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Originally Posted by Kristine  I would look at the wording of your question. If you do not expect or ask for anything in return, how can you earn lots of money?
If you are helping someone solve a problem, and they value your solution more than the money they are willing to pay you, how is that wrong? I think you can earn loads of money by helping others. But if you don't open yourself up to receive value in return for the value you provide to others, then you won't get paid. And yes, getting paid is very cool.  |
My wife, colleagues and friends play Facebook games at least 3~4 hours a day. I ask them how much they would pay for those nice games. Maybe a coincidence, their answer is a straight "zero", not even a cent!
I need to emphasize that in the online world, it is extremely difficult to charge users directly because they are so accustomed to the "free mode". If the most powerful search engine, 7G of email space, unlimited hours of video are all free of charge, why should they pay you? I think charging users directly is a very dangerous approach, especially when you have direct competitors of similar size.