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One-time lifetime buyout for Inbox (esp. AppSumo lifetime users)

Feature Request

I'd love to see a one-time lifetime buyout for the Inbox add-on — pay once, keep it permanently — instead of only the recurring monthly option. To be clear, I'm asking for a perpetual license, not a monthly discount.

For context: I'm an AppSumo Tier 4 customer and already have Analytics on lifetime. Inbox is currently the only add-on without a lifetime/buyout path.

I'd suggest looking at this as net-new revenue rather than lost revenue. A big part of the AppSumo base came in specifically for the lifetime model, and for that group a recurring add-on is a non-starter on principle — so today Inbox earns nothing from us. A one-time buyout doesn't undercut your monthly subscribers (it's a different buyer entirely); it turns people who currently pay zero into paying customers.

You could even set it at a premium one-time price and it's still revenue you aren't capturing today. As a bonus, it keeps the AppSumo cohort engaged, which tends to show up in reviews and retention.

So — any chance of a one-time lifetime buyout / perpetual license for Inbox, at least for existing AppSumo lifetime customers?

If you're another AppSumo user who'd want this too, please upvote and add a comment so the team can see the real demand.

Posted by Alex Khan ·
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  • Dalek

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    Jun 12

    It would be nice, and I dont think they’d necessarily loose out on anything by adopting lifetime users with BYOK since we are paying the twitter fees.

    It might be a support burden concern perhaps.

    I’d be happy with at least being able to add it on a per-workspace level at a fair value instead of being subject to purchasing for all used and unused workspaces as well.

    But I dont know operationally speaking if it’s worth the trouble for them to build that out so granularly vs the general lifetime you propose.

  • Blessed Zulu

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    Jun 2

    +1 for this.

    I requested this feature not long ago, and it was rejected at the time.

    Zernio recently changed their pricing, allowing all features for free for up to 3 accounts. If new users, without paying a single thing, can use the inbox feature on a number of accounts, I see no reason why they wouldn’t accommodate LTD buyers who are willing to make additional payment for the add-on.

    Team Zernio, kindly work your magic.