Interesting development?

[sbowness]

that "teeny bopper" naivetè

Beatles mania, Osmond mania, Rollers mania...…...Alan mania just doesn't seem to have the *right* feel does it?

Try Tommomania instead.

[chrisreb]

Interesting news indeed

[749006]

[quote="smarty2"http://alanthomsonsim.com/[/quote]
Anyone know if this has gone live yet

There appears to be a section to Log In but no info on how to register / join

[chrisonline]

http://alanthomsonsim.com/

Anyone know if this has gone live yet. There appears to be a section to Log In but no info on how to register / join

No it hasn't. It is w.i.p, and he said he suspended registration and subs until it is ready to go.
If you're on FB, I suggest you join his FB Group (and you will find you can ignore the majority of posts on there!!)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1524678610893349/

[749006]

http://alanthomsonsim.com/

Anyone know if this has gone live yet. There appears to be a section to Log In but no info on how to register / join

No it hasn't. It is w.i.p, and he said he suspended registration and subs until it is ready to go.
If you're on FB, I suggest you join his FB Group (and you will find you can ignore the majority of posts on there!!)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1524678610893349/

Thanks Chris

[jpvdveer]

More details on the paid offer now available on the website. Until 25 Feb there will be a launch offer with two free bonus products included with the paid subscription: either RW Enhancer or one of a selection of Armstrong Powerhouse products (e.g. Sky & Weather, Class 31 EP etc.)

http://alanthomsonsim.com/

https://alanthomsonsim.com/?page_id=1382

[gptech]

......either RW Enhancer or one of a selection of Armstrong Powerhouse products....

Want to clarify that?...it can't be 2 products if it's "either"... that means one or the other.

[jpvdveer]

Sure - two "free" products can be chosen out of a group of products which includes RW Enhancer and a number of AP products.

[749006]

From the website

Subscription giveaway terms and conditions

To claim your two free products you must register for an annual subscription priced at £29.99 on http://www.alanthomsonsim.com and have made full and complete payment before 23.59 on 25 February 2019. Subscriptions made after this date will not qualify. Full and complete payment means the payment must have been received by us and cleared by the deadline. Payment by Cheque and echeque must be received by us before the closing time. Your payment must clear before you will qualify for the free products and be cleared within 10 working days.

Promotion includes two products from the provided list below;

RW Enhancer
AP Class 142 Diesel Multiple Unit Pack
AP Sky and Weather Enhancement Pack
AP Class 168/170/171 Enhancement Pack
AP Class 31 Enhancement Pack
AP Class 43 (Valenta)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
AP Class 43 (MTU)/Mk3 Enhancement Pack
AP Class 91/Mk4 Enhancement Pack

RW Enhancer refers to one copy of Railworks Enhancer available from https://www.rwenhancer.com/ .

Armstrong Powerhouse (AP) product refers to one product as stated and up to the value of £11.99 as available and priced at the beginning of the promotional period at https://www.armstrongpowerhouse.com .

[jpvdveer]

More interesting stuff from the website - developers will be able to sell payware through alanthomsonsim.com. Interesting idea but I do fear that this will make the reviews on Alan's Youtube/Twitch channels less objective going forward.

Selling payware / donationware through AlanThomsonSim.com

We have already partnered with some big names and currently host some great value products but are always on the lookout for more to offer our customers.

If you have created a product and need a place to market it then AlanThomsonSim is the perfect platform. We take care of the ‘headache’ and put your product in front of a large, worldwide audience.

Accounts are set up very quickly and in some cases we can have your product live in a mater of hours.

We charge a flat 30% fee per product sold and provide the hosting, delivery, payment gateway and customer support* to the end user. This leaves you free from dealing with customer enquiries, complicated website issues or processing customer data. We can provide the product ‘as is’ and generate or provide licenses to the end user if required. All downloads are located on secure high speed external clouds which you will have direct access to.

There are practically unlimited options for media creation to promote your product and we can help with creating imagery, product listings and even promotional video.

We also highlight and feature products on Alan’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitch accounts to ensure they are put in front of the maximum number of people possible. We offer unique marketing opportunities through these platforms which can further compliment your product on our site as well as standard website and email marketing.

We run a monthly billing cycle and will disperse payments to you monthly.

We accept payment from customers through PayPal (which includes the option to pay by card) and disperse payment to you via PayPal or BACS bank transfer.

For more information and to enquire please contact us

*Customer support does not extend to issues outside our control. i.e. product bugs or incompatibility.

https://alanthomsonsim.com/?page_id=988

[gptech]

Sure - two "free" products can be chosen out of a group of products which includes RW Enhancer and a number of AP products.

That now seems to have altered to RW Enhancer plus a single AP pack--the option to have 2 AP packs doesn't exist anymore.

https://alanthomsonsim.com/?page_id=1382

[749006]

I wonder why they cannot have the sign up price lower and not have the packs on offer?

If somebody already has or does not need the items on offer then they lose out.

[gptech]

Those that don't subscribe at all could be seen as the 'losers' Peter, as some content is *exclusive* to subscribers.....though I can see that content very quickly making it's way onto various file sharing servers.

[xguerra]

More interesting stuff from the website - developers will be able to sell payware through alanthomsonsim.com. Interesting idea but I do fear that this will make the reviews on Alan's Youtube/Twitch channels less objective going forward.

Selling payware / donationware through AlanThomsonSim.com

We have already partnered with some big names and currently host some great value products but are always on the lookout for more to offer our customers.

If you have created a product and need a place to market it then AlanThomsonSim is the perfect platform. We take care of the ‘headache’ and put your product in front of a large, worldwide audience.

Accounts are set up very quickly and in some cases we can have your product live in a mater of hours.

We charge a flat 30% fee per product sold and provide the hosting, delivery, payment gateway and customer support* to the end user. This leaves you free from dealing with customer enquiries, complicated website issues or processing customer data. We can provide the product ‘as is’ and generate or provide licenses to the end user if required. All downloads are located on secure high speed external clouds which you will have direct access to.

There are practically unlimited options for media creation to promote your product and we can help with creating imagery, product listings and even promotional video.

We also highlight and feature products on Alan’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitch accounts to ensure they are put in front of the maximum number of people possible. We offer unique marketing opportunities through these platforms which can further compliment your product on our site as well as standard website and email marketing.

We run a monthly billing cycle and will disperse payments to you monthly.

We accept payment from customers through PayPal (which includes the option to pay by card) and disperse payment to you via PayPal or BACS bank transfer.

For more information and to enquire please contact us

*Customer support does not extend to issues outside our control. i.e. product bugs or incompatibility.

https://alanthomsonsim.com/?page_id=988

I agree about objectivity.

Not to be too cynical but if a developer understands the value of the product they are producing then why do they need all this help from someone to do what is quite a straightforward marketing exercise?

[jpvdveer]

Link to store - https://alanthomsonsim.com/?page_id=2500. Currently contains 8 Just Trains products. Check-out still under construction.