Make pro version little more affordable
I am using fireshot for years now, so I was thinking about buying the pro, just to give something back to developer. But 60 bucks is kinda expensive for students and I think it discouraged many buyers. I am sure more people will buy premium for 20. Or maybe introduce more "plans" I don't know.
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Margaret Coleman, C.P.A. commented
I got it just a couple months ago for $39.95 and I've used it enough to say I would not want to live without it now. I'd pay $100 just to keep it if I had to. Once you've used it for a month or so I feel you will wonder how you ever did without it!
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Anonymous commented
I can't afford it. I'm retired, fixed income, no one gives retired anything. "Yea, you haven't paid enough dues."
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NICHOLAS BUCCINA commented
AMEN !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Trần Tiến Tùng < Thánh Thần > commented
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Steve commented
Unfortunately have to agree that price (even with the discount) is too high for my usage (once a fortnight if that) so will be looking elsewhere sadly as been using for a long time now but that is life
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T Hill commented
For those that are asking for a lower price, why not just use the alternative solutions? There are free and/or cheaper alternatives to FireShot. Two examples include: ShareX and GreenShot.
That being said, if the alternatives are not sufficient for you, then there must be some special value to FireShot for you.
If the special value for you is only the interface, then perhaps $60 isn't worth it. FireShot may not be for you. If you cannot justify the 40 or 60 dollars, then you'll have to just accept that and sacrifice interface.
However, if your special value is ease-of-use and time-saving, then this is really where you should step back and ask yourself what your time is worth. You could use a quick calculator (http://goo.gl/zgkvwB) or a more comprehensive one (http://goo.gl/OLi5LF), but in either case, you will likely find that your time is worth at least $10 per hour. This may not be true if you have no income or are very poor, and in those cases, it may be necessary to settle for the free alternatives I mentioned above. Not everything can be free for students.
Though let’s assume your time is worth $10/hour.
Now how much time do you save each time you use FireShot to annotate/capture/save/whatever you’re doing, instead of doing that task with one of the alternatives? 30 seconds? 1 minute? 2 minutes? Let’s estimate 1 minute.
Then how many times per day would you use FireShot, on average? 1? 10? 100? Let’s be conservative and say 5.
So you’re looking at saving 1 minute x 5 times per day = 5 minutes per day. Since your time is worth $10/hour, 5 minutes is worth $0.83 to you.
You already know where I’m going with this. If you paid the full purchase price of $60, you’re looking at making back your money in $60 / $0.83 = 72 days. If you continue using FireShot five times per day to save five minutes per day, you’re looking at effectively saving $0.83 x 365 = $303 over the course of the following year. That’s over 30 hours that you would have otherwise spent fiddling with the free alternatives that we've assumed don’t provide the time-saving features you’ve identified in FireShot.
If you’re a standard professional and/or have kids, you should not have even read this far in my post. Your time is likely worth $25-$55/hour, and you’re making up the money you pay for this program in less than 1-3 weeks (then profiting greatly thereafter).
Sorry for the long post; sort of got carried away. But I once wished that this software was cheaper, and then I ran through the above justification, and now I’m a subscriber. Buying access to digital software is a relatively new concept for our advancing society. But if you think about it, many software, including FireShot, at their core, really are just time-saving tools. In FireShot’s case, everything it does COULD be done manually—FireShot just does it faster and easier.
Ask yourself what your time is worth, and then make your choice. If it doesn’t add up for you, use one of the free alternatives.
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All that being said, I agree with OP that a lesser, cheaper version would be desirable for everyone involved. To me, that would be smart business. Right now, there are not many serious competitors to FireShot, so it’s the perfect time to solidify a loyal fan-base. In my completely ignorant opinion, I would predict that the developer will be kicking him/herself if/when someone comes out with the tiered Free/$20/$40/$60 software. -
Aaron Mauldin commented
I feel like it was cheaper than $40 when I bought it many years ago but man do I use this a lot...worth it in my opinion.
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LEBARRE commented
@fireshot rep - too high, everyone agrees $20 is your price point that'll sell.
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ANTHONY MEANS commented
I AGREE AS WELL, THE SERVICE THUS FAR I PLACE IT HIGH. BUT I STRONGLY DOUBT I WILL PAY THE $$ for the extras n tmy account!!
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Right now you can buy it just for $39.95
http://getfireshot.com/buy.php