The 3 kinds of free models

Logic+Emotion featured an article called Visualizing Chris Anderson’s “Free” Model.

• Free 1 : Kinda like the concept often used by Telecom operators. Buy a subscription and get the mobile phone for free. (Too bad this concept isn’t allowed by law in Belgium…. “Koppelverkoop”)
• Free 2 : The concept where the whole web 2.0 is running towards… Offer something for free to your community, but let an external party pay for their “subscription” by means of advertising.
• Free 3 : Shareware meets web 2.0… Get a limited version for free, but pay for the premium version.

You might also want to read the original article…

Interesting AdNetworks for European publishers

Working with an ad network gives you certain advantages:

• They take care of the advertisers. Which enables you to have more time to work on your website, or whatever…
• The money generated from all the advertisers comes as a bundled payment. This is more friendly on the expenses of your (bank) transactions.
• Most (if not all) ad networks provide a clean interface where you can see the statistics about your sites & ad programs.
• Networks want their publishers to generate revenue (as they take commision), so they are (mostly) very helpful in supporting your stake.