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Another Band Tries Pay What You Want Concerts
from the with-incentives dept
Pete alerts us to the news that the band Lotus is trying out a pay what you want tour. They apparently worked out a deal with Ticketweb to basically let people pick prices anywhere from $1 to $20 (no $0 option). They've also tried to put an incentive in place to pay more: if you spend more than $15, you get free downloads from the band. It's another interesting model, though I'm not sure it makes as much sense as some other models. Again, concert tickets are a scarce good, and doing pay what you want on a scarce good is a lot riskier. Still, it's yet another experiment that'll be interesting to follow. I think I like K-OS's experiment with letting people pay what they want on the way out of a concert better. Still, experiments are good, so it's nice to see another one.
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Re: Dumbass
fucking read it
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What's next? Virgin fest for free? Wait, they did that this summer already in some places.
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Re: Re: Dumbass
Why pay for the concert and incentive? You can select $0 and download the rest. Apparently you did not read the article. Thanks for trying.
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Passing the Hat
I know in my community it started as a way to cover the cost of hauling generators and equipment out into the middle of nowhere, and has turned into a way to tip the artists for the night's music. It works great with small gatherings, haven't ever seen it tried at an actual venue though.
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Re: Passing the Hat
The electronic version of passing the hat isn't really anything new, except perhaps an in passing slap in the face to the idea of "free music, make the money on concerts".
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