I've seen good web dir with decent PR and all what they ask is an optional backlink and I've seen others - just launched- and they expect you to pay for submissions! When should dir owners charge for listing web sites in their dir( PR, SERP, etc.)? Cheers
If anyone can tell me how a Directory can survive without having paid listings, then please explain to me Gaygle for Ad**** are not an option imho as a free directory with Ad**** is not a directory with a guaranteed future infact it could be arguably considered as MFA, not all but some could be
You may charge from day one as you wish, there are no rules that says you can't and also you may keep it free forever aslong as you want. What are your goals and ententions? It takes alot of work to run a websites, the labor alone cannot amount to what the websites is currently worth. I've seen some sites being sold next to nothing. I hear things that directories should be Free. In some cases Directories are free because of the person who's running it wants it to be free. Directories are like anything else, it provides services to you much like your ISP or your webhosting and for the most part those aren't free, it's a paid service.
From day one. Otherwise you may have many spam to your sites. HOWEVER, you could always do promotion for people to do submission. This way, you could get some links as well as some recognition to you.
Have to agree with the charging from day-1 theory. My directory has always been free with a paid option for better position. While I manage to get enough paid submissions to make it worth while, I can tell you that the majority of sites I review are submitted on a free basis. Only a few of those make it into the directory though as most are not in compliance with my guidelines.
For the most part I do not charge for linking to my directories, I do charge if you want a feature link. Why don't I charge, because I'm retired and do this as a hobby and not to make money. As a hobby I expect to spend a few bucks, (in some cases my wife says alot of bucks) to enjoy this hobby thing. As a hobby I have to run hard to keep up with all you young bucks (& does). I have a sickness called CRS. (CRS= Can't remember shit and what I do remember is wrong.) Keep on Truck'n
Question ..When to turn Paid 1. PR Atleast have some PR backing you...its real hard trying to get people to pay for a directory thats got nothing to give back....Yet anyway 2. Template.... are you using a freebie? Great! Now did you make it custom or somthing so it dont look like the 1 million others? No a little Ass logo dont do it for me thats not change. 3. Backlinks So.... hows your backlinks? Got any? Well Youd best get you some........ Truthfully its up to the submitter... I will if i know the owner and hes got his game face on, ohhh your a newbie ahhh.... forget it you might sell it soon after or cant pay your hosting or your a link deleter or the old i lost my database crap Sorry i want results not excuses...... thx malcolm
Here is the truth, directories need revenue in order to incentives the owner to make a quality directory. Because money motivates everybody. So to answer, you should charge right before you start getting bored with your directory.
Start accepting paid ones when: You have a nice PR directory Quality template Good promotion and Advertisements Too many link backs ( so that buyer be satisfied about PR juice )
I think you should start charging when you got a lot of quality listings. Give people value and they will be willing to pay.
If i were to setup a new paid directory, i'd have it paid from day one, otherwise it's possible to loose out lots of $$$.
But you should do some promotions/advertisments/link building .. Will you start paid submission without these from day 1 ?
i guess the best parameters is: 1. unique visitor 2. pagerank/baclinks 3. quality link content and the other that could be consider 4. how many link you have in the directory 5. custom tempate 6. unique content/service/etc, that other directory dont have but the big question is how much???? 1. how much unique visitor 2. how much baclinks/pagerank 3. how much quality link content
Yep i would! Free directories are bombarded with tons of submissions within a couple of days, that could easily mean loss of 500+ submissions in the future?
If the PR is 0 and doesnt have a fairly decent template or i check your backlinks and its under 1000.....then i just leave as i see you cant offer me any benefit before the PR update and that means i just wasted money on your site when i could have found somebody with the above criteria that could have made the difference in my site moving up in PR. thx malcolm
Yeah, just because i would set it paid from day one, it doesn't mean i'd expect submissions. It'd just be loosing $$$$ if you set it free, then to paid at a later date. Thats my thoughts anyways..
I understand trust me as i wish i wouldnt have done what i did with sleek or biz-king but in the end that FREE content helped my sites get inner juice with the content they provided... Ive tons of room so it didnt hurt but i know what your saying... thx malcolm