Increase price for new customers (#739)

* Increases price of Blot for new customers

* Updates notes

app/dashboard/sign-up/index.js

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ paymentForm.get(csrf, function (req, res) {
   res.locals.menu = { "sign-up": "selected" };
   res.locals.error = req.query.error;
   res.locals.stripe_key = config.stripe.key;
-  res.locals.paypal_plan = config.paypal.plans.monthly_4;
+  res.locals.paypal_plan = config.paypal.plan;
   res.locals.paypal_client_id = config.paypal.client_id;
   res.locals.csrf = req.csrfToken();
   res.render("sign-up");

config/environment.sh

@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ export BLOT_STRIPE_SECRET=
 # Paypal for payment processing
 export BLOT_PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=
 export BLOT_PAYPAL_SECRET=
-export BLOT_PAYPAL_PLAN_ID=
+export BLOT_PAYPAL_MONTHLY_4=
+export BLOT_PAYPAL_YEARLY_44=
+export BLOT_PAYPAL_MONTHLY_5=
+export BLOT_PAYPAL_YEARLY_55=
 
 # Dropbox for folder syncing
 export BLOT_DROPBOX_APP_KEY=

config/index.js

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // annual plan, and vice versa, and that these IDs
     // correspond to plans on Stripe in both live and
     // test modes when you change Blot's price.
-    plan: "monthly_4",
+    plan: "monthly_5",
 
     plan_map: {
       yearly_30: "monthly_3",
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ module.exports = {
       monthly_2: "yearly_20",
 
       yearly_44: "monthly_4",
-      monthly_4: "yearly_44"
+      monthly_4: "yearly_44",
+
+      yearly_55: "monthly_5",
+      monthly_5: "yearly_55"
     }
   },
 
@@ -95,10 +98,16 @@ module.exports = {
   paypal: {
     client_id: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID,
     secret: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_SECRET,
+
+    plan: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_MONTHLY_5,
+
     plans: {
       monthly_4: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_MONTHLY_4,
-      yearly_44: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_YEARLY_44
+      yearly_44: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_YEARLY_44,
+      monthly_5: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_MONTHLY_5,
+      yearly_55: process.env.BLOT_PAYPAL_YEARLY_55
     },
+
     api_base: `https://api.${
       environment === "development" ? "sandbox." : ""
     }paypal.com`

notes/business/-principles.txt

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ I do not plan to raise investment in Blot. The main concern I'd have with bringi
 
 ## Set the price at what we'd pay
 
-I set the price of Blot at whatever I would be comfortable paying myself. When I started Blot, it cost $1 a month. I've improved Blot since then and now Blot costs $4 a month. I feel that's still a fair price since I provide web hosting and personal support. 
+I set the price of Blot at whatever I would be comfortable paying myself. When I started Blot, it cost $1 a month. I've improved Blot since then and now a site costs $5 a month. I feel that's still a fair price since I provide web hosting and personal support. 
 
 I know I could get away with charging more. I know this because I get regular emails from customers telling me this. However, I'm interested in having Blot in the hands of more people, even if it means generating less revenue. 
 

notes/design/brochure.txt

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Also, I don't like the look of those tables, with three or four choices, a featu
 Why not use a price ending in .99?
 ----------------------------------
 
-Why is the price $4 rather than $3.99 a month? I don't like the look of prices that end in .99. It always struck me as a cheap trick. The number is messier too. Why use five glyphs if we can get away with two? I know it works, but I know that it's working on me.
+Why is the price $5 rather than $4.99 a month? I don't like the look of prices that end in .99. It always struck me as a cheap trick. The number is messier too. Why use five glyphs if we can get away with two? I know it works, but I know that it's working on me.