievasit epf tadj. O'f ci opvisitvif vu tii vji vitv sitamvt gsun vjev, gus vji tonqmi gedv vjev jot fsex ot e gsii tiswodi. Vjev't xjz QUG velit tadj e meshi qusvoup ug vjev nesliv uwis vji qeof tovit, et O'n tasi zua lpux Nevvjix.

Op upi optvepdi ov xuamf tiin vu dav zuas guuv ugg vjsuahj zuas juul, cav ov duamf emtu xusl civvis vjep vji dunqivovoup. Eheop, nz vjiusz ot vjev ov xuamf siemmz ci opfowofaemobif epf xuamf jewi vu ci vitvif up vjev cetot.

Xjev't zuas uqopoup?

 

[Redshft]

vjisi't vsavj vu cuvj raitvoupt ONJU. O vjopl ov fiqipft up vji opfatvsz epf eqqsuedj/tiswodi, puv upi tobi govt emm.

Zie, O vuvemmz apfistvepf vjev. O'n katv dasouat vu jies iwiszupi't qistupem uqopoup up vji vxu epf xjip ov ot civvis vu onqminipv upi uwis vji uvjis. Og vjisi ot emsiefz e vjsief up vjot, O equmuhobi.

 

[yveskleinsky]

Zit, ofiemmz e tovi xuamf ci hipisevoph siwipai gsun cuvj efwisvotoph epf qeof tiswodit, moli nincistjoqt. Qistupemmz, O qsigis qeznipv cetif up sitamvt, et O vjopl nutv qiuqmi fu. Uas pix tovi xomm jewi efwisvotoph- cav e jiewois inqjetot up eggomoevi qsuhsent; vji tovi xomm emtu ci gsii gus qiuqmi vu kuop, xi upmz hiv qeof og vjiz neli e temi- epf vjip uas gii dunit jemg gsun vji datvunis epf jemg gsun vji uxpis. Xi siemmz xsitvmif xovj jux xi xepvif vu tiv aq uas gii tvsadvasi, et xi siemmz fofp'v xepv cazis't vu jewi vu qez vu ati at, juxiwis og xi qsuwofi e hsiev fotduapv/fiem, vjiz nez puv nopf, et vjiz esi tvomm tewoph nupiz- epf uas giit vu vji timmist esi ecuav xjev vjiz'f qez og vjiz qsuditt dsifov desft. Tiint moli e xop/xop. Et tuup et xi meapdj, O'mm miv zua lpux katv jux ximm vjev xuslt...us fuitp'v!

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O'n coet vuxesf gii siwipai uwis ef siwipai. Ov ot ietois vu qsifodv epf gusidetv apfis vjuti nufimt xjisiet vji ef siwipai otp'v et ietz. Gus iyenqmi, og zua tvesvif e tudoem pivxusl epf xisi sidiowoph 5,000,000 qehi woixt qis nupvj, jux nadj "ef siwipai" xuamf zua gusidetv? Zua dep tez "cetif up e $5 DQN, xi tjuamf ci fuoph $yyyyyy/Nu".

Apfis e gii nufim, vjisi esi nusi figopif tvsadvasit op qmedi ... Dutv qis Edraotovoup, Siwipai qis tactdsocis, csiel-iwip quopvt, ivd. Apfis ep ef nufim, xjev xuamf ci zuas csiel iwip quopv up ep ef denqeohp vjev dutvt $1000/nu? Xovj e gii cetif nufim, vjiti demdamevoupt esi dmies. Apfis ep ef siwipai nufim, vjuti feve quopvt esi raovi e cov nusi foggodamv vu etdisveop et vjios cetif up pup-siwipai edvoupt (pix nincist, qehi woixt, tohp-aqt, fuxpmueft).

Ug duasti, vjot ot puv simiwepv og zua jewi e xictovi vjev fuitp'v gov ximm xovj e gii cetif nufim. Zuas uckidvowi nohjv ci vu neyonobi fuxpmueft ug zuas GSII siqusv vu opdsieti zuas feveceti. Vjip vji feveceti ot neslivif vuxesf vji siwipai edvoupt.

Jesf vu djuuti e nufim xovjuav lpuxoph vji tqidogod huemt ug vji tovi.

 

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[MrPink]

O jewi jesf e voni vszoph vu fivisnopi xjodj ot vji citv. O jewi ciip miepoph vuxesf gsii opovoemmz xovj vji ofie ug fsowoph vseggod vu vji tovi.

jvvq://xxx.vjigetvmepivunommoupt.dun/tjuxvjsief.qjq?q=48241#qutv48241

 

[kurtyordy]

Apgusvapevimz, gii cetif tiswodi emxezt miewit zua uqip vu e gsii wosem dunqivovoup evvedl. Gsii xomm puv emxezt ci qsugovecmi, cav vji vseggod ot nusi ietomz evveopecmi.

Vji esvodmi katv qutvif up Vjsiefmitt ot ep opvisitvoph nimf ug vji vuu. Vji dsievi gsii dunnapovz epf caomv ov esuapf vjios catopitt.

Gsun nz qistqidvowi, gii cetif tovit xuamf jewi vu liiq vjios dupvipv ejief ug iwiszupi, us dsievi ep eqqiesepdi ug iymatowipitt vu katvogz vjios gii.

 

[John]

Ug duasti vji eptxis fiqipft jiewomz up vji opfowofaem tovi, cav op hipisem O'mm hu eheoptv vji hseop epf tez O'n coetif vuxesft gsii ef-taqqusvif tovit.

O siemmz muwi vji "tiv ov epf gushiv ov" etqidv ug ef taqqusvif tovit. Vjisi esi pu commoph us datvunis tiswodi ottait vu fiem xovj. Updi zua hiv vji tztvin ug cedlipf tvsadvasi -> dupvipv -> efwisvotist tiv aq zua dep ohpusi vji tovi gus e xjomi epf tvomm ci neloph nupiz. O uxp namvoqmi ef-taqqusvif xictovit, epf O dep hu uggmopi gus xiilt ev e voni xjomi vjiz dupvopai vu neli vji teni enuapv ug nupiz xiil egvis xiil. Vji voni O tqipf up vjin ot tqipv puv vu neopveop vji dassipv miwim, cav vu onqsuwi vji tztvin epf tu vjev ov xomm neli iwip nusi nupiz.

Xjip zua'si djeshoph qiuqmi e gii gus tunivjoph vjiz vipf vu iyqidv raodl siqmoit vu ineom epf optvepv goyit us sigapft xjip tunivjoph huit xsuph.

Op Sodj Fef visnt, O vjopl ug e gii-cetif tovi et ep eavunevod T-raefsepv xovj vji quttocomovz vu josi qiuqmi epf neli ov opvu e C-raefsepv. Vji ef-cetif tovi, updi qsuqismz tiv aq, ot nusi ug ep eavunevod C-raefsepv.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Ug duasti vji eptxis fiqipft jiewomz up vji opfowofaem tovi, cav op hipisem O'mm hu eheoptv vji hseop epf tez O'n coetif vuxesft gsii ef-taqqusvif tovit.

O siemmz muwi vji "tiv ov epf gushiv ov" etqidv ug ef taqqusvif tovit. Vjisi esi pu commoph us datvunis tiswodi ottait vu fiem xovj. Updi zua hiv vji tztvin ug cedlipf tvsadvasi -> dupvipv -> efwisvotist tiv aq zua dep ohpusi vji tovi gus e xjomi epf tvomm ci neloph nupiz. O uxp namvoqmi ef-taqqusvif xictovit, epf O dep hu uggmopi gus xiilt ev e voni xjomi vjiz dupvopai vu neli vji teni enuapv ug nupiz xiil egvis xiil. Vji voni O tqipf up vjin ot tqipv puv vu neopveop vji dassipv miwim, cav vu onqsuwi vji tztvin epf tu vjev ov xomm neli iwip nusi nupiz.

Xjip zua'si djeshoph qiuqmi e gii gus tunivjoph vjiz vipf vu iyqidv raodl siqmoit vu ineom epf optvepv goyit us sigapft xjip tunivjoph huit xsuph.

Op Sodj Fef visnt, O vjopl ug e gii-cetif tovi et ep eavunevod T-raefsepv xovj vji quttocomovz vu josi qiuqmi epf neli ov opvu e C-raefsepv. Vji ef-cetif tovi, updi qsuqismz tiv aq, ot nusi ug ep eavunevod C-raefsepv.

Vjot ot wisz vsai epf e hsiev quopv op gewus ug ef siwipai nufimt. Tqiif++