VIPFavours 1035 Report post Posted January 3, 2019 Hey All, So here we are in 2019 and I hope you all had an incredible 2018 as we surely did! It’s been just over two years now for VIPFavours and so many amazing things have happened, and with that comes a lot of planning about direction and longevity for any company. For two years we’ve had VIPFavours be a free open source of advertising, we covered our costs with featured ads that select providers used. In April as you all know the industry changed drastically, we grew almost 10x overnight. This increased our costs beyond belief, yet we worked hard to maintain our original outlook on charging. It’s come time to be realistic and adapt to the market, as so many of you had to do at that time. So as of January 11th, 2019 our system will no longer be free but have a fee associated with it for 30 days - a monthly subscription if you will. Here’s the reasons we decided to go down this path: 1: Without the fee, providers tend to put less effort into maintenance of their profile and schedule. This caused us to have to do a lot of that maintenance and we feel the fee will promote more effort and thus lead to better quality profiles on the site. 2: Without the fee, fake profiles and junk in general run rampant and take tons of our time to again maintain a clean and useful site. I can’t tell you how many times I removed a profile and blocked an email only to have that same profile added 10 minutes later - because all it took for them was a different email. The fee should keep these time wasters away. 3: Overall quality and professionalism is expected to be higher which in turn makes VIPFavours a more useful and desirable search tool for clientele. With less junk(for lack of a better word) the site should become easier to navigate and find their desired companion. On top of that they should generally be of higher quality, which increases appeal to use the site again. 4: With all of these points this should mean more opportunities and clients for the discerning and reputable provider which in turn makes up for the change in expense. As for our clientele that use VIPFavours, this change should make VIP easier to maintain as a cleaner more reliable source of Incredible Verified Providers. To all providers reading this, we’ll be sending out an email in the next few days covering all the changes going on and what’s to come in 2019. In a further effort to clean up the site we’ve wiped all “Recurring” schedules, so please make sure to update your profile immediately if you were using the Recurring system. Regards, Cameron 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TorontoMelanieJolliet 4458 Report post Posted January 3, 2019 Might I suggest you retweet your twitter post about this. Then it will show up in notifications of all your followers. And they can see it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmine Rain 23126 Report post Posted January 4, 2019 Do we have a fee structure and is payment going to be the same as LL? Being in Euros and requiring ID to be sent in? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cat 262460 Report post Posted January 5, 2019 Cameron, Thank you so much for posting this, in advance and clearly laid out! I genuinely appreciate you communicating changes before they happen. smiles, cat 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raquel Brooks 151 Report post Posted January 7, 2019 I am grateful that the service was free for as long as it was, to be honest. Helped me out tremendously. I will be looking into the paid account this week. Thanks for the update! Raquel 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmine Rain 23126 Report post Posted January 7, 2019 I just saw the pop-up and I wrote the same on another board. Totally reasonable pricing, and a great change. Very happy to see this. Now I just need a VIP banner for my site's front page. I want to give back. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emma Alexandra 123366 Report post Posted January 7, 2019 the prices are great..thanks for keeping them reasonable. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Studio 110 by Sophia 150333 Report post Posted January 10, 2019 I tried the get featured button, then I clicked E tranfer and nothing would hapoen:( Is it not phone compatable?? My lap top is recently sent to the grave yard. HELP! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmine Rain 23126 Report post Posted January 10, 2019 Should be ok. I saw a phone option for paying via CC. I had no problem buying my points and getting everything activated. Maybe contact directly to get faster replies??? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VIPFavours 1035 Report post Posted January 10, 2019 On 1/4/2019 at 6:19 PM, Jessica Rain said: Do we have a fee structure and is payment going to be the same as LL? Being in Euros and requiring ID to be sent in? At this time I don't forsee that, but if we get a built in payment system then there is a high likelihood this will happen. Unfortunately there are no North American payment providers that will work with our website. For the time being it will stay in CAD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meaghan McLeod 179664 Report post Posted January 10, 2019 12 hours ago, Studio 110 by Sophia said: I tried the get featured button, then I clicked E tranfer and nothing would hapoen:( Is it not phone compatable?? My lap top is recently sent to the grave yard. HELP! I think you can call and they will manually process it for you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VIPFavours 1035 Report post Posted January 10, 2019 Thank you all for the kind words. As for there being an issue, I've tested it and we've been receiving payments all morning without issue, I've sent you a direct email to ask about your system you're using. Looking forward to seeing what comes in 2019! Thank you all! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
