LastError I think its too expensive aswell, its 25,99€ on my side

That exchange to 29,87$

I bought the promotion month because half price, but probably wont renew it.

I would pay up to 20$, so around 18€ maximum per month, anything more and it just isnt worth it anymore

      LastError The point is, anyone willing to pay $25 is already a whale. It may be a subscription system, but it might as well not exist.

      Maximilian Same, got the half-off version, but won't renew. The absolute max I would (hesitantly) pay is $15, I would say $20 which would equal ~£15 but apparently exchange rates don't exist on this site and I'm not paying £20.

          LastError It is a terrible price point that is a double loser. It reduces money from the whales and it vastly reduces the audience as well.

          Price points for ebook subscription services have an established ceiling of $9.99 for a vastly superior service. An extremely high, but supportable, price point for a niche service like this is $4.99; given the quality and quantity of books (both of which are low), $25/yr is more reasonable. If they are making tons of money off of whales, then moving to a subscription service is a terrible idea.

              Hm~ so a subscription does exists; I just have to update the app. Ok, good to know.

              The $25 does seem high right off the bat, but I suppose people can subscribe only once monthly when they're not busy and then binge..

              Just like another similar topic, $1 is about 5 chapters. So $25 of SS regularly equates to 125 chapters. Reading as a "free" user, you get about 20-ish SS a day, so that's 60 chapters a month.

              In other words, $25 seems a premium for getting about double of what you can already read for free. But again, if you're reading well over 125, say 200+, then it is indeed technically worth it.

              However,
              ramses01
              You make a good point about reducing from whales and deterring free readers.

              In that case, it would a win-win situation if Webnovel were to make a survey about desired price points in order to capitalize their revenue.

                  Chryiss they already did.

                  I forgot the exact question but they asked how much do you spend in online reading within the last few months in the last survey or something to that effect.

                      MaryFord
                      Hmm, I haven't come across that survey yet, but it's good they did that. I'm surprised that it would yield $25 an optimal amount however. Perhaps, because it's spend rather than how much would you spend.

                          Hi.. I paid my elite membership yesterday. It said 24 hours. Y until now I can't see any notification that my membership is activated? Pls enlighten me. Thanks

                            I'm a student,
                            I'm an avid reader,
                            everyday i read on this website.
                            But for the subscription price, it is a little bit much for me, moreover if i converted it to my currency, it is pricy.
                            I sometimes i buy ss, but for i am right now I don't think it's worth it to subs due to several reasons. I don't have that much money to burn each month. Many of my favorite novels stopped updating.
                            Though maybe you "whale" have money to burn why not.. For me, i think sooner or later i will lose interest to this website and delete it altogether. I can survive not readingthe uncompleted stories. Amd that way maybe i don't need to waste money on this kind of uncertain ending novels.

                            Even though, i said all those things, i hope they can lower the price to let us who does not have money to burn or on a budget can afford it too..

                            That's my two cents, just want to rants..

                              Chryiss that was the 20 ss survey. A lot of those questions were related to how much you read online and spend for it.

                              The question was how much you spend in TOTAL, but we would never know its true intent because that survey had terrible English.

                                Kheuen Glad to see I am not the only. i have contact customer service but they have not gotten back to me.

                                    The price is prohibitive. Instead of reading it on the app people will flock the websites that repost the translated works here.

                                    For a little bit of effort and inconvenience you still get to read them anyway. The only thing not yet on these sites are the originals.

                                    But if the price was lower, the convenience of having an app shines through.

                                    After lowering the price, you can have 2 prices for elite members. Say 4.99 for translated works 7.99 for translated works and originals.

                                    Then you can give discounted ss prices for those on subscription so they can provide additional support for original works through gifts.

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