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Business model changes

··· Rates will change / No more file hosting ···

By the first of April 2008 we have to change our marketplace rates. We will make this transition
as smooth as possible for all of us, but there are some things to mention and to explain.

The reasons for this fundamental change are listed here:

Pricing changes

Here is the list with the most urgent questions and answers. This change is not easy
for us, but necessary for tradebit to survive and grow.
So please be patient with us while we try to explain:

• Obsolete packages:
  All hosting packages with a flat rate (like the 6.95$/month, etc.) will
  be transformed into a publisher package. That means all payments go
  into OUR accounts and you will be paid to your paypal email
  twice a month - that is for all products sold via OUR sites, like tradebit.com itself
  or the additional vertical sites (like www.photania.com). Your subscriptions will
  be cancelled automatically on the 31st of March. Products you already have placed with your own paypal email will
  continue to work, so you do not have to change that!We will ask for a 25% revenue share on all sales generated by us. Top sellers
  do have the possiblity to get lower rates with monthly revenues above 500 US$.
  We will try to “value” the content you provide.

  Files you put up for plain file hosting can stay where they are until the 1st of May.
  New uploads without a price are disabled. Previews, pictures and thumbnails may be added
  for free as usual.

  Plain file hosting accounts (accounts without products on sale) will be removed on the 1st of May.
  We recommend sites like http://www.uploadchoice.com/
  for plain file hosting.

  Picture, movie or music requests with referers from forums or other sites will be
  redirected. We have a huge amount of traffic from non-commercial sites, abusing your pictures
  or our traffic volume.

What do you get for that?

• More and improved functionality:
  The “member area” will provide what you already know and will be improved further with
  additional features to justify the higher prices.
• Google checkout:
  Your customers will be able to pay without a paypal account.
• Storage:
  There will be no more storage limitations.
• More outlets:
  Your downloads will be promoted on more domains, social networks and forums!
• Affiliate system:
  We will improve the affiliate system to motivate resellers for you.
• No more competing ads:
  For all products with a price, the google ads on the detail page will be removed.
  We will make sure, that no competing products will be visible on your pages.
• We will support your customers:
  We will establish improved support structures to mail your customers,
  if they have download problems and remove some burden from you.

Please email us if you have any questions or suggestions. We feel it is better to
annouce that upfront even if all steps and implications are not fully planned yet!
If you need to replace your pictures or files located on tradebit.com you should
have now more than 8 weeks to do so.

We are quite sure that this transition will cause some pain around the beginning of April and
we are very sorry for that. But frankly: to keep tradebit running and make it a better
marketplace we have to follow that road.

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