FeedLounge Pricing Levels
The FeedLounge guys have revealed their pricing levels: $5/mo. for a monthly subscription, or $49.95/yr. I promised Alex and Scott that I would complain about $##.95 pricing when we discussed this back a few weeks ago—I actually brought pricing up in some of our email traffic on this, because I was suggesting slightly higher rates—and so I must now register my complaint—I think $##.95 pricing is silly. We know it’s $50/yr. Just call it that. 
That said, I find the service to be very much worth that pricing level. I’d probably pay more to them, but then I’ve been using FL for months and am about as irrational about it as your average junkie is about his heroin. I wish I were kidding, but I’m not.
Anyhow, just a reminder: FL goes from alpha to beta in a week!
I’m glad they’re offering a free demo; that’s very smart of them. I’m someone who WOULD pay $50/yr for a good feed-reader, but I get a lot of functionality out of Bloglines, and I’ve have to first be convinced that FL is SO much better than Bloglines that it’s worth paying for.
January 10th, 2006 at 12:39 amThey’re doing it in a neat way, too. I probably shouldn’t say anything about it, though…
January 10th, 2006 at 12:44 amI was expecting more complaining than that, Geof. Where’s the gusto?
January 10th, 2006 at 1:09 amI’ll definitely be signing up for the demo when it’s available.
One question… do they allow multiple users on a single subscription, or will those of us with multiple users have to pay twice?
January 10th, 2006 at 6:38 amNo family discounts that I know of, Rick.
Scott, my gusto lost its gutso.
January 10th, 2006 at 6:56 amGeof, it’s an old marketing hack to make it a ‘lower’ price.
January 10th, 2006 at 8:24 amYeah, I know, Chris. It doesn’t mean that I have to like it.
January 10th, 2006 at 9:22 amGiven my penny-pinching ways and the alpha, I’ll undoubtedly stick with Bloglines for the moment.
January 10th, 2006 at 12:20 pmI saw this on Alex’s (or would that be Alex’) blog yesterday . . . I’ll definitely be trying FL out for at least a month to see if it’ll be worth switching from Bloglines.
January 10th, 2006 at 12:29 pmStephen: It ain’t for everyone. I’m thinking about writing up a series of why I like it leading up to the launch. [And no, I'm not getting paid for that. ;)]
Rae: Cool.
January 10th, 2006 at 12:52 pmI wasn’t so sure about it either, but I’ve run it by a number of folks here @ MacWorld and I’ve gotten a resounding “yes, you made the right choice” as a response. It’s been interesting to me if nothing else.
January 11th, 2006 at 12:53 pm