Comments on: CancelAds Offers Readers a Way To Support Bloggers and Remove Ads

By: CancelAds a new startup service to help people monetize blogs | TechWag

CancelAds a new startup service to help people monetize blogs | TechWag — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:29:54 +0000

[...] is where CancelAds comes into place, and as Allen Stern from Center Networks points out, this is a revenue stream that is a layered approach. Loyal readers might just go for paying a few dollars for an ad free site, while casual users get [...]

By: CancelAds Generating Some Buzz « CancelAds

CancelAds Generating Some Buzz « CancelAds — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:50:06 +0000

[...] Stern of CenterNetworks has published a great review of CancelAds and his readers are now engaged in a very interesting conversation in the comments [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:25:28 +0000

Yeah I guess I am not the target audience on this but I will say that it needs to be micro payment amounts.

check out intergrating http://www.zaypay.com/public/en/docs/overview so people can pay via thier phone.

I might come across hypercritical but I just don’t think that there is a market for this on the sites I visit.

The days of silly ads seem to have gone but I guess there might be a few hanging around.

also how would your advertisers feel if they saw you were offer a service not to show thier ad.

By: sameer

sameer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:07:22 +0000

Will: Service is opt in and as Allen pointed out its “Naturally not every reader is going to use CancelAds”

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:43:00 +0000

Darren, I care about not seeing ads while reading content as well. Thats why I use RSS subscriptions to my favorite content. It cuts down on them tremendously.

But saying something like “this wont work” with a subjective reason like people don’t care about ads shows you are not seeing the market they are trying to go after. I mean maybe they have some potential clients already lined up or are thinking about approaching. Maybe they are going after what sites people use AdBlocker Plus on the most…

By: Will Robertson

Will Robertson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:36:31 +0000

My only problem is that I like seeing ads on most of the blogs I read, since the ads are sometimes interesting.

By: sameer

sameer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:17:59 +0000

@Darrren: As Allen said “I think of it as the next level of “tipping”.” – that would be one market segment of supporters who love the blog/website. This would also find lot of other market segments like educational – We run an educational service and repeatedly get requests for removing ads by paying. The product has potential!

By: sameer

sameer — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:15:10 +0000

Sound like a great product. Revenue diversification is much needed for purely ad supported sites. Each year CPM rates seem to fall.

On another note, I don’t see cancel ads option on profy ..

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:10:00 +0000

no but if they use ad blockers and they are effective I cannot see them changing their habits and paying out.

good luck with it but people that use ad blockers are leeches that think its ok to block ads so I cannot see them doing it.

By: Mathdelane

Mathdelane — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:55:33 +0000

I find this idea a great way to generate revenue for bloggers but I find it difficult to prosper overtime especially for start-ups and blogs that don’t have that much followers or solid fan base. Given the fact that it can earn a blogger some revenue, some people find ads either obtrusive or tolerable. People who find it annoying might pay while others who are not willing can just ignore it.

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:37:14 +0000

Darren, your comment proves that you have never participated in discussions between bloggers and users of AdBlocker Plus – these discussions make me think that people do care about ads a lot though of course some will prefer to simply block them away.

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:38:06 +0000

this won’t work, I don’t think people care that much about ads.

By: Allen Stern

Allen Stern — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:15:38 +0000

Holden – I think the difference is that contenture sells in bundles, cancelads sells individually but it is along the same overall path.

By: Holden Page

Holden Page — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:19:04 +0000

Sounds really familiar to Contenture.com