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November 29, 2006
"I Just Don't Want To Be Ripped Off."
I just submitted my Tailored blog to a new service called BlogHijinks after reading about it over on the excellent Simon Sandler blog.
It's one of those sites that annoys me - they have a "Be featured for $4.95" submission or a free subsmission.
It's only when you've done all of the work to list your site do you find out that you have to provide a reciprocal link. They don't tell you at the start. I bloody hate that.
The other thing that seems dodgy to me is that the $4.95 fee is monthly recurring! They don't tell you that at the start.
Anyway, I submitted the site just to see the process but I'm feel like they're trying to scam me already.
Just like a client I saw last week - he's being charged $600 pa for his web site hosting. I told him we'd transfer him to our host for $200 pa.
He said, "You can charge me $600 if you want - I just feel like these others guys are ripping me off."
People hate feeling like they're being ripped off.
Treat them well. Charge a decent amount so you can make a profit. And keep the client fully informed. It ain't that hard.
Cheers
Brendon
Posted by Brendon at November 29, 2006 9:44 AM
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Hi Brendon,
I just wanted to post a quick followup to the email I sent you. While we never required a reciprocal link for listing your blog on BlogHijinks, I agree this was not very clear on our submit page. We now expressly state that a link back is not required.
We have also changed the billing for our featured links, so that they do not automatically recur each month. Members wishing to renew their featured links for another month must now do so by hand.
I hope this addresses the concerns you outlined in your blog post. Thank you very much for posting your review of our site.
Posted by: Malcolm at December 6, 2006 6:34 AM
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