Comments on: How is Automattic Going to Make Money? http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/ Andrew weighs in on the ways in which the web and the world are changing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bwvyjxlz http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-6406 Fri, 08 May 2009 08:56:56 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-6406 BYp3F4 comment3 ,

]]> By: Automattic Making Money: Contents and Conclusions « Changing Way http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-5139 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:49:59 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-5139 [...] How is Automattic Going to Make Money? is the introduction to the series, which I posted almost two months ago now. [...]

]]> By: Automattic Profits From WordPress « Changing Way http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-4867 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:50:41 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-4867 [...] 28, 2008 This post is the third in the series that started by posing the question: How is Automattic Going to Make Money?. It follows on from my most popular post so far: Making Money From [...]

]]> By: Anthony http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-4727 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:56:41 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-4727 I can tell you as a small web host that the money is in the service, upgrades, add ons the higher end market. No matter how free the software is or the hosted app, there will always be something that a percentage of the people will buy. Wether it’s to add functionality or get added support, there will always be something to upsell. Meanwhile we can use a cool app for free! My 2 cents….

]]> By: Making Money From WordPress.com « Changing Way http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-4691 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:01:56 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-4691 [...] March 12, 2008 WordPress.com is free: that’s free as in beer, as in gratis, as in at a price of zero. This post is a look at WordPress.com in the light of Chris Anderson’s Wired article Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business. It is the second part of my series of posts addressing the question: How is Automattic going to make money?. [...]

]]> By: Toni http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-4614 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:31:51 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-4614 Hi Andrew, Automattic is already making money from upgrades, VIP hosting, ads, Akismet licensing, and enterprise services. We’ll add new revenue streams over time, but only ones that we find useful and unobtrusive (for example, no plans to show ads to all WordPress.com visitors, since that would be pretty inefficient and probably a bad user experience).

]]> By: Mark Evans http://changingway.org/2008/03/04/how-is-automattic-going-to-make-money/#comment-4613 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:21:19 +0000 http://changingway.org/?p=812#comment-4613 Andrew,

I’m looking forward to what Toni has to say!

cheers, Mark

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