Re: Snipers Hide Online Training
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Actually you do get access for a month for $150...
Because the software is not very robust we use the "trial period" which charges you $140... then 5 days later $10 which gives you the 30 day access. So for $150 you have a full month of access.
The videos have value, if you can't respect our effort I can't say I am really sympathetic to your dilemma, when talking to people about video work, I figure that with my Time, Effort and Equipment the Videos are worth about $1000 per minute of finished product. Don't agree, in your spare time email or call a Video Production Company, even a small local shop and ask them to shoot your Instructional Video and see what they charge. Tell them you want a 3 minute product video done see what it cost. Can you make it with $200 handy cam, and some $99 software, sure, but not like we do. We use quality products to make sure when we are filming in 20 MPH winds you hear us and not the wind.
I honestly pay no mind to people questioning the money involved here, they are not interested in actually learning anything they are looking to pass a few hours being entertained and we never started this to entertain you, but to educate the shooter, new or experienced. I am happy to answer real questions, but If you figure, 60+ Lessons, 2 per month, X $10 then you still have a $300 value. Essentially we capped it at 1/2 price because we wanted more people to take advantage of it. And still we have some people with no concept of the time and effort, or what a typical class costs, even a local one that doesn't include travel... we don't plaster and promote the hell out of it because we feel it speaks for itself.
You either get it or you don't, it's the difference between wanting to be taught or entertained and we are not in the entertainment business when it comes to the online training. It's that simple. </div></div>
Lowlight,
I'm not trying to disrespect you or the effort you have put into the videos... I understand that they take time and money to produce, and that you have every right to charge whatever you wish for them. I'm just trying to give you a potential customers view point to consider.
From an outside viewpoint, you are asking customers to pay $140.00 dollars for access to the current set of videos...ok, cool... but if I stop paying the $10 dollars a month, I lose access to it all, which is what I find strange.
Personally I feel people are conditioned to one of two model, one is to pay for it out right, and you can watch it when you want to (dvd, blu-ray, itunes, etc).
The other is a recurring revenue based subscription model (netflix, panteao productions, etc), where you pay a set rate each month for access to the library. If someone signs up today, panteao doesn't make them pay for past videos... they just start paying the rate... when they stop paying they don't get access anymore.
Here it seems like a mixture between the two, pay up front to watch the past videos, but if you stop paying you can't watch anything anymore... it's just odd to me.
The actual amount of money isn't the issue here, and I think it's pretty ridiculous to make the assumption that just because someone questions what they are paying for that they aren't really serious about learning.
To be honest I am just a potential customer that is looking for a product that suites my needs. I would like to purchase that product from you, but I don't really want to have to deal with another little monthly charge, and not being able to view it how and when I would like.
Again, this is just my opinion. I'm really not trying to be offensive, I'm just trying to give you another perspective on things.
Thanks
