Jim Kukral: Linkedin vs. FaceBook - It’s All About The “FREE”
Steve Duncan
· 2 years ago
There is actually another plan called the Personal Plus plan, that is $60/year, or $5/month. It is at the bottom of each page. It's not listed with the other plans, however.
As a business subscriber (my company pays for it) I've noticed that there is no way to downgrade without contacting customer service.
Linkedin - A beta service for a production price.
Steve
Steven
· 2 years ago
I have a LinkedIn free account and I don't see nearly enough value in the service to pay the monthly fee.
Jason
· 2 years ago
Totally agree~ It's just too expensive, espeically when considering their actual cost to provide such service. Although as a side benefit, high price could prevent from abuse of your personal data.
Mike
· 1 year ago
Jim, I couldn't agree more. I have a profile on both sites (like most people - i suspect). However, I can't bring myself to pony up that $19.99 a month for the extra features on LinkedIn.
I was thinking that I would probably subscribe if it were like $50 annually. At this point, I just can't justify spending the extra dough.
I keep waiting for someone to give me a legit reason to spend it... if someone can convince me - i'll do it.
Interesting, the link at the bottom of the page (when you want to look at who viewed your profile) still says:
To see all XX people, upgrade your account (starting at $60.00/year).
However, when you click on the link for the $60 a year, you go to the rates page, which clearly shows $19.95 per month as the lowest rate ($199.50 for the year if you pay in advance).
I asked LinkedIn.com about the $60 annual rate, still advertised on the site, and this is response I got:
--------------------------------- Thank you for contacting LinkedIn Customer Support. The message you see is wrong. We are aware of this issue and we are in the process of fixing it.
The lowest premium subscription we currently offer is the Business subscription at $19.95/mo ($199.50/yr). The extended feature still applies to this and higher subscriptions
I frankly do not see the value proposition to pay $20/month. Linkedin does a lousy job selling the added value through premium subscriptions. They are probably targeting a marginal minority of folks, the ones who can expense a linkedin membership: recruiters only? I went through the same treasure hunt for the $60 subscription as I was willing to pay the price of a Mocha at Starbuchs in Switzerland on a monthly basis to contribute to the linkedin infrastructure. $20 a month? I don't see the need for a $240 annual expense. For that price, we are talking about 10-12 good subscriptions to the Economist, Times, Foreign Affairs, etc. I had written Linkedin months ago asking them to consider a different set of customers from a pricing perspective. I do not think they got it right yet.
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As a business subscriber (my company pays for it) I've noticed that there is no way to downgrade without contacting customer service.
Linkedin - A beta service for a production price.
Steve
I was thinking that I would probably subscribe if it were like $50 annually. At this point, I just can't justify spending the extra dough.
I keep waiting for someone to give me a legit reason to spend it... if someone can convince me - i'll do it.
Till then, it's facebook for me.
Mikes last blog post..$60
To see all XX people, upgrade your account (starting at $60.00/year).
However, when you click on the link for the $60 a year, you go to the rates page, which clearly shows $19.95 per month as the lowest rate ($199.50 for the year if you pay in advance).
I asked LinkedIn.com about the $60 annual rate, still advertised on the site, and this is response I got:
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Thank you for contacting LinkedIn Customer Support. The message you see is wrong. We are aware of this issue and we are in the process of fixing it.
The lowest premium subscription we currently offer is the Business subscription at $19.95/mo ($199.50/yr). The extended feature still applies to this and higher subscriptions
An overall view of our premium subscriptions is available here:
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=business_inf...
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...hmm can you say bait and switch?
I went through the same treasure hunt for the $60 subscription as I was willing to pay the price of a Mocha at Starbuchs in Switzerland on a monthly basis to contribute to the linkedin infrastructure. $20 a month? I don't see the need for a $240 annual expense. For that price, we are talking about 10-12 good subscriptions to the Economist, Times, Foreign Affairs, etc.
I had written Linkedin months ago asking them to consider a different set of customers from a pricing perspective. I do not think they got it right yet.
http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Latest-News/LinkedI...
Seems the cost of having a workable Linkedin membership has gone through the roof.
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=business_info_...
3 InMails for $25 a month?