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Redweek raised the fees this month (by Tracey S.):
I renewed my membership and purchased a rental add on July 24. The fees were $14.99 for the membership and $24.99 for the 6 month ad.
The fees are now $18.99 and $29.99 without any advance notice about the change. You would think with II's fiasco about not announcing the upgrade fees, Redweek might have learned the courtesy to inform current members so they could up at the old rates before the increase. I quick email would have been nice.
I understand increasing the price for the ad but increasing the membership fee seems ridiculous. To be more competitive Redweek needs to drop those prices to a truly nominal fee (how about $5 for 6 months and $10 for 18 months)and have some kind of verification system if the purpose of those fees are to keep scammers away.
You need to be open and honest with your members and treat them with respect. You are also competing against more and more sites and need to keep the membership fees low.