filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
Am I wrong but it looks like they doubled for a yearly subscription ?
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We’re writing to inform you that effective today, the price of Flickr Pro subscriptions has increased to:
1 month: $6.99, plus tax
3 month: $18.99, plus tax
1 year: $59.99, plus tax
2 year: $117.99, plus tax
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We’re writing to inform you that effective today, the price of Flickr Pro subscriptions has increased to:
1 month: $6.99, plus tax
3 month: $18.99, plus tax
1 year: $59.99, plus tax
2 year: $117.99, plus tax
. . .
taemo
eat sleep shoot
didnt know what but you are right.
i renewed my flickr in november but i might add another year at 2019 prices.
https://petapixel.com/2020/01/21/the-price-of-a-flickr-pro-subscription-is-going-up-starting-today/
i use flickr to store jpeg copy of my finished work and been a user for a long time now.
i renewed my flickr in november but i might add another year at 2019 prices.
https://petapixel.com/2020/01/21/the-price-of-a-flickr-pro-subscription-is-going-up-starting-today/
i use flickr to store jpeg copy of my finished work and been a user for a long time now.
Gregm61
Well-known
Try a one-year Pro account at Smugmug for over 3 times that two year price....
Tim Gray
Well-known
Not quite doubled. They got rid of the $25/year price some time ago, but had grandfathered it in for a few people for a bit. I had to pay $50 in Jan of 2019 for one year. Same this Jan.
wwfloyd
Well-known
I paid $50 a year ago, after the price increase. This year -- taking advantage of the 2-year renewal deal -- it was $48 per year.
$59 per year after that, assuming no more increases.
The doubling from $25, to $50 was hard to take. At least this time, they did the smart thing, and took the edge off, with a discount. After Flickr's message about needing new subscribers a month or so ago, this is no surprise. And, based on comments I'd seen on DPR from some Flickr users -- and others chastising us as cheap -- I'm glad it's $59, instead of their suggested $100 per year.
$59 per year after that, assuming no more increases.
The doubling from $25, to $50 was hard to take. At least this time, they did the smart thing, and took the edge off, with a discount. After Flickr's message about needing new subscribers a month or so ago, this is no surprise. And, based on comments I'd seen on DPR from some Flickr users -- and others chastising us as cheap -- I'm glad it's $59, instead of their suggested $100 per year.
oldwino
Well-known
I just renewed at the end of 2019. I may go for an additional year at that price, but not two years. I’m not sure Flickr will be around in two years.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
As they no longer support my logging in with any of my email addresses I guess I can tick another thing off on my “quit wasting time online” list.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
The problem is, here is no any other hosting with groups and high resolution, plus, easy to post links.
Skiff
Well-known
There is no problem: Even after the price increase flickr remains very cheap for what it offers.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
I just extended my pro account for two years for $ 99.98. A good deal.
jarski
Veteran
There was news few weeks back Flickr struggling to stop loosing money, so am not surprised by this news.
nickthetasmaniac
Veteran
Probably obvious, but the prices are in USD, even if you’re registered as a user from elsewhere. This isn’t made clear until you get to the final payment portal.
Henry
Well-known
Apparently from the CEO's letter to the user-base. I think he is well known for being very blunt in public communication. At some point I think bluntness is necessary, I would rather have it over the illusion of success until total failure (which is all too common in the US tech industry).
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
I think flickr's problem is the membership costs more than most people are willing to pay (this is a slightly different problem than it costing too much). They know this. That's why they had the "sale" at the end of the year to get more people to sign up. I'm going to bet they've done their research, and guess that maybe they found that even if a lower price attracts more people to the site, it may not attract enough more people to the site to make the lower price sustainable. Unfortunately, it may turn out that there is no "sweet spot" for pricing flickr's services.
kshapero
South Florida Man
Looked around, Flickr seems to still do what I want, plus how and the hell do you get you photos transferred to another service anyway? So...I just upped the ante.
Michael Markey
Veteran
Yes …. It`s a high price to pay just so you can post the odd picture to another forum .
I prefer the content on Insta these days.
First time in years I`m reviewing my continuing membership of Flickr.
Ricoh
Well-known
I'm wondering if freebie membership will continue for those willing to maintain up to, but not exceeding, 1000 images. A few months back I culled quite a few, and could cull quite a few more if honest with myself. I still have copies on my hard drive, and a backup copy, so no big loss.
Out to Lunch
Ventor
Freebie memberships bring in advertising income. I suppose that the new Flickr owners are trying to figure out which subscribed/freebie mix yields the best sustainable income.
farlymac
PF McFarland
I saw the blue line request at the top of the page the first day of the renewal campaign, but was going to ignore it due to budgetary concerns. Then I got the e-mail request, spelling out the terms, that even though it was a bit early, it would be added to the end of the current subscription. So I figured I'd go for another year and clicked on the "Click here to extend your subscription term now" link.
So, instead of getting the choice of length of extension (1 or 2 years) all I saw was a button for 2 years. "My, how quaintly devious" I thought to myself. A knee jerk reaction would have been to try to find a way to get a message to Smugmug about what a crass bunch of kapitalists they were (spelling intentional), but I knew it was futile to complain, so I went ahead and pushed the Renew button. I "saved" about twenty dollars, but it was almost fifty more than I wanted to spend right now.
I guess it looks good to their board of directors if they can show more folks renewing for two years, but in the long run that is one year they won't be able to gain anything from an inevitable future increase. So next year will I get another request to "extend" my subscription at the higher locked-in rate of $59.99/1yr instead of whatever the new rate will be? And then tricked into another two years? What do they gain by that? Because by then I just might be of the mind that I could care less if all my photo work disappears from the ether.
Flickr is a good thing, and I'm not disparaging the site at all, feeling that it is worth what I have to pay for it. But playing around with the membership numbers is going to get them in deeper problems further down the line.
PF
So, instead of getting the choice of length of extension (1 or 2 years) all I saw was a button for 2 years. "My, how quaintly devious" I thought to myself. A knee jerk reaction would have been to try to find a way to get a message to Smugmug about what a crass bunch of kapitalists they were (spelling intentional), but I knew it was futile to complain, so I went ahead and pushed the Renew button. I "saved" about twenty dollars, but it was almost fifty more than I wanted to spend right now.
I guess it looks good to their board of directors if they can show more folks renewing for two years, but in the long run that is one year they won't be able to gain anything from an inevitable future increase. So next year will I get another request to "extend" my subscription at the higher locked-in rate of $59.99/1yr instead of whatever the new rate will be? And then tricked into another two years? What do they gain by that? Because by then I just might be of the mind that I could care less if all my photo work disappears from the ether.
Flickr is a good thing, and I'm not disparaging the site at all, feeling that it is worth what I have to pay for it. But playing around with the membership numbers is going to get them in deeper problems further down the line.
PF
Hogarth Ferguson
Well-known
I will continue to pay for flickr as long as it exists. I'm taking an optimistic view of its future, doing so in the current climate online is becoming increasingly difficult.