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Originally Posted by digitaldivas
Will, no one is arguing this point on the recurring thing. It is a fact that surfers, savvy as they are now, are much less likely to reccur and come back every couple of months to get the "bang for their buck" This is fact. I have 40-50 members who do exactly that. I will see their emails like clockwork every 4-6 months.
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Surfers who subscribe regularly know they can cancel anytime themselves at CCBill, so whether it is recurring or non recurring join option is not all that important. If it's CCBill they're not afraid of xsales or rebills scam - probably the same is true for several other well established online processing companies.
We tried adding a non-recurring monthly option, and it didn't make any difference ratio wise. I've heard that arguement many times before that surfers are afraid or rebills scam or do not want long term commitments, so we tried adding a non recurring option to see if there's going to be any increase in signups from those surfers who're "afraid" of rebills. Didn't happen. No increase at all.
Your surfer is just making up excuses for him stealing and not paying and that's it. He knows damn well your sites are CCBill that and you cannot pull any rebill or xsales scam on him, and that he can cancel anytime at CCBill without ever contacting you.
Rebills are not a problem. At least for CCBill sites, they aren't. Those who do not want to rebill can cancel anytime and there's 100% guarantee that no charges will be made after cancellation. Surfers are well aware of this.
But piracy IS the problem. Whatever you try on your join page, it doesn't make any difference as long as your stuff can be downloaded free from pornbb or pornhub. Cheaper prices, higher prices, recurring, non-recurring, special offers etc - whatever you try is going to have a limited effect at best, as long as surfers can google "yoursitename rapidshare" and get a wealth or links. But being proactive about piracy and removing your stuff from infringing sites DOES directly affect your bottomline.