247 puts Crystal Ball behind Paywall

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CanadianVol

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Just went to check the Crystal Ball summary and most of the predictions are "VIP to unlock" or something to that effect. Interesting strategy. I feel like this will ultimately drive down traffic to the site for the average fan that isn't willing to pay $10 a month for news that will populate elsewhere within 24 hours.
 
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CanadianVol said:
Just went to check the Crystal Ball summary and most of the predictions are "VIP to unlock" or something to that effect. Interesting strategy. I feel like this will ultimately drive down traffic to the site for the average fan that isn't willing to pay $10 a month for news that will populate elsewhere within 24 hours.
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I don’t think we have to worry about paying $10, because you’re right, it will circulate somewhere else.:hi:
 
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The crystal ball thing is super tacky anyway. Ruining a kids announcement is about all it’s good for.

247 sucks. Their crystal ball feature is a joke as is their composite. They don’t offer anything special really. They just like to pretend like they do.
 
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Freak should add a crystal ball feature here where we can try and predict where recruits go. Would be fun to do and add to the discussion up in here.
 
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CanadianVol said:
Just went to check the Crystal Ball summary and most of the predictions are "VIP to unlock" or something to that effect. Interesting strategy. I feel like this will ultimately drive down traffic to the site for the average fan that isn't willing to pay $10 a month for news that will populate elsewhere within 24 hours.
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I saw that but then I noticed you can still click on the players profile and get the percentages

That may change tho who knows
 
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BIG BOI 23 said:
I saw that but then I noticed you can still click on the players profile and get the percentages

That may change tho who knows
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Yeah looks like it's on a go forward basis. So you can see the %'s, but if you look @ who picked what, it's blocked....you can figure it out, but who has that time.
 
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I refuse to pay money to hear someone tell me where they "think" a kid is going to go play ball. It's absolutely dumbassism
 
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CanadianVol said:
Just went to check the Crystal Ball summary and most of the predictions are "VIP to unlock" or something to that effect. Interesting strategy. I feel like this will ultimately drive down traffic to the site for the average fan that isn't willing to pay $10 a month for news that will populate elsewhere within 24 hours.
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I thought Dr. Pepper was 10, 2, & 4. What is 247?
 
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Too many ways to get that information. I think I can wait a minute or two for a free site to post it, rather than pay $10 for that convenience.
 
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Giveem6 said:
I refuse to pay money to hear someone tell me where they "think" a kid is going to go play ball. It's absolutely dumbassism
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Yet this Board as a whole goes bat **** crazy for them. As much discussion as they get I don't blame them for doing this and I am not a 247 fan.
 
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CanadianVol said:
Just went to check the Crystal Ball summary and most of the predictions are "VIP to unlock" or something to that effect. Interesting strategy. I feel like this will ultimately drive down traffic to the site for the average fan that isn't willing to pay $10 a month for news that will populate elsewhere within 24 hours.
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There's no question it will drive down traffic. The question is will it drive down revenue.

Unless they have figured out a new secret sauce, they are probably get something in the neighborhood of 1-2 cents per click depending on the number of ad positions on the page. making a user worth 30-40 cents a month at most. So if they can get even one out of 25, or 4% of the users to convert and pay the $10, they are ahead on the revenue side.
 
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SaintLouisVol said:
There's no question it will drive down traffic. The question is will it drive down revenue.

Unless they have figured out a new secret sauce, they are probably get something in the neighborhood of 1-2 cents per click depending on the number of ad positions on the page. making a user worth 30-40 cents a month at most. So if they can get even one out of 25, or 4% of the users to convert and pay the $10, they are ahead on the revenue side.
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This may have been a genius move. Give the public a free premium service for a few years to get them hooked, then make them pay for it
 
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I'd rather give the kid 10 bucks to find out where he's going (and risk my entire family tree being placed on double-secret sports probation by the ncaa for all eternity) than spend my dough on some money-grubbing pay site. Paying them only encourages them to hide more and more info and charge ever-increasing fees to release what they know. There's nothing ingenious about their methods, either. It's a centuries-old business model. But, I'll never pay 'em. All information is eventual.
 
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