Giving up the yearly membership dollars means they have something they think will generate even more revenue.  Some ala carte add on pricing/store.
 
Or ads - ads make money to a target group locked in for life faithfully feeding data back to further sharpen and raise the price of the ad targeting.
 
I paid $$ for TIVO lifetime service and still have a year to break even against the monthly payments and TIVO just got sold.  Hoping that doesn't mean "lifetime" gets redefined.
 
 

skitch_84
Someone from Cake chimed in and said that was just a placeholder graphic and it will be updated to "infinity" during the next update. 

It's says infinity now (well they use the "∞" Symbol)

I didn't get an email either. I get emails about CAKE videos and sales... but not this. Is the $99 offer for everyone?
 
Julien

This, being a very long thread and my time being limited right now... how is Cake going to make money a couple of years from now after everyone has a lifetime membership? Are the PC modules now going to be sold? I don't mind.. I just wonder. I realize the first purpose of a business is to make money because without profit you can offer nothing to anyone.
Just curious.
 
J

jbow
This, being a very long thread and my time being limited right now... how is Cake going to make money a couple of years from now after everyone has a lifetime membership? Are the PC modules now going to be sold? I don't mind.. I just wonder. I realize the first purpose of a business is to make money because without profit you can offer nothing to anyone.
Just curious.
 
J

It's a limited-time  offer; and offered to Platinum members only. So this isn't the new business model; it's a "thank you" to some of us long-term users.

I am a paid up Platinum member through Dec 2016. I've been a customer since S2PE, S3PE, S4PE, S5PE, I skipped 6, bought S7PE, skipped 8, and picked up again with X-1 and have bought everything offered since to try and be a loyal customer because I want Cake to be successful. When I clicked on the like (I think on page 7) it said my offer was $500+ dollars). No email. My account shows a Big Announcement for June 1... confused. What exactly is a long term user?
 
J

Hi-
 
I've seen a few posts about how this is a novel or new marketing model and how it might negatively affect CW's cash flow, but as others have said, Image-Line's FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops) has been doing this for at least 12 years and they're doing just fine, thank you!
 
-Susan

So, where do I fit? Can I get an email?
 
Thanks.
J

give one of the cake people a poke in the ribs, they seem to have sorted it out for the others, my emails came through fine without intervention. did you re up your platinum this year ? i think i recall it is for platinum users who were in from the start and re uped this year (i could be mistaken . . . long thread)

Andrew Rossa [Cakewalk]

Hoenerbr
I didn't receive any E-mails about lifetime upgrades today either? And I'm active until July 16 2016
Not feeling loved!

As mentioned before. People who did get emails were people who upgraded like you did last year and also renewed this in 2016. You will get info on pricing on June 1, 2016. We just wanted to get those renewal folks squared away.

This would include me... I think. Sorry if I seem worked up, I'm excitable.
 
Julien