Mollie B.
Lifetime deal changed and new features gatekeepered
I would urge any potential lifetime deal buyer/investor/early adapter to be super careful. Infact, I'd give their lifetime deal a wide berth. Save yourself the hassle. They will not honour the lifetime deal. They will sell you a lifetime deal, rename that exact same lifetime deal plan tier, and gatekeep any new features and updates behind the newly named plan. I know this first hand because they unfortunately did this to me. The plan you have no longer receives the accompanying updates it would have received originally. I even went so far as to invest directly with them, off the original platform they offered the lifetime deal. By crediting them the full amount meant they received the full funds 100% as opposed to being subjected to a 50%-70% cut off that sale had I made the purchase via that lifetime deal platform. I thought I was doing them a goodwill favour and gesture in crediting them full funds. This behavior and practice of unscrupulous vendors later renegading on an original plan is not true to everyone. Other vendors will respect their early adapters and investors. I still have lifetime deals 5 years on where I still get feature upgrades/limit increases or be grandfathered upon the original plan. Here, barely a year has passed and the lifetime plan was renamed and features moved behind a new plan. This is on top of the fact add-ons will cost you extra in subscription or lifetime costage. When you have 5/10/15/20 add-ons or more that cost stacks up super high. You are better off with something that already has that feature/capability bundled into one price already. And yes if you look hard, you will see tools in that realm. And they are established as well. The software itself is still subpar compared to many other solutions on the market in this realm. This is always a risk over using something new and relatively untested against using long term established tools. ****UPDATE: 25/08/2025**** Your reply is intellectually dishonest. The plan I purchased is an EXACT match to the now called 'EMPIRE' PLAN. The only difference, is that the new updates and features are now applied to this plan. The plan I had, no longer receives these NEW updates despite being the EXACT same plan as the now called 'EMPIRE' plan. (I have screenshots of both the plan I purchased/the highest at the time and the screenshots of the now called 'EMPIRE' plan with the new updates to it.) There is an apt and accurate description for the course of actions you took that is too readily recognised: It is called gatekeeping new features. The lifetime-deal tier (I have) was renamed and features moved behind the new plan. -- UPDATE II: 25/08/2025. #Public AppSumo Q&A here: #tinyurl com/ bdz8mptu.# Q: Would you be offering an unlimited lifetime deal? taha43PLUSJan 2, 2024 See detail Founder Team Ashikul.Tamal Ashikul.Tamal May 15, 2024 A: We have an unlimited package for monthly/yearly plans only but are not offering any unlimited plans for Lifetime deals.# - This reply above from you is laughable, you realise this? I mean how does this help your point? It is very easy to prove the fact you have infact offered lifetime deals on the 'UNLIMITED' plan (now called the 'EMPIRE' plan). You reference a text where you claim you will NOT sell 'UNLIMITED' plans for lifetime deal YET you have emailed out to various subscribers, and on your website not too long ago, this very offer!, 'UNLIMITED' plan for lifetime, the very plan in question! I have actual screenshots of this email shot you sent out for the 'UNLIMITED' lifetime deal. Do you want me to post this out here? Seriously? The previously named 'UNLIMITED' plan is now called the 'EMPIRE' plan and are identical., albeit updates to the 'EMPIRE' plan now excluded from what would have been the 'UNLIMITED' plan. BTW, I am NOT referring to any new modules. I understand beyond a certain amount included in the lifetime plan, that new modules are available to purchase as extra add-ons. HOWEVER, by naming the same plan to something else, you are and have included new features to the newly named plan that would have originally been included on the original purchased lifetime plan. One such update is the whitelable feature which you've skipped on what my plan would have included. That is just one example. You are going to include more features skipping what would have come on my plan. Further, you had stated you will NOT offer any more lifetime deals, yet a year on, you are offering lifetime deals every other month that further raises the long term viability of your project financially as you are relying on revenue from a lifetime deal client base as opposed to generating revenue on a month recurring base from a long term client base that would supersede the need to offer any more lifetime offers. -
Response from FullStro, LLCAug 22, 2025
Hi Mollie, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We truly value every voice from our early supporters, as it helps us grow and improve. We’d like to clarify an important point for you and anyone reading: All original features included in your Lifetime Deal remain fully available to you, for life. Lifetime Deals always receive ongoing product improvements, bug fixes, and updates. New modules or integrations developed later are offered as optional add-ons, which has been our clear and consistent policy since launch. This information was shared publicly from the very beginning, and we’ve always been transparent: 🔗 FAQ clarification here: https://tinyurl.com/3ddytf5t 🔗 Public AppSumo Q&A here: https://tinyurl.com/bdz8mptu We understand every user has different expectations, and while we may not be able to include every future feature under LTD, we remain committed to honoring exactly what was promised. Thank you again for your early trust and support. We will continue working hard to improve the product and deliver long-term value to our community. — The FullStro Team


