X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
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Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#2Hope we can use wallet-code and noscript/basic (x)html browsers.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#3This is just the "put your credit card details there for easy recurrent purchases pls" strategy
100% they will introduce paid likes/priority comments
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#4Metafilter does something like this, where you have to pay a fee to sign up.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#5It seems like it would cost X more than $1 in fees to process such a small amount.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#6Metafilter does something like this, where you have to pay a fee to sign up.
But Metafilter’s fee is only one time; not annual like X is proposing.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#7It seems like it would cost X more than $1 in fees to process such a small amount.
I operate a service a with an option that charges $1/month. We end up netting about 42 cents per subscription, but really the exercise is more about making the service available to people who might not otherwise be able to afford it than it is about a cash grab.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#8$1 a year is too low to be worried, but there may be an ulterior motive.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#9This is just the "put your credit card details there for easy recurrent purchases pls" strategy 100% they will introduce paid likes/priority comments
if your trying to create the next payment app you need credit cards.
Re: X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users
#10I don't think the point is what they are charging, but the fact they are charging anything. Probably more interesting to them is the amount who don't create an account when presented with a payment screen.