On Mar 26, 6:50 am, " wrote:
On Mar 26, 12:51 am, Sanny wrote:

Sanny ---- you need to understand your value proposition relative to
competing value propositions.

Someone showed me other sites are taking $50/ year Subscription fees.
Do you think that below rates are still high?
Get 1 year Chess Subscription (~ 600 Games) $50.00

What should be the rates as per your thinking that will attract a lot
of people.

It is a combination of rate and value. ICC costs more --- $60.00 per
year --- but with thousands of players including dozens of computer
opponents, lectures, relays, tournaments, etc., many people obviously
feel this is a good value for the money. Playchess is very busy also
and costs (IIRC) around $30 per year. Both of these sites offer far
more than GitClub offers at present.

Ask yourself WHY people would want to pay for GitClub when other sites
offer much more for comparable prices?


I ask myself why pay at all? FICS is free, has as many players as I$$
and
the babaschess interface is way better than that spyware crap I$$
uses.

I realize that you want to recoup some of your investment in your
site. But you are up against competition that is so far superior that
you will have a hard time of it. In my own case, since I have limited
money to spend, I would not pay even $10 per year for GitClub because
I would rather put my money into something that offers more value.