Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
So many subscriptions now.... wow
My credit card gets hit over 30 times a month with subscriptions already.
I am much more in favor of a one time membership fee. This way you can evaluate the cost against the value of the service and decide if you want it or not.
Just out of curiosity, how would a one-time fee help evaluate the cost vs. value? In my view it makes it even more risky for you, because instead of getting to test drive it for $10 or $25 you'd probably have to pay $500 to $750 or more up front.
Plus it shouldn't be that hard to determine if NameBio data helps your business make an extra $120 in an entire year by having so much data at your fingertips, or by saving you time not having to watch all marketplaces all day every day to be in tune with pricing trends.
I think the domain industry is too small to offer a one-time fee. That pricing structure is ideal for something like a training course that is largely "build it once", or for an industry that has a very large and constant flow of new entrants. I don't imagine that is something we'd ever be able to offer.
The new feature "sales below $100"
hm, what this is going to be useful for?
Spotting trends before they hit the mainstream. Everything that gets big has to start somewhere, and that's usually below $100. Think crypto, 5N, etc. Seeing sales under $100 would let you see those trends forming before everyone else notices. Also just being able to see more data on what people are paying in auctions.
I think it’s great to have the new options available, especially the bulk search. Fees do seem a bit steep, there’s a huge price leap between Domainer and business
True, but there is also a huge leap in the benefits. There's a big difference between being able to go 25 pages deep at 100 results per page, and being able to go unlimited pages (thousands) deep. Also there's a big difference between being able to export 10k and 50k search results per month, the latter would let you export all sales $100+ in a little over a year. Since we generally add around 7k new sales a month above $100, with the Domainer tier it would take you something like 18 years to export the entire database.
Honestly I don't expect anyone except full-time domain investors or brokers to go for the Business tier. But we had to have tier with practically unrestricted access for people who do this for a living instead of a side hustle. The first two tiers are for the individual investors.
It appears that namebio makes money from advertising. With adblock technologies becoming de-facto standard for surfers, paid subscription (preferably with zero ads) is a natural development. It would be great.
Should namebio become 100% paid service, it would also benefit all domainers who are selling to endusers (as it would be harder for an average enduser to obtain unnecessary info - how much this or that domainer paid /wholesale/ for domain they are trying to purchase /retail/).
I updated the Collector tier to also be ad-free, and then I also changed the definition of ad-free to remove the featured listings bar at the top per user feedback. So no paying members have ads any more making for a much cleaner interface. This doesn't apply to the blog though, just the main part of the site. I don't expect we'll ever go 100% paid.
It partly depends on the results per search, and how they are ordered. For $10/month you get 500 search results (which should be enough), For $25/month you get 2500 search results. How to get relevancy for the results? If you need to spend $25/month to get relevant results, which you might not get with 500 search results. When most domainers (I know) cannot afford the $10/month, let alone the Domainer Level of $25/month. Personally, like others, I think the pricing is too high. I definitely would not spend $25/month for Domainer Level.
Will there still be any free level. Or is it totally subscription now.
I'm not sure what you mean. The search results are the same regardless of how many you get to see, it's just a question of how many pages deep you get to go. They're all only as relevant as you are good at using the myriad of filters available.
We didn't change the limits for using the site anonymously without registering, it is still 100 results per search. And if you register for free we bump that to 150. The subscriptions are pure value add, not pay to keep what you already had. So more results per search, bulk searching, saved searches with email notifications, searching sales below $100, discounts on featured listings (which could pay for the membership alone if you use them enough), and no ads. I feel like those perks are worth the cost of admission if you are a power user, but people will obviously let us know with their wallets.
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For those who just flat out said no, is it that you think the price is too high, the benefits don't interest you, or you just don't want any more (or any at all) monthly subscriptions? More specific feedback would be helpful in shaping the future of the tool. Thanks again for taking the time to reply.