We want regional nitro prices!

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  • Renesi

    Agreed.
    Discord shop will receive more money from Russians (and cis countries too) if it will have regional prices.
    Explains: if game cost 3.200 almost no one will buy it. If game cost 2000 people will be able to buy it. So for store will be better to realize game for 2k rubles and get these 2k rubles, becouse if game costs 3.2k rubles no one (or almost no one) will buy it.
    So store will have much more resultative profit in this region if there will be regional prices.

    Most of civilian Russians (sadly) have only 18-25 kilo rubles per month, 50% of these money goes to communal payment (electricy, water, gas, etc), some money for food. Some money for transport. So "free amount of money" what people can have is very small, so people just WILL NOT BUY anything that costs TOO much, and will prefer just another platform, which one gives us a better price.
    And not. This is not whining fow "we are lazy, we have small payment", no. Sadly, but social politic in cis countries is just almost anti-social, becouse MOST of civilians have 18-20k per month, but politicians have 150-200k. Think about it.

    Sorry for bad English, I'm not using Google translate becouse if I will use it, the result will be even worse :D
    Thank you.

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  • Ceylin

    I agree.

    For someone living in Turkey I find it more sensible to pay for netflix and spotify subscriptions combined since they have regional pricing and give out more content for what I pay, I would love to support discord and I use their services, but it makes it harder for them to make money and us Turks (or any other countries that are struggling to pay 9.99$) to support since I do not see anybody around me paying that much even though they want to help and love this app.

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  • Joedaww

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    Here, in Turkey, the 9.99 monthly Discord Nitro plan would be 56 TRY. 

    That price is absurd. 

    We need regional prices.

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  • beaku

    Don't you think that regional pricing exists for the exact opposite reason? The whole point is to ensure that everyone pays price equitably. Having a flat 60$ price is the most unequal thing you can do when you're selling internationally. An average American can probably afford 60$ games but that's weekly income for entire families in some countries. I understand that the company's home country might have effect on their income and thus they can't sell cheaply in cheaper countries with a direct PPP conversion: but they can (and do) certainly factor that in their pricing.
    If price ends up rising in some countries, its because they can afford it and they're some of the richest countries in the world. Fixed prices based on USD simply limit their customers to those rich countries. If done properly, regional pricing can end up attracting more customers in weak currency countries and have an overall effect of increasing Discord's income thus removing the need to increase prices in rich countries altogether.
    Unlike Steam, Discord just has to sell one product so it should be comparatively easier to do. With a game you have multiple variables which determine how many people will be attracted by it regardless of price, how many are willing to buy at what price, etc etc. Nitro is just a single package with same features everywhere so it is a relatively easier formula to crack. I don't claim to be an expert, but hey, I think it's worth a shot.

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  • aoozer

    this thread ave has been going for years now, and Discord still did nothing about the problem, such disappointment because I'm a big fan of Discord and I really would support them monthly if their prices were reasonable for where I live.

    I saw some people not agreeing with the idea and its understandable because if you live in a well-paying country and the currency is stable you'll never know how it feels like to live in a country that doesn't pay well.

    Spotify is doing it and many other companies are too, if they can do it Discord can too

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  • Mermaid

    É importante também adicionar que ao comprarmos em dólar existem taxas como o IOF que irão recair sobre essa compra, então uma transação que deveria, hoje, custar por volta dos 40 reais pode sair quase 50 reais por conta dessas taxas e cobranças.

    O ideal seria fazer como em lojas de aplicativos (Play Store) em que dólar é congelado num valor - alterado de tempos em tempos - e os preços fixados nesse valor e aplicados em reais, assim a compra é dada como nacional e sai mais em conta, estimulando novos usuários.

     

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    EN version

    A friend of mine made a suggestion of a fixed price for Nitro in Brazil, since the currencies flunctuation can make a product more expensive than previously thought by the user. As well as bank and transfer fees that might be applied.

    I suggested that Discord would do like Play Store, which freezes the dolar/insert here any currency you like values therefore allowing for prices to be consistent. This also helps to make the transaction a national one, avoinding the international fees that come with that sort of action.

    I'm not sure if the prices are ok with the currency's value, at least in Brazil was ok for Nitro Classic on the monthly option. But Discord could - and must - review its prices policies if it wants do grow and compete with other game-offering plataforms.

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  • beaku

    Would love for Discord have regional prices. Nitro monthly costs me around 350 INR a month, which isn't too much but takes a toll as a subscription. I am not an expert on economics and demographics but I do believe that having a single price for everyone is hugely unfair and representative of Discord's wishes to let the people in countries with stronger currencies have it easy. Purachsing Power should definitely be taken into account. I'm not really sure how Steam does it (and obviously their model is different from Discord), but regional pricing is definitely worth experimenting with, at the very least.

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  • thetechguy
    yeah currencies should show based on your location or country
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  • Rippy™ (Stressed)
    I 100% agree with this, everyone should have a way to be able to support discord with nitro by making it affordable and relevant to the region
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  • EGGSY

    Fixing a dollar to 3TRY would be awesome! We can buy Nitro Classic for 15TRY, that sounds lovely.

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  • kutay55

    It sounds great! I live in Turkey too but Nitro's are very expensive and you know our economy is very bad.

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  • Lpchaim

    Yeah it's pretty ridiculous in Brazil and I'd imagine most third world countries. I mean, can you imagine paying like 50% more than a full, non family shared Spotify account with all that content to access basically emotes and small perks (aka nitro basic)? It was clearly designed as a complimentary sub one wouldn't even mind paying, yet here it's priced about the same as that mid tier Netflix sub. I have no doubt people would look at it differently with sane regional pricing.
    Potential abuse isn't really an argument here, if payment stuff were that easy to circumvent Steam would be dead in the water by now.

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  • Mario

    They will lose more money if people don't subscribe.

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  • Equo

    By that logic, Russia, which is Steam's third biggest market, is losing them money because of regional pricing, which is obviously utter nonsense. If Discord made their subscription affordable to lesser income countries, that'd net them big profits and ultimately benefit everyone.

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  • Kinosune

    We need our own currencies!

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  • Eddie Kaspbrak

    Yes, indeed regional pricing should be done to Turkey

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  • RedS

    Yea, fixing dolar to 3TRY can be good.

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  • кα∂ιя

    Yes, indeed regional pricing should be done to Turkey

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  • colino

    so damn the rest of the world?

    and they can prevent it, just as other huge companies do

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  • Lexizz

    Pleeeaase, Discord! The dollar is very high in Brazil and I wanna be able to buy nitro again :(
    For comparison, $ 10 equals R$ 55 (nitro price) and FALL GUYS COLLECTOR'S EDITION on Steam is R$ 57 ($ 30 in the US)!

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  • Lpchaim

    Breaking the ToS to game the system doesn't sound too wise, I have a feeling people in countries with decent economies wouldn't exactly be jumping at the opportunity to save a few bucks.

    Besides, equality means having everyone on equal footing relative to their conditions, not some arbitrary cuttoff point that only really fits a small percentage.

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  • AurS

    1 dollar is 8.5 try and monthly salary is 2400 while hunger limit is 7200 try. It is impossible to support discord for a non-rich family living in Turkey. 

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  • Mahoney

    I am not a nitro classic user, but would instantly get one if it cost $2.50/mo

    Waiting for regional pricing from Ukraine...

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  • Nypheena

    There is regional price for Russia, Discord Nitro is 899₽ and that comes to.... 12$ so regional price is MORE than paying the regular price.

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  • maximxls

    They did regional prices for Russia. And made them higher that before... No way I'm buying nitro now. It's way too expensive. And now, I don't think they would change anything.

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  • maximxls

    I was wrong, there is no regional price on pc. There IS on android (it's more than the normal price), probably because google play required to set it.

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  • Drop

    Good news! Nitro subscription prices in Brazil (at least) were localized, Nitro went from ~R$53 to R$24 and Classic from ~R$25 to R$12.49. Also it used to be billed in $ instead of R$ so there were extra charges.

     

    This is a great surprise

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  • 🎶🎧Otaku Gamer🎧🎶

    Apoiado, tragam o discord nitro para o Brasil pelo Real

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  • ★ Ulus.exe

    Yea, fixing dolar to 3TRY can be good.

    Reply: Sounds really good!

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  • eren

    I like this idea. If you lower the price I can support you more. ^-^

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