10 replies to this topic

[klezkidz]

I read on the forum that a professional subscription for a non-profit is $39.95 annually. I run a 501(c](3) community service program and would like to take advantage of your offer. How do subscribe and make payment?

Thanks.

[niskypto]

Where did you see this? I'd like to know because my PTO just paid $100 last week! If this is true, then someting needs to get fixed!

Yikes

[klezkidz]

Dear Yikes,

Go to Pre-purchase questions, Non-Profit Org calendars, Group access. On 12/15/05 & 2/14/06, Anne wrote:
"To get a single annual subscription you will have to pay $39.95." Or, you can just do a search for $39.95 and it'll come up.

Edited by klezkidz, 02 October 2006 - 10:34 AM.

[Jill]

Hi klezkidz and niskypto,
The current price for Trumba Pro is $99.95/year. Klezkidz, the messages you are referring to were both written when our price was $39.95/year. Just for the record, those messages don't actually claim that a "professional" subscription was $39.95, because Trumba Pro didn't exist at that time. The pricing and names changed on March 15 2006, and you'll find many references to this in other more current messages.

The best place to get the most up-to-date pricing information is the pricing page on the Trumba Corp. web site.

I'm sorry that things have evolved (and will continue to evolve) that make old information on the forums no longer true. So far we've elected to keep posts in tact as an archive/history. If you think it'd be less confusing if we deleted topics that contained old pricing info, we can consider doing that in the future. But even then, we couldn't guarantee that every piece of info available here is always 100% accurate. I'm sorry to give you bad news about the pricing.

Jill / Trumba UA

[klezkidz]

Jill,

Thanks for clearing this up. I don't think that Trumba needs to delete old posts. This post will be enough to deter future misunderstandings about pricing.

I do have a question, though. Is there a person that I can write to who might consider a discount on a case-by-case basis?

Thanks.

[Jill]

Hi klezkidz,
Well, at the moment, we have a partners page on our web site, where you can click a link to fill out a form with info about your organization additional comments. It's not specifically for non-profits (we don't really have anything specific for any particular type of org), but it's the only channel that we have right now. If you want to publish events for the public and have a large audience, your chances at getting a response are better, but I personally am not optimistic about anyone receiving discounts. Of course that doesn't mean you shouldn't at least try. : )

Also, if you're looking for a discount because you think you'll need multiple licenses, maybe just one would be enough anyway. If you post a little about what you want to do, we could let you know how many accounts would be best...

Jill / Trumba UA

[niskypto]

I'm not sure if klezkidz has the same issue my organization, but let me describe my interest here. I'm leading a grassroots effort with parents and teachers in my school district to own and operate a website for all the PTOs (Parent-Teacher Organizations) that is separate from the school district's website. You see, the parents in the PTO are not allowed access to the district web pages. Thus, the PTO sites tend to be bland and never updated. So we are building a site at niskypto.org to house the 8 PTOs in the district. A Trumba calendar that wraps-up all the school, district, and PTO events is what the busy parents need in our community to get more engaged. There's no way we can pay $800 to gave 8 "power users" at each PTO access. We barely can support the website and the few other features we've added. This is why there's interest in reduced rates for non-profits. It's holding us back for unveiling the true power and elegance of Trumba.

Edited by niskypto, 03 October 2006 - 01:17 PM.

[klezkidz]

I understand your problem. I'm not looking for more than one licensed account. If I'm understanding your issue correctly, you may not need more than one, either. I'm sure that it would be easier if you could give access to more than one person for updating the site. However, the work-around for you would be to purchase one account and post an email link on your site for each PTO to email the individual in charge of updating the calendar. Another possibility is that you may be able to convince Trumba to allow you to take advantage of a Beta function that allows end-users to add events right from your web page. From what I gather, they're generally allowing sites that have large traffic to take advantage of this, but who knows? I'm not sure who you'd ask (maybe by filing out the Partner form). Perhaps Jill can shed some light on this for you. Best of luck.

[Jill]

Hi you two,
Klezkidz is right -- you could just use one account that everyone signs into to update their own calendar. The only limitation is that only one person should be signed in at once.

Klezkidz's other suggestion is also good (event submission form). You can find instructions for requesting one here: Requirements for requesting an event submission form

This is why there's interest in reduced rates for non-profits. It's holding us back for unveiling the true power and elegance of Trumba.
Niskypto, I agree, and I know well the reasons that people representing non-profits want to talk about discounts. However, we're still a small company trying to get established ourselves. It's also a matter of what we can afford to offer at this stage in our growth. We want you to be able to take advantage of the "true power and elegance" of Trumba (thank you for your nice words : ) as much as you do, and I'm hoping that in the future we'll have the opportunity to offer a variety of pricing programs. But for the time being, this is what we have available. I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you right now.

Jill / Trumba UA

[niskypto]

I have requested an event submission form...

I like the idea of allowing my power users to directly submit and delete events to Trumba without my approval (with all 8 organizations using this, it would be too much for me to do!). So I'm wondering if I can administer password access to the event submission forms? Sure, I can create a password protected page on my website to host the form, but that's less secure that having the form itself password protected. I think it would be cool to have a "white-list" in my address book that keys who can actually use the form. Is any of this possible?

Jill: Thanks for your time and help.

[Connie]

Hi niskypto.

At the moment, there is no way to password protect an event submission form. You would have to protect the page itself as you suggested. Or offer the submission form on a site that had restricted access.

I'll add password protected submission forms to our feature request list.

Thanks for the suggestion.
Connie