Extremely Limited Offers Section

[George Wright]

Originally Posted by Shannon Herod

If you are posting an offer on this forum, a Marketing Forum, you should have the money to pay the higher fee, or you should not be posting an offer here. If you can not afford $97 in advertising you do not have the right to teach marketing to other business owners and marketers.

That sounds reasonable, however, there are marketers who could come in here and laugh at that $97 and say, "Hey you should charge $997 and even more."

I'm not objecting to anything Allen would charge, $20, $47, $97 or whatever for the exposure we get here will be a bargain. I'm just saying "our" reasons for what we would like to be charged will all differ depending on our personal circumstances.

There are Warriors who don't make a dime on IM and can afford any price charged because they have other sources, from a credit card or Mom and Dad or a full time job. Being able to pay $100 has no relationship at all to the value of their product. This is where buyer smarts kicks in. Whether the Limited Offer section is $20 or $200 the price we pay may or may not have anything to do with the value of our product.

And what Paul said EDIT: And what Kurt said

Originally Posted by Shannon Herod

OK, OK, I here your next objection and I have an answer...

What about the new person who does not make American dollars that is trying to start out by providing a service? Well, Allen as already addressed that issue and I believe it is free. It is the Work For Hire sub forum.

That person needs to bust their butt and put the work in to earn the extra cash. It is as simple as that.
Shannon

Minor point here but the Warrior for hire section is a very reasonable $20.

George Wright

[drmani]

Originally Posted by admin

What do you think about an "Extremely Limited Offers" section?

Offers that could:

1. Only be run for up to 5 days then it goes into unmoderated status. Member can choose the time. 1 day, 2 days, 3 days...etc up to 5 days max.

2. Offer could only be run ONCE for the same product. You couldn't run a limited offer for a product for 5 days and then run the same thing 5 days later.

3. Thread Prefixes would be required. The prefixes would be something like 1 Day Offer, 2 Day Offer, 3 Day Offer...etc.. whatever yours is.

May I suggest a simpler solution?

Make WSOs "pay per day".

I *know* my WSO will be OFF the page tomorrow - but can buy my way back in.

Winners will stay.

Maybe an index of how good a WSO is will be how long it's been around - which can be visible under the post (like "This is Day 5")

If required, set a "maximum" number of days per WSO.

And/or a "maximum number of WSOs per day" to make sure all fit on one page?!

Just my 2 cents.

Dr.Mani

[danconsultants]

Originally Posted by admin

Just had an idea and wanted to run it by you..

What do you think about an "Extremely Limited Offers" section?

Offers that could:

1. Only be run for up to 5 days then it goes into unmoderated status. Member can choose the time. 1 day, 2 days, 3 days...etc up to 5 days max.

2. Offer could only be run ONCE for the same product. You couldn't run a limited offer for a product for 5 days and then run the same thing 5 days later.

3. Thread Prefixes would be required. The prefixes would be something like 1 Day Offer, 2 Day Offer, 3 Day Offer...etc.. whatever yours is.

Everyone knows what a "limited time" offer can do in terms of sales.

And I could make the section popular very quickly by running board wide notices about it.

I'm not saying I will do this, just thinking, and wondering if it might relieve some of the pressure off the main WSO section.

Any interest?

ok, good idea. but i was thinking, is it possible to just do it and after 5days the product is gone.
what if someone did not logged in within those 5days. what do you think

[R Hagel]

Uff, I'm late to the party... but I wanted to throw my "yes, great idea" vote into the mix. I also liked Martin's suggestion of expiring offers at the top of the pile as well as Paul's "elitist" suggestions.

Great idea, Allen... and great brainstorming/discussion everyone else.

Cheers,
Becky

[Shane Natan]

Allen,

As the person with the 2nd most WSO's ever posted... I say -- Go for it!

I love the idea. You are a genius.

Best,
Shane