Despite that it’s very late here in Germany, I’d like to clarify the situation and add some perspective why it isn’t true that we discriminate users of SL10.
First, this latest Sales Promotion was aimed at users of SL10 who either came on board very late in the product cycle or haven’t updated their SL9 so far - thus, didn’t enjoy any of the SL10 features for about one year.
We’ve offered rebates for SpectraLayers in May 2023, November/December 2023 and now in May/June 2024. This means literally 3x times within 12 months with rebates on full and update products of up to 40%. It also should be considered that we kept pricing the same since we introduced SL at Steinberg in 2019, while we are also facing high inflation and higher costs in general.
With the release of SL10 we didn’t offer any kind of rebate, despite the fact that we were also running a Sales Campain, also in May. I cannot recall this had been an issue back then. Of course, one can always compare this current 15% with a Sales Campaign that offered 40% at any time in the past.
Summed up, this 15% offer is an additional gratitude that we provide this time in addition to 2x further Sales Campaigns. It brings the update price down to about 67 bucks or even less. At some point, there will be certainly Sales Actions coming during the lifecycle of SpectraLayers 11. The price difference between 15% and 40% update rebate from previous version is about $19.
I hope this added a well-intentioned perspective.
Many thanks for supporting our SpectraLayers product.
We truly hope you enjoy the new features and find the update appealing.
Very best,
Timo