Topic: Flickr Subscription Almost Tripled? (Read 2097 times)

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **on:** January 09, 2019, 01:58:12 pm »

Speaking about photographic site subscriptions, has anyone else noticed the tripling of the Pro subscription sometimes around October? From $6.95 to $17.97 for three months? I canceled mine and will downgrade to free.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2019, 02:06:10 pm »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 09, 2019, 01:58:12 pm

Speaking about photographic site subscriptions, has anyone else noticed the tripling of the Pro subscription sometimes around October? From $6.95 to $17.97 for three months? I canceled mine and will downgrade to free.

Good you mentioned this, I’m a pro subscriber and pay automatically. I have to check this, I payed around 35€ a year.

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2019, 03:10:59 pm »

I bailed on Flickr, too. Fortunately, moving my Flickr archive to Google Photos was easy.
Google Photos’ search and organize features are amazing. Keywords are nearly unnecessary.

JNB_Rare · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2019, 08:34:27 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 09, 2019, 01:58:12 pm

Speaking about photographic site subscriptions, has anyone else noticed the tripling of the Pro subscription sometimes around October? From $6.95 to $17.97 for three months? I canceled mine and will downgrade to free.

Just checked mine. It has been $24.95 yearly since 2015. When I go to account management it shows that my next yearly auto payment (in May 2019) will be $49.95 or $5.95 per month. I don't know why mine might be different than yours. As an amateur, the subscription probably doesn't have enough value for me to continue it.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2019, 08:54:40 am »

Quote from: JNB_Rare on January 10, 2019, 08:34:27 am

... I don't know why mine might be different than yours...

Annual vs. quarterly payment?

OmerV · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:03:45 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 10, 2019, 08:54:40 am

Annual vs. quarterly payment?

Yeah, annually I pay $49.99. Since 2016

drmike · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:46:08 am »

Quote from: JNB_Rare on January 10, 2019, 08:34:27 am

As an amateur, the subscription probably doesn't have enough value for me to continue it.

I can't see why a professional would be happy to use it. It doesn't project a professional environment to me.

I will just delete a few thousand images and carry on with free.

faberryman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2019, 10:53:49 am »

I can't imagine anyone needing to keep more than 1000 images online. Do you really have that much good work? And who is going to look at it?

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:00:43 am »

Quote from: OmerV on January 10, 2019, 10:03:45 am

Yeah, annually I pay $49.99. Since 2016

I must have had a promotional pricing at some point, as my annual was coming at $27.80:

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:06:05 am »

Quote from: drmike on January 10, 2019, 10:46:08 am

I can't see why a professional would be happy to use it. It doesn't project a professional environment to me.

"Pro" was just a cutesy marketing label. It might have created the impression among newbies that you are indeed some kind of pro. I used it predominantly for the stats (i.e., which images attract more interest and where the visitors come from). I do not care about stats anymore.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:08:56 am »

Just did a check.

This is my annual fee

24.95$ yearly

If I upgrade? To pro? I am pro??: 49.99$

Still a bargain.

I’m going to quietly wait until April.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:18:09 am »

Story:

We’ve started sending notifications to grandfathered Pro members who are due for renewal that we’ll be renewing their Pro memberships at the current market price.

For grandfathered members, the cost of the 1-year plan has remained unchanged since it was introduced in 2005. The 2-year plan has actually gotten cheaper by $3 over the years. When we re-introduced Pro in 2015, we guaranteed that existing Pros would continue to receive the old price for at least 2 years, and we have honored that promise.

When grandfathered subscriptions next come up for renewal, they’ll be charged the current Pro rate, though the plan duration and billing cycle will stay the same. New Pros currently pay $49.99 per year or $5.99 per month, depending on the plan. Therefore, 2-year Pros will pay $99.98 bi-annually, 1-year Pros will pay $49.99 annually, and 3-month Pros will pay $17.97 every three months.

Pro subscriptions now support a completely independent, family-run photography business that is committed to sustaining and investing in Flickr long into the future.

Flickr Pro at the new price is an excellent way to manage and upload your photos while participating in a vibrant global photography community. For $49.99 a year, grandfathered Pros will still get unlimited, full-resolution uploads; ad-free browsing and no ads served on your photos; advanced stats; great industry discounts; and the strength of the Flickr community.

Thanks for being a part of what makes Flickr so special to us all!

Andrew
VP of Flickr Product

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:20:39 am »

Quote from: Ivophoto on January 10, 2019, 11:08:56 am

...Still a bargain....

Maybe, but it nevertheless went up 2x for you and 2.6x for me.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:27:53 am »

Quote from: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 10, 2019, 11:20:39 am

Maybe, but it nevertheless went up 2x for you and 2.6x for me.

I don’t understand why you are ripped, you’re price increase is robbery.
Fact is that they didn’t change the price for 2years and 25$ ‘is’ nothing compared to some competitors.

I find the Flickr interface quit good. The iPhone app is good as well.

The sudden increase bites me to, but I see no alternative. I kicked out Facebook some years ago and I don’t find my way at 500px....

faberryman · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:42:21 am »

Quote from: Ivophoto on January 10, 2019, 11:27:53 am

I don’t understand why you are ripped, you’re price increase is robbery.
Fact is that they didn’t change the price for 2years and 25$ ‘is’ nothing compared to some competitors.

I find the Flickr interface quit good. The iPhone app is good as well.

The sudden increase bites me to, but I see no alternative. I kicked out Facebook some years ago and I don’t find my way at 500px....

How do you find anything on Flickr? It's a billion photos. Seach for landscape and you get 100 million all of which look alike.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:43:45 am »

Quote from: faberryman on January 10, 2019, 11:42:21 am

How do you find anything on Flickr? It's a billion photos. Seach for landscape and you get 100 million all of which look alike.

I don’t search Flickr, I enjoy the groups I follow and the feed from the peoples I follow.

drmike · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:45:07 am »

And for that it is very useful.

stamper · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2019, 11:48:20 am »

I am a PRO member. You can upload Tiffs very quickly which means in theory the quality is better than the compressed jpg. I can't remember if that was possible as a free member. This might be attractive to anyone dithering over going PRO. As an aside it's a term I dislike.

stamper · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2019, 12:35:50 pm »

Bad news. If you upload a Tiff then Flickr converts the image to jpg. You don't have control over the conversion.

Slobodan Blagojevic · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2019, 01:40:27 pm »

Quote from: Ivophoto on January 10, 2019, 11:27:53 am

... I see no alternative....

Free account.

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