Agreed: I found this offer a bit strange.
It alerted my Ponzi-senses.
I'm open-minded, but how can they afford to offer this for free? Will this offer be attractive paying customers, and why do they want to attract non-paying customers?
It attracts startup businesses, most of which will fail, but some of which might turn into profitable and paying customers later on. A big winner there can easily pay for all the lost ones - esp. since most startups will probably fail very early, not using anywhere close to the 1 million.
Yes, it's a loss leader. However, if they have the cash to support it for a time they might tie some very profitable businesses to their infrastructure.
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Agreed: I found this offer a bit strange. It alerted my Ponzi-senses.
I'm open-minded, but how can they afford to offer this for free? Will this offer be attractive paying customers, and why do they want to attract non-paying customers?
It attracts startup businesses, most of which will fail, but some of which might turn into profitable and paying customers later on. A big winner there can easily pay for all the lost ones - esp. since most startups will probably fail very early, not using anywhere close to the 1 million.
Yes, it's a loss leader. However, if they have the cash to support it for a time they might tie some very profitable businesses to their infrastructure.