Suggestions for further Mumsnet Premium offers

[JustineMumsnet]

We've launched Mumsnet Premium Deals today and have a number of great offers for Premium members including 10% off Bugaboo.com, £100 off Octopus energy when you switch, 3 months free superfast broadband with Zen, £80 John Lewis voucher when you sign up to Admiral insurance and up to £100 off holidays with Holidays Please.

We'd love to hear from current Premium subscribers what further offers you'd like us to go after as well as from anyone who hasn't subscribed but might be persuaded to with the right offer. Please post your thoughts here and we'll do our damnedest to get the most popular partners on board with great offers. Big thanks.

[PerditaProvokesEnmity]

Ha! Have I confused two recent MN threads? You're right - the quote function one came later, didn't it?

Thanks. Will look for it.

[BIWI]

@PerditaProvokesEnmity

You need to post this on site stuff, not here! Quoting isn't a premium feature, it's across the whole board. (But I'd also say, given how widely it seems to be being used, you're on a hiding to nothing with this!)

[PerditaProvokesEnmity]

Cant find the earlier MNHQ thread - so am I allowed to say here how much I do not like the quote facility, now I've had a chance to get used to it?

It makes threads so cumbersome. Most of us write in paragraphs and numerous times a day I'm having to wade through posts quoting 4,5,6 paragraphs just to draw attention to one sentence. Unbearably tedious - especially when they're quoting me ...

Cant you make it stop? The old c&p did the job perfectly well.

[TeddyGizmo]

I don't live in the UK and I don't have kids so it's a meh from me.

I hardly notice the ads and much like PPs, I wouldn't want to pay for generic functions that are standard on other forums.

[00100001]

@daisychain01

Oh yes, of course, because 10% off a £900+ buggy is exactly the kind of deal needed for someone who can't afford £6 a month...
If they're on their arse, they're not going to be looking at spending £100s on a pram... they're likely to be looking on FB marketplace for one for £30...

The 10% offer is there to entice someone who can already afford to pay over the odds for an all singing all dancing fancy looking pram... They can afford full price, but go "ooooh, I'll get this £1300 system for 'just' £1170!"

[BIWI]

What a bizarre post @daisychain01!!

Why the bitterness? Should those who have paid to become a premium member not benefit in some way?

The two things are not mutually exclusive.

[daisychain01]

@00100001

How are you ensuring that the deals only go to MN Premium members?

for example - if it's just a case of "MNPREMIUMCODE10" to get 10% off where, that is emailed out/put on a board - what is stopping anyone passing that code onto non-members?

Have you thought that the beneficiary of a 10% discount might just be a MNer who is currently out of a job and would find the discount useful, and just can't afford the monthly subs!

Is it really the goal to make absolutely certain someone isn't supported just to make the Premium Club feel like they're getting their money's worth?. Hopefully not!

[00100001]

How are you ensuring that the deals only go to MN Premium members?

for example - if it's just a case of "MNPREMIUMCODE10" to get 10% off where, that is emailed out/put on a board - what is stopping anyone passing that code onto non-members?

[BigChocFrenzy]

I'm a subscriber, but don't live in the UK
A lottery for an Amazon voucher maybe ?

[Giraffeski]

I would like the Premium option to hide the sponsored threads in the app as they irritate me almost as much as ads.
Offers wise i'm not sure it is a big draw really. A complete absence of ads and technical advantages is what I subscribe for.

[WisestIsShe]

I agree with @MarkRuffaloCrumble when I was told Mumsnet was struggling and needed to raise some cash I subscribed solely in the basis of the content of the feminism board. I wanted to support a space where women could talk and learn. I have learned loads from there and stand fully with JKR.

[Guacamole]

I can’t help wondering if removing adverts for premium members will backfire and cause more advertisers to pull out of advertising on mumsnet. No one will want to advertise on a site where members won’t see the adverts. What am I misunderstanding here?

[ElizabethMainwaring]

Thank you Dawn!

[Extracurricularfatigue]

Can't believe I'm defending Disney+ on the internet of all things, but there are thousands of hours of stuff on there. My kids have only scratched the surface. Most of it isn't available for free anywhere else.

The internet however is full of free talk sites. MN might be your favourite one, but it's one among many.

[DawnMumsnet]

[quote ElizabethMainwaring]@MNHQ
Is no-one going to move @Maggi20 s post?
She is worried about pregnancy choices.
I asked for it to be moved in the early hours.
Priorities eh...[/quote]
Sorry for the delay, @ElizabethMainwaring - we've removed this post now and replied to your report. Thanks for helping Maggi20 to start a new thread of her own.

[00100001]

@FridayNightAtTheBronze

Those discounts are all available elsewhere on the Internet.

I just purchased Disney Plus for almost the same price and the value for money vs Mumsnet is incomparable.

If you need money to keep running then I would just say that. Many long term members are willing to donate. But dressing up a 'Premium' service as value for money when it's clearly not is insulting.

Mumsnet Premium would need some seriously good features to be considered value for money, given that the members provide the content.

But you'll probably find the novelty Disney+ will wear off by October. A fair amount of people are now cancelling after a couple of month. Qhere as, presumably you've used/will use MN for some years

[Maggi20]

I’ve re-posted to where you said and have had lots of replies. Thank you so much. X

[ElizabethMainwaring]

@MNHQ
Is no-one going to move @Maggi20 s post?
She is worried about pregnancy choices.
I asked for it to be moved in the early hours.
Priorities eh...

[BadLad]

I'd like free upgrades on travel!



Yep, this would do it for me.

[ShadowMane]

@PersonaNonGarter

I come to mumsnet for the content, which should be free as it's generally created by us, the user.

I find this really bizarrely entitled. I write in a notebook, but I don’t expect not to have to pay for the notebook itself, even though I am generating the content?

Advertising doesn’t usually cover costs. It’s a myth. And we are losing newspapers and magazines and media outlets all the time because of confusion about this.

MN want to move from being less ITV and more Netflix. Good.

Do the words you write in the notebook male money for the makers of the book? Do the makers of the book now own your words, can they sell them to the highest bidder? Do they make money from advertising next to your words?

Thats what we are talking about, every word I write on this sub, draws in other people who write more etc and mn sell advertising based on all these people.

I have not seen anything that is worth paying for, that is not available elsewhere.

[ElizabethMainwaring]

The above was to @Maggi20.