Account Pricing Increase - Am I reading this correctly?!

SquareNail

Per year

2022-07-10 $121.00 DUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2021-07-10 $85.00 RECEIPT
2020-07-09 $71.88 RECEIPT
2019-07-09 $71.88 RECEIPT
2018-07-09 $71.88 RECEIPT
2017-07-09 $71.88 RECEIPT
2016-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2015-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2014-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2013-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2012-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2011-07-09 $60.00 RECEIPT
2010-07-09 $47.96 RECEIPT

denisegoldberg

Current prices are shown on this page:
https://www.smugmug.com/plans

If you'd like a response from SmugMug I'd suggest contacting the help desk.
https://www.smugmughelp.com/en/articles/309-email-a-smugmug-support-hero

dberthia

If I'm reading this correctly, my annual Power plan is going to $110. Please tell me this isn't true.

lmelamed

My Portfolio plan went from $106.60 to $239.85. Need to look elsewhere now. Doubling the price is ridiculous.

lmelamed

I may do this. You can upload unlimited photos to Fine Arts America for $30 a year. You automatically get a website like this https://larry-melamed.pixels.com (which you can use your own domain). Beats $239 a year for someone who doesn't sell that many photos but still wants a website. Your photos are also on their main website.

lmelamed

Decided to go to Pixpa. Half the price of Smugmug.

lmelamed

I’m switching to Pixpa. Half the price of SM & they index your photos. Much better SEO. Not as easy to use but for half the price I’ll switch.

lmelamed

Completed my move to Pixpa. Half the price of SmugMug. Better SEO, easier to use, can do self-fulfillment, not percentage taken using fulfillment (they use WHCC). If you want to check out my site there it's https://www.larrymelamed.com

chrisjohnson

I just realised Smugmug is changing their business model it seems - I signed up for a multi-year plan a while back and have to renew soon. Can anybody explain what their strategy is?

denisegoldberg

@chrisjohnson said:
I just realised Smugmug is changing their business model it seems - I signed up for a multi-year plan a while back and have to renew soon. Can anybody explain what their strategy is?

You can see the current pricing on this page: https://www.smugmug.com/plans

lmelamed

Decided to go to Pixpa awhile back. Half the price of Smugmug. Many more options & features. Only which they had Bay Photo. They only have WHCC but in uses self fulfillment. You can see my Pixpa site at https://www.larrymelamed.com

Richard

@lmelamed said:
Decided to go to Pixpa awhile back. Half the price of Smugmug. Many more options & features. Only which they had Bay Photo. They only have WHCC but in uses self fulfillment. You can see my Pixpa site at https://www.larrymelamed.com

I looked at your site but there were no images on the home page. Chrome and FF on Win 10. The galleries seemed to be ok though. FYI

Richard

@Richard said:

I looked at your site but there were no images on the home page. Chrome and FF on Win 10. The galleries seemed to be ok though. FYI

I think I found the problem. I usually use a VPN, which Pixpa doesn't seem to like. When I disabled it, the images came through. I would call that a defect, not a feature, but I suppose YMMV.

lmelamed

@Richard said:

@Richard said:

I looked at your site but there were no images on the home page. Chrome and FF on Win 10. The galleries seemed to be ok though. FYI

I think I found the problem. I usually use a VPN, which Pixpa doesn't seem to like. When I disabled it, the images came through. I would call that a defect, not a feature, but I suppose YMMV.

What VPN? I'm using Norton VPN and the images come through.

Richard

Mozilla.