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Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by klaut »

OoTheNigerian wrote: post #34

I tried watching the EventVue interview http://mixergy.com/eventvue-josh-fraser/ which is less that a week but behind a pay wall. How can the bandwidth be high if it is being hosted on justin.tv? I would suggest an advertising model where there are short 20 second ads (maybe 5 per interview). Though I really like the interviews, 300 ponds a year 20 interviews is way too high (I watch about 2 a month). Best of luck An…

same here. Was trying to watch http://mixergy.com/daniel-delaney-vendrtv/ which was posted on feb 18th (3 days old) but it is behind the pay wall. how come? basically, any video i am trying to watch is behind a pay wall.

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by cookiecaper »

mrtron wrote: post #47
maxklein wrote: post #10

I like mixergy and think that the interviews are great. But I still believe that this monetisation strategy is a strategic mistake. The reasons are these: 1. I've seen a few of these interviews being done online by others. This game is a winner take all game. The most popular such site is going to have everyone wanting to be interviewed there, and everyone will watch it because popular names are interviewed then. So…

I agree - the business model seems a bit forced. I think your first point will translate into quite a reduced maximum popularity. I would have tried the opposite approach and gave sites some easy way to embed clips of the interviews on their sites/blogs. People are used to paying for live video (PPV). People are used to paying to download content. They aren't used to paying for old content. This seems to be like givi…

I agree that an opposite model would probably have worked out better -- charge for early access instead of archive access. Those who appreciate and anticipate new installments can pay to receive them sooner, [past] interviewees are perhaps less disturbed because the content will ultimately become free, and users searching the web for things like "Paul Graham interview" or similar would be able to find the content and get hooked, thereby creating new paying customers.

It'd really be interesting to hear Mixergy's thought process on this, though.

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by grsites »

jackowayed wrote: post #49
noarchy wrote: post #44

The best response to this will be to not pay. Watch this week's video, and maybe save the stream. Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands.

> Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands. That's called copyright infringement.

Correct. I think I'll do that...

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by [deleted] »

jackowayed wrote: post #49
noarchy wrote: post #44

The best response to this will be to not pay. Watch this week's video, and maybe save the stream. Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands.

> Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands. That's called copyright infringement.

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Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by AmericanOP »

A lot of accolades in this thread. As for me and the rest of the silent majority, we poor ambitious upstarts will find a new home. I might consider it if I knew my contribution would lead to significantly greater production value, like airplane tickets for in-person interviews or investigative reporting.

Eulogy: Andrew was flirting with becoming a figure in start-up world... something which can't be bought. Managed to sell it.

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by modoc »

jackowayed wrote: post #49
noarchy wrote: post #44

The best response to this will be to not pay. Watch this week's video, and maybe save the stream. Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands.

> Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands. That's called copyright infringement.

That's time-shifting for personal use... Pretty sure that's legal.

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by NewWorldOrder »

andr wrote: post #8

I 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…

I like the $1 per video idea. It sounds like an absolute steal. Another possible experiment is to have a monthly subscription fee for companies to have their name/logo show up on the pages of relevant videos. The minimum fee could be $5/month for companies (so barrier to entry is low), but precedence would be given to companies paying the most for particular pages.

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by agotterer »

grumpyfart wrote: post #17

What 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…

To extend on what you said. I think the price points are wrong. I'm not sure the interviews are strong enough to justify at minimum a $25/month recurring subscription. I would potentially pay a few dollars (prob not though). If nothing else I would rather pay as I go ($1 a video or something) as opposed to the subscription. What it comes down to is that a lot of these people are being interviewed elsewhere that can be consumed for free. Without offering something different I'm not sur ehte price point is justified...

Re: Mixergy is now a paid subscription service for interviews older than a week

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Post by jackowayed »

modoc wrote: post #57
jackowayed wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Take the responsibility for archiving into your own hands. That's called copyright infringement.

That's time-shifting for personal use... Pretty sure that's legal.

Hm, on second thought, I guess it probably is, except maybe if his TOS explicitly disallows it. It's basically the same as DVRing something. Still seems wrong.
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