Review Prices Going Up Next Month

$4000 in reviews only for the month of February is not bad. That is for many people a good salary!

I understand....I may have to double my fee to $0.10

While I understand that many of your reviews come directly through ReviewMe, I don't get why you don't just do them directly now. I think your readers would love to see 1/2 the total number of reviews, which would allow you to make the same amount of money. Thoughts?

what should one estimate in regards to the hits that this site gets?

You think just a couple thousand uniques??
It will be a way bigger number than what you estimated.

the price is totally justified, this site probably gets a couple thousand uniques a day, i am getting ready to launch my program and ill def. buy a review i know the ROI for my system would be amazing.

I can understand the relationship part of it as to why you would want to stick with ReviewMe. If you're happy with the service from ReviewMe and they bring you business you never would have had otherwise, it makes sense to stick with them. Why mess with a good thing?
~Terry

50$ to 500$ good journey!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

I can completely understand why a relationship is better than money. Who knows, you've probably earned more from the relationship than by going off on your own.

The flow of supply and demand is a beautiful thing.

Is worth it if it is really good.

If those that have been reviewed say that would have happily paid the double, then most likely it is worth that (with no doubts of course).

Well, more money for John ;)

I'm fairly new to this site and was wondering what sort of figures would be mentioned. I must admit that is alot less than I was expecting to see. Great work John.

well i dont see if it would make that much of a difference in advertising ... 450 - 500 is not a big deal because people who are willing to pay 450 they won't mind paying 500 either to get a review on this blog.

Chow is probably going to get around $250 after the ReviewMe fees, but I'm not sure of the exact percentage. Since he uses Michael Kwan's freelancing services, he probably splits that $250 to 80/20, which gives John about $50. Now if John takes out ReviewMe and only charges $250 for a review, he will receive the same, but he would build the relationship with the sponsors.

-Mike

p.s. As if John would do that...

Mad idea, paying 500 dollars for chow, what do people get from it, just a small increase in traffic. Chow will just go and spend it on some meal :D

I'm a blogger newbie, so excuse my ingnorance. But what exactly is this review program? How does it work? And what does it do for you/me?

Good deal for your blog anyway..that quiet expensive and afford less for someone who running are small business :)

If the demand is there the small increase in the price of the review won't matter much. The same people that were willing and could afford to pay $450 will pay $500.

If you ever plan to raise the price to $1000, Simon Lau makes a good point above, maybe just use $999 instead.

~Terry

Well, with high demand and low price, you could afford to be evil and raise prices. Nice way to earn a few more $$s

Wowza! I have no doubt that reviews won't slow down for ya.

Sorry, that link should actually correctly be listed as...

Blogvertiser.com

John, would you rather build your relationship up with ReviewMe or with all your readers and sponsors? If you cut out ReviewMe and focus on selling the reviews yourself or with Michael Kwan, you not only make more, but you are able to charge us readers/sponsors A LOT less. The key point here is making a relationship with your readers rather than with companies. If there are no readers, there is no John Chow :roll:

-Mike

p.s. You could start charging $150-200/per review again if you stop using ReviewMe.

And the John Chow machine rolls on.... :smile:
We're going to order a review for our new Blogvertiser.com site as soon as it's ready.

I've already got close to a thousand hits this month from one little text link on this site, so I think a review will be well worth the money!

;o)
Stewart

And the John Chow machine rolls on.... :smile:
We're going to order a review for our new Blogvertiser.com (www.blogvertiser.com) site as soon as it's ready.

I've already got close to a thousand hits this month from one little text link on this site, so I think a review will be well worth the money!

;o)
Stewart

Heh, I was wondering the same thing when I messaged you about a review John. Wasn't sure why you wouldn't cut ReviewMe out of it. I thought maybe you owned part of the company, or were getting large referral fees from them. Now that I've read the post you linked to, I understand and also respect you for that decision.

However, I still think that ReviewMe taking 50% is way too much. 30% fine, but 50%? Ouch. Hopefully the trend of networks decreasing their cut, continues.

Awesome! Maybe this will deter a few reviews while still keeping John's income from reviews pretty high.

It seems like every other post lately has been a review, and it's kinda annoying :P

Half a grand, wow! Still a good deal but I gotta wonder if having it at the 500 dollar mark is going to affect potential buyers psychologically. Sorta like how stores like to price things at 39.99 so it doesn't seem like you're in the 40 dollar bracket.

Oh damn! I was going to order a review around mid-march... guess I could still make it if I hurry up... :???:

It's a tough life when the only way you can increase the money from your blog is to just increase your ad rate :lol: keep up the good work!

Nice. I might have to take you up on that.

You sure have come a long way from the $300 reviews! I agree with your article and principles though, online industries are all about relationships and the interaction between parties.

I think it's time we renegotiate my rate. :eek: