Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Affiliate here. I like the higher priced multi-month options in addition to the recurring monthly option. Those $100-$200 sales can make a big difference and they do still happen. Just not near as much as they used to. I just had a sale for over $200 a couple days ago with a CCBill paysite. Just a couple of those can make a big difference.

For the reasons you point out no recurring and no multi-month options suck for the affiliate because what often happens is the member joins once and then comes back next month or a few months later and this time we don't get anything for it. If you do this you should pay PPS if you want to keep your affiliates happy.

Originally Posted by Shap

Your post doesn't make much sense.

First you say you are seeing people choosing the one time only option more than recurring (even at a higher price) then you say you are going to do away with it. Why do away with something that is converting at a higher rate for you? The key is to find a way to make it work.

One time was a nice chunk of change for us. It was great and like you said helped convert some people that we may have otherwise never had. When people are willing to pay 20% more for something just to not be rebilled it shows you what their confidence level is with rebilling. I think the key is to find what price points work for one time for you. I remember when we first implemented it we didn't want it to have a negative impact on our $$$ per member so we priced it above what we made per member. So we had a $75 option, $85 and $99. We made $75 on average per member so any one time joins were all a bonus.