I put up my first thoughts of the pricing and business model for SlideMagic on the beta web site. The basic logic:
A free tier that allows for a basic desktop app install and access to the free templates
A pro tier with a yearly subscription to the desktop app including pro features (PowerPoint/PDF conversion, in-app template search), and access to the full template bank
A day pass with 10 pro slide template layouts (online only, not from within the app)
The beta tier (to which some of you have registered), 30 day access to the fully fledge app, without access to the pro template bank
The table below summarises things:
I am pondering how to treat independent consultants that sell decks with SlideMagic templates in them to their clients. I think I will follow the model that most paying stock photo sites use: a new paying client mains a new payed license. So a consultant can use her license to make slides for her own firm (pitching projects), but as soon as she uses SlideMagic on a paying project, she needs to expense a new SlideMagic license to the client.
What do you think? Fair, practical?