In reply to Unity update. Some details. (UPDATED)
TenZens•17th of December 2009
 
Back in July (http://www.boonex.com/unity/blog/entry/Hold_your_breath_Ladies_and_Gentlemen_prices_changed_) unoboonex warned us about the changes announced on this post. For those who are new here or have forgotten about that post, I recommend referring to that old post when reading the current one.

Instead of wrapping up support with each licensed (ie ad-free) copy of Dolphin (for around $700 a pop), unboonex split the two: $299 for the licensed copy and $20/month for premium membership

The see more pricing split is a win for us, Dolphin users. The implications for users:

1 - For someone who only wants to use the free version, Dolphin remains free. BUT they now have an option to get premium support from Boonex staff for a fixed fee of $20/month -- regardless of how many sites they have using FREE Dolphin. Remember: under the old pricing system, these users would have no chance in heaven (or somewhere else) to ever obtain premium support from Boonex. Mallorca, you just got what you're asking for.

2 - For users of licensed (ie ad-free) copies (like me), our costs went dramatically (and happily) downhill. And because the support fee is fixed at $20/month, our support cost PER SITE has also come down dramatically.

Unfortunately, this post has been written up in such a way that it obscures the actual thing we're paying for for our $20/month: premium support (HoustonLively: This is the "priority flag in forum" you asked about - premium members will get the highest priority from Boonex support staff on the forum).

The 10% discount, the ability to post/sell products, etc are just freebies IN ADDITION to the real thing; they are NOT what you're paying your $20/month for (so you need to adjust your costings, HoustonLively).

I find the freebie (freeloading) mentality here truly astounding. People get a free software that will cost them $000s if they had it developed themselves. Yet, they complain about forking out $5 for the LIFETIME membership. Honestly, as Caltrade says, if they leave because they don't want to pay a once-off $5 fee to get support, then they can't be all that serious in the first place.

This is a fair pricing structure. Thumbs up to Boonex.
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mallorca
mallorca•17th of December 2009•to TenZens
 
Mostly very well said TenZens. But I'm not sure if I really got that. Look what the one time payment for Prime includes between other features. It's a lot more then stated here from Uno. Especially the re-branding rights I mean. See yourself:

iPhone App and Android App Rebranding

BoonEx is developing mobile apps that work with Dolphin. iPhone App and Android App are the first ones to be released. Prime is the only way to get their source-code, modify it, and publish the apps as your own, without see more references to BoonEx.
Desktop App (Adobe AIR) Rebranding

Starting with ver. 7 Dolphin will come packed with an Adobe-AIR based desktop application, which allows your site users to connect and communicate with each other without even opening a browser. Prime customers are the ones to have the right to re-brand the app as their own. Dolphin 6.x comes with a JAVA-based app, and terms are the same.
PrimExtras

Prime customers receive occasional extra modules, templates or services from BoonEx. It can be early access to the new Dolphin components or an extra promotional listing in the BoonEx newsletter, or even extra licenses at no cost. PrimExtras is a new service, and we have huge plans for it.
Featured Listing

The Dolphin-based sites of our Prime customers will receive an extra "featured" listing at BoonEx Sites, which will help you increase your search engine rankings and will lead some extra traffic to your site.
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TenZens•18th of December 2009•to TenZens
 
Don't confuse the Premium (support) membership and the Prime package. The new Prime is sort of the old Smart Pro package -- it's a package of products and services, not a type of support.

In my case, with the conversion of my contributor 'licenses' to permanent ad-free licenses, I'll be going for the $20/month Premium membership so I can have access to highest level of support for Dolphin.
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mallorca
mallorca•18th of December 2009•to TenZens
 
Look, this was what I'm asking for (Mallorca, you just got what you're asking for.):
Can you offer a Prime choice for Members like me who already have the license, but like too let's say "upgrade" to the full Prime benefits, without having then a useless license bought?
I mean a possibility for existing customers to buy Prime without license and install?

The premium I will choose anyway, but apart from that I would like to have parts of the prime included in Premium or as another level see more or one time payment for existing customers.
You need no rebrandable mobile and desktop apps yourself?
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