Comments on: Big Hunch

By: Julia Mason

Julia Mason — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:31:17 +0000

Monetizing websites, blogs, etc is a good way to earn some passive income.:”`

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By: bpeacock

bpeacock — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:57:48 +0000

Eric,
Thanks for the quote from TechCrunch. It makes sense. I also agree with you completely about subscriptions. I don’t think that they would be viable long-term.
The affiliate links are interesting…but do you think that they could negatively affect the HUNCH brand? I’m not sure that I would want a “decision engine” that is biased by the highest bidder, ya know?
What do you think?

By: Eric Williamson

Eric Williamson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:05:52 +0000

The site is very well setup to be monetized (results). I think subscription-based model is definitely not the way to go. User’s (contributors or regular users) will not go for it. Fake says the site is already 40% monetized now (see quote below from TechCrunch article):

“Fake estimates that about 40 percent of the topics on Hunch right now are monetizable with ads or affiliate links. If you try to use Hunch to figure out which camera you should buy, for example, and the answer turns out to be the Nikon D80, already you will see a sponsored affiliate link to Amazon. Other business models might emerge in the future.”