Quoted from Whysnow:I hosted a r/madison and local pinballer free play night last night as a way to give back to the community at the end of the year (obviously cant afford to do it all the time, but this was an experiment).
Just talking this through...
Any business can give away free samples, and people are happy to accept, but the challenge is how to convert those people to paying customers.
If the Pretzel franchise was giving away free pretzels, there would be a lineup out the door. But how many pretzels would they sell the day after that?
Sometimes this can be seen as a negative, because the actual product has been devalued, and people don't want to pay "retail" for it again.
Quoted from Whysnow:It makes me think that it may be worth while doing the occasional pay $10 get a pint and get to play for free for 3 hours sort of night.
I'm sure this will be a success, but the question is what happens the day after it?
These aren't meant to be negative questions, I know you are trying things, I'm just talking it out.
This almost falls back to a question that business owners need to ask themselves:
Is there a need in the market for your product?
If you have to give it away, this almost sounds like the question is answered.
