We run a really simple site called getinspired365.com - it dishes out daily doses of inspiration. These are in the form of pictures and quotes, or really cool videos.
We've got 2500 registered users who received a 'daily dose of inspiration' from us and we get around 1000 users coming to the site each day. We had a few people comment saying that they really liked the design of the site and that they'd like the same style template for their site.
We thought that was a cool idea and a neat way for us to try and monitise. We built this page - getinspired365.com/getyourown that lists why you may want a template from us, our different price plans and the ability to order a template.
So far we've had 7 customers without us doing an awful lot of pushing. This has come from our existing user base.
We want to really push it and try and get 100 paid users. In your opinion what are the best ways of trying to sell our template to people. Some thoughts we had was: - Contact existing user base to see who fancies a template. - Offer referrals (if you get a mate to get a template we'll give you the first months money) - Advertising
We just wondered if people had any advice on how they got users to pay for their service. We are constantly trying to improve our product so it may be a case that we really try and push it once it is in better shape. We're just after some advice!
Oh, and feel free to order a template!
thanks!