Thread: Freebie/buy, Download/read ratios
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Old 03-01-2013, 01:46 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
I don't know about averages, but 100 to 1 is ridiculously high for me. Even if I factor in sample chapters (which I'm not nuts about lumping in with "freebies" anyway), I still purchase many more books than I download for free. I'd say I'm in the 5 to 1 category the other direction, actually. Five purchases for every freebie downloaded.
The sample chapters may not be "freebies" in the fullest sense but they are downloads and most sites generally count trial games and samples as downloads for the purpose of calculating conversion ratios.
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