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Originally Posted by Batts
I see your point, but what i am trying to point out is that shooting exclusive content costs more than just purchasing some content from a content provider and that i think that review sites should take into account that exclusive content sites do cost more to produce, persoanlly i think $ 29.95 per month is very cheap for a membership to a site with exclusive content and i am suprised that more sites are not increasing their prices.
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first, I definitely agree with raising prices for some types of sites.
re: other points: surfers don't care... though reviewers MAY take it into consideration, they can't allow it to be a factor... most consumers are only concerned with what they are being charged, they don't care about model costs, travel expenses, props, time, media, equipment, etc... and incorporating what brujah said above... review sites need to put themselves into the consumer's shoes in order to be successful. but it's hard to run an HONEST review site without getting blacklisted by many sponsors... because we all know some sites out there deserve a very low rating, and I doubt many review sites will slap a "3 out ot 10" on a site owned by a sponsor who is bringing in revenue for you with other sites in their network.
I'm not stating that any or all review sites are dishonest, just saying it's gotta be tough for some of them to stay honest.
perhaps the solution lies deep within the... hmmm...
...and then an idea hits you like a ton of bricks. Steve, thanks for starting this thread.
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