Lancanshire - there is nothing "wrong with us" - why would you express it that way? We are just expressing our opinions - and have been subject to personal attacks and foul language as a result. Absolutely no one is saying we don't think Boonex products are great - we wouldn't be here otherwise, and no one is saying that the people at Boonex didn't work there asses off. I'm sure they did, as did many (perhaps most) people here. Some sites can use the free version with no affect at all see more - perhaps they already have tons of advertising, but there are many other reasons why some sites wouldn't want to advertise a software company, even in there earliest iteration. There is also absolutely no one here saying that Boonex doesn't "deserve to be successful". We all want Boonex to be successful. In my opinion, however, this makes them less likely to get there. With the free version, and low cost license, I think they had a real chance to become the "industry standard" (i.e. the next big thing), with these prices, I think that is much less likely. It is rare for companies to do a price increase of 50 percent or more without some advance notice, as they know people who had been planning to buy their product at the lower price would be less likely to do so. Had they doubled, or perhaps even tripled the license prices, I people still wouldn't have liked it, but it would have been within range of other scripts of this genre.

From my point of view, this was a strange decision. As I understand it, all the people who have bought any kind of license at all, now have an permanent, unlimited license - in fact, by some interpretations, they have multiple licenses (see Siana's post above). I doubt many of them will be rushing out to buy the new $790/$2900 license - in fact, I doubt if anyone of them will for some time, unless they have a pressing business need.

I doubt if too many of the people who don't have licenses will be rushing out either- why would they? Some may have to, but the vast majority will now put that off as long as possible. What Boonex essentially did I think, was vastly increase the "sell cycle" time of their product. People will wait longer before purchasing, and be far more demanding on support issues.

I could be wrong. Maybe those new licenses will sell like hot cakes. I just don't see people rushing out to buy something for $790 just a few days ago. Reasonable people can disagree, so let me ask you something. Suppose instead of an 800 percent price increase, this had been 10 times that, and Boonex had announced that effective immediately, the new price would be $7,900. Would you still be still be calling us "complainers" and telling us that Boonex deserves this prices because the software is fantastic and because they have worked so hard? What if they raised the price to $20,000 - would you say the same thing? For people who just got free licenses, or those for whom money is no object, for others who based our plans on what we have read here, it is.

In economics there is a concept called "the point of diminishing returns" - I just think Boonex way overshot that mark, that's all. I also think they left money on the table. Few of their existing license holders will pay them ever again - they won't need to, and people who have not bought licenses will delay and postpone- and probably look for alternatives, as there is no longer any incentive for them to buy.

I don't have time for too many more posts in this subject - I think people know my opinion, but I just once again want to drive home the point. We ALL want Boonex to be successful, and we want the software to continue to be developed and to be awesome, we just have different ideas on how Boonex should go about that.

Rob