Comments on: Uclick rolls out improved GoComics.com

By: Henry Clausner

Henry Clausner — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:06:39 +0000

60,000 subscribers!…impressive,what about the foreign markets?

By: Haiku Ewe

Haiku Ewe — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:52:17 +0000

Ten dollars per year / That shouldn’t offend readers / I hope I’m worth that

By: Vince LoGreco

Vince LoGreco — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:07:50 +0000

I have been reading comics on GoComics since I was in college. I actually signed up for the first time when they did the site redesign and have been contemplating the genius level.

By: bill jones

bill jones — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:04:47 +0000

“”I also like that theyâ€™ve added a zoom/scale feature to allow visitors to see a larger view of a comic.”"
“”The new zoom increases the feature to 900 pixels. Only King Featureâ€™s Daily Ink out zooms (1000 pixels) it.”"

is this nice sharp image for paid subscribers? the 900-pixel image i am seeing using the “view larger” button in the “more” drop down menu, is actually 900 pixels wide but it is not a true 900-pixel resolution. it is considerably under-rezzed.

on the other hand, the comics.com enlarged images are at 1000 pixels or more and are perfectly sharp.

i was assuming the paid subscription was showing you a better image but then the “why upgrade” text doesn’t say anything about a higher res image.

By: Pab Sungenis

Pab Sungenis — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:16:30 +0000

Considering a little more than a year ago uClick’s top comic had about 2,800 subscribers and today it has well over 60,000 subscribers, I’d call that quite an increase.

By: Anne Hambrock

Anne Hambrock — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:41:19 +0000

@Tony, Yes, I understand your point but Uclick is seeing a rise in both unpaid AND paid subscriptions.

By: Tony Piro

Tony Piro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:30:59 +0000

“There WILL be consumers who are willing to pay for content.â€

There are also consumers who will immediately be turned away by being asked to subscribe. Although you may gain more subscribers, the question is whether this is worth the loss of potential page views and the possible fans you may gain if they’re actually allowed to see the product they’re subscribing for. It’s not an easy question to answer.

By the way, if you just select the URL and hit enter, it bypasses the registration popup.

By: Anne Hambrock

Anne Hambrock — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:53:52 +0000

“I’m told it has been very effective for increasing revenue”

And so it begins.

There WILL be consumers who are willing to pay for content.

By: Tony Piro

Tony Piro — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:46:52 +0000

Nice how today’s featured comic, Yenny, is basically two butts in my face.