Blackmail.
Blackmail. Plain and simple. New owners will kill this once great business under Shane. Was and only ever was capped at $249 (event that price point is debateable) After years of loyalty, new owners came in WP. Instantly tried to increase (double) my annual subscription. When challenged made out that they could agree the original $249 but made a heavy point of claiming that if not renewwed on tim it would increase to $599 a year (never EVER was this much) Following year, I tried to renew well ahead of my renewal, and had no choice but to accept their new $599 price point. ABSOLUTE JOKERS. tHERE ARE MUCH BETTER AND MORE ABLE WYSIWYGs available. ELEMENTOR is the best we have found. NEVER will we do business with any products from WP again. Do youself a favour, savfe afortune and prevent yourself being blackmailed by going with Elelmentor. I wouldn't have know it till I left, but there are MUCH MUCH MUCH better builders out there. Ones that include AI Wireframes and at a fraction of their exploitative price point. Shane Malack - please please start up in competition with these jokers. Absolutely the worst experience. RIP THRIVE THEMES. #BRINGBACKSHANE Awesome Motive (Thrive themes) is owned and founded by Syed Balkhi, who serves as the CEO. Founded in 2011. The guys a greedy idiot. If you work there leave. If he's a bell to his customers I bet he's even nicer to work for. See you next tuesday. ----------------------- Further to their pathetic response below: 1. You tried to double my subscription 2 years ago 2. I left you because since Shane left your company has seen its subscribers as cash cows. 3. You have done away with plugins that worked, to monetise and sell other products your group owns. They weren't needed, stop breaking something that worked well. Sadly its going downhill fast. 4. As stated, you tried to blackmail me two years ago, claiming that as long as I renew before the renewal deadline, the $299 would remain. It didn't. For the second consecutive year you tried to blackmail me over a 'fear of loss.' 5. I don't deal with corrupt management teams. 6. I will never use you or any product your company has developed, from what I hear you act the same with other digital assets. #ELEMENTOR IS CHEAPERR, BETTER AND FRIENDLIER. I wouldn't have know till you pushed me away.... YOUR LOSS