Should I renew the social bundle?

Eoin,
The renewal discount works for any of our extensions, so you'd be able to extend just JFBConnect if you want. For those who have the social bundle when the LinkedIn functionality is rolled into JFBConnect, we'll be moving their subscription to JFBConnect and extending that subscription with extra time (they'll be going from a subscription that was for 2 extensions for 6 months to only one, so the time remaining will be at least doubled, though we'll be throwing some extra time in as well).. I hope that makes sense.

So, it's up to you which way to go. We are not planning any major changes to JLinked going forward, though there may be a minor bug release or something like that. Honestly, in your position, I'd say go for JFBConnect. *IF* we release some big change to JLinked or a major bug, we'll provide it publicly. As a 'former' user of JLinked, if you contacted us, I'm sure we'd give you a copy of the new release as well..

It's a weird transition, we know.. but that's part of the reason we announced it in advance. We wanted to get user feedback and make sure everyone knew the changes that were afoot.

If you have any questions, comments, or general feedback, as always, just let us know.

Thanks,
Alex

Thanks for pointing out the crummy bar. I removed a lot of unnecessary icons and fixed the extra row.

As for renewing now, please note I didn't say we'd double the whole 6 months. The release with LinkedIn integration should be out in December, or 3 months from now. At that time, there'd be about 3 months left on your subscription. We haven't fully figured out what we're going to do yet, but likely we'd add 6 months onto your subscription and you'd get 9 total months for the social bundle.

The benefit for users who have never had JLinked is that you get LinkedIn integration 'now' as well as later when they are integrated, along with a some more time for your subscription price. The drawback is that your still spending the socialbundle price of $100 to get that (or the renewal rate).

There will be other things that we have to work through as well, like if someone buys the social bundle one month before LinkedIn is integrated.. we won't be giving 12 or 10 months (giving you an 18 month subscription, basically). There will be some formula, along with a little extra time, as a thank you for choosing the social bundle.

In your case, since you already have JLinked, it's your call as to whether to get the social bundle and pay a little extra now, or be up for renewal again ~March next year.

I hope that makes sense, but if you have any questions, just let me know.
Alex

Eoin,
No worries, you wouldn't be the first to be a day late. I just extended your subscription by 48 hours. You should be able to renew with the discount now.

You can still register as a business on the site. The VAT field shouldn't prevent you from submitting even if it's blank.. if it is, let me know.

Thanks,
Alex

No problem for doing that, even though it didn't work! I just refunded the difference ($18) to you through PayPal. That helped us actually as it seems like we didn't have the proper discount applying when going from social bundle 'down' to JFBConnect.. so I'm glad you tested and let us know what happened.

As always, if you have any other feedback or suggestions, just let me know. I also just replied to your comments on the Notifications blog post.. thanks for letting us know how you'd use that feature!

Alex

Glad to help and thanks for the subscription, again! We hope you like the direction of JFBConnect and, as always, welcome your feedback.

Thanks,
Alex