Staff Popular Post Ash Posted January 19, 2021 Staff Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hi All, When much of the world went into lockdown last year we put a few things in place to try to offer some support to the creative community. In the big scheme of things they were fairly small gestures I guess, but we were quite overwhelmed by the positive feedback we received about it. In particular the 90-day trial of all our apps provided a big help for people who may have lost access to their normal tools through their work or university, and offering a deep 50% discount on our apps was also greatly appreciated. We reverted back to our normal trial length and pricing as those initial restrictions eased and the situation felt like it was improving. However here in the UK we are back in full national lockdown and in many countries restrictions are tight and livelihoods continue being severely affected as we deal with the second wave of this virus. For that reason, we have decided to re-introduce both our 90-day trial and 50% discount on all our apps and digital content (unfortunately the relatively small margins we have on workbooks means we cannot offer the discount on those). We have also reset the 90-day trial so anyone who took advantage of it before can do so again. The thoughts of all of us at Serif remain with everyone affected by this crisis and we wish you all the best. Ash MEB, doudou64, Frozen Death Knight and 53 others 43 13 Quote Managing Director Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) / Apple M1 Max / 64GB / macOS 12.0.1 iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd Gen / iPadOS 16.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micornelius Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I have just received your completely unnecessary email of 19 January "We’re here to help – use our apps free for 90 days" WHY I am a registered used of all three apps plus add ons. I do not need to be offered a 90 Day Free Trial, and 50% off all apps etc. Unnecessary emails clog up email in boxes and will tend in the future to just dump email from affinity without reading them. Someone in your marketing departments needs to be sacked. Please put a stop on this type of email to existing customers. matisso, Jenna Appleseed, gary and 31 others 3 12 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 39 minutes ago, micornelius said: Someone in your marketing departments needs to be sacked. Someone in your marketing department needs a promotion 40 minutes ago, micornelius said: Please put a stop on this type of email to existing customers. Please keep sending me emails like this. 50% off everything in the Affinity store is a great way to reward your customers. Especially so, during the pandemic. Claudio60, tielqt, Dazmondo77 and 33 others 31 5 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 44 minutes ago, micornelius said: Someone in your marketing departments needs to be sacked. Or maybe you need to grow up. What about people who own only one program and would want to take advantage of this and buy the other two. Or people who bought programs for Mac and would also want to buy now for Windows, or the other way around. royphotog, garrettm30, uneMule and 16 others 18 1 Quote 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.3. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micornelius Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Having paid full price for the apps as an early adopter I find late-comers getting it half price galling! No incentive to pay the full price in future just wait and you can have it discounted! Not really a good way to support existing long term loyal customers is it! So advertising to loyal customers that late-comers get it at a knock down price is hardly good promotion! Brian54, Dave57000, bananayoshimoto and 10 others 1 5 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobMoyer Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 WOW! Who could have thought this this generous offer would meet with negativity? Affinity continues to set standards. Jenna Appleseed, olja1976, pixelstuff and 19 others 18 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, micornelius said: So advertising to loyal customers that late-comers get it at a knock down price is hardly good promotion! In the email you received you have the option to opt-out of future emails (at the bottom) Just don't come back and complain when you miss out on something you wanted, like Version 2.0 at 50% off user_0815, RussOggi255, myclay and 19 others 19 2 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micornelius Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, BobMoyer said: WOW! Who could have thought this this generous offer would meet with negativity? Affinity continues to set standards. So will all loyal customers - been with Serif since PagePlus Release 1 in 1990 - be getting a refund? I await Affinity's generosity! Dave57000, Roqoco, Dan Brooks and 8 others 1 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlainP Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, micornelius said: So will all loyal customers - been with Serif since PagePlus Release 1 in 1990 - be getting a refund? I await Affinity's generosity! The lock down has an important impact on some people.... talk to your doctor about it micornelius. I wish you get your life back some day. You can opt out of the mailing list and... of this forum too. SallijaneG, gw2020, Dave Quail and 14 others 17 Quote -- Window 11 - 32 gb - Intel I7 - 8700 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 -- iPad Pro 2020 - 12,9 - 256 gb - Apple Pencil 2 -- iPad 9th gen 256 gb - Apple Pencil 1 -- Macbook Air 15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyph Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I echo @carl123’s sentiments, great stuff and deeply appreciated! I'm happy because Clip Studio Paint did something similar, generous opportunities like these are certainly welcome during this time. I hope Affinity Publisher for the iPad comes soon, can’t wait to complete the set on mobile. olja1976 and Patrick Connor 1 1 Quote Wishlist: calligraphic vector brush, blend/replicate tool, vector pattern feature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I don't usually comment but all I can say is Amazing! and big Thank you! Affinity People for your continued support...It is obvious that a lot of people are struggling with current events!... These offers do not apply to me...which does not concern me in the slightest...The applications are a bargain at full price!...but it's not about the price....It is about what you can achieve... I am just relieved that I had the incentive to engage with this software in the first instance...into my fifth year now...with over 200 drawings and 1000's of brushes and assets!... none of which would have been completed without these apps! I cannot believe that there would be any negative response... to offering software that is innovative, evolved so rapidly at a discount... Alfred, artofmtl, LizzardFood and 11 others 13 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.3.0 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.3 2165 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.3570+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19052.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Quail Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks, Affinity! This is wonderful way of helping and empathising with your customer base. Well done! Henry Stahle, artofmtl, Patrick Connor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Asus ROG Strix G17 Notebook: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 3.80 GHz with Radeon Vega Graphics | 32GB DDR4 3200mHz RAM Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB Gfx | 2x 2TB SSD NVMe PCIe M.2 3x4 | Windows 11 Version 22H2 Build 22623.870 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Neil Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Already out there! Nice one Ash! https://www.engadget.com/affinity-designer-photo-publisher-sale-141501927.html jmwellborn and Patrick Connor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doudou64 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thank you to the whole team for what you do 🤗 I have already bought the three softwares, I'm only waiting for the next major versions. A fan from France ChildDream, Henry Stahle, jmwellborn and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Freeman Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 2 hours ago, micornelius said: Someone in your marketing departments needs to be sacked. Grow up Roqoco, killzen, LizzardFood and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted January 19, 2021 Staff Share Posted January 19, 2021 If you are tempted to reply to any negativity in this thread, please just post your own positive thoughts instead, or just step away. (It is directed at us and we do not need defending, thank you) This offer goes out to everyone who has not unsubscribed from our marketing offers, and is here to do 2 things: Encourage you to try the software that you have not yet bought, or encourage those around you to do so for 90 days. Without letting you know it was available you would not know to tell your friends. Encourage the purchase at a discount of something that you have not yet bought, for example the iPad versions (Serif cannot tell if you have purchased Affinity software from the Mac App Store or iPad store by looking at your Serif Account, as that sale is Apple's data and we cannot see it) Amon, Alfred, Dan C and 13 others 10 6 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...
PaulEC Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I'd just like to say that, although I already have all the Affinity apps, I'm pleased to have received the email about this offer. Even if it's not particularly relevant to me, I can let other people know about it, which may help them. I've taken advantage of offers in the past and will, hopefully, do so again in the future. I don't see any reason to get upset that someone else may benefit from Serif's generous offer now, in these exceptionally difficult times for many people. uneMule, garrettm30, Wosven and 2 others 5 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Belgian Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 hi, as I am a licensed user of AP I’m not concerned. But if I had no license yet I think I would not take the offer of buying AP at 50%. Why? Well, I think soon the version 2.0 will arrive and then I just paid 28€ for a license and then I have to pay again the upgrade fee, maybe in total it is more than the 100% price? But nevertheless, this is no critics on serif, it’s a business and they have to pay their programmers. I am very happy that they offer us a superb software for a reasonable price already. Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazmondo77 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 👍👍👍❤️ jmwellborn 1 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...
Jowday Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Thank you for helping those needing a hand during these difficult months, Serif. I must have unsubscribed from the marketing offers - had I received the e-mail I would immediately have proceeded with number 1 - seeing if someone I know or someone in my network could need a hand. PaulEC 1 Quote "The user interface is supposed to work for me - I am not supposed to work for the user interface." Computer-, operating system- and software agnostic; I am a result oriented professional. Look for a fanboy somewhere else. “When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.” ― Confucius Not an Affinity user og forum user anymore. The software continued to disappoint and not deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 8 minutes ago, The Belgian said: I think soon the version 2.0 will arrive You may have some inside information, denied to the rest of us. But if someone wants to start using the Affinity apps now, rather than waiting for an unspecified time, for the next version, I would have thought they would prefer to pay 50%, rather than full price! 😁 You could wait forever, if you never buy anything because you're waiting for a newer/better version to become available! 😉 killzen and Alfred 2 Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBEK Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Does anyone know how long the 50% off deal will last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, The Belgian said: I think soon the version 2.0 will arrive I’m curious to know why you think that. Version 1.9 hasn’t even been released to retail yet (although it looks as though it won’t be many weeks away now) and those of us who are not Serif employees have no way of knowing whether 1.9 will be followed by 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, etc, all separated by several months. wtrmlnjuc and jmwellborn 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 16.7.2 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.. Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hi, quick question regard to the 50% and the 90 day trial. If I take out the 90 day trial on all three Mac apps today, will it still be 50% if I decide purchase during or at the end of my trial 90 days from now? Still currently with Adobe but keen to look at alternatives for best price. Thanks pixelstuff and Dan Brooks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishK Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hmm I bought this yesterday and today it is half price - should have waited just one more day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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