Placing a dollar value on ET

Notice that on ET there is no excess of Ads. For example, there are no ads inside the threads. I don't think I am using any pop-up blocker but nothing pops up in my face on ET. The ads are always placed in the same locations and usually I don't even notice them. This is important to me as a user and makes the site user-friendly.

Baron is making good money with his site but he is not pushed to try to monetize every square inch of the space.
 
Quote from Baron:

You're saying ET is worth nothing because nobody would pay for a monthly subscription if we decided to charge for it. That's not our business model anyway, so your post makes no sense. It's like saying if Google decided to charge people for every search they make, nobody would pay for that. So what? That's not Google's business model so it's a moot point.
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OK. My mistake. You ever used a whore? Ever seen one with an ad tattooed on her ass? So business models are about value to the customer or value to the advertiser? Oh! I keep forgetting! Here, the customer is the advertiser.
 
Quote from Arthur Deco:
ET is not worth a pitcher of warm spit, to quote John Nance Garner. . . .
. . . ET content never made me any money.
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when it comes to selling a product, service or subscription via the www, all 3 can be
profitable, as too advertising only sites, obviously Google, Yahoo and EliteTrader
have proven that
personally I like the 'conservative' nature of EliteTrader, the site design (tho I would
like to see an 'Attachments' button top right crn of thread as attachment hunting is
a chore) I think it works well, I like the layout and the fact the design/layout hasn't
changed - hope it won't; I appreciate the conservative approach to advertising -
weren't the Yahoo forums' pop-ups a failure ? - EliteTrader's up-time is very good
with few problems and Support/Contact replies have always been Fast ime

also ime there's a lot of VERY knowledgeable members who've provided me via their
posts and pms very useful information, knowledge, help and assistance, especially
when it comes to discovering what I didn't know I needed to know, and I believe it's
EliteTrader's format that attracts and retains such members and their contributions
and it's not just getting a reply or opinion to questions, there are Experts who Do
know the answers and provide them

I also believe that an individual can and should expect to make money from EliteTrader /
and the member content via trading systems/journals, picks/calls etc etc etc as
well as the what not to do; being an EliteTrader member has certainly motivated /
incentivized me to improve my trading, and, All the EliteTrader content is Free

'Placing a dollar value on ET' as a user, would I pay for an EliteTrader subscription ?
no, I think EliteTrader should pay me ; )
 
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