My Account Store Store
Clubs
Webinars
Investing
SSG Tutorial
Blog

November 13, 2001 - Summary

Notes on future pricing

We've gotten many inquiries recently with respect to future pricing of our products, particularly NAIC Online Club Accounting (NOCA, at http://www.naic-club.com). This notice is intended to answer as many of these questions as currently possible.

NOCA will remain free of charge until further notice. We guarantee that it will be free of charge at least through the upcoming tax season, which ends April 15, 2002. This applies to NOCA's full investment club accounting (all reports except tax returns), message boards, club calendars, file sharing, voting, and email support.

NOCA will include full functionality for 2001 tax reports. As in past years, access to these tax reports is not free. This year, the online tax reports at NOCA will cost $36 per club. As in past years, users of desktop versions of NAIC Club Accounting (Windows v.1.04 and v.2, or Mac v.1.04) may purchase add-on tax printers for these products. This year, the desktop tax printer will cost $49 and will include full access to NOCA's online tax printer as well.

At some point next year, we'll probably start charging a reasonable subscription fee for full access to NOCA, although some portion of the site will remain free to all NAIC clubs. This fee will cover everything on NOCA, including tax reports and telephone support, such that any club that signs up for the service will not have to pay separate charges for access to tax functionality. Customers of NAIC Club Accounting (for Windows or Macintosh) current on the annual maintenance fee described below will likely be exempt from this fee, and will continue to have full access to NOCA.

We expect to structure this NOCA fee such that it's affordable for smaller and newer clubs as well as their larger and richer brethren. This will probably take shape as an annual fee based on number of members, with a cap of no more than $99 to keep it economical for larger clubs as well. This will make it easier for smaller clubs to obtain access to club accounting software. (For new clubs, we're also looking to expand our partnerships with popular brokers to offer steep discounts on accounting software to clubs that open accounts.)

Also sometime after tax season, we expect to implement a single, flat annual charge for users of desktop versions of NAIC Club Accounting. This optional fee will include full support service, tax printers, updates, and more. The exact fee is not determined, but it will be no more than $99.

We have not yet worked out all the details of this pricing plan but expect to have done so by early next year. We will announce details of the plan then and guarantee all NOCA users will have a minimum of three months explicit notice before we institute any subscription fees. In the meantime, we are still very interested in your suggestions on this issue, as they help us craft policies to meet your needs. Please write to ideas@iclub.com to share your thoughts.

Recap

  • NOCA free through 2001 tax season
  • 2001 NOCA online tax printer - $36
  • 2001 NCA desktop tax printer - $49
  • Next year: per-member NOCA fees including taxes and support; cap of no more than $99
  • Next year: flat NCA maintenance fees of no more than $99 including support, updates, tax printers, more

Explore a new brokerage option -- 20% off

FOLIOfn, our newest partner, is a leading-edge brokerage for both individuals and investment clubs.

With a brokerage account at FOLIOfn, you can:

  • open an account with no minimum balance
  • buy fractional shares in dollar amounts
  • set up personalized baskets of stocks
  • trade commission-free during twice-daily trading windows
  • enjoy 24/7 customer service

..all for a low annual fee.

For more information or to open an account at a 20% discount, please visit http://www.foliofn.com/iclub/

*Accounts must be opened in accordance with terms described on the promotional pages. This offer expires December 31, 2001.

Spin-off and merger support pages

Users of NAIC Club Accounting and NAIC Online Club Accounting frequently have questions about how to handle a particular spin-off or merger.

Our online support site includes detailed explanations on proper procedures for dealing with unusual transactions. For this informational area on spin-offs, mergers, and more, click here or post the following URL into your browser: http://www.iclub.com/support/desktop/faqs/transactions/.

If you have a question about a particular transaction but don’t see information about it on the site, feel free to drop us a line through our online support system (http://www.iclub.com/support/request.html), let us know what's missing, and we’ll post the appropriate information as soon as possible.

Your friends can sign up for this newsletter at: www.iclub.com/newsletter/subscribe.html

To unsubscribe, enter your email address at: www.iclub.com/newsletter/unsubscribe.html

Newsletter Archive

Subscribe to newsletter

Unsubscribe from newsletter


 
  
About    Press    Management    Privacy Policy    Terms of Service    Contact

copyright © 1989 - ICLUBcentral Inc. or its affiliates