 -boRg- wrote:
I have tried to avoid having any sort of ads on the site or within the software for many years and think that managing this for 5 years is pretty good.
But the situation now is that the site and software has grown from a hobby into a full-time business that is at a stage now where is needs to expand and take on more staff to manage the workload.
I have tried various different approaches over the year to keep things as cheap and free as possible especially for non-commercial users.
I have tried the commercial and non-commercial license root for many years but found 90% of the time such a scheme was abused with things like large corporations claiming they are non-commercial because their web site doesn't actually take money and other crap excuses.
I'm not sure why this has become such a hot topic at the moment as the Google Ads where introduced almost 7 months ago now, last September in version 7.95.
The situation now is to either go down the root of Invisoin etc. and charge lots of money for the license, which I believe would kill this community or go down the Adware root, which keeps the free version and also keeps the overall cost of a full license down.
I wish that all this wasn't necessary and that I give away all the software and everything for free but as a business the running costs (before I get paid) are over £15,000 ($28,000) per year which need to paid and include things like:-
- The office
- My time (60+ hours a week)
- Admin work
- Software support,
- Software development
- Accountant
- Book keeper
- Solicitor/legal costs
- Loan Repayments
- Web Hosting
- Severs
- Workstations
- Software
- Books
- Internet Connection
- Phone lines
- Computer Equipment
- Office supplies
- Postage
- Storage costs
- Tax's
- And many more business costs
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Borg, I think your program is the best. Admitting that I have "tried" only a couple of others, I always come back to this one.
It is easy and friendly to someone like me who doesn't know what the hell they are doing when it comes to coding.
The installation instructions are in very layman terms which is also a great plus. I can't stand trying to read instructions that "assumes" a person trying to use a product knows what certain termanoligies are.
I don't think you need to explain yourself or the reason for your pricing and ads. Does google explain? Does MS explain? etc etc There is no room for dickering or bartering in today's competitive world of high prices.
That's the deal and that's final. Period. Like it, pay it, or move on I say to those who have a bug up their butt about having to pay for something that works so incrediblly well and is such a no brainer to apply.
I remember a year or two ago you got totally fed up with all the complaints and shut this place down for awhile. I hope that doesn't happen again. I like coming here and reading about all the new stuff.
Might I suggest in the future sometime, we try an "expiring" code such as Paint Shop Pro offers. Download the product try it for 30 days and if you like it, purchase the key. If you don't purchase the key it stops functioning. Just a thought and suggestion.
For everyone else that still has their knickers in a twist, check out my siggy!
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I hope you can forgive me. I wasn't attacking you personally, just the way I read your post.
There are so many cases where that is needed! 
