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Old 04-01-2013, 02:52 PM  
kane
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Anyone ever sold a full or partial member's area download?

I was just wondering about this. From time to time we see people post about how someone joins their site, downloads a bunch of stuff then cancels within 24 hours. Combating this has been an ongoing process.

What if you made a tour that was basically a non-working mirror of your member's area so anyone coming to the site could see what they get. You offer standard memebrships, but you also offer a one-time fee that would allow them to download the full site in one massive zip file. For example, they can get a 2 day trial for $4, a monthly subscription for $25 or for $60 you will just give them all of your content (or a set amount of it) zipped up. Perhaps you could set the membership option with download limits to curb the number of people who just buy a trial and download everything.

Sure, there would be piracy, but there is going to be piracy anyway. Just a thought I had that might be a little outside the box.
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