Nice, got Fences 4 on the 1st so i got lucky lol

Why so expensive for an upgrade to my Fences 4 permanent license?

My Fences 3 to 4 upgrade was $9.69. To upgrade from 4 to 5 will now cost me £27.89? That doesn't seem right. Am I missing something?

I made a mistake when editing the document, there is a discount currently when purchasing permanent licenses during the release preview period. 

32€ to upgrade from 4 to 5? Are you serious?   

Fences is a great product, no doubt, but it has grown way too expensive for me. I only have Fences 3, and if that stops working some day, I will not be buying a newer version. More than 40€ for Fences 5 (I don't do annual subscriptions) is too much.   

@Stardock Management. 

I totally understand you as a company need to bring your pricing in line with the economy, rising wages, running costs, (big boats , flashy cars ) etc.. (jokes aside) I get it i really do but...... I feel there is a point where you can become overly aggressive with pricing and IMO we are here.  The price to upgrade from V4 to V5 doesnt offer any insentive to perpetual license holders rather you have only offered a discount to everyone who joins the beta program.  Come SD...... Really...

I personally been using your software for a few years now and own a number of titles across different versions and now you have left me feeling as though im being taken advantage off.  Based on your price for V5 i can see the benefits of having the subscription as paying £30 today in less than12months getting V6 would cost around £50 (based on price from V4 to V5) so spending £9.99 to get the latest is ok. but im sick of subscriptions, I just spent the past 6 month getting rid off a buckett load of the dam things and im not about to enter anymore.  What you have offered in terms of differences between V4 & V5 doesnt warrent you hammering us with this unfair price hike.  

I will support stardock and the great work you do until im not abled to use a computer or dead..... so at least reward me/us for this!

I made Brad Sams response bold font.

I have read that. That doesn't tell me anything. I do not understand what that is supposed to mean.

Is there an option to upgrade a permanent license to another permanent licence or not? I have read the FAQ yesterday. I don't understand how I can get an upgrade for my license.

Well, me neither.

I'm using Fences since version 2 and the the upgrade prices from v2 to v3 were $4,99 and from v3 to v4 €10,99. That was a 100% price hike then, but overall I found that fair for what the software does. But an upgrade price of €31,49 is plain unjustified in my eyes.

I will not upgrade to v5 until the price model for the permament licence is fixed.

Wow, that's quite a slap in the face for previous loyal customers. As already written, I'm not willing to pay a 300% price increase for such minor changes compared to v4. To advertise the €3.50 discount at launch as a replacement for an upgrade discount is a bad joke in my eyes.

I will continue to use v4 for as long as possible and switch to another product if necessary. There are a few other options out there that basically do the same thing and are free.

Long time SD customer, soon to be ex customer. 

I can't believe you are inflating the price of fences and no longer offering permanent license upgrade pricing!

This pricing strategy is to push end-users to the subscription, however this type of utility will suffer in popularity under this model.  Thank you for giving the middle finger to your loyal users. 

Quoting sdrohan,

I have added more language to the FAQ to clear up any confusion regarding upgrade pricing:



Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Sorry, but that still doesn't seem to make sense. According to your website, we are in the "Release Preview" window, but there is no upgrade pricing available to me as a Fences 4 permanent license customer, well unless the upgrade price is £27. How is that a discount?