Get First Dibs on GoTryTHIS 2
March 31st, 2009
Well, this is exciting! GoTryTHIS 2 is finished, the new site is almost finished, and starting on April 7, we’ll be letting the first 20 to 50 new or upgrading clients in as a test run. If you are on any of the GoTryTHIS lists, you will get a notice with details on what to do on the morning of the 7th, a Tuesday.
Where to start? There is so much I’ve been keeping quiet about until now!
WHAT’S NEW?
GoTryTHIS 2 has a totally redesigned, streamlined interface, where you will control, search, and track all of your online marketing for all your web sites, side-by-side, in one place. It is a “web 2.0″ hosted service that is also available as an application you install on your own servers. In either case, all your marketing links that you control and track through GoTryTHIS work off of your web sites, and keep working if you unsubscribe.
If you choose the hosted service, you can use it on all your web sites and we do all the data crunching, storage, backups, and update the main program automatically before we make the updates available for people who choose the installed version.
If you choose the installed version, you install it onto your own server and take care of backups and updates. Please note that version 2 is more CPU and storage intensive than version 1 in order to optimize it for speed. For intensive use, you may need a dedicated server.
What’s more exciting than version 2 being ready, is that we’re just getting started. With the technical infrastructure complete and predictable recurring income coming in from a base of users, we’ll be adding in new features and improving GoTryTHIS continually! This is the entire focus of our new company, Site Marketer Inc., and we have a huge list of new features planned, many already being coded.
PRICING:
GoTryTHIS is now $29.95/month including upgrades and support. There are discounts for the first 1,500 subscribers, with the first 500 priced at only $14.95/month.
The installed version has an additional one-time license fee:
- 1 domain: $97
- 5 domains: $197
- 20 domains: $297
- Unlimited domains: $497
The installed version comes with unlimited clicks. The hosted version comes with 200,000 clicks per month, which is well over what we understand most of our clients use. Extra clicks are $0.00004 per click, rounded down to the nearest dollar, so 100,000 extra clicks is just $4.
UPGRADING:
You do have a free upgrade option, as well as other options.
Please watch this video for more information.
QUESTIONS:
I bet you have loads of questions. 
Please check the FAQ to see if we’ve already anticipated and answered them. Also notice the feedback button at the left of every page. You can ask questions there if you can’t find the answer there.
Please note, we’ll probably be flooded with questions, so we may collect all the questions and then do a bulk reply on the blog in order to respond quicker than responding individually right now.
Thank you everyone!
John Reel.
Looking VERY forward to this John!
I’ll be smashing F5 on the 7th for sure
cheers
Tavis
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Thank you Tavis. Appreciate the good vibes!
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Tavis March 31st, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Question:
If we get the self hosted upgrade, can we choose to install version 1 on some domains and version 2 on some domains, or is it an either or situation?
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Good question. While you really only have one licence, it doesn’t matter to us if you don’t upgrade all your domains. So yes you can do that.
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Dhira March 31st, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I can’t believe you are re-opening on the day I fly to London
What sort of time do you think you will be opening up?
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Don’t worry, we are only selling about 50 of the 1,500 discounted copies on that day. There is no limit on the number being sold, so you will get it. I might even send out the link on Monday.
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Kelly March 31st, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Will version 1 still work and if we have the full version will we be able to install on new sites still?
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Yes, though we plan to stop all support for version 1 eventually.
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Magnetic March 31st, 2009 at 3:38 pm
All version 1 users ……how much it will cost for them?
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 4:10 pm
There are several options, including a free upgrade and walk option and a free upgrade and subscribe option. For owners of the 1 domain version, there will also be discounted licence upgrades to 5, 20, or unlimited domains. You can also simply upgrade to the hosted version.
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Irimia March 31st, 2009 at 4:00 pm
All version 1 users ……how much it will cost for them? I own the full version
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
There is a free option, or you can take it and keep getting updates by subscribing at the prices above.
Thanks,
John.
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Irimia March 31st, 2009 at 4:03 pm
I have version 1, and I paid a one-time fee for it. What is the point in paying a monthly fee for version 2 when I don’t have any monthly fees for version 1?
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Hi Tara.
I’ve got three good answers to that great question.
1)Had I gone with monthly fees in the first place, version 2 would have been released a year and a half ago or more.
2) Even now, only about 5% of the full (and ever growing) vision for GoTryTHIS is developed and it isn’t financially viable to continue making GoTryTHIS without monthly fees.
3) Monthly fees means predictable income and the ability to grow the business and put out releases much, much faster.
We are keeping the monthly fees very low, especially for the first 1,500 people who join, who will get lifetime discounts. From reading the testimonials about how much time GoTryTHIS saves them and how much more money it makes them, it seems very reasonable to me, and I hope it does to you too.
However, you can take the upgrade for free, without paying monthly fees. But, I can’t afford to keep giving the people who choose that option ongoing support and upgrades.
Thank you for the question,
John.
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Tara March 31st, 2009 at 4:45 pm
John,
Like a lot of people, I’ve been patiently waiting “forever”. Great news that we’re there. I’m a current unlimited domain customer and I just wanted to say that I think you’re striking a good and fair balance in upgrade options – not an easy thing to do. 2009 seems to be the year of “Continuity” for pretty much everything. I’m sure getting involved with it in my business.
Nice work. Looking forward to April 7th.
-Craig
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Thanks Craig.
We tried to be balanced. I know in the Internet marketing industry there is an impression that people create recurring revenue to just get rich and live the good life, without doing any work. That isn’t my style. This all gets reinvested into the product one way or another.
Thank you,
John.
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Craig March 31st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
So the people who got the BH version of GTT 1 will be able to upgrade to GTT 2 completely free, is that correct? I know it said that when we bought it but I’m a bit confused right now.
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John Reel Reply:
March 31st, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Yes, that is one option.
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Matt March 31st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Hi John can you clarify the pricing options:
I’ll be going for the self hosted unlimited version
So is that just a $497 one off fee with no monthly charges?
I was a bit confused by the word ‘additional ‘ in this sentence:
“The installed version has an additional one-time license fee:”
Thanks
Rick
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John Reel Reply:
April 1st, 2009 at 8:32 am
Hi Rick. Great! Glad to hear that. It is both the license fee and the monthly fee. You can cancel at any time, which stops you from getting upgrades and support though.
We’ve got full-time people working on this product, and will be hiring more. The recurring income spread out over many clients is key to letting us bring new features to you beyond this release.
Thank you,
John.
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Rick Lomas April 1st, 2009 at 5:20 am
Hey there
You say ” GoTryTHIS also hides or cloaks where the link goes, without tracking code, which generally increases click-throughs.” – does it do this automatically, or do we have the option to not cloak affiliate links?
Many affiliates find cloaking drops the affiliate link/cookie and results in no commisions for that sale, whats been your experience with this?
Thanks
Morgan
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John Reel Reply:
April 6th, 2009 at 9:18 am
GoTryTHIS works like a link shrinking system, running on your own web sites, where you make any link you want redirect to anywhere you want. This redirection alone is what I was referring to, in that by not seeing affiliate tracking code, more people click on links, and they can’t remove the code that tracks your affiliate link.
This should never result in a dropped cookie.
Additional cloaking beyond redirect cloaking, such as embedding an affiliate link, should only be used within the terms and conditions of the site you are promoting, and does not result in cookies set 100% of the time. While that is possible in some small degree with GoTryTHIS, that is not the point of the software at all.
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Morgan April 3rd, 2009 at 2:51 am
Hi John
Need to confirm if GoTryThis passes page rank with its url redirect links to the end destination page?
Then if it does pass the page rank to the end destination page, does the redirect link get indexed in google or does the end destination page get indexed in google via the redirect link of GoTryThis? I asked as I used software where the redirect link itself got ranked in the SERPS, and not the end destination page, which was kind of pointless.
Thanks and look forward to your reply
Morgan
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John Reel Reply:
April 6th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Hi Morgan.
I believe that both the link you publish and the destination link get indexed, according to what I’ve heard from previous owners.
Depending on your use, either getting ranked can have benefits.
Thank you,
John.
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Morgan April 3rd, 2009 at 2:59 am
John,
For customers who bought GTT Unlimited edition and have been patient and loyal…
What will be the pricing is we choose the hosted edition.
I am assuming that it would not be the same as the open public price of $14.95/month for the first 500. But would appreciate if you could confirm.
Thanks and good luck with your launch!
Dan
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John Reel Reply:
April 6th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Hi Dan.
The hosted version is a brand new product and has introductory pricing of $14.95/month for everyone, as everyone is a new customer to it.
The installed version also has introductory pricing of $14.95/month for everyone. New customers also pay a one-time licensing fee, which is $497 for the unlimited license which you have and get for $0.
Thank you,
John.
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Dan April 6th, 2009 at 7:50 am
Well I’ve been hitting that F5 button hoping to get the chance to support you today John. Is their any news about the launch?
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Jason April 7th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Hi John,
Quick question about GoTryThis. Will this work with dynamic links for sites created with phpBay/BayRSS? I’m currently using other products but I encountered problem from time to time and would like to use GoTryThis if possible. Thanks.
Mike
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John Reel Reply:
July 7th, 2009 at 6:45 am
Hi Mike.
I’ve emailed you for some clarification on your question. We’ll figure out if it does what you want, or put it on the feature request list.
Thank you,
John.
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Mike April 13th, 2009 at 5:44 pm