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?