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Video-Post · 07-31-2005, 07:18 AM

Ok, here is the rundown. We do not cap the number of accounts because I feel that a good webmaster should always have a chance to get in and submit his high quality galleries. That's what I need to keep loyal Video-Post visitors happy.

At $39 per month we sold way too many accounts which could only mean one thing: The price was too cheap for what we offered. Many webmasters had purchased 2, 3 or 4 accounts. Obviously they must have been making a killing. However the high amount of accounts reduces the value for all webmasters and creates other irritations such as a high number of overflow declines (which didn't even have any impact on the amount of galleries that actually got posted).

In order to reduce the amount of overflow declines we decided to only allow webmasters to submit one gallery every second day. While this took care of the overflow declines there were still way too many accounts. The only logical thing left to do was to increase the price to reduce the number of submitters and offer a better value to the core of quality webmasters we rely on.

How did I come to the new price? Paid links spot range 21-30 cost $500 for 30 galleries which is sold out 99% of all time (that means it's a good value). With a submit pass, a good webmaster submitting good galleries should be able to get 15 galleries listed per month (one gallery every second day). That would be $250 if it was paid links. But it isn't guaranteed (even though easily achievable) so let's take $50 off that price. Here we are at $200. Since the links will be posted under the 30th spot let's half that price again and we come to the current price of $100 per month. I think it's a damn good value.

Now to the whiny webmasters who can't make a dime and are going to cancel their account. Guess what? That's exactly what we want! Go and submit to the thousands of small sites offering free submissions where you won't even get a fraction of the traffic Video-Post sends out. Video-Post will only keep serious webmaster who know what they are doing and make good money. Less submitters, less accounts - better webmasters, more listings for them.

I understand that this was the worst time to introduce the change but the old system was totally fucked up and I am confident that this change will make things better for submitters in the long run.

Oh and $100 is only around 3 signups. With the amount of traffic Video-Post sends out, how hard is that to achieve?

07-31-2005, 07:18 AM
Video-Post Selling short ICQ numbers Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NL Posts: 1,118	Ok, here is the rundown. We do not cap the number of accounts because I feel that a good webmaster should always have a chance to get in and submit his high quality galleries. That's what I need to keep loyal Video-Post visitors happy. At $39 per month we sold way too many accounts which could only mean one thing: The price was too cheap for what we offered. Many webmasters had purchased 2, 3 or 4 accounts. Obviously they must have been making a killing. However the high amount of accounts reduces the value for all webmasters and creates other irritations such as a high number of overflow declines (which didn't even have any impact on the amount of galleries that actually got posted). In order to reduce the amount of overflow declines we decided to only allow webmasters to submit one gallery every second day. While this took care of the overflow declines there were still way too many accounts. The only logical thing left to do was to increase the price to reduce the number of submitters and offer a better value to the core of quality webmasters we rely on. How did I come to the new price? Paid links spot range 21-30 cost $500 for 30 galleries which is sold out 99% of all time (that means it's a good value). With a submit pass, a good webmaster submitting good galleries should be able to get 15 galleries listed per month (one gallery every second day). That would be $250 if it was paid links. But it isn't guaranteed (even though easily achievable) so let's take $50 off that price. Here we are at $200. Since the links will be posted under the 30th spot let's half that price again and we come to the current price of $100 per month. I think it's a damn good value. Now to the whiny webmasters who can't make a dime and are going to cancel their account. Guess what? That's exactly what we want! Go and submit to the thousands of small sites offering free submissions where you won't even get a fraction of the traffic Video-Post sends out. Video-Post will only keep serious webmaster who know what they are doing and make good money. Less submitters, less accounts - better webmasters, more listings for them. I understand that this was the worst time to introduce the change but the old system was totally fucked up and I am confident that this change will make things better for submitters in the long run. Oh and $100 is only around 3 signups. With the amount of traffic Video-Post sends out, how hard is that to achieve?