Backgammon Online

15-Feb-2010
09:45 PDT

Interesting option incentive.

The present benefits to paying members have little value to most or more would join. A quarterly members only tournament might multiply your membership numbers if you offer something like this. The annual fee of $19.95 includes all the present benefits as well as 4 yearly tournaments(quarterly) with cash prizes. These tournaments are only available to paying members and Zoo takes one dollar out of the annual fee and applies it to the tournament prizes and pay 4 prize winners. Thus, 25 players enter, 4 prizes might be 50% to winner, 25% to runner up and 12.5% to 3rd and 4th or 15% to third and 10% to fourth. Prizes can be paid to the credit card so no account balances are created. I suggest the tourneys will be well attended and yet they are still for fun($1 is not much taken from the annual fee) and still leaves Zoo with the extra amounts ($15.95)from many more players. If 200 players enter, same % but now prizes become very interesting for a $1 entry. If you maintain the same membership fee you keep all the members you have and will add many more. Keep the amounts small and it still is a "FUN" tournament with little prizes. The remaining 8 months of the year would hold the regular free non-paying tournaments for everyone to attend.

Without the cube these tournaments give everyone a chance so all level of players could be interested.

Is this possible or is a special license needed? Any others interested?

15-Feb-2010
14:18 PDT

Sounds a good idea to me