I don't know if this is strictly a dialers vs. memberships debate, but on the topic of making money from surfers without ripping them off, while being totally up-front about what it's going to cost them...
I interviewed the operator of CyberNet Digital today, a company that offers a service that lets surfers download video on a pay-per-movie kind of basis. Apparrently they can pay to just watch it the one time, or "rent" it for a week, or buy it outright. It seemed pretty cool.
The site was
www.cybernetdigital.com , although there wasn't a ton of information about the service on it.
Granted, I think it's designed more as a distribution method for people who are creating content, but could it work as a way for a webmaster to make money?
I guess if I knew the answer to that, I'd be rolling in my piles of porn-money instead of writing for a website, right?
Just thought it was interesting.
Liam