[Locked] Lower-cost subscription

Hi guys,
I am a big proponent of legal content and subscriptions. I subscribe from everything from software to groceries to art. When FAKKU went toward a subscription, I had no problem with that.
What I do have a problem with is the cost of the subscription as is. I'm sure it's where it needs to be to make ends meet and still grow the business, but I just can't swallow $13 a month when that's 15% of my disposable income. I can get a subscription to Crunchyroll for $7/mo, and that's for a lot more content.
I'm not asking to dirt-cheap the quality, but a lower-price option (with fewer features/releases/artists/whatever) is something I would need to jump on board. (after a few nice pay raises, I may even upgrade the subscription!)
Ads wouldn't necessarily be out of the question for me either. I realize that video services have it easier as they are paid by view instead of click (I think most web ads are by click, I don't remember, it's been years). I wouldn't mind being shown a video from time to time, though preferably not in the middle of the good stuff, to support my habits. Again, I don't know how this would work, and I may end up purchasing a lower-price subscription to get rid of the ads anyways.
Any chance something like this is around the corner for us poorer folk?

Thanks!

I think a lot of people would prefer a reduced rate but I don't know if we can get it. I know not having options sucks but this is what I thought of.

1. Share your account with a close buddy you can trust and split the cost.
2. Don't maintain a steady subscription. Activate it when you can and stick to piracy when you can't. I know that's such a sketchy and weird suggestion but the fact that you want to support is already heaps more than what most others are doing.

hgatedc: I have a significant other, child, cars, a home, and a full time job. I have things I have to pay for, like, you know, food. I'm not exactly slacking, but when you grow up and mature there are things that have to come ahead of your fapping :) Doesn't mean I'm not interested in a subscription, but it does reduce the things I can spend my money on.

I am still not sure in what way a tiered pricing system would make a subscription less desirable. It would be better than pirating everything, and honestly, I would probably just stick to what the subscription gave me, even if it's not everything I ever wanted. Just like I do with Crunchyroll. Because to me, it's more important to have good content legally than every possible title illegally. It's similar to Spotify's argument. Even if people are consuming only 50% of what they read legally, that's still 50% that's being legally paid for, which is better than 0.
What payment processing company charges a 30% processing fee? I've never heard of anything above about 3.5%.

That's really sympathetic of you isn't it.

I really think a 7 day free trial would be beneficial, almost every online subscription service these days lets you experience it for awhile before you make a financial decision as to whether it's worth your money or not. Hell even a 1-2 day trial would be better than nothing.

I'm really interested in this, but the price and not knowing exactly what i'm getting are pretty big hurdles for my stingy financial sensibilities to get over.

Just a random rant from a random. Will be keeping an eye out for future trials/deals.

If you'll notice, I didn't ASK for the artists to be paid less. Just give me less stuff in my lower-tier subscription. I don't need access to every single thing that is posted, just like I wouldn't subscribe to every single magazine if I lived in Japan.



On what UNIVERSE do you have the right to judge my family or quality of life, exactly? For your information, my family is well cared for. And I didn't ask for that if you'd open your eyes and READ, but you can't do that since you're all the way up there on your soap box on top of your high horse.



That was EXACTLY what I just said. But again, you didn't read, you were too busy judging. Why on Earth would I pay for all of what Fakku releases when I only, at most, get to read one chapter of something every couple of days?

If lowering the price does in fact give way more people the incentive to actually pay for it, a smaller per person could theoretically be out weighed by the sheer amount of subscriptions. Example 13$ x 100 = 1300$ vs 10$ x 150 = $1500.

Of course this is assuming that lowering the price would actually equal more people subscribing, which is possible, but not even close to guaranteed.

Long term, lowering the price is a terrible idea. Because even at the current price subscriptions should eventually get to the same number of subscriptions as a lowered price would reach in a far shorter time frame. Resulting in pretty substantial loss of future profit. ( Because raising the price later on would be far more upsetting to people than the current price is now, meaning they'll likely be stuck at the lower price even if they add far more value to the service like they're planning to ).

But even knowing all this, people will still want a lower price ( myself included ), because most consumers only consider the short term benefits.

Not sure why i'm wasting so much time over-thinking this. Honestly the main problem is that this is a very new idea for most people, and they're having a hard time warming up to it. Because people have been getting hentai free for a long time. But Crunchyroll was in the same situation in the beginning and look at them now.

Well, anyways that's the last of my 2 cents.

How about a system like this: 4 or 5 curated lists of posts, each with its own appeal, chosen by Fakku staff. Each one totals 3-4 posts a week maybe. You sign up with the "FAKKU lower-tier plan" and you can pick 1 list. You only have access to the content in that list that has been released since you signed up, and maybe a small selection of the back catalog for those days when you're home and bored. This would be more akin to subscribing to a single magazine, I would think. It would allow a more affordable option, leaves a clear incentive to upgrade, and keeps FAKKUers without much fundage on the up and up. I'm not asking for anything free here. See also my previous posts detailing how I would like to be able to consume this content without resorting to piracy.

This thread is getting a little out of hand, there is no need to criticize someone just because they can't afford the subscription.

I understand the price might be more than you can afford. I'll look into alternatives in the future. Right now the price is where it needs to be for us to succeed and as we grow we will be able to lower it. So if you can't afford it now, there are plenty of other ways to support us. Spread the word, get out there and convince people this is a service worth paying for, etc etc