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Soooo excited to launch this :) Would love to hear your feedback.
by ryancarson 15y ago
Soooo excited to launch this :) Would love to hear your feedback.
- sabat 15y agoI like it already, and am already working on the xcode badge. Curious: what's the business model?
- undone 15y ago+1 - Very curious how they plan on turning this around, with a good amount of employees, hired teachers, and 6 investors. Either way, a great idea looking forward to seeing more material soon!
- jimrhoskins 15y agoTreehouse has been around under the name Think Vitamin Membership for about a year and a half. We charge a subscription (from day one), and reached profitability before we took on our investors.
- danmaz74 15y agoThat's exactly the first question that came to my mind. When I don't see a "plans and pricing" link, I always start wondering where's the catch.
- endersshadow 15y agohttps://teamtreehouse.com/subscribe/plans https://teamtreehouse.com/subscribe/plans When you click the "Sign Up" link it takes you there. Either $25/month or $40/month. The cheapest you can get away with is $300/year.
- tryitnow 15y agoBelieve it or not I am actually glad they are charging subscriptions. For me businesses that charge are a sign of quality (within reason of course). I know I am getting tired of using "free" services that actually aren't free at all when you factor in the time I have to use to really extract value from them. I am just hoping Treehouse actually provides a service that makes a difference, i.e. someone can learn faster and more efficiently with Treehouse than some other way. So far this looks good. Can't wait to try it out later tonight.
- ryancarson 15y agoThanks. We think it's important to be profitable so the service can be stable and long-lasting.
- danmaz74 15y agoGood to know. It could have been clearer, though :)
- danberger 15y agoBased on this competition [1] it seems that their business model is different subscription packages. The Gold package, for example, is supposedly $588 per year. [1] http://thinkvitamin.com/asides/guess-this-badge-and-win-a-free-one-year-gold-treehouse-account-588-value/ http://thinkvitamin.com/asides/guess-this-badge-and-win-a-fr...
- shade 15y agoCongrats on the launch, very nice looking site. Just wanted to take a moment and thank you for the attention to detail in that you included closed captioning for the sample videos on the site -- it's something I rarely expect to see and I'm always very pleasantly surprised when it's there. Is that something that'll be carrying over to the rest of the videos on the site?
- rookadook 15y agoLooks fantastic! Balances education, accomplishments and ease of use perfectly. Well done.