[kas]

YouTube - BERRICS UNIFIED

http://haveboard.com/the_berrics_unified_pay_to_play/





what a fucking asshole!!

[acidphreak]

hehehehehehe
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[Ripvanwinkle1749]

lol contradiction

[khariSBC]

damn...

[graffeedy5]

charging for advertising isn't a new thing, nobody gives out free advertising. And advertising is fucking expensive too, advertising on a site as big as the berrics is worth alot more than what he's charging.

[Tom-E]

wow that was melodramatic.

& I agree about the asshole comment.

if he's going to take some noble high ground about supporting the skateboard culture, why's he charging that kind of money for it... Or money at all?

$600/year just to be listed is raving bullshit

[acidphreak]

Originally Posted by graffeedy5

charging for advertising isn't a new thing, nobody gives out free advertising. And advertising is fucking expensive too, advertising on a site as big as the berrics is worth alot more than what he's charging.

a lot of people say this, i don't think you get what this thread is about

berra doesn't mention in the video that he is charging, he is just saying that he is 'helping keep skateboarding alive' and he even calls it revolutionary... which is totally misleading, he could've just said it was a paid advertising program, but instead he is saying that he is recognizing the "important stores" [ie those who pay him]

[kas]

Originally Posted by graffeedy5

charging for advertising isn't a new thing, nobody gives out free advertising. And advertising is fucking expensive too, advertising on a site as big as the berrics is worth alot more than what he's charging.

no charging for advertising isn't a new thing. the new thing is calling advertising 'like the bullets of rebellion fired from an ak-47'

[nickerooski]

that picture is fake my local shop is on there becasue they sent berra a message beacuse they were going to close becasue the lack of money. they didnt pay one cent to get on there.

its XB in Florida.

[graffeedy5]

Originally Posted by Tom-E

wow that was melodramatic.

& I agree about the asshole comment.

if he's going to take some noble high ground about supporting the skateboard culture, why's he charging that kind of money for it... Or money at all?

$600/year just to be listed is raving bullshit

Look at the prices for a full sized add in a phonebook for a year. Its alot more than that.

[iamsocko]

the video is very misleading on the fact shops must pay to be a part of the berrics unified simply because he does talk so much about how shops are having financial problems and such and that he wants to have a service to help out those struggling shops making it sound like it is a sort of charity service.
i do not think it is unreasonible for him to charge a fee to advertise on his site simply because it is so expensive to do so and the berrics is a huge site.
i dont honestly think that the berrics unified can help shops that much because the regular people who are going to help out the shops and are going to bring in the steady revenue probably already know about the shop.
the only way it would help is if the shop had a place to order online from and get it shipped, which my shop does not have.

[graffeedy5]

Advertising is a good way to boost sales in many cases, so it could help some shops get that boost they need to keep going. Ask anybody who runs a business. (my dad owns his own business so I have a bit of first hand knowledge on the subject)

[50-50 Cent]

again from the berrics thread.

i and other people don't have much of a problem with shops paying to get their name posted on the berrics because skate brands pay to get their brand advertised on the berrics (even tho i think all small time shops should be able to get posted for free) but the way berra pitched the idea as showing kids who the "important" shops are when in reality you're only considered important if you're paying him money. he's acting like a saint to the skate community for this unified program when he's just using the popularity of his site to cash in off the small time guys.

come out and say "im starting an advertising site where you have to pay to get your shop posted" instead of clouding it as a helping hand out to the skate community for the greater good of skateboarding in some sympathetic black and white melodramatic public service announcement.

[graffeedy5]

Think about the berrics as being the equivalent of superbowl advertising for skateboarding, its the biggest skateboarding site there is, just as the superbowl is the most viewed television event there is. The majority of small businesses in america will never be able to advertise during the superbowl because it costs something like 2.6 million dollars for half a minute. Berra is offering the equivalent of this for a fraction of the price its worth. No its not free, but he's sure as hell not ripping people off.

[nickerooski]

ok at first glance it looked fake
but now that i read it i tollaly aggree with Censored on haveboard he said

"It cost’s 50$ x 12 = $600 a year to be in The Berrics Unified 600 / 365 days = $1.64¢. That sounds practically free to me. At the city level it costs a colossal $3.95 per day. People are crying over 400 pennies. WOW."

i mean really this is a really cheap way to advertise.
let a alone on the worlds largest skateboard website.

[graffeedy5]

He could quadruple the price and big companies would pay in an instant. But he's not doing that, because he's helping small shops get big league advertising for cheap ass prices.

[50-50 Cent]

or he could charge a small percentage more to skate brands to get their brands advertised and use that money to fund the unified program to where any small time shop could get posted for FREE and then you would have to pay money for the extra stuff.

[graffeedy5]

Full page phonebook ads cost upwards of 1000 dollars a year, just as a comparison to show how cheap berra is making this.

[Roof_Slider]

I agree with Grafeedy5. Thats all im gonna say.

[graffeedy5]

if berra really wanted to make money off of this, he could charge tens of thousands and you'd have big companies jumping all over his dick. He's really not being selfish at all.

[Relisch]

I'm sorry but to me it looks like Exit Skate Shop just tried endless times to get Berra mad, and finally got him to bite.

Honestly, it's the same as taking an ad out in the Super Bowl. A lot of kids go to The Berrics, a lot of people watch the Super Bowl. If you want more kids to come to your shop, you should advertise. The Berrics is a perfect site for that. Bud Light know that more people watch the Super Bowl, than any given prime-time show, same with skate shops. Transworld doesn't even give the opportunity to have shops advertise. Of course it won't be free, millions of kids go to that site. And if you didn't notice, the is a $50/month plan.

Jesus, you act like Berra is the fucking devil for charging shops a fee to advertise on his site. So does that make NBC the devil for charging Bud Light like 10 million dollars to advertise on the SB? No. You gotta spend money to make money.

[graffeedy5]

Originally Posted by Relisch

I'm sorry but to me it looks like Exit Skate shop just tried endless times to argue with Berra, and finally got him to bite. Honestly, it's the same as taking an ad out in the Super Bowl. A lot of kids go to The Berrics, a lot of people watch the Super Bowl. If you want more kids to come to your shop, you should advertise. Of course it won't be free, millions of kids go to that site. And if you didn't notice, the is a $50/month plan.

Jesus, you act like Berra is the fucking devil for charging shops a fee to advertise on his site. So does that make NBC the devil for charging Bud Light like 10 million dollars to advertise on the SB? No. You gotta spend money to make money.

thank you, I don't understand how everybody cant see this clearly. He is giving small shops opportunities because without him they would never get this kind of coverage for this minuscule price.

[50-50 Cent]

and if berra really cared about small time shops the unified program could be ran for free

[late_flip]

Welcome to the digital age.

Shits not cheap, and like perviously stated, it really is a steal for the amount of time they get an advert.

Think of this also, $600 to a skateshop is nothing. $600 is maybe 12 boards. Out of the 100+ stocked. Assuming your local skateshop isn't super small.

Plus, hes not saying anyone has to do this. If they want an advert its there money, and hes simply naming a price for them.

He's not money hungry. He's offering opportunity.

Your average run of the mill person might see this as a huge rip off. But if you have abit of business background, you'll realize that this can seriously aid a business, and not to mention add popularity in the local area.

Think about it this way.

Local skateshop is doing good, but there are kids in the area/state that have no idea about the shop.

But those kids (along with thousands of others) check the berrics. They peep berrics unified out of curiosity and find out about the shop. They go buy product, lets say. One pro board. $50 back into the shop.

Now times that by 30 kids in a month.

$50 x 30 = $1500 right back into the shop.

Which can in return be used on more product, and the advert will be up for another 11 more months.

It's all strategy, careful thought, and abit of hope.

Now I'm not saying this post is perfect, but I believe its pretty damn close to the idea in mind.

[graffeedy5]

Originally Posted by 50-50 Cent

and if berra really cared about small time shops the unified program could be ran for free

If he didn't care he would charge 10 times as much as he's charging now.