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Unread 15th Apr 2014, 05:13 AM   #151
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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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Originally Posted by ankur420420 View Post

Hi

Will warriorforum.com be a separate forum or will it be completely merged into freelancer.com and warrior forum won't exist from now on?

Sorry if this sounded silly :confused:


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Hi Ankur,

We'll be keeping Warrior Forum separate and will be running it independently.
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Originally Posted by crx View Post

I was saving for about two months for a War Room Subscription, now I will never buy one.
It took you two months to save $37 (I think)?

$20/year really isn't much at all.
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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. :-)

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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.

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Originally Posted by cypherslock View Post

. 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.
In the West $37 is nothing, in some countries it's a huge amount, hence getting an outsource worker for $2 an hour or a product.

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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Originally Posted by PatrickBrianONeill View Post

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
I believe Freelancer got a great deal.

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.

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Congrats, Allen! Here's to your continued success, and that of the Warrior forum, too!





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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!

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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:
  1. change is inevitable, this industry is the poster boy of "change" after all
  2. embracing the inevitable (i.e. change) is the way to go while
  3. fearing change is a losing proposition: why fear what you can't avoid anyway? Might as well embrace & enjoy it ...

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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.

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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?

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CONGRATS ALLEN !!!
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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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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.

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Originally Posted by stoltingmediagroup View Post

In all honesty, I'm not so sure that lowering the prices on WSO's is a great move that will improve the quality of the forum. The $40 price point eliminates just about the right amount of crap being posted. I also imagine that with the new $20 lower fee, a WSO post will also disappear from the first page even faster than they already do. Not very attractive for advertisers. Just my 2 cents.
I have to disagree.....

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.

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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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Originally Posted by Alast View Post

It took you two months to save $37 (I think)?

$20/year really isn't much at all.
Yes, I wasn't capable to save $37 in two months, not all of us sales every day a forum for $3.2M. Not all of us have thousands of dollars to spend.

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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Glad to hear the Good News
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Originally Posted by crx View Post

Yes, I wasn't capable to save $37 in two months, not all of us sales every day a forum for $3.2M. Not all of us have thousands of dollars to spend.

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.
crx,

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...

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to hear your suggestions and ideas. Feel free to email me @freelancer.com
Welcome aboard Alaister. I would suggest you set up a poll as most will not email you and many also do not feel free to post their true sentiments in open forums (thats any forum). Plus unless thats a throw away email address you don't want to be posting it - after all you bought a large use base of internet marketers and some of them still love to spam - Like I said before welcome to WF


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Once they do weed them out, 98% of the current WSOs would fall in the "crap" category.
If you feel that way, and since "crap" does appear to be the general consensus on the forum from what I see in the threads when people talk about the WSO section, then maybe it's time for something different.

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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Rich,
Once they do weed them out, 98% of the current WSOs would fall in the "crap" category.
Ya know, irresponsible comments like this make me want to start swinging the ban hammer. Seriously.

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."


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Also WSO Bump Price is still $40

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However, I just bumped it and was charged $40 not the stated new price of $20?

Its most likely a coding issue with the price fixed that you had when you opened it.


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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.

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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.

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Effective immediately we are making a few permanent improvements to pricing:
* All WSO listings will now be reduced from $40 to $20
When is the new pricing of $20 effective for bumping WSO's?
I just bumped mine one and it was still $40.


Also warm welcome to the new Admin

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Rich,Ya know, irresponsible comments like this make me want to start swinging the ban hammer. Seriously.

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 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."


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Paul,

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:
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 instantly" garbage.
So, your commenting on something you admitted know nothing about....

All The Best,

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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 instantly" garbage.
Paul, what would your opinion be on possibly separating the threads...

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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Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

Rich,Ya know, irresponsible comments like this make me want to start swinging the ban hammer. Seriously.

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.
Paul, while I totally agree that many WSOs provide incredible value for the price they're asking (seriously, there is some insane value there),
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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