Hello people! I was wondering whether any of you guys could give me some ideas on how much to charge for featured listings in my SEO Directory. I have kept at 1$ only for a while, but I'm not getting many anyway, so I might as well put it up to a more decent price that better reflects the value (not enormous yet, I admit) of the directory. I don't expect you to say that featured should be sold at xxx$ because I don't have all that time right now, just before getting married, so, I'll listen to what you have to say. Any thoughts? Thanks anyway!
I'd cut the option to donate, unless you actually do get donations. I think you could raise the price of featured links to $5. Maybe offer 3 deep links along with the featured link? Do note, however, that I have no experience with directories.
Can I give you the best advice you will ever get for your directory? Either lose the verifcation on submission or upgrade to phpld v3.05 where it works. The verification on these old phpld versions is truly impossible to crack, at least for me. Most people will give up. You can attempt it 5 times and get it wrong every time easily, and I can see. Ive just submitted a link, good look with your directory. Steve
I put the donation button while trying to keep it free. Someone said that I would have been surprised by how many people would donate. Unfortunately, although leaving the donation price free, that didn't happen. So yes, I'll remove it soon, although I don't think it's that negative, a better design for instance would really help, but I need time for that. The price you suggested is exactly what I thought about. What do you mean by deep links? Thanks for your help!
I perfectly understand what you mean. Although personally, after having made hundreds of submissions, I rarely had huge problems, it is a turn off. I can't lose the verification though, because I am already getting spammy submissions, not am I willing to upgrade before I get some sort of revenue to cover costs. The idea was to leave it free as long as possible. I was looking at changing it, after seeing so many leaving the website from the submit page as it shows in the stats. I'll have to wait until after I get married though to have the time. Thanks for your precious advice!