Hi Ben,
I've never been so happy to be asked to pay for Software. ;-) Yes, I want to.
Donation is not a sustainable way to pay for a good product for your personal or corporate use.
It is hard for us users to estimate the efforts that are behind all these pretty codes.
I do not want to pay more than needed but enough to get your salaries well paid and the project to grow.
Please tell us what we need to pay so that you can run the project as you would like to.
Form Tools is fantastic and I am confident that it has the potential you are talking about.
What I really miss from your side is:
-> Reliable (paid) support for time critical requests
-> Realisation of all the great ideas and further improvements that you have on your to-do-list (Media Galery, etc.)
-> Customized (exclusive or non-exclusive) modules
I would like to see you sustain what makes Form Tools so outstanding:
-> Keep a Core/Community Version which is Open Source (all the privat user who just want a simple contact form should not pay anything)
-> Keep the great community platform where User can support eachother
-> Keep bug-fixes and security updates free - for lifetime..
-> Keep the modular way Form Tools is build.
-> Do not provide an "all inclusive" solution. The User should only need to pay for the functions he needs. And you should get paid for every inovation and new feature you come up with.
=> Paid modules would probably be the best way to go (Form Tools "Apps" ;-)). There is no reason why the Form Tools User should not pay for the upcoming Form Builder.
=> In addition to the Community Forum you should add a paid support request system with guaranteed response times and hourly paid high priority support.
=> You will allways have more ideas than you two can realize in your limited time. Enlarge your staff or outsource it and put it on top of the price. :-)
Looking forward to see how your plans and the project will develop in 2011.
As you know we are just about to completely swich everything to Form Tools.
Cheers,
Hannes
I've never been so happy to be asked to pay for Software. ;-) Yes, I want to.
Donation is not a sustainable way to pay for a good product for your personal or corporate use.
It is hard for us users to estimate the efforts that are behind all these pretty codes.
I do not want to pay more than needed but enough to get your salaries well paid and the project to grow.
Please tell us what we need to pay so that you can run the project as you would like to.
Form Tools is fantastic and I am confident that it has the potential you are talking about.
What I really miss from your side is:
-> Reliable (paid) support for time critical requests
-> Realisation of all the great ideas and further improvements that you have on your to-do-list (Media Galery, etc.)
-> Customized (exclusive or non-exclusive) modules
I would like to see you sustain what makes Form Tools so outstanding:
-> Keep a Core/Community Version which is Open Source (all the privat user who just want a simple contact form should not pay anything)
-> Keep the great community platform where User can support eachother
-> Keep bug-fixes and security updates free - for lifetime..
-> Keep the modular way Form Tools is build.
-> Do not provide an "all inclusive" solution. The User should only need to pay for the functions he needs. And you should get paid for every inovation and new feature you come up with.
=> Paid modules would probably be the best way to go (Form Tools "Apps" ;-)). There is no reason why the Form Tools User should not pay for the upcoming Form Builder.
=> In addition to the Community Forum you should add a paid support request system with guaranteed response times and hourly paid high priority support.
=> You will allways have more ideas than you two can realize in your limited time. Enlarge your staff or outsource it and put it on top of the price. :-)
Looking forward to see how your plans and the project will develop in 2011.
As you know we are just about to completely swich everything to Form Tools.
Cheers,
Hannes