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I was curious about getting a premium username (@christina) but $29 a month (I misread and thought it was $29 a year, thank God my credit card company declined

I was curious about getting a premium username (@christina) but $29 a month (I misread and thought it was $29 a year, thank God my credit card company declined the transaction) is too much. Love the idea, but $360 for a premium username. Nah. Not doing that. Not for something like this.

filmgirlcw 4y ago
And the transaction did go through. I’ve canceled the recurring but I’m hoping for a refund for the $30 I spent for something I won’t even get to use (with the custom premium username anyway). We’ll see.
- Peer_Rich 4y ago
  hey there. shoot me an email at peer@cal.com for the refund, also happy to give a student discount remember you can always get a free account with firstname-lastname or similar
  - filmgirlcw 4y ago
    thanks Peer!
    - filmgirlcw 4y ago
      To close the loop, they promptly processed my refund! Appreciate it and I wish the team luck, I’m just not up for paying $30 a month for a custom username, but I love having a good Calendly alternative.
- collin128 4y ago
  Almost did the same, couldn't believe that it was $29 / month. "Premium usernames cost $29/mo. You can start with a non-premium username and then upgrade later."
  - Peer_Rich 4y ago
    hey man, someone gotta pay off that cal.com domain haha
    - tasuki 4y ago
      cal.com sounds rich... how much was it? [edit: reading up a bit, I'm really rooting for you!]
    - spicybright 4y ago
      I'd be curious to trace what hands it passed between before landing here. I bet a lot of these ultra valuable domain names have interesting stories behind them.
neilv 4y ago
For launch of a startup in which usernames are public, charging more for a premium username is interesting additional revenue. (And I'd guess it doesn't much affect the subscriber boost you get from the people who rush to grab their preferred username or landgrab a primo username on a new service.) Though I wonder whether a recurring charge for a premium username means that they'll ever reuse a username, renting it to someone else if the initial person stops paying. That could be a security problem (impersonation, a bit like with domain name registrations). And if the initial person knows that's a security problem, keeping them paying for that reason might be a racket. (Maybe this is not a big deal for a calendar service, but it could be for others.)
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filmgirlcw 4y ago

And the transaction did go through. I’ve canceled the recurring but I’m hoping for a refund for the $30 I spent for something I won’t even get to use (with the custom premium username anyway). We’ll see.

Peer_Rich 4y ago
hey there. shoot me an email at peer@cal.com for the refund, also happy to give a student discount remember you can always get a free account with firstname-lastname or similar
- filmgirlcw 4y ago
  thanks Peer!
  - filmgirlcw 4y ago
    To close the loop, they promptly processed my refund! Appreciate it and I wish the team luck, I’m just not up for paying $30 a month for a custom username, but I love having a good Calendly alternative.
collin128 4y ago
Almost did the same, couldn't believe that it was $29 / month. "Premium usernames cost $29/mo. You can start with a non-premium username and then upgrade later."
- Peer_Rich 4y ago
  hey man, someone gotta pay off that cal.com domain haha
  - tasuki 4y ago
    cal.com sounds rich... how much was it? [edit: reading up a bit, I'm really rooting for you!]
  - spicybright 4y ago
    I'd be curious to trace what hands it passed between before landing here. I bet a lot of these ultra valuable domain names have interesting stories behind them.

neilv 4y ago

For launch of a startup in which usernames are public, charging more for a premium username is interesting additional revenue. (And I'd guess it doesn't much affect the subscriber boost you get from the people who rush to grab their preferred username or landgrab a primo username on a new service.) Though I wonder whether a recurring charge for a premium username means that they'll ever reuse a username, renting it to someone else if the initial person stops paying. That could be a security problem (impersonation, a bit like with domain name registrations). And if the initial person knows that's a security problem, keeping them paying for that reason might be a racket. (Maybe this is not a big deal for a calendar service, but it could be for others.)

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