However, shortly after that announcement, users of the popular add-on pledged that they would pay for Xmarks if it meant that the service could continue. Xmarks now has a link on PledgeBank where people can commit to paying $10 US a year for the service: http://www.pledgebank.com/XmarksPremium
According to Xmarks, if they can get 100,000 people to pledge, the company can stay in business.
As for me, I enjoyed the service while it was free; however, there's no way I'm paying for it. I can revert to other free, bookmark syncing services.
What are your thoughts on this?
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I think I commented on it saying Firefox 4 beta has a sync button anyway and its easy to backup bookmarks...
i heard about this and immediately thought about your earlier blog post. sucks that they couldnt sustain it. I too would probably go the free route though.
It's hard to compete against free services. If they have superior features, then maybe it would be worth it.
The problem here is that here's a lot of good free services and stuff to handle with those things....
Ps.-nice blog
meh, i wouldnt pay for it either
I liked the service, but FireFox sync will do some of the same things...
I've never even heard of xmarks.
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I wouldnt pay for it! Screw that!
haha wow... i was expecting like 10,000-25,000...100,000 just seems ludicrous
I use xmarks myself.. I'll just have to transfer to the new firefox syncing service.
Not worth it. Plenty of free stuff out there.
I think I'll stick with the free thing but I still hope they can stay afloat.
Personally, I use 2 browsers on 2 computers, and visit different sites with each one, I don't need or want my bookmarks synced. But yea, most add-ons are free, so I doubt they can compete with that even with a $10 yearly charge.
yeah, paying for a service you could easily find for free doesn't seem very appealing. too bad for x-marks. such is the world of business. good post man
I wouldn't pay either, why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free or lead a horse to water, or was it teach a horse to fish..
Don't pay for that sh!t man.
too bad for them. but they shoul've known you dont usually pay for such things
who cares bout bookmarks
i say why pay when you can use something thats free and it does the same thing...just my two cents
Excellent post, man. Can't say as I'm much into anyone storing my info for me, even if it's just my bookmarks, so these types of "services" are lost on me...
I would only pay if I weren't living in Mexico, internet transactions aren't really trustworthy here lol
Yeah, as you said, it's not worth it should they charge for it.
I wouldn't pay, maybe thats just me being cheap but oh well
free is allways better
i dont think i would pay for something like that, but i hope they can figure something out soon enough
Almost everything you can obtain for free on the internet, why spend money on something? They have to understand the mentality of common internet users to thrive.
No need for syncing bookmarks for me, so I certainly wont pay for it.
I used to use it..kinda stopped though. No way i'm gonna pay for it though. Sorry xmarks D:
Not worth paying for.
i would never pay for something like this...i wonder if there's 100,000 people out there willing to pay for it?
yeah i dont see this one lasting lol. so if they dont get 100000 people do you get your 10 bucks back?
I really don't know.
i can somehow see their point here.
mightaswell die
I've never hear of that before...but do you think they can get 100,000 people to pay 10 dollars? Very cliche uh? 1 million dollars to continue on business...wow...or maybe that's just a marketing tactic?
plenty of other (free) alternatives and I they also came too late into the game..
Sounds like a cool program. too bad I have no need for it.
xmarks should just auction off their code to the highest bidder. They should get a pretty good amount.
LOL I agree bro, it was good while it lasted but no way I'm going to pay for this service.
Just wanted to thank you man XD
i use xmarks. great stuff. i will contribute.
bad news good news i guess
Never really used this
i really hope it doesn't, i use it a lot.
Never really understood why this would be usefull.
What exactly am I getting for my money? I won't be quick to discount a pay service, if the benefits exceed the benefits of the free service.
I have to agree with the other ones, why pay when you can get almost the same thing for free? Seems like a lot of companies these day mess up!
Interesting post, thank's
Firefox ftw.
Why pay for service you can get for free.
Best things in life are free
i would never pay for that either.
Never used it. :)
If there people willing to pay for it then go ahead but me personally think sites like these should stay free. Id rather use delicous then xmarks anyways
thats a shame. its a good idea.
i dont have xmarks
Why pay when you can get it for free?
Thanks for visiting me, not a bad post of yours either.. doesnt seem like they should be around tbh.
Never used it, so I wont be paying for it.
meh, i wouldnt pay for it either
This is sweet!
always sad to see a small company go out of buisness
No way.
Haha, cool.
I wouldnt pay for it
never used it myself
Glad I don't depend on it.
Aw man, I hope they don't go bust :(
I recently got an e-mail notifying me of this. I used it, so now I'm going to need to find an alternative. Although I hear Firefox's system is good.
Yea, I was disappointed when I got that email. Well I guess Ill just have to move on.
ya i dont really pay for anything on the internet, not gonna start now
That would have to be one awesome bookmark service to make people want to pay for it...I'll stick to free...
It seems like its curtains for Xmarks as some the reasons show in the comments. Pandor`s especially.
free is better for those who are cheap (ie me)
I'll have to try this out.
Well? How many people have pledged?
I've heard that this was a good service...
How ironic... they get some little bit of exposure from you.. next day they die! You may be contagious haha :D
Hello, this was a great blog article!
Lol I just put my bookmarks into folders n stuff
Hmm, I like free stuff! :D
Bookmark syncing? Seriously?
I think they are gonna have a difficult time finding a 100,000 users who are willing to pay for a previously free program. Sounds like some poor business management IMO
Thanks for popping by <3
Cool, but I wouldn't pay for it.
a lot of people are demanding a new post! this stuff is really good!
10 dollars a month for bookmark synching... why would you need to synchronise it anyway?
i use firefox's default system for bookmarks... never got too into them and it works great for me
yea its always tough going from free to pay. but maybe others will pay the money and you could still use it afterwards
never heard of xmarks till today
I would look for another service. Go for free.
Sorry I've been absent but this is awesome I love your updates
i don't use xmarks. so it's whatever to me.
i lost my bookmarks once, it sucked hardcore
I don't rarely use firefox (Google Chrome all the way) and have also not heard of Xmarks.
I say move on. Use Google sync for free.
not worth it..
lol, id rather do it myself
Nice blog! :D Very interesting.
ya... pay for that seems bad
nice post
The problem is that if you can't provide something that is so different from competitor's products, you're not going to survive. Marketing is huge, as you mentioned, but there has probably got to be an intuitive difference between products. They were offering something for free like everyone else, and now that you've got to pay for it, choose another free one.
Sucks to be them, but the market is a fickle mistress...
yeah.. to them is very hard.. anyone want free
i use xmarks, but would not pay for it
$10 bux a year seems small, but still, good luck to them.
Dont know much about it to be frank, but paying for stuff doesnt really appeal
oops, shouldve had a better model
no way i'm paying for it.
I agree, paying for something while you can get the same quality for free somewhere else is ridiculous. That's like, paying for a whore, while you have a girlfriend who is good in bed as well. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Naw, just get a different program man.
I don't know. I feel like if people pledged a total of $1 million dollars to me, I would do a lot of things.
It could go either way..
nevver heard of this :o
$1m to continue something so "simple", a bit much eh :P
im a huge apple hater...but things like this still interest me.. good work on the post.
yeah, I dont use this service and I dont think a lot of people use it.
yeah I dont see a lot of people paying for this service.
i agree $10 is still to high for just a bookmark addon
I never pay for anything lol.
I wouldn't. Just check out the other free alternatives!
same here; no way i'm paying for this. it's quite easy to find other _free_ services with pretty much the same capabilities. :)
I don't think it's worth paying for it, you can get even more from a free alternative.
personally i find pc easier to use and macs always end up blowing up in my face almost literally in a couple cases
Never heard of it, and it's too late to start using.
fair enough i wouldnt have bothered
good blog titled, i saw it and laughed
they need $1,000,000 to run an internet business? sounds legit.
why would I pay for this... i only have like 10 bookmarks anyway.
aw, that's sucks, it was a good service
Money is what makes the world go 'round though?
I make software (that is Free) and I would hope that some people would see it as superior if I was to go out of Business (which when you are dealing with 100% FREE software... meh! won't happen) people would help out!
Can't really find out how it works tho
I dont think I would pay for it, there are so many other options. Interesting thoughts anyhow.
never heard of xmarks either.
checking em out.
Sounds like a good marketing plan, give somthing for free, then charge for it, people will pay if it's worth it.
What the hell is a bookmark syncing service? :S
I agree with SaviorSelf.
Also, what does Xmarks need with 1 million $$ per year?
bad for them , althouh i haven't heard of Xmarks
pro tip: opera comes with build-in bookmark-sync.
Yeah I wouldnt pay $10 a year
not worth it
i knew it would go under. why pay for something i can cut and paste
never heard about x-marks, but i wouldn't pay for that as there are many free things that would do it out there.
I liked your perspective in this one... I'm going to have to agree with you
I'm the same bro, love Xmarks, not paying for it. There's free options about.
itäs just not worth the money tbh
well nothing of value was lost
sad when free things become expensive :(
never have ever heard of them
very informative, keep up the good blog, supporting you!
Dang I actually really liked using xmarks.. Helped me find sites which are similar to sites which are hard to find. What are some similar websites I can use for this same type of thing?
don't care about bookmarks enough to dl, but might for kicks and giggles. interesting, nonetheless.
This is a really post, keep it up looking forward to more.
agree
loking forward to more posts like this
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