Originally Posted by will76

Here is some facts:
- If you only offer pictures and videos then you are vulnerable to having all of your content stolen and put on tube sites, thus decreasing the "value" of your site since everything that people would be paying for they can find for free.
- If all you have is pictures and videos what incentives do people have to rebill? They already saw all of your content, so they paid $30.00 for a million pictures and videos (for example) and now you expect them to continue paying $30 a month for a couple hundred new pictures and videos each month?
- Stolen content is not going to go away. It's only going to get worst.
- Interaction and participation is something that is ongoing. Will it appeal to all of your users, no. Will it cause you to lose anyone, no. It will help you get more people to sign up and it will help you to retain better.

It's not web2.0, or have your member's create a profile, chat with other members, add friends, leave comments, etc.. if they want that shit they will go to facebook or myspace. While giving a trip away is something different that really doesn't work either. I doubt you can afford to give a trip away every month, and a trip will only appeal to a select few people. How many people can get off of work or school to take a trip. How many married guys would be able to pull that off. Then there is the shy, lonely type that might be intimidated to do it.

Again not everyone will want the interaction and will want to participate, but you wont lose anyone from it just generate more new sign ups and help retain people longer. You just need to add the right things to your site and promote it properly. Every site is going to be different, every surfer is going to be slightly different. If you can make cost effective changes that help makes your sales go up 10,20,30% would it be worth it ? Or at the very least cause you to stop losing money each month like a lot of membership sites are doing right now.