Re: [Survey For PBEM GMs] A Paid Service?

From: "Domestos" <never.you@mind.com>

Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:17:16 +0000

"Geoffrey Harrison" <Geoffrey.Harrison@veritechcomputers.com> wrote in
message news:pan.2006.02.15.08.17.16.81968@veritechcomputers.com...
> Greetings to all the PBEMers out there!
>
> Our company is deciding whether PBEM GMs would use a PAID service for
> advertising and running their games on-line. We're interested in getting
> some feedback from the community at large.

Why would I pay when I can use this newsgroup and greg lindahls (
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm.html  ) PBM pages to advertise on for free?

The PAID service would have to offer somthing out of the ordinary and have a
decent traffic/visitor trend before I would consider paying. In addition I
reckon a FREE section would be required to kick-start it off - with paid
subscribers getting better coverage or somthing that makes them jump out at
the reader.

Personally I would like a site where I get to see reviews by people that
have actually played the game and can report on what it is actually like,
maybe with some screenshots or example reports. Too many times I have
started a game to reaslise that it does not promise what it offers in the
advertisement...

A rating on games by players might also be an idea... but this would have to
be managed.

The way to make it work is make advertisers pay-per-click. That way they
only pay for people who are interested in thier game and click on it. Much
the same way the google-ads work...

If there is no interest in the game they are advertising then they have lost
nothing.and it is risk-free advertising...much more likely to get people to
sign-up to that and use your site... it would need to be managed properly
though...

Hey thats an idea!!! Maybe I should implement it :))

Domestos

References

[Survey For PBEM GMs] A Paid Service?
Geoffrey Harrison <Geoffrey.Harrison@veritechcomputers.com>
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:17:16 +0000

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[Survey For PBEM GMs] A Paid Service?
Geoffrey Harrison <Geoffrey.Harrison@veritechcomputers.com>
Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:17:16 +0000