"Smart" Base Packages and Variable Pricing for Standard Base Packages

I keep receiving emails pushing me to upgrade to Portfolio. However, I am sure that I will not be making this upgrade anytime soon. The reason I will not be upgrading is because the large majority of the resources that "I want" that are available in Portfolio I have already purchased. Now, there are other resources I am interested in that are available in Portfolio that I have not yet purchased. However, the upgrade cost to Portfolio doesn't take into account what I have already purchased. Therefore, I save little to nothing by buying Portfolio.

I would like to suggest a couple of things to Logos that would improve the way base packages are handled.

First, I would like to see Logos set up two types of base packages. The first being the standard base packages and the second being a set of "smart" base packages.

Second, with the standard base packages, it would be nice if Logos would calculate and discount the price of the various upgrades based on the items which we have already bought. For example, if I buy NAC independent of a base package, it would be nice if Logos would give me at least a slight discount on any base package that included NAC. I understand that part of the base package model is that buying the books all together is simply "part of the deal." However, I cannot justify making a large base package upgrade if I already own half of resources that are part of the bigger base package.

Third, (as notes above) I would like to see Logos offer a set of "smart" base packages. The way I would see this working is that I give the Logos servers permission to view my private library ratings and compile a set of base packages based on resources related to my "most liked" resources. As an example: let's say I rated a bunch of the Word Biblical Commentaries as having five stars. It would be neat if Logos could offer me a smart base package that included the EEC commentary set. Therefore, You could then take the type of resources that I most like, and offer them to me in a set of base packages. You could even set up a price gradient for "smart" base packages which would offer me a basic smart upgrade for $100 up to a smart "mother-load" base package for $5000.

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Ted Hans

Why don't you call a sales rep and see what kind of offer can be made to you? Most of what you are suggesting is already in place but not ALL

Jonathan

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/383045#Comment_383045

Why don't you call a sales rep...

I talked to a sales rep several months ago... However, I believe that they only gave a discount for recently purchased items. Perhaps I am wrong. I remember thinking it wasn't much of a discount considering how little Portfolio would have added to my library.

My main suggestion is that I would like to see a kind of "smart" base package. Something that would provide me with a new base package that is full of completely new-to-me resources based on my likes and dislikes. Rather than the current base package system that is 50% full of stuff I already own, 10% full of stuff I want, and 40% full of resources I will never use.

Yes, Logos has sales reps who can give suggestions, but knowing that many of us have put in long hours of rating our resources, it would be nice to see something that could be used to calculate other items we might like.