[pedalpete]

I really like the well designed site. Well laid out and easy to use.

However, your paid model feels a lot like ExpertSexchange.com, a much loathed site, and it seems you are dealing in very small dollar amounts which means that managing the cost/payment process creates increased overhead and adds complexity to the system where it may not be needed, and the dollar amounts may not be high enough to be worth the extra headaches. (if an answer was worth $10-20 I'd be singing a different tune).

There may be other revenue opportunities outside of advertising (though you're in the right market for lots of advertisers).

[slance]

I understand the comparison with expertsexchange but I think Studylance is different. Expertexchange is all about spamming the search engines with common problems, Studylance is more like Elance or Rentacoder, in that individuals get a real response, rather than having to pay for the answer to a previously asked question,

The amounts are in £pounds for the moment, I'm going to add the option to view in USDollars soon.

The values are low for the moment you're right!