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| Great questions and observation, Robert. Adobe's incentive is more and happier customers. I glean from the Adobe Forums that there's a segment that finds the pricing out of their reach. A lower tier of fewer products might snag a lot of new customers. I see many of the leading plug-in companies bundling lately. Why? The only competition I know for Ae now is very expensive. Other than Ai, many of the other products have worthy competitors. As soon as a big company gets smug about a product line, it seems like that's an opening for an upstart company to move in and make a challenge. It's in Adobe's interest to keep the customers they have loyal and happy, and to draw in new, young customers who may have a long shelf life. On May 17, 2014, at 2:05 PM, "Robert W. Walker" <robertw@walkersound.com> wrote: > A good idea, Jim, but I'm not thinking Adobe is that magnanimous. The > fact is there is a huge user base that is not likely to switch to an > alternative (which would be what?) unless the price becomes outrageous. > What would be Adobe's incentive to implement tiered bundles/pricing? > > Robert W. Walker > WalkerSound > Walker/Fitzgibbon TV & Film > Los Angeles CA USA > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [AE] CC subscription price increase >> From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> >> Date: Sat, May 17, 2014 2:35 pm >> To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> >> >> >> I wasn't aware of that, Todd. I didn't pay attention to what others were paying. Perhaps I got a special rate for being a long term customer. >> >> Anyway… as I said, it's not outrageous at $600/year for all those apps, even though that's about twice what I was used to paying to stay current with Production Premium CS. >> >> I'm also paying for a lot of apps that I don't use. That's like my health insurance going up to cover people who use services I don't. I'm sure not going to start building web sites just because the software to do it is available in my bundle. >> >> If it's not unrealistic, I'd rather Adobe offered tiered services, and had a bundle like Production Premium at a lesser rate. Or, some sort of pro-rata pricing that's based on the software I use on a regular basis. I just counted 14 apps I don't think I'll ever use. >> >> >> >> >> On May 17, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Todd Kopriva <kopriva@adobe.com> wrote: >> >>> Jim, the $29.99/month was an introductory rate for the first year for some >>> folks, apparently including you. $49.99/month has always been the regular >>> price for an annual commitment. >>> >>> There is no price increase. >>> >>> >>> On 17/05/2014 10:04, "Jim Curtis" <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I knew the first year was an introductory rate, but I got notice today my >>>> monthly rate was going to increase to $49.99/mo. from $29.99. >>>> >>>> That's a pretty steep hike. I was expecting more along the lines of >>>> $39.99, maybe without good reasons for it. >>>> >>>> So, this puts the annual rate at $600. I was used to paying that every >>>> other year as an upgrade to the Production Premium bundle. >>>> >>>> I still don't think that's an outrageous price, and it's deductible to >>>> me, but I think this plays into some fears that some people had when >>>> Adobe announced their subscription model. After all, you can still buy a >>>> permanent license of Motion, Compressor and FCP for $400, and upgrades >>>> are included. >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>>> +---End of message---+ >>>> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >>> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
