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Hi,good news, thanks.
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Congratulation! It semms to be big and great step forward.
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I was saving for about two months for a War Room Subscription, now I will never buy one.
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Same thing that happened to WebmasterTalk when it was WebmasterTalk ... I consider this bad news .. |
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We'll be keeping Warrior Forum separate and will be running it independently. | |
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One question that bothers me a bit: Freelancer is taking % of the sales same like at oDesk right? Is that going to happen here as well? |
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I seriously doubt the WF will turn into a turd just because Allen decided it was time to move on to other things. There's too much value and reputation for Freelanceer.com to want to screw it up. I wish some folks would stop whining. Change is inevitable. And how the heck does it take one two years to save up $37. And now because of the change in management (with I might add a drop in War Room price to $20) you're complaining? wow. I can't wait to see what comes next. There will be some things we all may not agree with (hey new ownership is like that) but I think ultimately, it will be a good thing for the community.
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Congratulations, Allen! I'm sure Freelancer.com is going to take WF to the next level. :-) Warm regards, -Ben Racz |
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ABNNewsWire.net PR - "The purchase price of the acquisition was US$3.2 million, representing an impliedprice to sales multiple of approximately 3 times based on normalized revenue run rate." Congrats Allen! At that price, the sale has got to be more about freedom than dollars and cents. That equates to $188,235.29 per year since you opened the WF in 1997, not bad. Patrick |
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Looking forward to seeing how things go here. Though not keen on the WSO reduction. Congratulations to Allan. | |
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As in all changes, I'll wait to see. Webmaster-talk.com redirects to freelancer.com After Scriptlance.com was sold to freelancer.com, a seller requested full payment for a programming job I had, took the money, was allowed to withdraw it and never gave me anything. Now Scriptlance.com also just redirects to freelancer.com. Warriors for Hire. A really valuable asset to the Warrior Forum. Integrated with Freelancer, not as much. I've built relationships with Warriors and feel confident hiring a lot of them. It has also been a profitable section for me to advertise. Will it become another Flippa that "commissions" you to death? I love WF pretty much as it is. It's obviously very successful at what it does. I'm always of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type of mindset. But anyway ... congrats Allen. |
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Congrats to both Allen and Matt. | |
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Congrats Allen! I'll be watching with a curious eye on what new changes are rolled out. |
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Not sure what news is this to me. I do hope the server issue will finally be over. There lot of good stuff here. Does this mean I just miss the train? Good question. |
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congratulations allen.. been a member for many years and it will be interesting to see what direction the forum is going to be pushed in..
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I am anxious to see how this all plays out. The Warrior Forum means a lot to me. It's not just a message board - it's family. I hope that the new owners can make the small adjustments that probably need making without disrupting and tearing out everything and starting from "scratch". Thanks Allen for building this remarkable family. I wish you the best but do have one request. Don't spend ALL your time in Jamaica. Spend some working on Private Posts Volume 2, 3, and 4. ![]() Mark |
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Wow... I'm a freelancer too at freelancer.com. If this is going to make a great payment system from freelancer.com to be adapted into warriorforum.com... I'm so strong to agree with it... Let it be! ![]() Congratulation...!!! |
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just joined today and this was the 1st message i saw. quite surprising. that's a BIG announcement for this site. lookin forward to greater things
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| The Good, The Bad, The Ugly The good. Cutting wso cost in half. I'm here because of WSOs. I want to publish WSOs. This makes me a WSO publisher, I guess. Haven't publish much so far. But my pipeline looks pretty crowded. And I like to delude myself that not all are crap. Well, I hate crap. So why would I waste my time publishing it now? Anyway, the $20 cost cut just doubled my reach, so I'm expressing my gratitude for that. I'd put this in the "good" basket. The bad Only 3 mil. for this forum? Sounds like a bargain when compared with other deals in the industry .. if this is truly the biggest fish in the "IM marketing forum" niche. But then again 3M is a lot of money too, so I guess it's a win-win after all. Ok, this isn't really a "bad". The ugly I guess this is when WF will reach the 1 mil. users mark. Probably under new management and stronger team, this is a "target"? Assuming most newcomers are "newbies", this could get "ugly". (and how much of those users are "active" and such) But ugly in a good way: industry newbies have needs which those who've "been there done that" can help them with. In both "free" and WSO formats. So ugly is also good. Well done, change usually means new opportunity windows opening, so looking foreword to it, because:
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Ok, after I got news about the new prices for WSO, I just decided to bump my WSO thread. And... the price is the same!!! 40USD! So... I don't see any changes on the prices at all. regards Maksym V |
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Greetings all and congrats Allen! I just recently joined and launched my first WSO last week. Very pleased! However, I just bumped it and was charged $40 not the stated new price of $20? Does this mean the old price is still the Bump price if we launched before the merger and the new pricing? Bryant |
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Congrats Team "Warrior Forum" Good Luck. :-) |
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Congratulations Allen... Its a great news... |
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Great news for sure! Also curious..any idea on when the 'bump/promote' fee will drop from $40 to $20? Cheers ![]() |
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The $20 price point will make it more affordable for newbies.... As far as the time on page one, you will be paying half as much for less time... That seems fair.... You can always bump as needed. Talking about crap WSOs... There are so many.... I think it would be a tough.... or nearly impossible job to weed out the "crap" from WSOs that provide real value.... Once they do weed them out, 98% of the current WSOs would fall in the "crap" or violating FTC guidelines. I know this is unpopular... But, it is true. All The Best, Rich Beck BCIP, MCSD, MCIS | |
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Exciting news! Can't wait to see those new features.
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Congratulations and I wish you all the best. I learned here a lot long time before I joined and I while I am not big poster I am big reader and your forum helped a lot in learning curve. Thanks and you are the best ! Congratulations!
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Two weeks ago I've purchased the High Voltage Video Forum Subscription, probably not the smartest move. Regardless of my capability to save or not $37 in two months there's another issue in my opinion and that is fairness. Is not fair for one to pay $37 for a lifetime and the other $20 / year. @cypherslock next time pay more attention, two months not two years and the price went up. | |
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I'm sorry to break this to you, life isn't fair.... You willingly paid the asking price at that time... I've purchased products for $497 that were $7 a couple months later. It is what it is... All The Best, Rich Beck BCIP, MCSD, MCIS | |
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Lowering the prices is not the solution. Maybe create a separate premium WSO section for whoever can, and wants to pay $100 or $50, etc, and leave the $20 bargain basement section for whoever wants to dig in there? It's a win win, and that's my suggestion. | |
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Sounds great to me- well done on the deal. Be great to see the developments that are going to come in and make interaction with each other (and sales) even better. |
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I`d say it is a bad decision , and price was too less for a forum like this and about freelancer , How can i forget when freelancer dumped me even i used tp pay their premium membership fee and there was no fault on my end but they had to block my account and my hard earned earnings until i had to prove my identity to them standing like a prisoner with their secret code in one hand and in other my passport it was then when they released my payments , later i moved onto warriorforum and its this forum where i learned everything from ... Anyways congrats to both parties and i hope freelancer.com wont do what they did with their site (comparing their fees etc between few years ago and now ) |
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What percentage of the WSOs posted in, say, the past 6 months, have you actually purchased? If it doesn't closely approximate 100%, you have no business making claims like this. My experience, based on just the stuff I've actually bought and looked at, is nearly the reverse. The overwhelming majority have offered value well in excess of the price I paid. But then, I actually look at the offers and buy stuff I have reason to believe I'll use. And they tend to be software and graphics, not ridiculous "Make $XYZ instantly" garbage. I believe it was Laurie Anderson who once replied, when asked how she dealt with all the negative people in the world, "You're hanging out with the wrong people." Paul | |
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Congrats Allen, a wise move I think, just never though of Freelancer as a candidate but hope they can introduce some cool new features make the forum more stable and faster. Just hope the warrior for hire doesn't get flooded with (sorry to say) in general low quality workers from freelancer site(s). I think it's great for Freelancer to be building such a huge empire but I think they should be doing to better quality control and some scrubbing as well in their member db. |
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Allen, a toast to your success and sale. How awesome to build a forum that gets sold for millions of dollars and has the "staying power" that WF has for so long. I would like to say "thank you" for starting this forum. Without it, I would never have become a marketer. I would have stayed a ghostwriter. I would never have learned as much as I know now or met the wonderful people who helped guide me and became fantastic friends to me. I also wouldn't have been findable to my own readers - many of who found me participating on the forum and liked what I said (oh and it helped me weed out my non audience too lol). So I am grateful that you launched it and kept it running and thriving (and put up with me lol). When I got banned for 2 weeks, you even talked to me via message on FB to make sure I was okay and not mad - you're a sweetheart and I wish you nothing but happy days ahead. Matt, I am so grateful to you guys for lowering the WSO price to $20. I am not one who believes price of listing makes a difference in quality, as most scumbags I know have plenty of cash to fund whatever price point you set. And the $40 was keeping some fledgling newbies hesitant, scared or too broke to be able to list their WSO. I know some will say they shouldn't list if they can't invest in themselves, believe in themselves, etc. But as newbies, they're often nervous anyway and unsure - and it takes time to cultivate self confidence as a marketer - and test the waters to see if anyone enjoys your creations. I look forward to seeing the positive changes you implement here. I hope my own journey continues further as it has since I first signed on with WF - it's been such a supportive (even through arguments) place and I'm here daily lurking and learning and sometimes posting. Tiff ![]() |
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I just bumped mine one and it was still $40. Also warm welcome to the new Admin ![]() | |
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Honesty is in no way to be confused with "negativism." ![]() I'll clarify..... 98% of the IM/MMO WSOs I have purchased are plain "crap." The creator makes money selling the product... NOT by using his "money making" method... They are hypocrites. Plain... and simple. Now, I have yet to see a IM/MMO WSO with "income proof" that meets the strict FTC guidelines.... You can educate yourself here. Really read it... It is very strict. You also admit:
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Let's say... one thread for the "How I got lucky for the first time in 10 years of trying online and made $10 last week, let me show you how I did it" products, and one thread for the software, graphics, and other items of interest for the rest of us. Also, as I mentioned earlier, maybe add premium priced threads etc. | |
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Congratulations to Allen and Matt. This is a great news. I have been a part of the freelancer community for 5 years and getting this news in my freelancer dashboard, I had to join this forum right away.
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I must disagree on your hammer swinging ... it's an open forum, meaning that a person's gold nugget may very well be another person's crap (i.e low-value). I guess his point is that we should try to keep the general level of value in WSOs pretty high. Nothing wrong with that. Hammer statements have a tendency of making people to stop commenting and shutting up... | |
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