Oh ... Alex, I have not experienced these versions. To answer Mooonson2, yes of course, but free or paid, a site must be attractive if people are leaving anyway.
It must also remain very reasonable in price, currently I request 1 € / month ($ 1.33). Most of my competitors exaggerate the price. € 30 per month is common.
My site worked for free so far. Now I have 10,000 members and a great activity. is a dating site. On Belgium, there is only one free dating site, and it is outdated.
So yes, 1 € is not much, but over 10 000 members, if half pay, it's still an income of 5,000 euros per month. After 3 years of activity it is not?
Boonex membership level offers a system that's great, but I think you have to worry about finding ways to encourage members to switch to a higher level. So I think it's very important to have flexibility in how to manage levels, and there now I think it is too limited.
I have also tinker. Messages that happens when reached a limit, now refer to an explanation page.
On this page I explain that a website that costs in donnaan some figures, and I explained that the sum is small and we need the support of the members to continue.
Explcation the bottom of this, I have my payments buttons. It is also the DIY, because currently no offers payment module for online banks in Europe. Here we utiisons few credit cards, we pay via online banquaire sites using a Digipass.
So for me it is a weak point now in Dolphin, really.
Means we must give ourselves to encourage members to buy the higher level, with great gentleness, but also provide snapshots payment methods.
Paypal is not the ideal solution, it is necessary to supply its account before payment and so it leaves too much time thinking for the customer.
Really, I would like Boonex aware of this problem. Nobody likes to work gratutement, even if one is passionate. Passion leads to success, and this is where you start to get overwhelmed.
So maximum flexibility for setting levels and means of payment for europe lacking. this is very important.