>On 11/16/06, Sandra Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Don't alumnis (people who have already attended one) get a price break?
>
>They do, but $100 off of $200 more is still $200 more :)
>
Totally agree with you... $100 off of $200 more is still $200 more. And trust
me I use all possible discounts codes that I am entitled to. I went back and
mined some data out of all the announcements that are sent out about the
conference.
|2005 |2006 |2007
|Price Cutoff |Price Cutoff |Price Cutoff
----------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
Early 4day |n/a |$649 |$849
3day |$449 25-Feb |$549 31-Jan |$749 31-Dec
Sat |n/a |$249 |$199
----------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
Timely 4day |n/a |$749 |$949
3day |$549 30-Apr |$649 31-Mar |$849 31-Mar
Sat |n/a |$299 |$249
----------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
Regular 4day |n/a |$849 |$1,049
3day |$649 10-Jun |$749 16-Jun |$949 20-Jun
Sat |n/a |$349 |$299
----------------+---------------+---------------+-------------
Late 4day |n/a |$949 |
3day |$749 28-Jun |$849 28-Jun |
Sat |n/a |$399 |
I can understand the price difference between '05 and '06 since they added a
day and provided lunch for attendees. But it is still the same hotel and
general time of year. It is nice to see that they did drop the price of the
Saturday Only registration by $50 between '06 and '07.
I really don't think someone would repeatedly run a money losing conference. It
has also been stated that TeraTech made a profit (never said how large) on the
conferences both previous years ('05 & '06). Just running the numbers of
registrations that were published in all the emails sent out (don't have data
for "Early" registration so just moved them all to "Timely" also made '06
registrations all 3day to compare between '05 & '06)
CFUnited 2005
Timely
3/10/05 - 270
3/17/05 - 292
3/30/05 - 319
4/12/05 - 365
4/10/05 - 415
4/27/05 - 457
--------------------
457 * $549 = $250,893
Regular
5/05/05 - 530
5/11/05 - 543
5/18/05 - 583
5/25/05 - 609
6/01/05 - 643
6/08/05 - 667
--------------------
210 * $649 = $136,290
Late
6/15/05 - 750
6/28/05 - 855
--------------------
188 * $749 = $140,812
CFUnited 2005 Total: $405,334
CFUnited 2006
Timely
3/15/06 - "Over 300"
3/22/06 - 320
3/26/06 - 390
--------------------
390 * $649 = $253,110
Regular
4/05/06 - 470
4/12/06 - 490
4/20/06 - 492
4/27/06 - 504
5/03/06 - 530
5/10/06 - 561
5/17/06 - 588
5/24/06 - 620
6/01/06 - 655
6/07/06 - 706
6/14/06 - 772
--------------------
382 * $749 = $286,118
Late
6/22/06 - 853
--------------------
81 * $849 = $68,769
CFUnited 2006 Total: $607,997
So if the registration trend for '07 matches '06 they should hit about
$750,000. This doesn't include sponsors.
The basic question is, if the previous ones were profitable and nothing has
changed, what is with the price increase?
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