Comments on: Update and Revisions to Pricing Plans

By: Jordan Willms

Jordan Willms — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:56:06 +0000

My 2 cents: I understand there are development/server costs and so forth. However, I also am a paid user on services like Flickr (which I might add it 29$/year). To me, vitalist is worth about the same, and if there was a yearly package in the same price range, I would purchase it. But $60 a year is too much for something I can either 1) get for free somewhere else, or 2) do myself manually.

My 2 cents.

By: Robert (Vitalist)

Robert (Vitalist) — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:42:11 +0000

@jordan fowler

The full change will go into effect soon. We are working on some back-end systems and are waiting until they are finished before we begin limiting the accounts.

Also, we have our own payment system now. So, as an alternative to Paypal, you can set up a credit card subscription directly with us.

By: jordan fowler

jordan fowler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:52:04 +0000

When does this officially start and where do I pay? Hopefully not paypal, please O God. (My non-profit company pays for my vitalist so not as big an issue to me and is cheaper than the funeral they would feel obligated to pay for if my vitalist went away as I would have to blow my head off).

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[...] For a while I used MonkeyGTD. Then I switched to Vitalist. I was pretty happy with Vitalist, until they announced a new, restrictive pricing plan. Even though they revised it, I had already changed systems. [...]

By: NickD

NickD — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:01:37 +0000

Good – hope it works for you. As for me, I’ll be sticking with an online, paid-for solution.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:13:04 +0000

You guys are right, and I’ve found a less expensive, manual solution. I went to OSH and got a roll of twine for $2.68. If I make each finger and toe a “project”, I can tie the twine on my digits and use each piece as an “action” reminder. I have to admit, it looks funny, but it’s cheap, and that’s the point, right? Oh, I also got the OSH guy to give the the roadmap for the twine, and he told me about the stronger hemp based twine that will be coming soon. It’s all very exciting…

By: NickD

NickD — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:50:28 +0000

@ Vincent

I checked out a variety of GTD apps, and this was the best.
Agreed.
you should support it
In what way do you believe I am not supporting it? I am one of the most active users in the forums in suggesting new features, reporting bugs, and so on. I have said that I will be buying at least one month’s subscription. All I am asking is that before I commit to a year’s subscription, and, more importantly, commit to increasing the amount of my life stored in Vitalist, I would like to see the roadmap for development over the next few months, so I can find out if the changes I need are ones that are going to be included.
If not, how much of your labor do you give away for free?
Please indicate where you think I have asked someone to give me something for free.

By: mitch

mitch — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:24:06 +0000

i appreciate the rethinking of the pricing… however, i still believe that MikeDidIt is closer to right… I sell photos in the “microstock” market and i’m becoming a big fan of selling in VOLUME (and i’m selling thousands of photos which i never would have sold at traditional pricing)… which means you earn more money by selling something at a lower price which attracts more and more purchasers than if you price your product more traditionally. I still think that $5/month = $60/year (not the discounted yearly price obviously but even $49 is too much). People buy paper planners at between $10 and $40 a year (franklin planners etc) so in my mind $60 for an electronic version is way overpriced. $15 to $20 a year would get more sales in my mind.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:00:47 +0000

NickD,
I am not connected to Vitalist in any way, other than being a user. I checked out a variety of GTD apps, and this was the best. If you like it, and want it to succeed, you should support it. I sell a hosted business application that is much more expensive than Vitalist, and people pay for it because of the value it brings to them. If Vitalist helps organize your life and makes you more successful as a result, don’t you think $5 per month is reasonable? If not, how much of your labor do you give away for free?

By: NickD

NickD — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:23:07 +0000

Do you work in marketing, Vincent?