First, we are excited to offer a new subscription based pricing model for the frequent users of the service! The cost is $29.95 for the first month and then $19.95 a month thereafter. Don't worry, we will still be keeping the credit based model for the more casual users and the free option will also be available. This new pricing model will save frequent users even more over what similar services cost. It also allows you to easily budget your costs and provides convenient signup and cancellation through your existing Paypal account. There is no minimum signup term, no contract, you are free to cancel anytime. You now have even more control over your cross browser testing needs. Signup today and start saving! For more details, see our pricing page.
Second, we are equally excited to announce that we will be adding automated snapshots to our list of services! Simply type in your URL and well deliver an image of your website in any of our OS/Browser combinations that you choose. This service is not yet ready for use, but we wanted to let you know it was coming. Why? Because we have a special offer for you, our current users.
We are offering a price freeze to the first 100 people to signup for the new subscription service! That's right, if you signup today, your subscription price will be locked in when the new snapshot service comes online in the next 6 weeks. To help cover our costs with this new service, we will be raising the credit prices by roughly 25% and we will be raising the price of the subscription from $19.95 a month to $29.95 a month. We'll also be raising the initial month signup from $29.95 to $39.95. By locking in now, you'll be saving $120 a year or 33% over the new subscriber price. This is our way of saying thank you to the people that have helped us make the service what it is today.
We hope you are as excited as we are and as always, please let us know if you have any comments or questions.
Happy Holidays,
The CrossBrowserTesting.com team
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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5 comments:
You're raising the prices on the service that I want -- the one that made you guys so awesome to begin with -- so that you can afford to provide a service that I don't want, that other people are providing for free already?
That's not cool. :-/
i would suggest discounts for an annual subscription for those who prefer to pay it all up front
Sorry to take so long getting to these comments. We have been working on infrastructure changes and the pricing model has taken a back seat to the system performance. However, we have spent a great deal of time discussing the pricing model and the comments here and from email and I can assure you that we will do our best to make it both affordable and profitable for everyone. Thanks for the comments, keep them coming.
I'm afraid I must agree entirely with the first comment. If I need a screenshot of a website in another browser, I'd merely go to one of several free competitors (respectfully, I will not name them here). What makes your service stand out is the ability to take a site for an interactive test drive in another browser/OS, with (I assume) tools to troubleshoot problems right there on the spot (at least as far as the Developer Toolbar for IE and/or Firebug for Firefox).
That ability so far has only one competitor that I've ever heard of, and due to its convenience (and the VNC connection, which is far above and beyond the aforementioned competitor), gives you a strong market position.
My feeling is that if the screenshot feature will cause a significant increase in operating costs, your pricing model should cover the following options:
1) Current service, current price
2) Screenshot service, price TBD by you
3) Current service plus screenshot service, price less than 1 and 2 combined
This would allow users to select the service package they desire, without charging them for services they do not desire. Additionally, separating the screenshot service would enable you to provide a free, ad-supported version if you desire.
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