Hi guys,

Are you ever planning to charge money for prosper202 self hosted?

Everyone asks about monetization, and for the time being, no plans are made for charging for Prosper. However this doesn't mean things may not change for the future. The best answer I can give you is that there is no plans for this at the moment. Until further notice, it'll remain free for the time being.

Do you guys think there would be a big backlash against charging for P202? Or is the market for it not big enough to justify charging?

I would put my hand up as someone who would be prepared to pay.. perhaps once it has matured a little.

I love P202 but there are some features that need work and I understand you guys have other ventures in addition to this.

Start charging and hire/outsource some of the work (it sounds simple - I'm sure it isn't). Or perhaps a free version and a fuller featured paid version if there is a lot of resistance by the masses.

My wish list:

1) Tables and Graphs to match.

2) Campaign overview and Daily Overview to match (currently reporting completely different figures).

3) API accessto ad networks so click numbers match up.

4) Ability to have two action's on same SubID (e.g. 1 for lead and 1 for sale).

5) Ability to add variable sale amounts.

I am already getting great value from P202 in other areas (hard not to when it's free). But to have the above features would add even more value. Value I would be prepared to pay for.

To be honest, I have had a quick look around at other products in this space but from what I could see they seem to be more marketing campaign focused. P202 has that affiliate focus and an awful lot of potential to be a complete solution for the professional affiliate marketer.

My 2cents worth..

Cheers

Craig

Wes, I just stumbled across this recent blog post by you. I guess that gives me some insight into your thoughts on the subject.

Thanks Craig,

Appreciate it, well when the API version comes out we may charge for it, really the idea was just to give away free software and then make an upgradeable premium mode, (which may be the api) but were still not sure yet, some of the problem has also been its not really a big enough market to really make a significant amount of income even selling the software. Maybe a live-style business type income but not anything real significant.

I went ahead and fixed the charts/daily overview, it'll actually be done on the next update. or if u want to fast track it and re-download the 1.1.0 files it has the charts fixed.

I have noted the extra information, and we'll go ahead and put it in the API version which should be done pretty soon!! Appreciate the help and comments, hope to get this done for you soon.