Tom S. Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 My request to IPS is to please re-design the system to deal with subscriptions as its own thing. It all feels put together in a make shift way. In other words. When setting the type of product, there should be a 4th option: 1. Hosting Plan 2. Advertisement 3. Normal Product 4. Subscription With this 4th option you have the possibility to create new specialised logic, for example: a. Members moving up and down subscriptions more fluidly. (they currently can upgrade from "manage purchases", but if they go to the store to buy a different subscription level, it just adds a new one, rather than upgrade from the old) b. Members only being able to purchase one subscription at a time. (currently they can add multiple subscription to the cart and purchase them all because they are treated as "normal products". etc... Based on how many topics I see pop up relating to selling and managing subscriptions, it's clear that currently there are flaws and limitations. I believe subscriptions are too complicated to be treated the same as selling a "normal product" and deserve their own settings. Please please, pretty please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yeah. I probably won’t introduce subscriptions until it’s a bit closer to the old subscriptions app. The store concept is too complex for people who are used to paying for reddit gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David.. Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Yeah, Subscriptions need improvements. You can't even stack up on subscriptions as it stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgin Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 The only other comment I have is that this should be an easy one to prioritize because it is actively helping us monetize our communities so we can keep paying you lot for your hard work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 13 hours ago, Morgin said: The only other comment I have is that this should be an easy one to prioritize because it is actively helping us monetize our communities so we can keep paying you lot for your hard work I agree. I imagine many of their customers would benefit greatly from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myr Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Making subscriptions easier to deal with would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted September 28, 2017 Management Share Posted September 28, 2017 We agree with a dedicated subscription option - we've roadmapped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Man Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Thanks for listening Lindy/IPS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgin Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Lindy said: We agree with a dedicated subscription option - we've roadmapped it. If you want to sneak in a “Tip/Bribe Lindy” button, that likely wouldn’t face too much opposition. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Lindy said: We agree with a dedicated subscription option - we've roadmapped it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asigno Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Yeah the subscription model has significant opportunity for improvement. I'd love to be able to have something similar to how invision themselves sell their subscription products. E.g. Choice of a few options where you can show the benefits/features and have a featured subscription, with one click to take user to a cart pre-populated with the subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asigno Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 @Lindy Just noticed your post above, are you able to share any rough times for the roadmap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidFractal Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, asigno said: @Lindy Just noticed your post above, are you able to share any rough times for the roadmap? yeah, this is becoming pretty important for me as I am selling online tutoring packages that rely on the possibility of up/downgrading subscriptions. I'd love to know when this is going to be implemented (especially since Commerce is, I wager, your most lucrative app ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_F Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 28/09/2017 at 3:47 PM, Lindy said: We agree with a dedicated subscription option - we've roadmapped it. Good stuff - my userbase suffer finding it over complicated at moment. Also don't seem to get alerted to when a subscription is about to expire but maybe that's me not having it setup right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexWebsites Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 9/28/2017 at 10:47 AM, Lindy said: We agree with a dedicated subscription option - we've roadmapped it. I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but please make it easy to move existing products to a subscription without having the customer go through the invoicing process if they are in recurring billing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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