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Post by xCompackx on Jan 25, 2015 1:11:57 GMT -5
It's awesome for us, but why does WWE keep thinking that free months are going to keep people?
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 25, 2015 1:22:21 GMT -5
It's awesome for us, but why does WWE keep thinking that free months are going to keep people? Hmm, my guess is because it IS? |
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Post by bmfjules on Jan 25, 2015 1:32:40 GMT -5
It is too soon for this, but they need those numbers I guess.
I think it might not be a horrible idea (as much as giving away this much content for free can ever not be a horrible idea) to make every February or march (depending on whether Mania falls in April or March) the free lead in month to lure in as many eyes as possible for the Road to Wrestlemania.
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Post by 67 more on Jan 25, 2015 4:25:43 GMT -5
Nice timing for a month after the UK launch. Ugh. You won't be billed until the 29th so you can always cancel your current account and make a new one with a new payment method to get the free month. |
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Post by Bo Rida on Jan 25, 2015 8:04:37 GMT -5
Hopefully this will include Takeover.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 25, 2015 9:44:37 GMT -5
It's awesome for us, but why does WWE keep thinking that free months are going to keep people? Hmm, my guess is because it IS? Has there been anything released that says it really is? Even if it is getting people, the content has to be good enough to keep them, and aside from NXT and the PPVs, they don't do a whole lot with WWE Network. |
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Post by Capt. Internet Darling on Jan 25, 2015 10:22:44 GMT -5
I literally just ordered the Network for the Rumble.
Uhh...
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Post by 67 more on Jan 25, 2015 11:52:14 GMT -5
I literally just ordered the Network for the Rumble. Uhh... If you're British, you can cancel your subscription before the 29th so as not to get charged and then make a new account and payment method to get the Feb free month. |
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 25, 2015 11:57:34 GMT -5
Hmm, my guess is because it IS? Has there been anything released that says it really is? Even if it is getting people, the content has to be good enough to keep them, and aside from NXT and the PPVs, they don't do a whole lot with WWE Network. I didn't know they needed to publicly release all their research findings in order for us to approve their marketing initiatives. |
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 25, 2015 13:01:57 GMT -5
Has there been anything released that says it really is? Even if it is getting people, the content has to be good enough to keep them, and aside from NXT and the PPVs, they don't do a whole lot with WWE Network. I didn't know they needed to publicly release all their research findings in order for us to approve their marketing initiatives. If WWE Network really is struggling with subscription numbers as bad as has been reported, I don't think it's farfetched at all to question marketing ploys that equate to just giving away a live PPV as well as the VOD service. |
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Jan 25, 2015 13:41:29 GMT -5
I didn't know they needed to publicly release all their research findings in order for us to approve their marketing initiatives. If WWE Network really is struggling with subscription numbers as bad as has been reported, I don't think it's farfetched at all to question marketing ploys that equate to just giving away a live PPV as well as the VOD service. You can question it all you want. It's just a little silly is all. If you repeat a marketing strategy so soon after the first one, typically that means the first one was successful. Given February has notoriously been a throwaway month before Mania, it makes sense to do it again now. |
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Post by TheSchattenjager on Jan 25, 2015 18:18:46 GMT -5
I'm still not going to get it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 11:23:15 GMT -5
Just got an email saying Feb is free and won't be charged until March due to being a new subscriber. Anyone else?
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Post by avenger on Jan 29, 2015 12:19:08 GMT -5
Yep, me too.
Six weeks of the Network, Royal Rumble, Fast Lane and NXT Takeover all for free. All at a time while I'm sitting at home between jobs.
Screw this company!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 12:26:50 GMT -5
So it's free for everyone, not just new subscribers?
I think it's great. half of the $10 I saved can go towards trying out ICW's streaming service
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Post by avenger on Jan 29, 2015 12:33:11 GMT -5
I don't know. I'mm in the UK, and the email referring to me "being one of the first to sign up for WWE Network" suggests this is UK-based, but no reason why they can't extend it elsewhere. As someone else said upthread, February might be a throwaway month, so maybe worth giving it away free every year to help push Wrestlemania.
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Post by lemonyellowson on Jan 29, 2015 13:07:15 GMT -5
yeah i just got that email too - good stuff - fair play to them.
WWE has just announced that we will be giving new WWE Network subscribers the entire month of February free including WWE's newest pay-per-view event, Fast Lane. As a thank you for your patience and being one of the first to sign up for WWE Network, we are extending this special offer to you. You will now get February for free and will not be charged for WWE Network until March 1.No action is required on your part.
Thank you for being a WWE Network subscriber.
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Post by Boo! on Jan 29, 2015 13:16:34 GMT -5
Nice timing for a month after the UK launch. Ugh. UK viewers if they signed up when the geo-block was disabled won't be charged anything until 1st March. People who cancelled because of the Rumble or to try and trick the system, and resubscribed I believe were charged. But if you've signed up from the beginning you shouldn't have been charged anything at all yet and won't be until 1st March Essentially UK viewers get a month and a half, and two PPVs free. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 13:20:24 GMT -5
Nice timing for a month after the UK launch. Ugh. UK viewers if they signed up when the geo-block was disabled won't be charged anything until 1st March. People who cancelled because of the Rumble or to try and trick the system, and resubscribed I believe were charged. But if you've signed up from the beginning you shouldn't have been charged anything at all yet and won't be until 1st March Essentially UK viewers get a month and a half, and two PPVs free. May have had more if UK fans before the Rumble were told this but I'll take what I can get. |
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Post by Boo! on Jan 29, 2015 14:11:11 GMT -5
So it's free for everyone, not just new subscribers? I think it's great. half of the $10 I saved can go towards trying out ICW's streaming service No it's free only to new subscribers unless you're in the UK (possibly Canada?) where it's free for new and existing subscribers. |
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