What is a Paid to Read Site?

Paid reading is generally considered to be an extension of the B2C (Business To Customer) model in the online novel industry. It generally refers to reading some text and image content that is usually encrypted or hidden by the operator through the payment channels online or offline (usually online payment).

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In 2000, the dot-com bubble burst, free internet resources disappeared overnight, and many literary websites lost their living conditions and shut down one after another. How to make money becomes an urgent issue.

When network resources were no longer cheap, it was too stretched to realize the self-sufficiency of a literary website on the basis of the increasingly meager advertising revenue at that time, not to mention that copyright was not an issue that could be taken lightly at this time. So many literary websites that are determined to become larger began to think about how to improve the industrial chain of original literature.

In fact, the literary website managers at this time have realized that the benefits of the substantial publication of many popular online novels are not as high as theirs on the Internet.

First, buy the entire book. After buying, you can choose to read online or download to your computer to read. The price is about one-third that of a paper book.

Second, rent books to see. Some books provide rental services, renting a book, and reclaiming the rights when it expires. The default lease period is one week, and the price is 1/4 of the list price, which is 1/12 of the printed book. Cost-effective, but only suitable for reading novels, even if you want to keep it, it is not recommended.

3. Baoyue Pavilion. There are some books packed in themes, and there are hundreds of books in the monthly museum. Some libraries have less books, 10 yuan is enough, more libraries are more expensive. In this way, it is almost cheap to read a book for three or four cents.

With the support of Shanda's sufficient funds, as the starting point of one of the largest literary reading and writing platforms in China, it has now developed into a leading domestic original literature portal, and has created an original literature leading brand represented by "Starting Chinese" and established It has established a complete electronic online publishing mechanism that integrates creation, cultivation, and sales, and has become an excellent online publishing platform for literary works in China, establishing an influential industry leader in the industry.

At present, the starting point has more than 10 million registered users, more than 80,000 original authors and more than 100,000 original novels, with a total word count of more than 8 billion words. The daily number of page views (PV) of the starting point network has exceeded 100 million, with annual profit close to 30 million yuan. Starting Point has signed most of the best online original literary authors in China, and has mastered the rich original literary content copyrights. It is currently the largest number of users, the most comprehensive collection, the highest degree of attention, and the most influential original literary site in the country. One of them and has become the first profitable Web2.0 website.

In addition, the starting point also developed derivative products of user-originated content through cooperation with book publishing, film and television distribution and animation production agencies, extended paid reading from the PC network to wireless platforms, and expanded overseas Chinese markets through overseas branches to expand Profit model. At this point, the starting point Chinese website has created a model from user-created content to user-consumed content until the user cultivates the market.