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Elizabeth S Hunker
@elizabethhunker · EIR @ vLAB
Nice, major time-saver for sure, creating the right file size for every asset can be the longest, most tedious part of app design -- but not sure how a subscription model makes sense here.
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Michael Flarup
@flarup · Northplay, Pixelresort, Robocat.
@elizabethhunker Thanks Elizabeth. Hopefully the subscription model will make more sense as time progresses and more templates are added to the collection, while existing ones are updated. For those who just want to purchase a single template the current, albeit not super elegant, solution is to buy a 1 month subscription and then cancel right away. That gives people access to all of the stuff for a full month. People can then always come back in the future and buy another month if other interesting templates have been added or vital changes have been made to existing ones.
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Karim Mneimneh
@kmnei · Co-founder @99check
@flarup @elizabethhunker I understand you put it a lot of hours to create these templates. I have no problem paying for them. However, you just said that you most probably won't be adding "interesting templates" or "making vital changes" every month and you suggested that I subscribe and cancel. This shows how much your monthly subscription is unfair, especially that your customers won't be getting daily value from it. It makes it look like you want to maximize your revenue with recurring payments from subscriptions that some customers might forget to cancel.
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Michael Flarup
@flarup · Northplay, Pixelresort, Robocat.
@kmnei @elizabethhunker Wait, Where did I say that? One of the selling points I'm highlighting is exactly that a new template will be added every month and that existing resources will be kept up to date. We've got some pretty amazing templates coming up. I understand that the subscription service isn't for everyone, people are more used to one-off purchases. The problem with that for a lot of design tools, is that the requirements change over time. If we are to have anything close to 'industry standards' we need to continually revise them. I think a subscription will fit that model better, but people are free to buy single months as I described above - if continued access to the revised templates or new ones aren't important to them.
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