Putting up a pay wall

[Beef03]

Ogden claims they're studying a paywall model but hasn't implemented it for fear that it will kill insert revenue - I suppose the logic is "If I'm already paying for the paper, I'm not going to pay for the paper version."

Most places with paywalls that I've seen have made it so that the print+online subscription is only slightly more, if more at all, than the online-only subscription. If anything, a well-developed paywall could be a boon to print subscriptions.

Our paper strangely went the other way with it being slightly cheaper for the print and online combo than just the online version.

 

[Versatile]

Ogden claims they're studying a paywall model but hasn't implemented it for fear that it will kill insert revenue - I suppose the logic is "If I'm already paying for the paper, I'm not going to pay for the paper version."

Most places with paywalls that I've seen have made it so that the print+online subscription is only slightly more, if more at all, than the online-only subscription. If anything, a well-developed paywall could be a boon to print subscriptions.

Our paper strangely went the other way with it being slightly cheaper for the print and online combo than just the online version.

Like our stories? Let us print them out for you. We'll pay you if you do!

Says a lot about online advertising revenue vs. print advertising revenue.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

The one thing I really wished they'd do, and I've been told by computer people it can be done through IP addresses or something, is make it not pay for people who obviously aren't in the area to go buy a paper or aren't subscriber level people. I used to get a bunch of readers for my stuff during college football season, but now that has obviously decreased.

I'm sure it makes people mad to get a Google news alert and when they click on it can't really read the story. Someone in Georgia or Ohio or whatever wanting to read one story one time really isn't going to sign up for a subscription.

 

[UPChip]

Ogden claims they're studying a paywall model but hasn't implemented it for fear that it will kill insert revenue - I suppose the logic is "If I'm already paying for the paper, I'm not going to pay for the paper version."

Most places with paywalls that I've seen have made it so that the print+online subscription is only slightly more, if more at all, than the online-only subscription. If anything, a well-developed paywall could be a boon to print subscriptions.

Our paper strangely went the other way with it being slightly cheaper for the print and online combo than just the online version.

Like our stories? Let us print them out for you. We'll pay you if you do!

Says a lot about online advertising revenue vs. print advertising revenue.

I never said it was good logic. I just said it was their logic.

 

[flexmaster33]

The one thing I really wished they'd do, and I've been told by computer people it can be done through IP addresses or something, is make it not pay for people who obviously aren't in the area to go buy a paper or aren't subscriber level people. I used to get a bunch of readers for my stuff during college football season, but now that has obviously decreased.

I'm sure it makes people mad to get a Google news alert and when they click on it can't really read the story. Someone in Georgia or Ohio or whatever wanting to read one story one time really isn't going to sign up for a subscription.

I've gone back and forth on this option...but landed on the keep it the same for everyone path.
1) Grandma Jones finds out her grandson is mentioned in Friday's soccer story and wants to see it...well, can't Mama Jones buy an extra copy and mail it to Grandma?

2) Joe Smo graduated from Podunk High, but has since moved to New York. Well, can't he contact the paper and get a mailed subscription if he wants to keep up on news for Podunk? or to have that web access.