Re: Advertising on Nabble

Posted by Harvey on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Why-are-Certain-Forums-and-Topics-suddenly-scheduled-for-deletion-tp4131246p5475656.html

Franklin Schmidt <Nabble> wrote

So what do you suggest we do to make money?

My website is currently based on two free services - Blogger and Nabble.  Most probably know that Blogger is actually Google.  

Google's position seems to be that hosting (and everything for that matter) are free, so they don't need to support it. Not that there isn't help. Google also hosts Blogger Help, which is a forum for posting questions and trying to get solutions to problems.  But it's contingent on "the kindness (and patience) of strangers."  Most of the help you get is from people who are very knowledgeable in HTML and the special skills Blogger requires.

I can't say I blame Google for this approach. While they offer each blogger the option of adding Adsense (content based advertising) that Google could make money from, it is an option.

Many times I've said to myself - IF I COULD PAY for Blogger phone support I would. Nothing worse than having major issues with your site, and not knowing where to start to fix it.

To my point... the support that Nabble provides is really excellent IMO and I would pay for it, if I had to.

In business, the only relationships that survive any length of time are those that are "win-win." Where both buyer and seller succeed.  I think it's unreasonable to expect Nabble to continue indefinitely, providing very responsive support, with no return.

Hats off to the Nabble gang.  I look forward to all the upcoming developments and innovations.  I wish us all success.