Well, it’s the internet afterall, things like this can happen all the time and it can’t really be controlled by anyone.
Of course… I suspect maybe some bots (or just people) behind were trying to fetch as much licenses as possible because the increase of “free sales” didn’t reflect in the software usage telemetry, at all. The other interesting thing is that the amount of “people” on the site at 1 time was pretty constant. No spike, just middle-range activity 24h.
Hence the decision, this was a test and it went really bad. Lesson learnt.
“I thought i’ll wait a few days to see what others have to say about the software before i wanted to give it a try but that has been taken care of by now, i guess. ^^”
Right now, you can still use the 30 days trial (built-in).
“The company should have taken into account that the more 1 year licenses you get out there the better chance you have of having those licenses renewed for a year or more because people have grown used to using it and can see how good the software is rather than act like your doing them a favor.”
Yes, but when the 24 hours-giveaway generates as many free licenses (with support and updates and stuff) as you do in 1 year, this is not sustainable. This means those people won’t buy anything from you for (at least) 1 year and possibly generate costs in support. We can’t afford no or few sales for 365 days…
“Just some advice…. You should offer a premium trial version instead of just the free version and perhaps have a giveaway contest for a certain number of licenses.”
There is free trial for 30 days, built-in. Giveaway was a way to reach new people that didn’t hear about us before.
If you (or anybody seeing this) wants to contact the support at adlice.com/contact and say you’d like a license (mentioning SOS giveaway) they’ll give you a unique coupon.