I would say this...
This community was built with the idea to present more training rather than just a forum. Our main selling feature is the raw training that shows real examples...
The forum is for discussion and guaranteed responses.
Yes there are plenty of free forums but in those forums no one is accountable...meaning you aren't guaranteed a response from someone with experience.
Most people who really are experienced don't have time for free forums.
If you look at the quality of the content and recommendations in those forums often times there are either really bad answers or there is a hidden motive.
We do have a team (albiet a small one) that is paid to respond with accurate answers based on experience.
I myself have spent nearly 10 million in paid advertising for affiliate marketing campaigns, Adam is another guy who has helped run my campaigns. Zohaib has years of experience in running paid ads for clients, and we actually have 2 job postings live now for anyone interested in becoming a valuable contributor to this forum.
We don't hire people who have not already paid their dues in this space. I think we will put our team on our front page so it is more transparent....
As for pricing we have had many different pricing models over the years and several promotions that truly were "limited time" promotions. We don't say limited time promotion just to get a sale - they truly are limited time. That is why some people got lifetime memberships for $200.
We are constantly adding new material whether it is updating our courses to remain relevant in a constantly changing industry, or adding new high converting templates, or adding new case studies. We also have some new features scheduled this week for the forum.
So all that being said, we are also updating the pricing model to include a new lifetime membership option which will be cheaper than most of the other forums and training platforms out there.