Subscribed, on the theory that if I can't get one sale a month out of Mixergy, I must be doing something wrong.
Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
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#12Are the transcripts going behind the paywall too?
if not give me one reason to pay for the video. content=content. ( BTW, I only read the transcripts, because it's less time consuming)
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#13Are the transcripts going behind the paywall too?
if not give me one reason to pay for the video. content=content. ( BTW, I only read the transcripts, because it's less time consuming)
"... I only read the transcripts, because it's less time consuming ..."
I try. The formatting is hard to read, the transcriptions aren't always accurate (in a funny way).
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#14I'm glad that Mixergy is starting to charge. You have to pay the bills some how. Would also like to see additional content like private forums.
I think the price is a bit high. He should of had a $10/month option and I would have signed up tonight.
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#15I definitely like the model, but I think $25/mo is too high, especially when compared to other sources of information. The $50 and $100 options made me chuckle a bit (sorry). The Economist print edition comes at $15/mo. 30 days of New York Times, delivered in print is $29/mo. That's a lot more content than Mixergy. And you have similar similar sites like BigThink and the Stanford ECorner podcasts, which are free. But…
That's a lot more content than Mixergy.
If you convince the Times to ditch the lifestyle coverage of things of importance to Upper East Side liberals and focus on interviewing Wufoo about conversion rates, I'll buy a subscription to them, too. Until you do that it strikes me like you're comparing a Ruby library and a chia pet.
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#16I wonder, were the interviewees aware of this and are they OK with it?
Bummer, I did not even watch the full PG yet, an it was 11 days ago.
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#17What about interviewees ? They spent an hour assuming their video would be available by anyone but later on they found out he started to charge of it? Does it fair? (I assume that he didn't inform them beforehand)
Finally I'm sure out of thousands people 10 will subscribe but potentially that's pretty much it, that model wouldn't work unless you got something crucial. And to be honest this is just chit-chat. Yes I love to listen Paul Graham talk on stuff but none of the interviews are actually ground-breaking or great, it's just good time.
That's why I doubt if anyone would actually bother to subscribe.
Give it 3 months then I'm sure he'll change the model.
Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week
#18What about interviewees ? They spent an hour assuming their video would be available by anyone but later on they found out he started to charge of it? Does it fair? (I assume that he didn't inform them beforehand) Finally I'm sure out of thousands people 10 will subscribe but potentially that's pretty much it, that model wouldn't work unless you got something crucial. And to be honest this is just chit-chat. Yes I lo…
I was just going to post the same thing. If I was an interviewee, I'd be kind of pissed I'd given my time for free, just so someone else could throw it behind a paywall.
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#19What about interviewees ? They spent an hour assuming their video would be available by anyone but later on they found out he started to charge of it? Does it fair? (I assume that he didn't inform them beforehand) Finally I'm sure out of thousands people 10 will subscribe but potentially that's pretty much it, that model wouldn't work unless you got something crucial. And to be honest this is just chit-chat. Yes I lo…
"And to be honest this is just chit-chat. Yes I love to listen Paul Graham talk on stuff but none of the interviews are actually ground-breaking or great, it's just good time."
Calling the interviews chit-chat is nothing short of demeaning the effort of both Andrew and the interviewee. I would argue that the interviews are great and do teach us a lot. Often as part of the interview other parts such as history are covered, but that again adds to the whole experience.
Finally, the reason I believe this will not be a blockbuster, is because of two reasons.
1. On the net people rarely pay for content. 2. Scrappy entrepreneurs by my guess, are not the ones who would fall in the category of "paying people".
I do hope that Andrew is successful though.
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#20Please create an iphone app instead where old interviews can be accessed simply and charge for the app.
EDIT: simple->simply