Paid perks a la carte...

[TellingMom]

Some people simply don't want to buy premium or supreme. Probably because they feel the perk set doesn't suit them. This could be shutting out potential revenue. Here is a proposition... Keep your premium and supreme ranks, but also offer perks "a la carte". Say someone only wants to buy access to the shoutbox, but doesn't care about the other perks that come with premium/supreme. This would be an opportunity to tap into the holdouts... some revenue is better than no revenue.

It would be very easy to roll out. Just duplicate the basic member group and add the perk to that rank. Make a rank for each perk being sold independently. You really wouldn't need a special rank name or badge to be displayed. A la carte users would just be basic members that happen to be flagged to have access to said perk.

Maybe something like this...

No ads - $2.50
Shoutbox access - $2.50
Profile cover photo - $2.50
Vouch threads - $2.50
Teamspeak access - $2.50

You could even do some bundles for things that go together. Maybe like...
Shoutbox + upgraded chat room - $4.00

etc etc... Basically taking your ranks and making them modular. Pretty much how every game cash shop works these days anyhow. You can pay the larger price and get everything, or pick and choose.

I bring this up, because I feel like I'm in that segment of the userbase. I really don't care about the majority of the features your ranks provide. So I'll probably never buy a rank. However, if there was a minor rank that gave me say... just access to shoutbox, I'd probably consider it.

Just another brilliant idea by me.

 

[Ajdin]

Not bad. Don't see anything negative with this.

 

[TellingMom]

If anyone wants me to autograph their mousepad, let me know. It's a new perk, will only be $2.50.

 

[Justis]

I like this idea.
I would like to see it implemented.
I'm just sad though, because shoutbox won't be all uniform with colorful names. ;-;

 

[TellingMom]

I like this idea.
I would like to see it implemented.
I'm just sad though, because shoutbox won't be all uniform with colorful names. ;-;

Do the usernames in the shoutbox coincide with the users name in forum post? If true, then I guess a basic user w/ shoutbox access would have a black name?

 

[chucK_]

I feel it would only work overpricing the perks. If you could buy say, 90% of the perks for 90% of the price of Premium, that's just getting off being cheap.

Also, it might piss off current donators. I wouldn't have paid $25 for Supreme had I been able to pay $10 for autoreply, lower times, and convo search.

 

[TellingMom]

Also, it might piss off current donators. I wouldn't have paid $25 for Supreme had I been able to pay $10 for autoreply, lower times, and convo search.

Times change. Can't be pissed off for being an early adopter. That would be like me being upset that I paid $200 for a DVD player 10 years ago and you can get them for $20 now.

 

[Ajdin]

I'd personally only do this with a few features and price them a bit higher than what you said.

 

[TellingMom]

It's about increasing your revenue channels and increasing your paid userbase.[DOUBLEPOST=1454987558,1454987439][/DOUBLEPOST]

I'd personally only do this with a few features and price them a bit higher than what you said.

I think it would be pointless and turn people off to the idea if you priced it too much higher. There are 11 perks for $10... so if you break it down, you're talking like 91 cents each. At $2.50 each, you're more than doubling the value.

 

[YourPanda]

Some people simply don't want to buy premium or supreme. Probably because they feel the perk set doesn't suit them. This could be shutting out potential revenue. Here is a proposition... Keep your premium and supreme ranks, but also offer perks "a la carte". Say someone only wants to buy access to the shoutbox, but doesn't care about the other perks that come with premium/supreme. This would be an opportunity to tap into the holdouts... some revenue is better than no revenue.

It would be very easy to roll out. Just duplicate the basic member group and add the perk to that rank. Make a rank for each perk being sold independently. You really wouldn't need a special rank name or badge to be displayed. A la carte users would just be basic members that happen to be flagged to have access to said perk.

Maybe something like this...

No ads - $2.50
Shoutbox access - $2.50
Profile cover photo - $2.50
Vouch threads - $2.50
Teamspeak access - $2.50

You could even do some bundles for things that go together. Maybe like...
Shoutbox + upgraded chat room - $4.00

etc etc... Basically taking your ranks and making them modular. Pretty much how every game cash shop works these days anyhow. You can pay the larger price and get everything, or pick and choose.

I bring this up, because I feel like I'm in that segment of the userbase. I really don't care about the majority of the features your ranks provide. So I'll probably never buy a rank. However, if there was a minor rank that gave me say... just access to shoutbox, I'd probably consider it.

Just another brilliant idea by me.

Always coming up with those new ideas! XD I actually like this one!

 

[Struggle]

Times change. Can't be pissed off for being an early adopter. That would be like me being upset that I paid $200 for a DVD player 10 years ago and you can get them for $20 now.

I don't know what you're talking about with "Can't be pissed off for being an early adopter" stuff. I would be totally pissed if I was that guy...
(Essentially a good idea, but people will be upset about it)

 

[TellingMom]

I don't know what you're talking about with "Can't be pissed off for being an early adopter" stuff. I would be totally pissed if I was that guy...
(Essentially a good idea, but people will be upset about it)

Ok, yes, you can be upset, but you really have no right to be. Early adopters of anything in life usually have to spend more for the exclusiveness of having it first. You also can't really blame a company (even though MCM is not a company, it still applies) for increasing their paid user base by offering new revenue streams.

 

[Struggle]

Ok, yes, you can be upset, but you really have no right to be. Early adopters of anything in life usually have to spend more for the exclusiveness of having it first. You also can't really blame a company (even though MCM is not a company, it still applies) for increasing their paid user base by offering new revenue streams.

Fair enough, but I think they should do something to make it more acceptable to the ranked portion of the community. For example, adding in a few new perks that can only be bought through this system.

 

[chucK_]

Ok, yes, you can be upset, but you really have no right to be. Early adopters of anything in life usually have to spend more for the exclusiveness of having it first. You also can't really blame a company (even though MCM is not a company, it still applies) for increasing their paid user base by offering new revenue streams.

That's still a terrible business model. Why tick off people who may pay more (customer retention) as opposed to people who may pay $2.50 for one perk.

 

[FTSOwner]

Why not a comprise? Where you have to say buy Premium then you can upgrade from there or just completely upgrade to Supreme?

That what most businesses who offer "create your own order" do is set a "base" entry service/product that you have to get THEN you may a la carte the rest.

 

[TellingMom]

Why not a comprise? Where you have to say buy Premium then you can upgrade from there or just completely upgrade to Supreme?

That what most businesses who offer "create your own order" do is set a "base" entry service/product that you have to get THEN you may a la carte the rest.

No offense, but you must not play a lot of P2P games, because that's exactly what they don't do.[DOUBLEPOST=1454989294,1454989263][/DOUBLEPOST]

That's still a terrible business model. Why tick off people who may pay more (customer retention) as opposed to people who may pay $2.50 for one perk.

So be pissed off. What are you going to do? Quit? See ya tomorrow. Customer retention is not a factor here. They already have your money. And unless they make a new SUPER-OMG-GOD rank that is like $50, there is nothing to retain. You can leave, you can stay, nothing changes except the site might be one less shit poster.

 

[FTSOwner]

No offense, but you must not play a lot of P2P games, because that's exactly what they don't do.

I am speaking in the sense of license vendors, food servicing, and hosting service providers. Say for example..

You can't just get an add on company for a billing platform without the billing platform itself.

You cannot really go in a restaurant and just order a single chicken nugget and just pay for that.

You cannot rent just a 500GB HDD from a dedicated hosting provider without the dedicated unit.

 

[TellingMom]

I am speaking in the sense of license vendors, food servicing, and hosting service providers. Say for example..

You can't just get an add on company for a billing platform without the billing platform itself.

You cannot really go in a restaurant and just order a single chicken nugget and just pay for that.

You cannot rent just a 500GB HDD from a dedicated hosting provider without the dedicated unit.

But this isn't a food service. I'm not buying a hot dog and toppings, consuming it, and then buying it again another day. The MCM business model is much closer to a P2P game.

And to correct you on your restaurant analogy... You actually can go to most fast food places and order stuff totally independent. When my b/f and I were keto dieting, we did this a lot. McDonalds, Taco Bell, KFC, Wendys will definitely sell you just single things. As weird as it may sound, you can order just a strip of bacon, or a slice of cheese, or a hamburger patty from McDonalds. If you just wanted one McNugget, I'm sure they have a way to charge it. I used to get a side of ground beef, pico de gallo, and shredded cheese all the time at Taco Bell. Came to $2.29, and they gave it too me in a cup.