Re:Ask HN: You're in beta. How much $ is 1,000 random users ...
by tzaman on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @11:43AM
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I'd offer them some kind of premium features and/or discounts later down the product (time)line.
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Re:Ask HN: You're in beta. How much $ is 1,000 random users ...
by DanLivesHere on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @11:53AM
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Sorry, I revised the question -- I'm basically asking, what you'd pay on top of the premium. To boil it down, I want to know what you are willing to pay to acquire a random user.
Re:Ask HN: You're in beta. How much $ is 1,000 random users ...
by oniworks on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:43AM
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Sorry, wouldn't pay a dime. This is a little akin to buying 1000 twitter followers. Sure they'll give you apparent social proof, but you'll have a hard time selling to them. What you are really asking is how much is an unqualified lead worth. You can buy random traffic all day, but if none of them purchase/upgrade its worthless to you.
You have to ask yourself if you really think that you can convert any of these users. There is a world of difference between targeted and untargeted traffic. You probably wouldn't even get any usable metrics out of the deal.
You are also talking about an investment of 2 bucks per user, and you could almost do better with a basic cpc campaign. You'd end up spending a bit more, but you be much more targeted.
Re:Ask HN: You're in beta. How much $ is 1,000 random users ...
by identity on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @12:10PM
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Maybe this will help you, now or later, : http://www.panalysis.com/resources/customer-acquisition-cost...