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The Fall Of Freeconomics. Why $0.00 Is NOT the Future of Business

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Using freeconomics isn't monopolistic in nature. There are ways to compete, independent of pricing strategy (e.g. all webmail is free, so the best product wins).

If Roovno is a service that can generate revenue for users while they use free web services, you're very much a part of the Freeconomy. In fact, you're betting on $0.00 being the future of business. lol.

Currently, Freeconomics is just FREE service. Nothing less.Nothing more. Roovno is Freeconomics + Some revenue. That is, services are Freeconomics plus additional revenue. For example,a new webmail service [say,roovnomail.com] with revenue generation capabilities for its users will definitely have an edge over current mail giants...

If it works, good luck. I appreciate that you are excited about it, but this is not the way to get others excited, especially this infomercial writing style that SHOUTS words that SHOULDN'T be shouted for FREE.

Show a working product that is obviously different from AllAdvantage or iWon or the dozens of others that have failed to make good on the same promises, and be prepared for a lot of skepticism afterwards. The world will NOT stare at your launch countdown page with bated breath.

The idea is not meant for SHOUTS against FREE. It is just about few services that has the revenue generation capabilities to users, which of course different from the existing stream of services. Those who have interested to follow the concept, can signup with Email. But it is never meant to make other people also to be excited as I do. I apologize if the article conveyed a different message to readers.

Keep in mind, revenue sharing/generation might not be as important as you think. Think of Revver vs. Youtube. Reading this may help:

http://www.bubblegeneration.com/2006/10/research-note-peer-v...

We thought revenue sharing is important because today's services won't reward users for generating content.

Revver and YouTube are doing it, but their revenue is not predictable and consistent for a user.

We are launching few services [search engine that pays you for bookmarking the result pages, travel deal sharing network that pays its participants for discovering and sharing travel deals] which are very useful services for a web user. Revenue is always predictable and consistent in these services models that we have.

As you mentioned, revenue sharing/generation might not be so important for some people. But it has its own advantages for users who wants to be payed for their content generation.

Thanks for the link, it is an interesting read. Please none of our service ideas are meant to harm any web user, it is just for the benefit of all web users like you and me.

I'll believe it when i see it. This same thing popped up all over the place during the first web-bubble.

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