If you haven’t heard yet, Appellation America has now changed from a free wine and winery information online service to being subscription based. Ow! That hurts and yet I understand. It hurts because I consider it a great resource and a good way to fact check items. As owners of the Wine Trail Traveler website, we do understand the amount of work, time and information that goes into producing a great website. While the subscription rate for Appellation Ameria is a low $4.95 a month. That ‘s almost $60 a year. Pay by the year and save a little. Imagine if you have a website drawing 10,000 subscribers, that amount quickly adds up.

My question for you is, would you pay a low monthly rate to have access to a website? Are there others ways besides subscriptions and online distracting ads, to make money with an information-based website?

Cheers! Kathy