Magazine & eMedia Publishing Professional & Social Network

Social network membership as part of a subscription

Part of the online strategy for any magazine can be to set up a social network that enables your readership/community to network. Most of those initiatieves are still 'for free' and are considered an add-on to the online activities of the magazine.
Is there anyone who has experience with incorporating the membership of such a social network as part of a paid subscription (to the magazine, or the website)? I'd like to learn from your experience before starting to 'charge' for social network sites.

Tags: network, paid, social, subscription

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Permalink Reply by Katharine on November 11, 2009 at 10:39am: I would love to hear more comments on this question - am considering a hybrid model (advertising, subscription) for a community site for Moms. I'm looking around for subscription communities and found a super small one on babynames.com (~600) and a site which seems to be stuck in beta mode, socialjane.com. I'm still looking...

Wouldn't it be sweet for communities if the subscription model worked. I'm thinking about charging $2/month or $20/year, and possibly donating half of that to Mom non-profits, based on community vote or raffle.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Michiel Bom on November 11, 2009 at 11:16am: Hi Katherine,

Thanks for the lead to this site that did. By the way, my website developper (GWS Desk) talked about a site for Moms. Is that yours? That would be quite a coincidence!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Katharine on November 11, 2009 at 11:18am: No, not ours. Would love to hear more about theirs, if kosher to do so!; ▶ Reply to This