HarleyN Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 You should move to a hybrid subscription plan. Offer the software as you do now for a flat outright fee but also implement a low subscription like $4.95month for continued software upgrades. The casual user will be happy to pay the flat fee and the professional market (like myself) would not bat an eye at paying a low subscription for continued advancement of the software. I think your product has reached the tipping point to really take a piece of the professional market. But funding your team to handle it would probably be helpful. RedBeard, Cuando, Move Along People and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I would not say the software has reached the tipping point to take on Adobe, that will take many many years and will also take Adobe making some big mistakes with their software as Corel did and Quark in the past. People do not want a subscription plan, especially the casual home user. That is a big complaint from a lot of people regarding Adobe being stuck in a subscription for the software. Personally I do not mind it as I use it to make my living and I think the pro's outweighs the con's. That is not the case for everyone. Also why would you want to be paying monthly for V1? You are getting updates, some very good feature rich updates that you are not paying for at all outside the initial cost of purchasing the software. The software is being advanced and is moving forward, I think a lot of people would be upset with subscription for software in this price range. Cuando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 21, 2020 Staff Share Posted December 21, 2020 This is already how Serif sell the Affinity range to a few large companies, local authorities and educational establishments, as it is what they wanted themselves, but it is not available to smaller companies or individuals Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyN Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, wonderings said: I would not say the software has reached the tipping point to take on Adobe, that will take many many years and will also take Adobe making some big mistakes with their software as Corel did and Quark in the past. People do not want a subscription plan, especially the casual home user. That is a big complaint from a lot of people regarding Adobe being stuck in a subscription for the software. Personally I do not mind it as I use it to make my living and I think the pro's outweighs the con's. That is not the case for everyone. Also why would you want to be paying monthly for V1? You are getting updates, some very good feature rich updates that you are not paying for at all outside the initial cost of purchasing the software. The software is being advanced and is moving forward, I think a lot of people would be upset with subscription for software in this price range. I was referring to the professional users not casual users playing on there computer. Thats why I said the casual user could still buy it outright. Move Along People 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, HarleyN said: I was referring to the professional users not casual users playing on there computer. Thats why I said the casual user could still buy it outright. If Adobe would have kept an outright purchase option after cs6 I would have probably never tried Affinity - not all 'pro' users do subscription - that's surely got to be Affinity's main appeal for smaller agencies markw, jmwellborn, Cuando and 2 others 5 Quote Mac Pro Cheese-grater (Early 2009) 2.93 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC Ram, Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB GDDR5, Ugee 19" Graphics Tablet Monitor Triple boot via OCLP 1.2.1 - Mac OS Monterey 12.7.1, Sonoma 14.1.1 and Mojave 10.14.6 Affinity Publisher, Designer and Photo 1.10.5 - 2.2.1 www.bingercreative.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Patrick Connor said: few large companies, local authorities and educational establishments Maybe you could present them off on your site. Maybe it would be interesting and attract other users. Patrick Connor 1 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 20 hours ago, HarleyN said: I was referring to the professional users not casual users playing on there computer. Thats why I said the casual user could still buy it outright. I like the option of having both, subscription and buy outright, Adobe used to do that. Again though not sure why any business would pay monthly for something as affordable as the Affinity software when you get updates already. How long has V1 been out for Photo and Designer? You would have paid way more than buying the software if you were on subscription. I can see if there is a yearly big paid update version release, but there is no precedence for this yet with the Affinity Software. What are the large companies who have this soft of subscription plan getting that everyone else is not getting by buying the software outright? Are they getting a different level of support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObsSays Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 just leave it from what it is now.. its good already... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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