[wp-hackers] selling a premium plugin

[Baki Goxhaj]

>
> What happened to WP Ajax Edit Comments is simple. The plugin author decided
> that Version 3.1.x would be the last free release. That was more than a year
> ago. The plugin page then pointed to a site that offered version 4.0.
>

Yes, Andrew, you are right - now I recall.

Kindly,

Baki Goxhaj
www.wplancer.com | www.banago.info | proverbhunter.com


On 1 March 2011 11:46, Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:30 AM, Baki Goxhaj <banago at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Why not? This is a very good model. Offering a free version of a plugin
> > > gets people using it. A premium version can then contain more features
> or
> > > offer things like premium support.
> > >
> >
> > From what I know the guys at WP.org got Ajax Comments out of repo for
> this
> > reason.
>
>
> No. Not at all. The freemium model is an excellent model and many plugins
> leverage it.
>
>
> > Because the free version is just only or mainly for advertising the
> > premium one and does not add any value as is. I'm trying to put forward
> > what
> > has been going on - I don't have anything against that model personally.
>
>
> That's not what freemium plugins are doing. They're offering a free
> version,
> and also offering paid support or premium features. Power to them.
>
> What happened to WP Ajax Edit Comments is simple. The plugin author decided
> that Version 3.1.x would be the last free release. That was more than a
> year
> ago. The plugin page then pointed to a site that offered version 4.0.
> That's
> not a freemium model, that's abandoning the free plugin all together. The
> plugin page said this and was eventually de-listed:
>
> > Please note: updates are no longer free:
> > Please note that Version 3.1x will be the last free release.
> > To receive updates and support, please visit <link>
>
> This discussion has been had on wp-hackers many times before. I suggest
> participants first read through a discussion from December. (That'd be
> December 2010, about 10 weeks ago.)
>
> Look for the subject "Premium plugin protection," which spanned 116 emails
> over 4 days:
> http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2010-December/thread.html
>
> Mailing list archives are a wonderful thing.
>
> Cheers,
> Nacin
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