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| From | "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| References | <agspb819ql70k9vdvhi0525pn76rtpavjs@4ax.com> <I9qdnYV1G9Rf3CPNnZ2dnUVZ7rKdnZ2d@bt.com> <aoatb8da1k8p390d18e4isi169mgjrdcrm@4ax.com> |
| Subject | Re: Arranging free trials for online services. |
| Date | 2012-12-15 12:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <0t-dncpAkaZm9lHNnZ2dnUVZ8owAAAAA@bt.com> (permalink) |
Roedy Green wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 18:31:13 -0000, "Chris Uppal"
> <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> wrote, quoted or indirectly
> quoted someone who said :
>
> >
> > E.g. Make them solve some difficult capchas (or similar) before they
> > can sign up for the trial, then make them solve yet more captchas each
> > time they log in after the first time (or first very few times).
>
> This is the problem. What is to stop them from presenting themselves
> as a virgin over and over?
quoting from the post you replied to:
>Another possibility: make the cost to the user of applying for the free trial
>higher than the benefit of using the service for <whatever> trial days.
>Similarly, increase the cost to the user of each use of the free trial, which
>alsoo adjusts the balance in your favour.
-- chirs
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Arranging free trials for online services. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-03 10:45 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-03 10:53 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-12-03 14:06 -0600
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-12-03 22:22 -0500
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-04 16:02 +0100
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-04 18:06 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 10:39 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-05 14:27 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-12-06 00:18 +0100
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2012-12-04 18:31 +0000
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 12:59 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-12-04 18:02 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2012-12-15 12:24 +0000
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2012-12-13 09:01 -0800
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-12-06 11:01 -0600
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-12-06 11:50 -0600
Re: Arranging free trials for online services. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 10:49 -0800
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