Is a JomSocial subscription now $300?

eminem08

The last time I bought a subscription to JomSocial, it was $120, but now I only see a $300 subscription option.
Why did the price go up?

You've added ZERO new features in the last few years, and yet the subscription price has skyrocketed!
If you don't lower the subscription price to at least $30 (because you haven't added a single new feature in the last six years), then I'm not willing to pay $120, let alone $300, for a component that hasn't seen any development!

Your component is not worth it!

I'll be going back to the CommunityBuilder component I used previously on my website, which comes free with the basic features, unless you lower the price of your JomSocial subscription to at least $30!

ahyesiam@gmail.com

eminem08 I agree, not worth the $120 either.

saguaros

We've recently merged our subscription plans into 2 main plans only: https://www.joomlart.com/pricing

With JA One plan, you can have access to all of our products including JomSocial

Let me know if you have any question and I'm happy to help.

Best regards,
Heinz

eminem08

saguaros I once purchased a $300 subscription a few years ago and was exploring your other components.
I was dissatisfied with the quality of the components you offered and their features, so the only component I still use was JomSocial.

But since JomSocial hasn't developed or added any new features in the past few years, I'm not willing to pay that price again for JomSocial, and I'll certainly never buy your $300 subscription again; it's definitely not worth it.

I'm not even willing to renew my JomSocial subscription unless you lower the price for this component to at least $30, because that's a fair price for a component that hasn't been developed in the past few years.

eminem08

saguaros I've been using JomSocial on one of my websites since 2010, and I remember well how the creators of this component added new features almost every month.

But since JoomlArt took over this component a few years ago, development has stopped, and you've added literally ZERO NEW FEATURES in the last few years!

You should be fairly aware of the price you're selling your component for, which hasn't seen any development in the last few years!

saguaros

eminem08 Hi

Thank you for your feedback. You can submit a support ticket to request a special discount for your renewal.
Alternatively, may I contact you directly via your email address (san…..@….ru) to discuss this further?

cnayl-rainbow

Yes, this is a crazy situation. I only use Jomsocial and was looking to update it as I now want to use Joomla 6, but no way can I afford to pay $300 for just one product. please go back to allowing purchase of the individul product only or I am sure you will start losing customers :-(

alphamatt

I need to weigh in on this — not only because of the price increase, but also due to the new policy, which feels difficult to justify from a customer perspective.

I only require JomSocial and do not see the benefit of subscribing to or purchasing products that I neither use nor intend to use, such as Guru or Publisher. While I might have some interest in AdAgency or iSEO, these are not yet compatible with Joomla 6, so tying the price increase to them is hard to understand.

Bundling unrelated or currently incompatible products together can feel restrictive rather than beneficial. A more flexible model — individual pricing per product alongside optional bundle offers — might better serve different user needs, as many developers successfully do.

I had planned to renew this weekend, but under the current conditions I prefer to wait and see how this develops.

I fully appreciate the effort required to make JomSocial compatible with Joomla 6, and a reasonable price adjustment for that work is understandable. However, linking this adjustment to products that are either unwanted or not yet compatible may discourage long-term users rather than encourage renewals.

rsangion

It's hard to believe that this is happening. Now I won't be able to keep my website up-to-date to the newest Joomla because of one single component that is charging way above what they deliver. I couldn't agree more that it's a very bad decision to only offer one option that is a bundle, which could also be seen as illegal, especially putting together incompatible products.

Let us buy JomSocial as usual.
I'm speaking for myself but it could be the case of many others: I don't really like JomSocial that much, I'm just rolling with it. I feel a small pain having to pay 120 bucks per year, but that's ok. But now, paying 300 for something that hasn't evolved and that my users don't really see the value anymore? I'll just stop using it. If killing the product is what you want, I believe that you are going to succeed.