Looking into content subscription models

I have a couple of sites which are difficult to monetise, because they are essentially reference sites in areas that are not very commercial.

One potential solution is to use the otherwise large traffic and strong user base to work on a basic subscription model for the sites in question.

I’m currently trying to find out more about what challenges are involved in doing this - so far I’ve had a recommendation to look at aMember Professional.

It’ll be interesting to see not simply what the challengest turn out like, but also how successfully a subscription model actually works on niche content sites.

I’ll use this blog to follow developments…