Subscription Plans
Usage of a Visual Pursuits website for your organization and the Image Competition Manager
program are provided under a subscription license. Different subscription plans are available
including a FREE plan.
When you initially create a website, you will have a 60 day free standard subscription so you can
evaluate the service. If you do not subscribe at that time it will convert to a FREE subscription described bellow.
Inactive accounts are automatically deleted after 90 days.
Premium trial subscriptions are available by sending a Support Request via the Help menu on your website.
A FREE subscription will provide a website that will display some advertisements on certain pages
and will have other limitations. The table below compares the features available for the different subscription plans.
| Feature |
FREE Plan |
Standard Subscription |
Premium Subscription |
| Use of the Image Competition Manager Program |
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| Use of Website |
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| Ads appear on Website |
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| Upload and Download Images |
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| Manage Membership and Roles |
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| Manage Competitions |
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| Display Competition Results |
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| Manage Events and Website Calendar |
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| E-mail Members |
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| Display Photo Galleries |
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| Website Document Storage |
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| Website and Images Backed Up |
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| Maximum Members |
30 |
Varies |
Varies |
| Storage Limit |
1.0GB |
Varies |
Varies |
| Number of Host Headers (web addresses per website) |
1 |
Up to 5 |
Up to 5 |
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Website Judging |
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Custom Web Pages |
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PayPal Buttons |
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Voting in Discussion Forums |
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Website Critiques |
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Voting and Rating Competition Images |
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Custom Roles and Groups |
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You may change your subscription plan at any time. A purchased subscription plan will be needed if you
need additional storage, need the more advanced feature, do not want ads displayed, or if you have more than 30 organization members.
Prepaid fees will will not be refunded if you downgrade your plan.
Note that inactive FREE subscriptions are automatically deleted if there are no user
logins for 90 days.
Discounts are available for organizations that are members of the Photographic Society of America (PSA).
Please visit the PSA Website for information on becoming a member organization.
Our subscription prices are inexpensive if you consider the tremendous savings in time for
your members and competition managers. The cost is under $4 per member per year for PSA member organizations.
If you are interested in subscribing or need to change your subscription
status, please contact us at
CustomerService@VisualPursuits.com or use the Support Request form accessed via the Help menu of your website or from this website.
Standard Subscription Plans
Subscription plans are payable in advance of the period covered. Refunds are not available
for early cancellation or downgrading of a subscription.
Member counts are the number of members defined by your organization as being "competing members". Disk space utilization is based on the
sum of all disk space used to store your organization's files and images. You will be notified if you start to exceed your limits.
"New Images/Year" is the number of new images that can be used by your website without incurring any
additional variable charge. Please see the section on "Variable Charges" below.
Councils, PSA, and organizations with no direct membership need special handling and subscriptions are
based on storage usage rather than membership. These organizations must subscribe at the 50 member or higher level.
Some features require a Premium Subscription, which has a different price schedule below.
| Plan |
Max Members |
New Images/Year |
Max Storage |
Non-PSA Member Charge |
PSA Member Charge |
| Free Subscription |
30 |
1000 |
1GB |
Free |
Free |
| Standard Subscription |
15 |
600 |
2.3GB |
$73/year |
$46/year |
| Standard Subscription |
30 |
1200 |
4.7GB |
$109/year |
$79/year |
| Standard Subscription |
50 |
2000 |
8GB |
$163/year |
$133/year |
| Standard Subscription |
75 |
3000 |
12GB |
$230/year |
$200/year |
| Standard Subscription |
100 |
4000 |
16GB |
$297/year |
$267/year |
| Standard Subscription |
125 |
5000 |
20GB |
$361/year |
$331/year |
| Standard Subscription |
150 |
6000 |
24GB |
$418/year |
$388/year |
| Standard Subscription |
200 |
8000 |
32GB |
$490/year |
$460/year |
| Standard Subscription |
250 |
10,000 |
40GB |
$600/year |
$570/year |
| Standard Subscription |
300 |
12,000 |
48GB |
$707/year |
$677/year |
| Standard Subscription |
350 |
14,000 |
56GB |
$816/year |
$786/year |
| Standard Subscription |
400 |
16,000 |
64GB |
$925/year |
$895/year |
| Standard Subscription |
450 |
18,000 |
72GB |
$1034/year |
$1004/year |
| Standard Subscription |
500 |
20,000 |
80GB |
$1143/year |
$1113/year |
Premium Subscription Plans
A Premium Subscription includes all of the features of a Standard Subscription
plus enables certain advanced functions of the software and website,
such as Website Judging and Custom Web Pages.
Information on features can be found on your website by using the "Help" menu.
Subscription plans are payable in advance of the period covered. Refunds are not available
for early cancellation or downgrading of a subscription.
Member counts are the number of members defined by your organization as being "competing members". Disk space utilization is based on the
sum of all disk space used to store your organization's files and images. You will be notified if you start to exceed your limits.
"New Images/Year" is the number of new images that can be used by your website without incurring any
additional variable charge. Please see the section on "Variable Charges" below.
Councils, PSA, and organizations with no direct membership need special handling and subscriptions are
based on storage usage rather than membership. These organizations must subscribe at the 50 member or higher level.
| Plan |
Max Members |
New Images/Year |
Remote Judged Images/Year |
Max Storage |
Non-PSA Member Charge |
PSA Member Charge |
| Premium Subscription |
30 |
1200 |
600 |
4.7GB |
$145/year |
$115/year |
| Premium Subscription |
50 |
2000 |
1000 |
8GB |
$217/year |
$187/year |
| Premium Subscription |
75 |
3000 |
1500 |
12GB |
$306/year |
$276/year |
| Premium Subscription |
100 |
4000 |
2000 |
16GB |
$395/year |
$365/year |
| Premium Subscription |
125 |
5000 |
2500 |
20GB |
$475/year |
$445/year |
| Premium Subscription |
150 |
6000 |
3000 |
24GB |
$556/year |
$526/year |
| Premium Subscription |
200 |
8000 |
4000 |
32GB |
$651/year |
$621/year |
| Premium Subscription |
250 |
10,000 |
5000 |
40GB |
$798/year |
$768/year |
| Premium Subscription |
300 |
12,000 |
6000 |
48GB |
$941/year |
$911/year |
| Premium Subscription |
350 |
14,000 |
7000 |
56GB |
$1086/year |
$1056/year |
| Premium Subscription |
400 |
16,000 |
8000 |
64GB |
$1230/year |
$1200/year |
| Premium Subscription |
450 |
18,000 |
9000 |
72GB |
$1375/year |
$1345/year |
| Premium Subscription |
500 |
20,000 |
10,000 |
80GB |
$1595/year |
$1565/year |
Variable Subscription Pricing
In order to keep the subscription prices as low as possible, we use some variable
charges based on your usage of our services. Those organizations with more
usage will naturally need to pay more. To simplify the process for most organizations,
an allocation of some variable items is included in each subscription.
You will only get an invoice for additional changes if you exceed the
allocation associated with your subscription.
Your Visual Pursuits subscription has the following limits:
- Total Active Members
- Total storage used by competitions, galleries, and file uploads.
- Total new images placed in galleries or competitions per subscription year.
This is listed in the price schedules above. Additional charges will be invoiced
if the limit is exceeded.
- Total images participating in Website Judging each year. (Requires a Premium Subscription.)
This is listed in the price schedules above. Additional charges will be invoiced
if the limit is exceeded.
Councils and Non-Club Organizations
For photo club councils and other non-club organizations that hold competitions, membership may not be an accurate
indication of the services consumed by the organization. These organizations must
subscribe to at least the 50 membership level and the membership limit will not be used.
You must inform us if you have this type of organization.
Additional Variable Charges
- $0.06 per new image added in excess of the image limit included in your subscription.
- $0.08 per image processed with the Website Judging feature in excess of the image limit included in your Premium Subscription.
Variable charges are handled on a partially pre-paid basis. If you are subject to variable changes
and the balance in your account drops below $10, a new payment will be required that equals your
current balance plus a prepay of $25. Invoicing is performed as needed for these charges, but no more
frequently than once per month.
You can view your current usage and billing status using your website menu "Administration", "Subscription Status".
Please contact us at Support@SoftwarePursuits.com if you have any questions or concerns regarding our pricing structure.
Example Charges
For a 75 member club, the annual Standard Subscription charge is $230/year, discounted to $200/year
for PSA member clubs. 3000 new images may be added to galleries and competitions without any additional charge.
Up to 9GB of storage may be used for all competitions, galleries, and uploaded files.
For a 100 member club, the annual Premium Subscription charge is $395/year, discounted to $365/year
for PSA member clubs. 4000 new images may be added to galleries and competitions without any additional charge.
Up to 12GB of storage may be used for all competitions, galleries, and uploaded files.
1000 images could be judged using the Website Judging feature without an additional charge.
If you used 5000 images in the year, there would be an additional change of $60, or $0.06/image above the
4000 image subscription limit. If 4000 images were judged using the Website Judging feature,
there would be an additional change of $240, or $0.08/image above the 1000 image subscription limit.
For a council, an annual Standard Subscription would be $163/year, discounted to $133/year for a PSA member council.
Up to 6GB of storage may be used with pricing taken from the 50 member subscription item.
If all council submissions are from other Visual Pursuits websites (other clubs), no additional changes
are likely unless the storage limit is exceeded or other optional services are used.
For a non-club organization using a Premium Subscription, the minimum subscription level would be
for 50 members (although the member limit is not used). Up to 6GB of storage may be used and
2000 new images would be permitted without any additional charge.
500 images could be judged using the Website Judging feature without an additional charge.
The annual subscription would be $217/year.
If you process 3000 new images during the year, an additional a variable charge of $0.06/image
for 1000 images would be incurred, or an additional $60. If those same images were all processed
using the Website Judging feature, there would be an additional change of $80.