Trakt currently advertises a 50% discount on VIP, which expires on September 5: $30/year instead of $60/year.
I’m confused, because I thought that was the regular price (when paid yearly). Did the prices get raised by 100% recently?
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It used to be 30$/yr for VIP or $60/yr if you want the EP badge
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This must have changed in the last few days.
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Yes, those are the prices I remember.
An “official” reaction would be nice.
Agreed, a response would be nice as my renewal is coming up and it doesn’t list a price anywhere, just a date.
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Maybe it’s only for new members, but it’s weird that it’s not communicated.
This was the last price increase:
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As my autorenew is on the 7th, I really would like an official answer also.
If price is going up, I’d rather not go overdrawn after missing a discount through no fault of my own, and also have the chance to decide if such a large increase is worthwhile to me.
Where did you see this? The VIP page for me just shows my current subscription dates but no prices.
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If you’re existing VIP member, nothing changes and you keep your existing pricing. This means a Trakt OG on the $15/yr plan keeps their pricing. And it means Trakt VIPs paying $30/yr keep that pricing. As long as you remain an active VIP, you’re grandfathered in at your price point. If you have issue or a failed renewal, just contact support and we will honor the price.
We last increased prices 9 years ago in 2015. For new members, we now offer VIP paid yearly or monthly. You can still lock in the $30/yr price by signing up for yearly billing by September 5. After that, it will be $60/yr.
The Trakt team is growing (check About Trakt - Trakt) and increased VIP revenue helps fund all our salaries. We also removed programmatic ads since they really sucked, so VIP also helps cover that change in revenue as well.
We are of course open to feedback and welcome that. For everyone in this thread who is already a VIP, nothing really changes.
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Thank you for providing clarity on this!
Unfortunately not the answer I was hoping for, but I understand why.
To be honest I have considered VIP a couple of times, but $30/year felt like more than the value I get out of Trakt. The OG $15/year would have made it much more likely that I would have become a VIP and renewed every year.
Maybe I’m wrong about this, because I have never tried any VIP features (the $30/year just felt too steep for a trial run). If the “50% off” meant $15 for the first year, I would join today, to try out VIP for a full year and see whether Trakt provides more value than I thought so far.
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I didn’t really join VIP for the additional features, I would have been completely content with the free tier, as it serves all the purposes I need it for, I joined VIP to support and keep the service alive, as I’d be pretty darn lost without it.
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Same for me!!
Trakt is love. Trakt is life.
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hello! I am trying to sign up for VIP before the price increase on Sept 5, but when I login and attempt checkout the price changes to $60 with a 1-month free trial. May someone look into this for me. Thanks!
Now you can also try out VIP with the monthly plan at only $6 to see if it provides value for you.
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You had a referral discount applied. I cleared that and you should see the 50% discount now.
Or even for free when using the iOS app?
However, this might mean not being able to lock in the $30/year price plan?
(Can you switch payment methods? During a trial?)
The billing page says it’s 50% off now, but (still/already) $60/year after that?
(Posted on September 4, before the deadline)
If you sign up now, it’s $30/yr as long as your VIP membership remains active.
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Well, it wasn’t exactly cheap before and now there is no chance I would ever subscribe. $60 is insane.
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I still felt that way yesterday, so I wanted to sleep on it, but apparently I misunderstood “by September 5” and “on September 5” (which usually includes that day), because the “sale” has already ended. Thus, I’ll continue as a “free rider” for now.
I hope there will be more affordable plans in the future that better fit the value I get out of Trakt.
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In my humble opinion, I think this is way too expensive.
I read people saying: “hopefully this is only for new members”, but seriously, who will pay 60€ for being VIP on trakt ?
If it was me, I would not do it. €30 is fair, but 60 would be way too expensive for me, for something I can found for free on other website. Trakt is convenient, but nothing that you are doing is exclusive.
I love trakt and that’s the reason I am VIP, but I think you are going too far with the 60. Why not 35€, but something more than 40€ would be way too expense for this kind of service.
This is just my opinion. I know you are listening to your community, so I hope you will be lowering the price for new members. We will see, but I think your numbers will decrease, I really can’t understand why people would pay 60€ for trakt.
But continue the good works, I love your website and apps.
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That turned out to be a time zone issue that got fixed: