Originally Posted by squizzel

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.