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Re:Ask HN: Competing with Free by pedalpete on Friday May 14, 2010 @08:23PM (#1349007)
Very interesting that you coin the free products as 'arguably better' than the paid.

You'd think it would be the other way around, with the paid being arguably better.

So, how do you make it obvious why one product is superior to another and worth the cost?

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Re:Ask HN: Competing with Free by jwegan on Friday May 14, 2010 @10:16PM (#1349190)
The reason I said free is better is due to this blog post from OkCupid http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/04/07/why-you-should-... in which they say a lot of the profiles in pay sites were created for free or are expired which means a large percentage of the people you contact will be inactive/haven't paid

The way to make it obvious is through marketing ;). In my previous comment I tried to give some examples of how the paysites distinguish themselves from the free sites.

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