Asking yourselves as directory owners and directory users i would like to know peoples opinions on what prices are seen as suitable and justifiable to have in place when a directory is brand new? Im unable to create a typical scenario for this as there are so many aspects i realise as to why one directory charges much more than the other. So for example if a directory is brand new, indexed in the search engines of course but no page rank yet etc (not earned its stripes yet) you could say, then what prices would you say are reasonable for the directory owner to charge. For the typical options, featured links etc...
It would entirely depend on how far you go marketing your directory, if you are known to do the work and spend the dollars ppl will submit regardless of PR, specially when new, as the prices would be cheaper
A good point there, so it seems to rely much on trust and showing that your pushing the directory or directories hard, basically if someone can justify their price and the price equalling the directory owners effort.
make the featured link as $10 and the regular at $5, too many link will spoil your directory, and it will become a link farm, so it is better that you don't accept too many links. so keep your price high, once you get some pr, increase the rates further, this will ensure that you have only limited links, and quality links
uttoransen, for the featured link price suggestion is that monthly or yearly? im guessing that many people would prefer paying for a years featured listing, unless the monthly payment is automatic. I plan to have free regular links but are many owners moving away from this? personally id like to offer this as its been offered to me by thousands of owners and continues to be, i understand there can be tons of junk sent but i guess its one of those things while offering free option. I want to be as fair as possible, but i totally take on board your comment of not accepting too much and being selective.
I would say that if you have PR0 and you are new - just charge for featured links. Same case if you have less then PR4 If you have PR4 with traffic you can charge between $2-$10 for PR5 $5-$15 PR6 $10-$40 Just my opinion
Thanks formula, this is all helping me to get an idea of what is reasonable for submitters when i do get my directory setup so i appreciate it a lot. Good views so far from everyone, please keep them coming.
Featured links no more then $10.00 - $15.00 US Maybe $20 with really nice template... Regular Links no more than $5.00 - $10.00 US Thats off course considering you going paid directory in which i would suggest you allow your directory a week or so FREE to get filler content to attract the spiders. This is only my view only but... you wont be attractive to the average buyer till your site has some PR or backlinks to back it... Warning: as soon as you add prices expect the free birds to leave you like a hot patato its like that here unless your known to them and have earned thier respect.. thx malcolm
If you have some sort of reputation as a directory owner, you can charge $ on a brand new directory. If not, people at DP usually expect any brand new directory should offer a free listing for a while, at least for it to get started. You may want to charge a small fee few months later. If you simply plan to sell links and advertise in other places, then you can do whatever you like. DP is probably the busiest forum for all sorts of directory related discussions, so announcing a new directory is like one of 5-6 on a daily basis, meaning there is lots of competition going on, and if you want to advertise here, you would need to offer something people like/expect.
Thanks malcolm, i appreciate your opinion on this. coolsitez, it will be my first directory, so i will go with free submissions at least to get it started for a few months, thanks for your opinion too.