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Softaculous has become Premium
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August 30, 2009, 3:55 pm | Post: 61
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Quote From : RPD-Darren August 30, 2009, 12:41 pm
I don't think the best scripts should be in the free version, why would people upgrade?

Think Alons said 2.50$ for VPS monthly, which is very good.


Darren, the thing is that Softaculous doesn't have a massive userbase yet. It is installed under 1500 times, and frankly next to noone knows about it.

The thing is, do you prefer to have a wide userbase of 1 million users, of which 5% pays for the premium version, or do you prefer a small userbase of 100.000 users of which 90% pays for the premium? Looking at numbers, the latter would earn you more money, but it would expand slowly. The first case, would expand quite quickly once it gets going, and the bigger companies will likely pick the premium version to give their clients the most choice. If you advertise it, would you rather advertise 60 scripts or 160 scripts in the auto-installer... The total price for premium is low enough, if you're paying for an annual subscription the cost per user would perhaps be $1/year more, but I'd think it'd get closer to $0,05/year more with the proper server and enough users.


If I were to build an auto-installer like Alons did, I'd first try to make it popular and widely known, before I'd try convincing people to pay for premium. And how to do that? By including the most often used scripts in the installer for free. Of course, we don't need 5 of the most used scripts per category, one or two is fine. phpBB3 and Wordpress are rather often used, and that attracts customers if they can easily and automatically install it.
Instead of trying to convince people to pay for the auto-installer, I'd personally make the premium version be more extensive, have a better look and more functions (multiple skins perhaps, that look quite professional, as well as being able to easily rebrand it to your own name), and have a different name from the free solution. Those that don't pay, should be attracted to paying by the extra functions, not merely by the scripts they only can offer through the premium version.
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 alons   Softaculous has become Premium, FREE licenses are also there (93 Replies, Read 217060 times)
    |--  grabacontroller   Could you guys...   on August 27, 2009, 11:41 am
    |--  RPD-Darren   Have too say...   on August 27, 2009, 11:43 am
    |--  grabacontroller   Have too say...   on August 27, 2009, 11:48 am
    |--  SoftDux   I'm rather disappointed...   on August 27, 2009, 12:24 pm
    |--  grabacontroller   Who gave you...   on August 27, 2009, 12:47 pm
    |--  alons   RLSHOSTING please undertsand...   on August 27, 2009, 12:49 pm
    |--  grabacontroller   RLSHOSTING please undertsand...   on August 27, 2009, 12:59 pm
    |--  SoftDux   Alons, while I...   on August 27, 2009, 1:17 pm
    |--  alons   Monthly billing will...   on August 27, 2009, 1:18 pm
    |--  F0RD   Sad News!   on August 27, 2009, 1:25 pm
    |--  grabacontroller   Monthly billing will...   on August 27, 2009, 1:40 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren   It feels like...   on August 27, 2009, 2:01 pm
    |--  alons   Sir you still...   on August 27, 2009, 2:11 pm
    |--  urgido   mmmm bad news.......   on August 27, 2009, 2:17 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren   Hi I dont...   on August 27, 2009, 2:17 pm
    |--  SoftDux   Alons, if you...   on August 27, 2009, 2:18 pm
    |--  alons   Alons, if you...   on August 27, 2009, 2:28 pm
    |--  urgido   the lifetime license...   on August 27, 2009, 2:32 pm
    |--  alons   the lifetime license...   on August 27, 2009, 2:38 pm
    |--  urgido   few questions: 1.-...   on August 27, 2009, 2:54 pm
    |--  alons   Free version is...   on August 27, 2009, 3:01 pm
    |--  nicosoftmedia   I think it's...   on August 27, 2009, 3:22 pm
    |--  alons   I think it's...   on August 27, 2009, 3:25 pm
    |--  ndew   I think this...   on August 27, 2009, 3:34 pm
    |--  nicosoftmedia   Now, It's about...   on August 27, 2009, 3:36 pm
    |--  alons   Now, It's about...   on August 27, 2009, 3:55 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren   I think this...   on August 27, 2009, 4:49 pm
    |--  alons   I think this...   on August 27, 2009, 4:52 pm
    |--  MichaelMcC   I couldn't get...   on August 27, 2009, 8:11 pm
    |--  cb03   I couldn't get...   on August 27, 2009, 9:09 pm
    |--  ozxanadu   Do we still...   on August 27, 2009, 9:34 pm
    |--  grabacontroller   Are the ads...   on August 27, 2009, 10:06 pm
    |--  alons   I couldn't get...   on August 28, 2009, 5:46 am
    |--  gieathome   I have a...   on August 28, 2009, 10:11 am
    |--  alons   I have a...   on August 28, 2009, 10:20 am
    |--  gieathome   When are you...   on August 28, 2009, 10:24 am
    |--  alons   The free version...   on August 28, 2009, 11:15 am
    |--  tweakNB   Was a bit...   on August 28, 2009, 11:56 am
    |--  alons   Was a bit...   on August 28, 2009, 1:30 pm
    |--  SoftDux   So, how do...   on August 28, 2009, 1:47 pm
    |--  alons   So, how do...   on August 28, 2009, 2:07 pm
    |--  ndew   Hi i just...   on August 28, 2009, 3:59 pm
    |--  vT16   Just for discussion,...   on August 28, 2009, 5:30 pm
    |--  alons   Hi i just...   on August 28, 2009, 5:47 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren    To be frank,...   on August 28, 2009, 8:42 pm
    |--  grabacontroller   Is monthly licenses...   on August 28, 2009, 11:04 pm
    |--  MichaelMcC   Ok, I paid...   on August 28, 2009, 11:37 pm
    |--  gieathome   You have to...   on August 29, 2009, 1:03 am
    |--  dave   First let me...   on August 29, 2009, 4:20 am
    |--  gieathome   dave, are you...   on August 29, 2009, 4:32 am
    |--  Kisty   May I have...   on August 29, 2009, 8:30 am
    |--  RPD-Darren   Premium includes: http://www.softaculous.com/softwares...   on August 29, 2009, 8:38 am
    |--  alons   Dave we have...   on August 29, 2009, 9:04 am
    |--  Kisty   Premium includes: http://www.softaculous.com/softwares...   on August 29, 2009, 9:21 am
    |--  alons   BubblecrushWebHost the scripts...   on August 29, 2009, 9:25 am
    |--  gieathome   Can you please...   on August 30, 2009, 5:23 am
    |--  alons   Can you please...   on August 30, 2009, 6:30 am
    |--  gieathome   Can you please...   on August 30, 2009, 12:18 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren   I don't think...   on August 30, 2009, 12:41 pm
    |--  alons   $2.5/month for dedicated...   on August 30, 2009, 12:53 pm
    |--  vT16   I don't think...   on August 30, 2009, 3:55 pm
    |--  RPD-Darren   On thinking about...   on August 30, 2009, 4:19 pm
    |--  dave   I agree, the...   on August 30, 2009, 4:24 pm
    |--  alons   Thanks for the...   on August 30, 2009, 6:02 pm
    |--  gieathome   Alons, I have...   on August 31, 2009, 10:20 am
    |--  vT16   Alons, I have...   on August 31, 2009, 10:29 am
    |--  gieathome   Alons, I have...   on August 31, 2009, 11:07 am
    |--  alons   Your forum account...   on August 31, 2009, 11:19 am
    |--  urgido   Hi alons, Actually...   on August 31, 2009, 11:51 am
    |--  alons   Lifetime licenses are...   on August 31, 2009, 12:23 pm
    |--  umarsa   Hello. I have...   on September 1, 2009, 3:04 pm
    |--  vT16   Thanks for the...   on September 2, 2009, 6:08 am
    |--  alons   Hello. I have...   on September 2, 2009, 7:09 am
    |--  RPD-Darren    We have decided...   on September 2, 2009, 10:53 am
    |--  alons    We have decided...   on September 2, 2009, 1:45 pm
    |--  vT16   Alons, I'd like...   on September 2, 2009, 3:51 pm
    |--  alons   Alons, I'd like...   on September 2, 2009, 4:00 pm
    |--  vT16   Alons, I'd like...   on September 2, 2009, 7:15 pm
    |--  urgido   If you want...   on September 2, 2009, 8:05 pm
    |--  vT16   This reminds me:...   on September 2, 2009, 10:36 pm
    |--  alons   This reminds me:...   on September 3, 2009, 4:31 am
    |--  vT16   This reminds me:...   on September 3, 2009, 5:55 am
    |--  alons   Making an installation...   on September 3, 2009, 6:44 am
    |--  gieathome   Your forum account...   on September 4, 2009, 4:06 pm
    |--  gieathome   Nevermind I got...   on September 4, 2009, 4:12 pm
    |--  alons   No. One license...   on September 4, 2009, 4:44 pm
    |--  Marie   Could you please...   on September 4, 2009, 6:29 pm
    |--  alons   Could you please...   on September 4, 2009, 6:43 pm
    |--  gieathome   I have a...   on September 5, 2009, 3:03 am
    |--  gieathome   Also do you...   on September 5, 2009, 4:40 am
    |--  alons   I have a...   on September 5, 2009, 12:19 pm
    |--  gieathome   I have a...   on September 5, 2009, 2:08 pm
    |--  alons   Please run the...   on September 5, 2009, 6:51 pm

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