Don't Believe the Hype
David Jay loves to use his forum to build hype for his products. Now, it appears, he's using it to take cheap shots at his soon-to-be competitors. In this post, after slamming another company, he clearly takes a shot at us for our $25 a month hosting fee. He also makes sure everyone knows hosting for ShowIt Sites is free.
Apparently David thinks photographers aren't smart enough to see through his semantics. Let's get something straight: ShowIt Sites is going to charge $39 per month. Since hosting is free, I'm not exactly sure what you're paying for.
Let's get one more thing straight: $25 would be a big hosting fee if it were a standard hosting account. But thats not what we offer.
Now, I don't want people to be fooled, so let's run some numbers real quick:
Cost of website after 1 year
BIG Folio Standard: $454
BIG Folio Premium: $1,050
ShowIt Sites: $468
Cost of website after 3 years
BIG Folio Standard: $862
BIG Folio Premium: $1650
ShowIt Sites: $1,404
Wow, that $39 a month non-hosting fee really adds up, doesn't it? Over a year, one of our standard sites is less expensive than ShowIt. And, after 4 years, our premium sites are less expensive too. Oh, and you're always welcome to switch designs every year.
Normally, I would submit a reply to hit-pieces like this–but I don't participate in OSP any more. While I love the photographers on there, the conflict of interest exhibited by its owner is more than I can bare.