Different tiers of Pro membership

[RichardTaylor]

At the moment all paying Pro users are equal.

Imagine instead a tiered pricing structure:

• Lowest price: Access to batch requesting only, no embargoes. Only for non-commercial use by small low-turnover organisations / individuals.

• Middle price: Full featured, for non-commercial use by small low-turnover organisations / individuals.

• High price: Full featured, for commercial use by large / high turnover organisations.

This issue for discussion derives from thoughts about how "rate cap removal" should ideally work https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/issues/6789#issuecomment-1047126123

See also:

WhatDoTheyKnow issue "Promote free month of Pro for articles based on requests on Pro pricing page"

https://github.com/mysociety/whatdotheyknow-theme/issues/719

[RichardTaylor]

An alternative tiered pricing structure based on the model used by other mySociety services eg. MapIt/TWFW:

• Tier Zero. Free public non-Pro service. Free to all but monitor and prevent evasion of rate caps by commercial users.

• Tier One. Free to registered charities, or individuals pursuing a non-profit project on an unpaid basis. Chargeable at low price for commercial users. Access to batch requesting only, no embargoes.

• Tier Two: Full featured, for non-commercial use by small low-turnover organisations / individuals. Middle price for commercial users - 50% off for registered charities, or individuals pursuing a non-profit project on an unpaid basis.

• High price: Full featured, for commercial use by large / high turnover organisations. High price for commercial users - 50% off for registered charities, or individuals pursuing a non-profit project on an unpaid basis.