Idea for D&DBeyond

[Guest 6801328]

It's both completely lame and perfectly understandable why you have to pay for D&DBeyond even if you already own the books.

What if Wizards let you mail them your books in order to unlock appropriate paywall content. Would you?

They could even stamp the title page and mail it back, so you can't use the same book twice.

 

[Gardens & Goblins]

Isn't it run/made by Curse? I think they want their slice.

This setup gets them their slice.

 

[Mistwell]

It's not a WOTC product. The reason you have to pay separate is not related to you owning or not owning the book.

That said, the price when you split it between all the members of your group (as opposed to just one person paying) is pretty low.

 

[Nikosandros]

I'm actually OK with having to purchase each book on Beyond. What I don't like is having to pay a subscription on the top of that to have more than 6 characters.

 

[DEFCON 1]

That's right. "What if?" The eternal desire that never comes. "If only..."

But that's life. That which we cannot have but endless dream for. Always "If only..."

 

[Dire Bare]

It's both completely lame and perfectly understandable why you have to pay for D&DBeyond even if you already own the books.

What if Wizards let you mail them your books in order to unlock appropriate paywall content. Would you?

They could even stamp the title page and mail it back, so you can't use the same book twice.

That's more than a bit impractical. It costs money to ship books, even if you use USPS Media Mail. It would cost more money to pay somebody to process this sort of program.

Besides, how would Curse make any money? They aren't doing this for the love of the hobby . . . although, I'm sure they do love the hobby.

 

[cbwjm]

I'm actually OK with having to purchase each book on Beyond. What I don't like is having to pay a subscription on the top of that to have more than 6 characters.

This is my issue as well. I'm tempted to unlock the content but I would definitely prefer more character slots without a subscription.

 

[Dire Bare]

This is my issue as well. I'm tempted to unlock the content but I would definitely prefer more character slots without a subscription.

I think I understand why they do that . . . to generate some revenue from folks using only SRD content or are using content through linking to their DM's campaign. However, it's not my favorite fee structure either.

I would rather have extra slots be available for a one-time fee. Pay $10 and get 6 extra slots or something like that.

 

[lkj]

I think I understand why they do that . . . to generate some revenue from folks using only SRD content or are using content through linking to their DM's campaign. However, it's not my favorite fee structure either.

I would rather have extra slots be available for a one-time fee. Pay $10 and get 6 extra slots or something like that.

I'd sort of be curious how the DDB staff would respond to a request like this. Has anyone posted it on their boards?

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[Gardens & Goblins]

I'd sort of be curious how the DDB staff would respond to a request like this. Has anyone posted it on their boards?

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Highly unlikely they'd go for it unless enough people stop subscribing. Most folks that I know that are ok with subs simply don't worry about them - they have the cash, it's not even the price of a beer/month.

Personally I don't like subscriptions, even tho I can spare the change. I have paid them but I simply don't like things tick tick ticking away. I'd much rather single payments, even if they're higher.

Still, subs can work great for the folks you're paying, especially when you account for the spending and discipline of the paying public en masse. And as a revenue model, especially with a niche audience like D&D, its more attractive to repeatedly tap a number of folks rather than have to try and attract new folks.