Why The Fremium Model Is A Lot Like Dating

http://www.flowtown.com/blog/why-the-fremium-model-is-a-lot-like-dating

by erhanerdogan • 16 years ago

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reitzensteinm• 16 years ago

Flawed analogy. I don't often pay for premium features then stop visiting a site!

brianto2010• 16 years ago

Where do you see that?

> "At the end of the day, a paid member of a freemium service is often more involved than the free account holders. He or she might log in much more often and begin to make full use of the new features..."

Martell is saying that if you are paying for the premium, you will visit the site.

michael_dorfman• 16 years ago

Right. Which is why the analogy is flawed.

If you are paying for the premium, you will visit the site. If you have sex with someone you have been dating, you may choose to move on to date other people.

Get it?

blaix• 16 years ago

You missed the joke.

sachinag• 16 years ago

Wow, Dan's linkbait shows up here on HN. Never thought I'd see the day. Well played, Martell, wherever you are.

RyanMcGreal• 16 years ago

I nominate this page for today's Most Superfluous Use of Stock Photography award.

hugh3• 16 years ago

Indeed. Usually I scroll straight past stock photos so they don't appear on my screen for very long, but in this article they're spaced about three hundred pixels apart so you can't possibly avoid having at least two of 'em onscreen at once.

If I were reading this at work, everybody would think I was planning a wedding.

sak84• 16 years ago

Jesus, it seems like everything in a startup is like dating.

Finding a co-founder is like dating. Finding an investor is like dating. Being an entrepreneur is like dating.

Now, Freemium Models?

I'm kinda sick of the dating analogy personally.

andrewvc• 16 years ago

Don't worry, soon the stylistic tides will turn and the analogy will be war/raising kids/making the perfect turkey sandwich instead of dating, and the articles will flow just as freely.

sethrq• 16 years ago

So what would be the startup equivalent of meeting someone on craigslist?

Why The Fremium Model Is A Lot Like Dating

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