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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Compete with them. Make sites that appeal to the surfers more than they do.
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That was the point i was trying to make wasn't it? The only way to "compete" is to offer everything for free, and thats self-destructive. I didn't say i can't compete, i said that we should not have to compete with something that destroys our business model.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Content costs are so low as to be a very small factor in starting a site, so please stop whining about it.
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I am not whining. Lots of this content is stolen, and the business model is destructive. As I said i can compete but it seems counter-intuitive to the whole industry. Its like Zango only worse...
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
It's a red herring and you know it. In fact if I gave you all my content and you used the same method we all do to drive traffic, you would still need to charge $30. The selling price is governed by the affiliate system and not the cost of the product.
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If you gave me all your content and I posted on youporn or my own site, even if i paid for it, you would tell me to take the content down because 99% of content providers have a rule that you can't make all the content freely available it must be in a paid members area - you know this too, and i know this when i looked into this possibility.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
The one thing that allows them to give out content for free is they are not paying 60% to 75% of their turn over on "traffic". Do the sums and work it out. Then take out 10% for processing.
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No, they are paying everything of their profit and more on bandwidth bills, just like youtube who needed VC funds to survive their bandwidth nightmare.
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Sell the surfer what he needs at a price he will pay and if you answer he will not pay, pack your bags and leave by the back door quietly.
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He won't pay the more content becomes available illegally or illegally for free, why can't you see this?