[MlMt] Length of Paid Mode for existing patrons

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 24 Dec 2024, at 4:27, Randy Abbott wrote:

> I've been a patron for several years (since 2019, I believe), but 
> MailMate states that my paid status will only lasts for 189 days.  Is 
> that correct?

I'm glad you ask! The answer is yes, but I'd like to explain why and I'm 
also open to changing it.

The new payment model for MailMate is subscription only. It is 
completely equivalent to being a patron and existing patrons do not have 
to do anything. It'll work just as if having a subscription.

A payment of $10 equals approximately 3 months of “Paid Mode”. That 
is, a user starting a subscription today will only get 3 months of 
“Paid Mode” if the subscription is cancelled. They will se something 
like 90 days left when initially adding the license key to MailMate.

For older license keys, I have these rules: MailMate will stay in 
“Paid Mode” until 1 July 2025 or 2 years after the original purchase 
date. Whatever comes last. Someone buying a license key 3 days ago will 
see something like 730 days left.

Now, your case. Your license key is old which means, at a minimum, 
MailMate will stay in the paid mode until 1 July 2025. You are also a 
patron, but although MailMate does take these payments into account, 
they have been added to the time since the original purchase date. When 
paying $10 this doesn't give you anything extra while someone having 
paid $20 or more would likely see a large value for “days left”.

I'd like to give some kind of reward to $10 patrons, but I haven't 
decided how. I can do it server-side though and I have 189 days to do 
so. It might also depend on how the subscription model is received in 
general.

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For me, it's mainly about what the user thinks is fair -- and on a case 
by case basis I might do different things for different users. I'm just 
trying to find the right balance for the overall approach. Two things to 
keep in mind:

* I stopped my primary income 2 days ago (license key sales at $50).
* The difference between “Paid Mode” and “Free Mode” is minimal. 
The end of paid mode does not mean the end of using MailMate.

I hope that clears up things a bit.

-- 
Benny
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