What can I say. There was no notification. No prior warning. No email. I logged in today to find that the price to join Elegant Themes has been raised from the previous $19.95 to $39 per year. I do not even know when that happened and it is very embarrassing for me as an affiliate to be in the dark over this matter. I had no chance to warn people about the impending price increase so they can join before the hike and lock in to the old pricing for at least one year. Offering a grace period and notifying all their affiliates before the increase would have been really nice. Sign-ups could have been doubled for that period as fence-sitters takes the plunge before the increase.
Before anyone thinks otherwise, I am not bitching about the $20 price increase. At $39 it is still worth every penny you pay for. All Elegant Themes are of superior premium quality in style and looks. All Themes are updated in tandem with any WordPress upgrades so you do not have to worry about using an out dated Theme if you have grown fond of one. New Themes are added very frequently. At this time of writing, there are 44 Themes available for free download to members. So what is a mere $39 a year? At the rate that new Themes are added, by the time your yearly membership expires, there will be more than 80 themes available. That works out to be less than half a dollar per theme. It is still a steal, so to say.
Yes, the price increase is very much justified. No complains about that, but like I said, it would have been nice of Nick Roach if I have been notified beforehand.
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Well they offer a superb support and since I am a member, I can tell you inside info, that there are only two guys, but they do a tremendous amount of work everyday.
They would cover over 50-60 questions a day, which can be pretty hard day after day every day. Even at 39$ the whole thing seems cheap since you get whatever themes he has now PLUS the new themes that will come out during the year you are member.
And the best part is, you want to modify something? You can always ask and they will help you out. This is how I changed at least 6 things about my theme.
You said it.
And I must add your site is looking real slick!