Is Matterport blocking transfers from NEW to OLD Matterport Pricing Plans?13682
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Hi All, I received this email from a WGAN Member Do you have first-hand knowledge of a change by Matterport? Dan --- hey Dan just tried to transfer a new account space to my old account as always. Seems they cut that option overnight ))-: that would be disaster. I did over [redacted] commercial shoots in the past [redacted] months and am now hosting [redacted] spaces on the grandfathered account at US$49. That would cost me around [redacted] a month if they force a new account onto me. Have you heard about this? [redacted] --- Related WGAN Forum Discussions ✓ How to game the new Matterport Pricing ✓ Matterport 2019 New Pricing |
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I don’t see this as feasible. So we can only transfer to the same type of account? | ||
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This apparently is correct. I agree that this is an utter disaster. I just tried to do this transfer and was denied. This is total BS, and they are absolute cowards for not giving us warning in advance. This ruins a significant part of my business model. I will be consulting my attorney tomorrow. KF |
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Looks like this was just updated today: https://support.matterport.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000201087-Transfer-a-Space-Between-Organizations#important-notes-0-0 I tried to transfer from my new subscription to my classic and it was blocked. I figured this was coming, but it seem's particularly harsh to implement this with no notice. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by mib94 Thanks for catching that! The page was updated today at 5:47 pm EST (Tuesday, 1 December 2020): less than 3 hours ago! Dan However, spaces CANNOT be transferred the other direction, from a New plan account into Classic plan account. If you try to transfer a space to someone on a Classic plan, the Classic account holder will receive the transfer email request, but will see a message that the transfer is not allowed and will be asked to upgrade to one of the New plans in order to accept, says the updated Matterport Support page. |
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Wow....this is awful news. Time to embrace Inside Maps??? | ||
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@DanSmigrod Blowing up the MOUG as well |
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@DanSmigrod This is also why I had questioned some of the verbiage in one of the last Matterport round tables when they had mentioned that they were still deciding what features would be allowed with which plans. I could see them making a similar move with the select blur tool and any "new" features coming down the road |
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WGAN-TV Town Hall - Matterport New Pricing (Thursday, 26 May 2019) with Matterport Chief Marketing Officer Chris Bell, Matterport Vice President of Product Management Damien Leostic. (Transcript) Hi All, Seems sneaky. Very sneaky. While Matterport did not cancel the Matterport Classic Pricing - Matterport DID change a component of the Classic plan that they promised not to end or change unless Matterport gave 12 months notice. This apparent move today (Tuesday, 1 December 2020) was not in the spirit of what Matterport CEO RJ Pittman said on Matterport Facebook Live on Thursday, 9 May 2019: RJ Pittman: My commitment to customers is what I said before, maybe I'll just be super sharp about that. It's indefinite. Can this change? It's entirely possible, but our instincts around this and the direction we're headed, I want to be really clear, is change for the better, and making sure that again our customers and the way that you've built your businesses are not disrupted and as we create new plans and if you are moved into a new plan in five years, 10 years down the road it would be self-motivated because we'd be creating so much value and a better plan that you'd want to get out of the grandfathered plan to get on something that's much more scalable and cost efficient. I just did a quick review of the transcript from WGAN-TV Live at 5 Town Hall: Matterport New Pricing 16 May 2019 (above) with (former) Matterport Chief Marketing Officer Chris Bell, Matterport Vice President of Product Management Damien Leostic. Chris Bell: But as far as not changing, we are on record saying we have no plans to change the classic situation the way that they're set up today. If we do ever change them, there'll be at least a year notice, a year's notice before we do anything with them. That should give you some comfort levels. It should really give everyone some comfort level. We have not even discussed a timeframe for this because the whole point of it is to give you something that you can run your businesses against for the foreseeable future. Chris Bell: Which is why we've said indefinite and you can hold us to that promise. As far as the differences in currency and economics worldwide, I think that's a business problem that we can all appreciate. But we may need to talk about some kind of arrangement where your usage as it grows and grows has more of an enterprise arrangement with us. Damien has spent a lot of time looking at the differences between or not the differences but the outcomes of different size hosting plans and how we're transitioning from the old to the new. So I'm just gonna ask him to comment on your around hosting fees and your observations of your employees and colleagues. And, then there is this exchange from the WGAN-TV Live at 5 Town Hall: Dan Smigrod: Good. I hear we'll get at least a year's notice in terms of a change related to classic pricing. If that was to change, would that also be the case with transfer meaning we presently can transfer models for free. Can we count on at least the year that we'll be able to transfer models for free? Damien Leostic: That's good. So, first of, thanks for highlighting your use case. I've seen that on your forum. I've seen the [inaudible 01:25:08] that you had on- Dan Smigrod: I'm trying to look for a way, Damien, that perhaps those of us that are on a classic plan can be happy with classic. What I'm suggesting is, "Okay, I'm on a classic plan, forever at least I can activate for $19 get up to another 50 models." If I'm paying for processing more than $69 a month, then it would make sense to open up at least have a second account, process my models, transfer them from my new account back to my existing account. Dan Smigrod: As long as transfer is free, then I am still at the, I want to say at $2 per additional model for hosting. Right now at 300 models in a $1,500 a year account, I'm paying $5 a year for hosting under the new plan that's going to be $29 or even as high as 48, depending on how you count going back to Leon's explanation. If you don't fill up the the account overnight and therefore you don't get the benefit of it. What I'm trying to ask is can I transfer my models pay for the $19 for another 50 models and still have the benefit of that lower original price for hosting? Damien Leostic: I completely understand the use case. Sort of what you're saying is like, "Look, I see the benefits of the new plan and I'm going to go sign up for a new plan because I realize those benefits." It's a first step towards adoption and realizing the value of what you bring. Now the paradigm that you explained is value today. Yes, you can sign up two to plans. Oh sorry, sign up to the new plan and keeping your classic plan. You can transfer the models. Damien Leostic: I'm not here to comment necessarily whether or not this is going to be in definitive transferring capability. Our job here is, look- Dan Smigrod: Well, Damien, I need to push back a little bit because the transfer feature is presently part of the classic plan. It's a huge benefit to the existing Matterport service providers that have been around quite some time to say, "Oh well this would be a way that I am not capped with a number of models that I can host on my classic plan." If I really do have a thriving business and I'm processing with more than $69 a month, then it would make sense for me to add another account. Dan Smigrod: Then at some point if you keep loading on membership benefits into the professional and business account, then maybe they would actually be a reason to switch. But in terms of keeping everybody happy who is a classic member, if you let us know that transfer would remain free for another year, then I think that scenario may resonate with a number of pros. Chris Bell: Dan, I think it's a good suggestion. We're not going to make some feature and policy decisions on live TV, but we're going to go back and we're going to answer this question and we're going to answer it on your forum. Let's take it head on. I understand the use case. I also believe in my heart of hearts that as many of you start to use the new tiers and we start to add value to the tiers that you'll want to be at that level. Chris Bell: But for now, I applaud the creative solutions to make what we have on the table work for your businesses today and I appreciate the flexibility. So if you're willing to work that hard to keep things in kilter for your business, I think it just shows a lot of passion for Matterport. So we'll do our part and go back and evaluate that exact question. Dan Smigrod: That sounds great. I know we've had you on the line for about an hour and a half. I think it's really at the point we should wrap up unless any of our service members have burning desire questions that absolutely must be asked Kevin Dewalt. Kevin Dole: You can count on me Dan. Damien and Chris, thank you both for the time today. Really appreciate it. Chris, quite 30, 45 minutes ago at one point Ross asked the question about having advanced notice and you essentially promised him that if the classic plans were ever to be unplugged, you'd give us a year's notice. Chris Bell: Correct. Kevin Dole: What I would like, what I'm requesting here in front of everyone else is give us at least one month's notice from when the announcement came last week for us to decide which of the classic plans we would like to be on going forward as an option to switching onto the new plan. If you're going to promise in advance a year's notice for something that could happen in the future, put something behind it. Put some ammunition behind it by giving us one month now to assess all of these options that we have as classic Matterport users. Chris Bell: I think it's a fair suggestion. I also think it's part of a comment that I made even farther back on the broadcast where we are committed to growing our MSP program and working with you and talking with you more often about these sorts of things. So as part of our reboot on the MSP program and our re-engagement with ambassadors, I think there will be a way that we can have a channel, a communication channel that is confidential that that brings our partners into a conversation. I'm not promising any time-bound thing at this point, but I am promising that we're going to up our level of effort and our communication with all of you. Leon Herbert: That's the one thing that I'd really like to see. I think you upset a lot of people by not communicating. I still haven't gotten an email saying anything about the changes in process. You need to communicate with people and preferably not on the day that you do something new. I know you've got secrets and whatever and you don't want the market tonight, blah, blah, blah. But we pay a lot of money and it would be nice to be informed about what's going on. That's all. Thank you. Chris Bell: Let's keep this conversation going and let's double down on our efforts to have a vibrant MSP program and communications like that. Because I do think it's within reach. Dan Smigrod: Terrific. Chris and Damien, before I come back to you for the almost final word, I just wanted to thank Ali, I wish I knew how to say that in Turkish, but thank you for being on the show today. John, Ross, Leon and Leon, Kevin, Jefferson, Takada. [inaudible 01:32:26] because miss Romaine. [foreign language 01:32:30]. I think it's really been helpful to have you all on the show today to express how you feel about the new pricing, to ask your questions. So I thank you for doing that. Dan Smigrod: I did also hear that Chris said he'd like to continue the conversation in the, We Get Around Network Forum. Chris, If I have that correct. So I think what we should continue to do is that as we have either concerns or objections or recommendations or solutions is to post them in the Forum, give Matterport, they've joined the Community this week to be part of the Community, to listen, to contribute and to get back to us. I think we've now opened up a new channel of communication that hopefully we'll be good for everyone. Chris and Damion, before I wrap it up, do you all have anything that you'd like to say? Chris Bell: I would really like to thank all of you for your honesty and candor. This is how we learn about what we need to do and want to do in the future iterations of the product. Obviously we can't take every suggestion. We have some balancing to do, but I'll tell you as customer obsessed marketer and product manager, Damian and I are listening and are learning. We're learning from you. I hope this is the first of several interactions that we can do. Dan, we'll be back on. This was a really great Forum and I thank you for setting it up. Dan Smigrod: Thank you. Damien, anything? Chris Bell: Thank you very much Dan for setting that up. Thank you everyone for [inaudible 01:34:09] to connect with faces and names. We see you posting and commenting. just a quick thank you [foreign language 01:34:19] whichever languages we had today. See you guys. Dan Smigrod: Good. Thank you for tuning in. Super appreciated it. If you tuned in a little bit late, we have recorded the show today. We will post it in the We Get Around Network Forum tomorrow Friday, May 17, 2019. If we missed your question, I know we have a lot of questions in our virtual studio audience. We didn't get to them all. Please do post them in the, We Get Around Network Forum. I think Matterport folks are listening. They want to engage. I think that's something new and a new spirit that we haven't heard before. We're happy to hear that. Dan Smigrod: If you've been watching on our YouTube channel, join the conversation, WeGetAroundNetworkForum.com or WGANForum.com for short. Again, thank you all for tuning in. Chris, again, thank you Damien. Thank you. Damien Leostic: Thank you. Chris Bell: Thanks for having us. Dan Smigrod: Thank you. I'm Dan Smigrod, founder of the We Get Around Network Forum, Thursday, May 16, 2019. From around the world, thanks for tuning in to WGAN-TV Live at 5. -- What are your thoughts? Did Matterport executives agree not to change the Matterport Classic plan without one year notice? Dan WGAN Forum Related Discussions ✓ Transcript: WGAN-TV Live at 5 Town Hall: Matterport New Pricing 16 May 2019 ✓ Transcript: Matterport CEO RJ Pittman on Facebook Live Thursday-9 May 2019 ✓ How to game the new Matterport Pricing ✓ Matterport 2019 New Pricing |
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They most certainly violated both the word and the sentiment of this statement. | ||
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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@DanSmigrod It was on "Shop Talk 9" discussing the blur tool ~ The last bullet point was discussing which plans would get these tools moving forward... |
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Video: Matterport ShopTalk #9 | New Features and Updates & Part 2 of Customizing your Model | Video courtesy of Matterport YouTube Channel | 14 October 2020 @lilnitsch Thanks for sending ... Below is a transcript segment of Matterport ShopTalk #9 Webinar video above. Presentators ✓ Amir Frank, Matterport Marketing Content Manager ✓ Haakon Erichsen, Matterport Chief Software Architect ✓ Indy Sen, Matterport VP Product Marketing & Platform Haakon: Now, can I undo a blur? It's kind of fundamental about these blurs that we want them to be fully secure. So once you've added a blur, the only way to undo a blur is actually to reprocess the model. So if you have access to reprocess the model, that's sort of the only way to remove a blur after it's been applied. Haakon: And then which subscription plans will get it? That's still to be determined. I don't have details to share on that today unfortunately, but we will of course share that as soon as we can. Haakon: And the last big question, when will this be released? Unfortunately can't give any details just yet, but look for this in the next couple of months. Amir Frank: I'm looking forward to that. I mean having been here four and a half years, I know it's been a very, very highly anticipated and very well requested feature, so I can't wait for this to come out. |
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This transfer of spaces doesn't effect me currently as I typically transfer spaces the other direction ~ giving ownership to the client with their own account. So, from Classic to New which is at the moment still permitted | ||
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Hi All, A related WGAN Forum discussion prior to the WGAN-TV Live at 5 Town Hall discussed above. ✓ To Matterport MSPs and Customers Dan |
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Hi All, A related WGAN discussion: Matterport: "maniacal focus on our customers to truly differentiate our..." Available on Amazon: The Emperor's New Clothes (Tales to Grow By): A Story About Honesty Dan --- Quote: Originally Posted by DanSmigrod |
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User Happiness ~ this was in Sunnyvale at their facility just After Inman Connect in Vegas w/Jonathan & Dee |
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Hi All, A related WGAN Forum discussion: ✓ Prediction: Matterport to End Classic Pricing by 31 December 2020 Does changing the Matterport Classic plan to prevent transfers into the account ... count for this prediction? Dan |
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WGAN Standard Member Bon Secour, Alabama |
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@DanSmigrod Effectively, yes. Great that we were lied to on this forum than by none other than their CEO. KF |
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@DanSmigrod I can't read those tea leafs ~ If they rock the boat too hard their whole house of cards could come tumbling down. Then CoStar or Zillow might just come in and buy whatever bits they they find valuable |
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@Chemistrydoc a good # of those folks are no longer with Matterport |
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WGAN Standard Member Bon Secour, Alabama |
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Doesn’t excuse commitments made by prior administrations. The change doesn’t bother me nearly as much as the sneaky, underhanded way that it was carried out. Unethical and unprincipled. | ||
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@DanSmigrod IMO, yes. They didn't say: "We allow you to keep the old account, but will make it kind of unusable over time at our discretion". At a minimum, a years notice would be expected for ANYTHING to change to the detriment. |
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I have a classic hosting and a basic new hosting plan for 5 live tours and have never been able to transfer back to the classic plan once I had transferred and archived them in the new plan | ||
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@3dshowcaseuk I am confused about "basic new hosting plan for 5 live tours. Is that the Matterport Starter plan listed here? If so, I recall that you would have needed a Professional (or higher) Matterport Cloud account to transfer models to a Matterport Classic plan. Dan |
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Hi All, A WGAN Member - a large client of Matterport - writes: No notice, No response. I wish I understood why they want to blow up the eco system they created Dan |
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It was working yesterday morning..... so they must have thrown the switch after 8am CST. I transferred a scan to a client who I am confident is on a classic plan. Hardly the only client with this business model either. Where's that popcorn when a good show comes on..... |
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Hi All, From another WGAN Member ... Dan --- Yeah pretty annoying – can’t say that I’m surprised – with VC money the time always comes when goodwill/promises are overridden by pressure to make money. I think it is partly a case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing. I’m reminded of the aphorism "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". Hard to say though. Anyway, this specific change isn’t going to be a huge deal but I don’t like what it signals in terms of MP’s attitude. |
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If Matterport complied with the business opportunity sales laws of 21 states, this would not be remotely possible. This is the essence of why I am suing them. To build a business using third party tools there needs to be a set of rules. By the way this is bigger than you think. On any NEW plan you can’t really have a bunch of clients with long term hosting AND BE COMPETITIVE. What’s next? Only one account can be owned by an individual? |
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What such a bad move from them. I'm really not sure that will bring much profit if they lose customers for those who will prefer to find an alternative to Matterport. On my side very uncertain will continue to use it. What is the best solution to export tours (at least few of my long term hosted tours) to outside matterport to continue to use them without paying monthly fee ? what plateform |
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@joelE I elevated your question to its own WGAN Forum discussion: ✓ How to export (Many) Matterport Tours and Host Them on Other Platforms Dan |
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