Comments on: Case Studies in Freemium: Pandora, Dropbox, Evernote, Automattic and MailChimp

By: Peter Rusev

Peter Rusev — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:05:16 +0000

an interesting look at freemium models – Pandora, Dropbox, Evernote, Automattic and MailChimp http://t.co/KvEslcbl

By: Too Much Data? New Evernote Should Help: Mobile Technology News «

Too Much Data? New Evernote Should Help: Mobile Technology News « — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:01:06 +0000

[...] for productivity software. Even before the application redesign that launched today, Evernote is a case-study in both the freemuim app approach and the move from machine-centric to cloud-based solutions. And with the new look and features, the [...]

By: Why Freemium Works | The Naked Entrepreneurs

Why Freemium Works | The Naked Entrepreneurs — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:59:51 +0000

[...] Case Studies – http://gigaom.com/2010/03/26/case-studies-in-freemium-pandora-dropbox-evernote-automattic-and-mailch… [...]

By: One Third of Top-Grossing iPhone Apps Are Free: Tech News «

One Third of Top-Grossing iPhone Apps Are Free: Tech News « — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:31:03 +0000

[...] they can make more money with in-app purchases than advertising. As we’re learning more and more: Free can definitely pay the bills and [...]

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:19:13 +0000

Different tiers on Freemium aint working well. We also have success stories of youtube whose business model is now entirely based on advertisements. Pandora will have to pay 50 % of their revenues to the record labels as a royalty. 1 % of the total users as a subscriber group is very minimal. The key thing is whether freemium model is sustainable ? Freemium model must be changed to better respond to the traffic with brand loyalties and profit maximization. It will be interesting to see whether people still wanting to use Credit Cards over internet or they are causally using it ?

By: Search Ads Are a Hammer, But Not Everything is a Nail: Tech News «

Search Ads Are a Hammer, But Not Everything is a Nail: Tech News « — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:46:49 +0000

[...] and other terms. The Dropbox founder said something similar about the growth of the company at a startup conference Liz attended earlier this year — saying search “is great for harvesting demand, not creating it,” and that the [...]

By: Evernote Grabs $20 Million For Cloud-Based Notetaking: Tech News «

Evernote Grabs $20 Million For Cloud-Based Notetaking: Tech News « — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:00:29 +0000

[...] success in converting users to paying customers is a testament to the freemium model, which has also worked well for other cloud-based services like Dropbox. Evernote allows users to [...]

By: Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob

Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:13:22 +0000

[...] so-called Freemium success stories had similarly low ratios of free to paid accounts. We can see numbers published about Pandora, Evernote, and MailChimp showing this [...]

By: Going Freemium: One Year Later | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog

Going Freemium: One Year Later | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:15:22 +0000

[...] to worry about that, because frankly, it sucks. Matt Brezina from Xobni did a presentation at the Freemium Summit early this year that basically made the point that freemium isn’t a new concept; it’s [...]

By: How the ‘Freemium’ business model leads to success » bigCircle – experiences, trends and reflections – Official site

Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:59:00 +0000

[...] Other examples of Freemium services are: Plaxo, Filesanywhere and dropbox. Other case studies can be found here. [...]