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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
At the end of the day I'm not happy to see sites like this work.
Why, you ask?
Because it does shift consumers to using the free dating site model. That model doesn't profit even 5% as much as the paid model which pays us accordingly. Free dating kills that industry and in turn our profits.
In 5 years all of them wil be free. Goldrush=Over.
But, was it necessary? No, there was no reason to lowball the industry just to get in the door. Sure it takes just a little bit more work to make money in that game but as all of us here know, it's not hard to get people to signup to damn near anything. Someone with his immense automation skills could have done better going the paid route.
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I think free sites affect paid models negatively but that it comes in waves and that there will always be a place for paid models. On his site he's upselling to paid models so people must still be signing up. Maybe it's similar to freehosts. Many of them were/are successful but many of us still opt for paid hosting because of the extra things it offers. Perhaps the customer can demand greater service and accountability on paid versions. It'll be interesting to see what happens.