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Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Phill Simon

Phill Simon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:07:25 +0000

Perhaps some sort of meter like the ones for measuring residential electric use, except you pre-pay. You pay for how much content you access, paying upfront for Viewing Credits (VCs)”. You get free viewing credits towards new or un-viewed material. The more you credits you buy, the less a credit cost. I guess it can be by page-view. Kind of like a debit card, you have to pay into the account before you can draw down VCs.

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Ian Bissell

Ian Bissell — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:23:12 +0000

I agree with Phill. The number of options will be daunting for any potential customer. You also need to think about how the potential customer can sample the content before putting up a payment barrier. Depending on the content and your audience you need to decide which would be the best payment option — either annual/monthly subscription or pay as you go. Perhaps market test your payment options before launching.

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by ahoving

ahoving — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:49:17 +0000

Thanks, Richard and Jeremy, you both make good points. Jeremy, is the current model working for you now? If so, can you please point me to your site?

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:12:39 +0000

I’m pretty sure that viewing ads just to gain entrance to a site would violate most TOS agreements. Contributing content would be a logistical nightmare and most likely not desirable for most websites, which leaves paying the money up front or ppv, which is what we already have without the whole user centric revenue model. Ads are still king, as long as you view them with no strings attached.

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Richard A. Langevin

Richard A. Langevin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:10:03 +0000

From a marketing perspective this is not being communicated as well as it could be. It’s analogous to me trying to buy an airplane from you and instead of your helping me to understand how it’s will help me to meet MY needs, you are explaining to me how the plane operates. I encourage owners to give me an example of a problem that their “solution” can solve. If I can relate to that problem, I will be interested in your solution. If not, then you don’t want to spend any more time with me as I’m not a prospect.

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by ahoving

ahoving — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:40:53 +0000

could it be done on the Amazon AWS platform?

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Phill Simon

Phill Simon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:01:33 +0000

This will take some brain storming and model drawing.

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by ahoving

ahoving — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:46:39 +0000

Good point, Phill, thanks. Maybe we could show them a short list of the most popular choices with a link to “More ways to support this site” that expands the box to reveal more choices?

Comment on USER-CENTRIC ONLINE REVENUE MODEL (pat. pend.) by Phill Simon

Phill Simon — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:20:20 +0000

Seems very complicated list of choices for the customer. There has to be an easier way to present the concept. It feels like trying to pick a cell phone plan which has a million ways to put together a “package” of services all aimed at giving you, the customer, value.

Comment on more from “click” book by Phillip Simon

Phillip Simon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:34:49 +0000

Using “a personal history of net/web technology” as the narrative foundation for your paper is intriguing. I think the theme is fine as long as you keep in my the goal of the paper, which is to set the stage for your Master’s project. I only mention this to keep you focused, and not have the paper become a personal memoir. Consider whether you will present a hypothesis that you will attempt to substantiate. If you feel comfortable with my comments, then proceed to create the outline.