GoToWebinar price hike
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If you want to use webinars in your business in the future and you want to be able to allow more than 100 people into your webinars, the price of GoToWebinar is going through the roof.
I pay $99 per month for my level of access, which provides me with the ability to host webinars with up to 1000 attendees. The cost of that level of access is rising to $499 per month. For 500 attendees, the price will be $399 per month. There will still be a tier at $99 per month, but you’ll only be allowed 100 attendees at that price point.
Details are here:
http://www.gotomeeting.com/fec/webinar/gotowebinar_pricing
But don’t sign up through that link! If you want the same deal that I’m on, I understand that it’s available until the end of the month (February 2010) from here:
http://www.gotowebinar.com/s/TAF
I think you get a 45-day free trial as well. But I can’t provide any guarantees that this information is accurate. If you find that it is, please post a comment and let the readership know.
I am told that if you lock in the $99 per month rate and do not let your subscription lapse, you will be able to continue with that plan at that price until such time as you do let your subscription lapse. (Well, you could select an alternative option. But you wouldn’t, would you?)
I posted about DimDim.com as an alternative to GoToWebinar some time ago, which was somewhat cheaper. That’s another option, but I can’t recommend it. Their free version works fine on my PC, but their paid version doesn’t. I tried out their 1000-person level ($75/month) and I just couldn’t get the service to work at all. I also submitted a support request and heard nothing back. That was a real shame, as DimDim had some nice features, like talking-head webcam shown during the webinar (if you want to do so).
I was really amazed though when somebody from DimDim.com called me and asked me how the trial was going. I explained that the paid version of the service didn’t work on my PC, even though the free version did. It was specifically sharing the screen that didn’t work. Then the guy asked me if I wanted to purchase a subscription! I was kind of like thinking, “Did you not hear what I just said?”
Fortunately, I was able to set up to use GoToWebinar for the four-hour e-commerce site course that I’m currently running in place of DimDim. So it’s for that reason that I am unable to recommend DimDim any longer.
23 February 2010, 18:36
Hi David,
I always hesitated to get a GoToWebinar account because, well, 99 bucks per month is a good chunk of change, lol but now that they are about to become more exclusive with their price hike I have decided to jump on the webinar bandwagon and get an account. Instead of just trying it on my own and hoping for the best I got myself into Lance and Robert’s class to really learn the ropes. Now, since I’m spending all this cash on classes and webinar accounts, I must do something with it and fast. Would it be possible to get you on a webinar either for an interview about something you are doing, or to teach something? Let me know what you think, thanks!
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admin Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 01:01
Hi Les,
I’m certainly open to ideas for webinars. Best drop me an email and we can decide on something.
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10 March 2010, 10:25
Hi David,
I missed the Febuary cut-off and not I’m asking myself why they would charge so much for this service??
I talked to a CSR at GotoWebinar and she said lots of folks were complaining.
I really like their features and am trying to find a competant alternative, but so far am lost.
$500/month??? Get real.
I understand it’s crucial to my business just like gas is crucial for employees to get to work…but that doesn’t mean Texaco can charge $20/gallon!
Michael
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admin Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 20:53
Their new pricing is ridiculous, as you say.
Dimdim.com are an alternative, but I’ve had problems with them during my trial of the service so I can’t recommend them. They currently charge $75/month for webinars with up to 1000 participants.
There are others but I haven’t researched them.
David
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24 May 2010, 17:13
Hi guys, I have been using dimdim for a while both free and trial version. they do use over seas people in what I think sounds indian.
but at one time I found I had a problem but I dot hold of them and they were able to fix it. I think it depends on who you talk to . since then its worked well. for the price its good. I was going to give go webinar a try hence why I am here just surfing the net to find out information. but wow the cost is way out there. No thanks I will stick to dimdim. I teach people how ot trade the currency markets and its important to have the screen share. that is where I had a minor problem at first with dimdim, they have since fixed that problem. thanks James
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