http://www.paulallen.net/archive/200712 Monthly archive of blog posts en http://www.paulallen.net/2007/11/30/20000th-subscriber-today <p>November has been a great month for <a href="http://www.worldvitalrecords.com">World Vital Records</a>. Today we reached a significant milestone by adding our 20,000th paying customer. We'll highlight her in an upcoming newsletter. She is a genealogist from Delta, Colorado.</p> <p>In August we issued a press release when we reached our <a href="http://www.prleap.com/pr/90733/">10,000 subscriber milestone</a>, and here we are just three months later at the 20,000 subscriber mark.</p> <p>Our entire company appreciates each customer who signs up for our premium databases and also those who try our free services such as <a href="http://www.familylink.com">FamilyLink.com</a>. We also appreciate our wonderful content partners who have helped us grow our collection of genealogical information. We're approaching 1 billion names in our databases. And we appreciate our affiliates and business partners for helping us share our services with their customers.</p> <p>The 20,000 mark is also significant because that's how many paying subscribers Ancestry.com got in its first year, from April 1997 to April 1998. </p> <p>Of course Ancestry.com is the pace-setter in the genealogical industry and one of the greatest successes in the world of online subscription content. To be where they were after their first year is a great accomplishment. We look forward to many years of serving families around the world. And we appreciate everyone who is making it possible for us to grow and prosper: investors, partners, customers, affiliates.</p> <p>Thanks to all!</p> http://www.paulallen.net/2007/11/30/20000th-subscriber-today#comments Internet Subscription Models World Vital Records Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:37:27 -0800 paulballen 899 at http://www.paulallen.net