My Comments on EC Pricing system
EC system is good, because it makes you to explore.
At least, it made me to explore. By exploring, I have come across with too many "good" blogs. Now I can tell at least a dozen of nice sites/blogs, which I had never come across under other system of exploration. The other systems such as BlogRush and GoodBlogs simply lagged (?) because there was no such motivation for bloggers.
I should thank 'em for that.
Everything was alright , if not perfect , suddenly there came the "new law". Which is based upon 2^X law.
Well, there are good side and bad side. (see the links at the end)
I think the pricing should depend on factors such as: number of drops received/unique visitors, ads in que... and one more important factor may be PR or popularity index.
We should always be thinking of new blogs or new members of ec community. Because Blogging is also about community. There should be fair chances for them so that they can still receive enough attention.
Under the news system, since the price jumps up immediately.
No one will be willing to spending a lot of hard earned ec credits on some-where with only few visitor per day.
Simply put : 2^X is not a better idea!
Think of some idea by which new/hobby bloggers (like me) do not get crushed and yet the spam sites get punished!
Let's try to be more creative. Make up new formula which grows very slowly (like x^2) in the beginning, and becomes exponential at some point and then becomes linear.
I do love the no-cap feature.
Thanks for reading!
I liked these posts:
http://turnipofpower.com/2008/04/13/entrecard-advertising-value-strategy/
http://ageeksjourney.com/traffic/entrecard-a-new-start-or-end/
http://flimjo.com/wp-trackback.php?p=109
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2008/04/entrecard-changes-pricing-algorithm-card-dropping-game-stops/trackback/
5 comments:
As you say, bloggers have a unique community, and we support each other as best we can. there are some out there greedy for wealth from blogging, but they soon fade. I know I had several EC members give me credits to help out initally, and I still do the same.
EC, it turns out, is another tool, and there are some more willing to use it than others. With a little patience it yields great results. I'm pretty pleased with the results, because while my blog is quite high up for its category, it is generally cheap to advertise on.
maybe it's time for private deals where you pay the cost of the ad, but ask the seller if they'll give you a partial refund on run, make it easier to advertise?
BT,
Great Idea!
The fact that Blogger can offer discount is really cool! But for that the "75% rule of inflation" in EC has to be modified.
Thanks for the comment.
private deals are the way to go i guess!!
Yeah I'm too lazy advertise now because of the prices.. you get 2 ec for a drop and dropping, but you have to spend 256ec-512ec on good blogs :{
Note: Why don't you allow anonymous comments? That way you'll get more comments
I like the influx of visitors to my site because of EC. I came here to thank you for dropping your card. Regards.
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