Re:I am done with the freemium business model
by MatthewPhillips on Monday January 02, 2012 @04:05PM
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Can freemium work without hitting a home-run ala Dropbox?
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Re:I am done with the freemium business model
by jacquesm on Monday January 02, 2012 @06:55PM
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Define 'work'.
Figures from several freemium businesses that I am familiar with suggest that this model works on the 'lifestyle' end as well as on the 'more money than you could reasonably spend in a lifetime' ends of running a business, and I presume on many points in between. The trick is not to lose too much money on your free users and to make them pay in some other way, for instance by selling advertising or by engaging them to promote the product to others.
Re:I am done with the freemium business model
by MaxGabriel on Monday January 02, 2012 @04:18PM
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Yeah--check out the background of Bingo Card Creator. There's lots of HN discussion on it, too
http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/12/21/bingo-card-creator-etc-y...