TwitPub – Would You Pay To Read Premium Tweets?

It depends on what it is...but then again, there is always something out there that's free!

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I will never pay for content on the Internet. Its bad enough the government is trying to get money out of us by taxing SEMers

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Pay in order to read so-called "Premium Tweet"? OMG they gotta be kidding me! Okay... maybe I'm old.

honestly speaking, don't think I will pay cos theres no much other options available.... ;)

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thanks for the links.....my dream to make a lot of money from twitter

The publishers should be paid CPC :)

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Getting people to pay for content online is getting very difficult.

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Twitter could make money?i want to have a try.
PS: I open John Chow slowly in China,sad.

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I don't think I would pay for tweets but who knows! It sure has to be some vaueble words!

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"I can’t see it taking off or even leaving the airfield" but... On the other hand, it can be a money making machine, I mean, forget about premium content tweets but focus on premium contests or, zoodiac stuff. It all depends on what we can offer.

It has some limited pontencial. Nice one.

Thanks John.

They should have made it a "pay to buy" followers kind of website. But still, there is no guarantee that a person will continue following forever after payment :)

Just checked them out and apparently they are picking up quite a following. If you actually do visit their website, you can check out some ot ther content. I can see that they are trying to create a marketplace for Twitter and maybe some Twitter-ers might even try selling some niche content. I also saw the guy selling StockTips is alraedy getting some subscriptions. So maybe Twitpub is not a bad idea afterall. Who knows really. I have seen some early ideas seen as unaccepted but later became a big thing.

I would never pay for tweets. Why would I if the information can be found free. You just have to look a little closer.

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Paying to read 140 characters does not sound too lucrative to me.

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I don't really see this taking off either. I think that the only people who will be able to really get away with using this are some of the celebrities on Twitter. There are a lot of fans that'd be willing to pay to see content from one of their favorite celebrities, but other than that, I don't see it.

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Some one will pay :)

Never! We already have Twitter groups, such as Stock Twits (for investors), that provide huge value for free.

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There is no way that I would pay for it.

i dont think it would be worth paying for twitts,
i would better pay for some e-books from Probloggers,

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I don't think this can be working well. It makes sense if we pay for a blog content, but not a tweet which just a short message with few words.

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I suppose time dependent information such as stock quotes could get subscribers to pay money. But the business model described here is a bit of a non-starter.

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I'd never pay for something like this

I also think it is something like a joke.

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I couldn't see this working. I mean, to be honest, if I was confronted with a choice between paying for one person's informative tweets, or reading another's for free, I'll go with the latter. I like Twitter for the social aspect as well as the sharing of news, so the idea of paying is rather repulsive to me. I love Twitter and can't see it being as good if it cost to read and meet people.

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i don't think anyone would be willing to pay $.99 to follow what went through my normal life. but what i really think ppl would be willing to pay is for niche information. well some really good information on options call, forex, investment tips that i could really use and make bigger money from it.

or more on sports betting where someone with a good track record of predicting winning teams offer a premium twitter account where i could follow n ride on his right predictions

What your blog says is true enough. There is a 50/50 chance that the new monetization thing of Twitter could earn a lot, but who knows? We people have the will to transform anything for the better, or yet, for the worst. But I also think that Twitter is really creative with the monetization ideas. They are great ways to earn money if you know how to use them to your advantage.

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What your blog says is tru enough. There is a 50/50 chance that the new monetization thing of Twitter could earn a lot, but who knows? We people have the will to transform anything for the better, or yet, for the worst. But I also think that Twitter is really creative with the monetization ideas. They are great ways to earn money if you know how to use them to your advantage.

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Cool! You should take a look at this bost about how companies could integrate Twitter. Some fantastic ideas! http://blog.bwagy.com/twitter-business-models/

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I can see this service useful only for specific niches , where a good tip might be worth paying for ( eg - stocks , Forex trading ) , speaking for myself I wouldn't mind paying to follow a successful Forex trader ;)

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Sounds more like paying for Twitter spam if you ask me, maybe they'll be at the bottom feeding end, charging 0.01 cent per user per tweet they receive.

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I give them credit for at least trying something new. And really who knows until you try.

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I really think one of the biggest pros of twitter, it's to be completly free.Yes we have to give credit with creativity.

This idea only makes sense for a very limited subset of twitter users. I wouldn't go as far as "no potential", but they're going to have to hustle for it. Hard.

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Heck no!...Twitter has only be out for like two seconds and it's already saturated with spam and poor marketing tactics..

nope nope nope..wouldn't do it..

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Agree with others that this does not look viable. I would not pay for any tweets nor would be sitting on twitter tweeting away expecting others to pay.

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I think TwitPub will be useful where updates are required realtime say for instance tips for Stocks ...or any other related application....could be chance for Stock brokers to pile up some money :)

I have to agree with the other commenters. It's kind of a case of 'why buy the cow...' Sure, you can pay for premium content and services, and some people do (SEO tools, blog themes)- which is worth it in a lot of instances. But premium tweets? You'd better be offering the sun, moon and stars- and a lot of guaranteed money- to have a chance at that kind of service taking off. Then again, some things that became popular have ended up surprising me, so who knows?

This is bullshit!
I won't even spend a dime on listening to Obama's tweets. I don't even think this service is worth mentioning in JohnChow.

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I'm not really seeing it, either. However, I did the math today on my own blog and the money could be interesting if people go for it. I'd only see it working for certain markets. Stock alerts? Don't really know.

See my post about it below.

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Hey John have you tried to offer premium content on on this blog?
~I know that shoemoney has got his premium tools~
Iam pretty sure if you get some tools together you could do something similiar.... adnetworks/adsense/abrite rotator scripts... "tool of the month", etc..~

lol that's my rant for today.

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twitter making money hmmm....i need to open up my eyes badly
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This must be a 2-week-late April Fool's Day joke. That's the only possible explanation.

I can't see that many people paying to receive tweets! The information cant be that good...

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