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by ArnoVanLumig
4846 days ago
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I don't quite understand. If I visit a web page that has an ad then that might net the website owner $0.001 (or something along those lines, I have no real figures). I would personally have no problem paying $0.002 per page view to get an ad-free site. No subscription, just pay a very small amount per view or get ads. From my point of view, which is probably naive, the website owner would rather have $0.002 instead of $0.001 per page view. Actually transferring fractions of a cent is of course difficult, but there are ways to work around that. |
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On many of my sites, I earn at least 12 cents per pageview, on average, and sometimes as much as 50 cents.
Because I don't charge our users, I don't have to deal with customer service, payment processing, and many other things related to collecting money.
While I haven't ruled out letting subscribers pay us in the future, it would add a huge layer of complexity to our business.
Additionally, if subscribers where to pay $.0002 per page view, guess who would get all of the money? The credit card company! And I definitely don't want to be in the business of figuring out how to do micropayments.
Advertising is simple, it works, and actually provides value to users when done right. Furthermore, as a publisher, I have the right to build a sustainable business.
People who remove ads are directly attacking the ability of any publishing business to exist. Not cool.