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Originally Posted by Jace
paysite
people going to a paysite have their credit cards out and you KNOW they are spending, so there is more room for escalating income
a freesite is a site where you have to beg them to buy, so it is harder to get them to whip out their cards, therefore decreasing the overall value of the site
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thats the most idiotic logic i have heard.
My viewpoint: If they make the same money with the same ammount of maintainance and both are stable then id say they are worth about the same. If there is a large ammount of retention on the paysite and recurring members then id have to say the paysite is a better investment... or if the free site has alot of rebills / search engine traffic sales then that would edge it in that direction. Also, generally freesites require less maintaince / content updates so are likely to require less effort to maintain income.
Its all swings and roundabouts. Im pretty confident i could manage / better just about any freesite however i have no paysite running experience so id be fucked there.