Q: I know I am running out of time on this, but I have some concerns.
For a lifetime deal it isnt too bad, but the regular pricing has me concerned about sustainability.
Take WPMUDEV for example. It is about $49 per month for unlimited sites. And includes reporting, management, updates, analytics (including page speed independent from GA, which is important for me, do you provide this?) and then a host of useful premium plugins, including Smush Pro, Defender Pro, etc.
How are you going to fair in the market with a fraction of the offer and a per site charge? If I went to you right now (not the AppSumo deal) I would be paying like $450 per month, as opposed to $49...
This is pretty much the issue across the board with this deal, again, good LTD offer, but the pricing seems like in a couple of years I would have to switch all my sites to a different reporting tool (that is all I really need, ongoing reporting on what is going on with the site, I pretty much manage my sites from Plesk Control Panel, but might be moving away from them soon too).
The only real value I see here (and it is too expensive at your advertised pricing, as Plesk build in smart updates is significantly better, more automated, and significantly less expensive) is smart updates and they are not included.
WPMain for example has a lifetime deal for unlimited sites for the same price as 10 codes here, you just have to host it yourself, which is really fine on a subdomain...
I guess the question is, how do you intend to sustain with that much of a price increase from the competition?
mintyswirljoyPLUSStick with WPMUDEV if you wish. I wouldn't say I like their tools and plugins at all. Never did.
MichaelP-ExecuServicesSince I have moved from Nginx to Litespeed (soooo much better) I no longer need Smush Pro (the only REALLY good app they have) nor Hummingbird Pro (never really worked for me). So I am looking for alternatives... BUT their reporting tool (which you can use for free actually) is pretty good. There are things I wish it had, like the ability to easily scan through and see what the pagespeed is of each site (also something not as important now that I have Litespeed and do not have to worry about caching working, but still want to know and will really miss it without that feature).
This is a fair AppSumo deal and worth the purchase, but not if they go belly up, or kneecap sumolings after a year or two because they are WAY over priced for the normal market.
So my question is one i ask of most Appsumo purchases, how do they plan to market and sustain their product. The LTD is typically not enough. Unless you are a unicorn like Frase or Volley.