"I want DAZN to raise it's monthly rate to 50$ per MONTH!"- EDDIE HEARN

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Dumb idea of the day: Eddie Hearn wants DAZN to charge $50 per month for subscriptions

Dumb idea of the day: Eddie Hearn wants DAZN to charge $50 per month for subscriptions
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How much would you pay to watch your favorite combat sports stars like Anthony Joshua and Canelo Alvarez?

By Jesse Holland Jan 2, 2020, 1:08pm ESTShare this on Facebook (opens in new window)

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I don’t want to claim to be Thornton Melon or some other business-savvy genius, but I can tell you I’m not going to tolerate a massive price increase for the same goods and services I’m already paying for, simply because the provider wants more money.

Oh wait...

Okay, maybe you can slip one by me if the increase is within reason and reflects a rising cost to do business, but does boxing promoter Eddie Hearn really think anyone is going to pay $50 per month to stream sports on DAZN?

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“Joshua-Ruiz was three times what Joshua got on Showtime. Even in America, it’s approaching a million audience,” Hearn told SI Boxing with Chris Mannix (via Boxing News 24). “That’s a huge number. One of the problems we had recruiting fighters in the early days was, ‘Oh, no one is watching DAZN.’ They are. More people are watching. We’re getting bigger audience numbers than Showtime.”

“I do believe in the product of DAZN for the value for a fight fan,” Hearn continued. “I’m actually going to say to DAZN, ‘I think you should bump the monthly fee up.’ It’s $19.99 a month. Make it $50 a month. We don’t want you to come and go. We want you to stay and be a part of this community, learn more about boxing, digest the fighters, and grow with us.”

I’m not sure hemorrhaging subscribers qualifies as “growth.”

 

[The Ruler 09]

For the whole year it’s 99.99 isn’t it? Seems the only option to go.

 

[L68]

so he wants us to pay 600 bucks a year

I wouldnt even pay that shyt if it had all the boxers fights from every promoter on it

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

I think he's saying that if u DON'T DO they yearly thing, make the month alone 50$.
Hence "we want them to stay"

 

[The Ruler 09]

so he wants us to pay 600 bucks a year

I wouldnt even pay that shyt if it had all the boxers fights from every promoter on it

It's 99.99 a year, basically he's saying he wants people to sign up for the whole year not the monthly.

 

[L68]

It's 99.99 a year, basically he's saying he wants people to sign up for the whole year not the monthly.

I know its 99.. I meant if it was 50 a month..monthly

 

[The Ruler 09]

I know its 99.. I meant if it was 50 a month..monthly

Yeah, that's what I mean, it's pretty much saying sign up to the yearly because nobody would pay 600 for it because there's no point when you can get it for 99.99, so the only way 50 would make sense is if somebody only wants 1 fight per year, otherwise they may as well get the yearly and get all the fights.

 

[malbaker86]

Y'all really think he's serious

 

[patscorpio]

Eddie is not serious and yes it's just a ploy to get ppl to think about buying DAZN for the year.

As an actual OG DAZN subscriber I wouldn't even pay the 20 a month it's at now. So yeah when the grandfathered price of 9.99 finally runs out on my account, I'll just pay the 100 for the year and keep it movin. DAZN put on some serious heat in 2019 that makes it worth my while and my dough.