I've been enjoying watching this thread http://letstalkbitcoin.com/forum/post/should-ltb-charge-for-its-podcasts that asks users what they think about LTB charging for their content in one way or another.
The answer was a fairly resounding no, which isn't surprising to me. We live in a world of infinite choices, it's like asking millenials to pay for porn - They never did and got by just fine, so why would they now?
One idea I have long since thought would be an avenue for a profit generating service we could provide would be simply having a subscriber feed that gives you all the shows and content, but a night early.
Basically the target market are two groups - Information junkies (like me) and commuters (not like me) - Information junkies want everything we can give them as fast as possible and then are unhappy they don't have anything left, so they sit there refreshing the page waiting. I suspect this group would pay for such a service if they found the information valuable. What do you think?
For commuters this would be valuable because it would allow the shows releasing the following day to pre-load before the morning drive in. It has been indicated to me that this would be found valuable. What do you think?
I'm thinking a list price in the $15-$25 per person per month range available in USD BTC (cheaper) and LTBc (cheapest)
Commuters generally are the only group we do not saturate with our content, many people have 2 hours of driving a day and we only put out 5-10hrs of audio content per week now. That will likely change in the future, but another idea is to have all content on the site produced, read and recorded for audio consumption. This could be subscriber only or sponsor supported, but ideally it would be subscriber driven, same type price range as above daily, weekly, or monthly subscription service.
