Frontiers charging for classifieds

[Ajac]

Ajac

Occasionally I have used Los Angeles Frontiers online classifieds to find a masseur. Now they not only charge the masseur for their ads, collect revenues from the advertisers but also a charge to view the classifieds. I am never comfortable in this day and age giving out my credit card info online so needless to say I will not be using them any longer. I am seeking a new online listing. M4M is quite good (found a few good ones there). I use to use "Body Work For Men" but there new site is not very good. Massuer.net I hear has not been updated in a long time.

Any suggestions for other sites?

 

Thanks Ajac

[ted]

I assume this is the site you referred to as M4M

http://www.massagem4m.com/index.cfm

That has yielded the best results lately for me. Hopefully Frontiers will lose enough traffic they'll reconsider. I used to check them out before every LA trip to see who was available. I will not be paying for the privilige of looking 5 or 6 times a year.

[Boston Guy]

I agree. I'm a longtime Frontiers fan, using both the print and online editions. However, I will not pay to see online what I can see for free by walking to the stand outside my hotel.

 

They've lost my online business.

 

One could easily make a case that they shouldn't care if they lose the patronage of viewers who don't pay to see what they are publishing. However, readership generally accounts for a small portion of total revenue at most publications. Advertising is what pays the bills.

 

Losing readership by being greedy can easily lead to a vicious circle of fewer readers leading to fewer advertisers leading to less substance leading to few readers ...

 

Based on what I've seen elsewhere, I suspect they'll reconsider after losing a fair percentage of their online visitors.

 

BG

 

ps: I found it ironic that they want to charge $9.95 per month for access to the classifieds. Everything else -- including the content that is supposed to be the real raison d'etre of the magazine -- is still free.

[quiet storm]

I'm confused. I had to sign up and get a log in, but I didn't pay anything to see the classifieds. ?!