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Access to download plugins for one month after membership is activated only?
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Nick Bijl
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Aug 12, 2015 - 12:27 pm

Heya,

This morning I opted for your platinum membership option – and just now I read this line:

"All free Plugin/Theme Discounts will be valid for 1 month from membership purchase"

Does this mean I lose access to the plugin downloads in 1 month from now?confused

That's not what I signed up for.. (even if in technical terms I might have..) I don't expect that when I buy a full 12 month "platinum membership".

Seems like a very weird restriction..

Please let me know!

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Some additional feedback:

I can see you have a great plugin, but your pricing structure is extremely confusing – there are so many options that it's really hard to "pick the right one" especially when you're unsure about the exact functionality you wan't your forum to have  – and that's sort-of why I opted for the platinum membership in the first place.

Besides wouldn't you agree it's kind of odd to buy a set of plugins (like the "all plugins bundle" or any other bundle for that matter) and not receive support?

Or am I missing something?

Why not just offer 2 options like:

1. Complete bundle + updates and support for 1 year
2. Single extensions + updates and support for 1 year (and maybe automatic discounts when multiple are added to the cart)

And offer a discount for renewal orders, just like you offer with the memberships now.

Would make choosing a lot less complex and a lot more "end user centric"!

Anyway. Please don't take this as me telling you how to run your business – but in working with a lot of businesses I found reducing complexity is pretty much always a guaranteed winner. Just a suggestion! 🙂

Cheers,

Nick

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Mr Papa
Simi Valley, CA
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Aug 12, 2015 - 9:16 pm

think you misunderstood the statement...  and it could perhaps be clearer...

But, the discounts statement is referring to free discount codes for plugins or themes  you get with a Bronze, Silver or Gold membership... 

As a platinum member, you get free access to all themes and plugins for the length of your membership...  you do not actually use a discount code for your plugins or themes...

hope that clears that part up...  and we can see about some wording changes there...

We used to have a very simple model - get a membership and you get any plugins or themes...  lots of complaints that folks want to be able to purchase individual themes/plugins and no support..  ran that way for years, but finally gave into the requests...  sure is hard to make all happy! 😉 laugh

thanks for the feedback... we read it all and keep it hand as we always evaluate the business model...

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Nick Bijl
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Aug 13, 2015 - 2:51 am

Awesome, thanks a lot for clearing it up – I guess that I did sign up for exactly the right one after all 😉

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Yellow Swordfish
Glinton, England
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Aug 13, 2015 - 3:29 am

Ah! I wasn't quite sure how that was set up so now I know too! Yes - we perhaps need to take a careful look at the wording, Early days...

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