Are you selling your products or hiding them?
April 4th, 2007 by Casey
Lets start off by saying this post was inspired by an effort to support my favorite music site Pandora. They have come under pressure lately with the RIAA’s push for increased royalties on streaming radio. You can read more about that here. The bottom line is that Pandora and other internet radio stations will no longer exist under the new fee structures.
I love Pandora and felt like I would support their product and their fight with purchasing the Ad-free version for 36.00 per year. That price is a little high, 20 bucks seems a bit more in line but I do use the service and want to help. That said I do not need this upgrade by any means and will not benefit much by purchasing this version, its all in efforts to help them stay afloat.
I start off by going to Pandora.com and try to find something that resembles a button or image with their premium product, I find nothing even close to this. I spend about another 20 minutes going through the site and finally stumble across the Premium information on their FAQ’s. That right, its buried deep in their frequently asked questions page for some reason. Either they really don’t want to sell this paid version or they are making some serious mistakes.
What ever happened to making your product easy to find and easy to buy? You would be suprised at how many sites hide what they are selling for one reason or another and its a shame. Pandora is not the only site that has issues like this, many others do, just go check around yourself and you will be surprised.
