Subconscious subscription level description issues? [LWN.net]

Subconscious subscription level description issues?

Posted Sep 29, 2005 10:50 UTC (Thu) by tibsnjoan (subscriber, #3800)
In reply to: Subconscious subscription level description issues? by jag
Parent article: An LWN status update

Hmm. I'd either forgotten, or not realised, that I could pay more
for my subscription. Duly done (I'm *not* a project leader, but
the subscription is definitely worth the greater payment).

It presumably would be simple to explore the possibility of offering
multiple payment options - with relatively neutral names, and maybe
emotive hints (so, "starving" hints that one *can* subscribe at that
level, but perhaps should consider a higher payment when better off!).

And T-shirts sound good - it's another way of advertising, after all.
A competition for good T-shirt designs is perhaps another means of
advertising, too - it presumably wouldn't need to be restricted to
subscribers, after all.

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Subconscious subscription level description issues?

Posted Sep 29, 2005 11:47 UTC (Thu) by zmower (subscriber, #3005) [Link]

I subscribed at the Professional Hacker level because I don't regard myself as a project leader. It would have been bigheaded for me to do so. The $5 converts to £3 though and that seriously undervalues lwns worth to me.

I have advocated setting your own price before. Adding a minimum amount and suggesting standard levels (medium and high?) improves the idea.

I'd buy a T-shirt too!

Subconscious subscription level description issues?

Posted Sep 29, 2005 12:16 UTC (Thu) by pointwood (subscriber, #2814) [Link]

I think t-shirts (and other stuff like a nice coffee mug and such) would be a good idea. I know I would most likely buy a lwn.net t-shirt (especially if it is a quality t-shirt).

Since I'm a subscriber, I wouldn't really care about non-subscribers, but would it be an idea to make it possible to buy a single LWN edition? If you're not subscribing and notices something really interesting in this weeks LWN and there is a nice button/link that says "buy access to this weeks edition for $5", though I don't know what a resonable price would be?

Otherwise, I would just like to say thanks for providing the best Linux news site. Even though I'm currently totally broke, I will not give up my weekly dose of LWN!

Subconscious subscription level description issues?

Posted Oct 10, 2005 15:41 UTC (Mon) by Klavs (subscriber, #10563) [Link]

I'd buy a cool LWN t-shirt too - an easy way to do some advertisement for LWN, and ofcourse the T-shirt should be for "subscribers" only.. :)