Stop Using Thrive Suite. This Is Bad.
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- When I made my last video update about my new thoughts about Thrive Themes and Thrive Suite, I was not aware of a pretty important fact. Do you know what happens now if you cancel your Thrive Suite subscription? Hint: It's pretty bad.
Unfortunately, Awesome Motive is killing Thrive Themes.
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I agree. I made the switch from Thrive to Kadence around six months ago and haven't looked back.
There goes my idea of signing up for Thrive Suite. A jump from $300 a year to $600! Thank you for making this video
It is actually a sad video to make for me. I spent several years recommending Thrive Suite to people. But, this is not the same company any longer.
I am sure you are incredibly disappointed! Your previous reviews on them were the reason I was even interested. I know you only recommend products based on what you think about them. You don't chase the affiliate money like others do. Years ago I took a course through Shane MeLaugh. Obviously, I'll never know, but I wonder what he thinks about the direction Thrive Suite has gone. @@BlogMarketingAcademy
YES, once again the inmates are running the asylum. What a shambles of a business.
Wow, This video should be on TV. THRIVE SUCKS NOW THATS FOR SURE.
what do you recommend for online classes like apprenticeship and also, don't like what they have done and are doing. What is Shane doing now? Any idea? And thanks for the information.
Thanks, David. Good for you for making this video. I appreciate your honesty.
You bet.
If you switch to a different theme, does that restore your editing access? From what I understand, Thrive Themes essentially locks editing once your license expires, which means you'll need to either renew your license or switch to an alternative theme. When I switched to a different theme, I didn't have any issues accessing my content. However, be aware that all the formatting and special features provided by Thrive will be lost, and you'll likely need to invest a significant amount of time to make your site look good again.
Yeah, that's the point. Obviously, you can access the content if you switch themes. But, then you'd have to basically reformat all of it. Thrive just ceases to work.
I feel exactly the same. Everything that AM touches, turns into this money grabbing bs. They are basically the perfect example of why people say they hate marketers. Very distasteful.
I've stopped recommending them even though I've been an affiliate for them since the beginning. Personally still have the old grandfathered license so that's still a great value as long as they honor it. But I might cancel anyway because I really dislike these practices.
Yeah, the marketing tactics they use isn't the best. To put it mildly.
I remember for years the owner of Thrive Themes said he would NEVER hold a sale. His reasoning is that it wasn't fair to people who had paid the full price. So I was surprised when I went to their site yesterday and saw they were running a Black Friday sale. Guess the acquisition explains why things have changed.
The BF pice ($204) for the full suite is tempting. I asked them about the renewal price and they told me renewals are at the full price but that I can cancel and repurchase during next years Black Friday sale. I wonder if they'll really let people do that.
BTW, the issue you're describing regarding not being to edit the content once you stop paying is common in the page builder space. I know Elemontor is exactly the same and I wouldn't be surprised if others are as well.
Elementor has a free version, so I don't believe it would shut you down from editing. I've actually not seen a page builder do that before.
Hi David, thanks for the video and agree with you Thrive Themes was awesome with Shane Melaugh. I have used it for every website I have built ever since I found out about Thrive. Anyway time to move on I am not sticking around either. One question though who are you using for squeeze/landing pages now. How good is Kadence at that or what do you use
You can build any kind of page you want with Kadence. You don't get a bunch of pre-designed templates for squeeze pages and stuff, but the platform is more than capable of building them. Same with man others, actually.
I paid for thrive theme for several years. Now I have 5 websites built on thrive themes and I can no longer edit my websites. I'm so frustrated and now in a position where I am going to need to rebuild ALL the websites because I can't even do something as simple as changing the address on the footer.
Sorry to hear that. It does suck.
It is frustrating, isn't it. I have a developer assistant and I think we are going to do similar. It has never worked well as a shop theme and the builder does not help when editing older pages. Let me know (UA-cam link) if you want his assistance.
What do you recommend as a replacement? Not just for the design but various other plugins like timer or testimonials?
Lots of options out there that don't cost $599. :) All depends on what you need it to do. I mean, most all page builders have testimonials and countdown timers. There are even creative ways to build your own testimonial capture system, using a forms plugin and a custom post type.
I am addicted to Elementor Pro! You can start with their free one and then upgrade to Pro. Use almost any theme and then Elementor Pro will even allow you to build a theme. It has everything and I use Astra theme (free or pro) and then Elementor Pro and it's fabulous.... BTW, I have the old Thrive Leads and Architect... and it was great back in the day... never upgraded to Thrive Themes... but had already mostly quit using the other two loner plugins.
@@MelodyJacksonPhD If you care about core web vitals score, then you will trash elementor and embrace native block builder like kadence. Breakdance is even far better than elementor as a page builder.
Bricks. I am looking currently at Bricks builder. Lifetime licence cost as much as Thrive yearly sub lol. Ridiculous.
@@MelodyJacksonPhD This won't build a course though.
I just canceled the renewal which is due in Jan and now I need to figure out the simplest way to build my site without breaking the bank, It needs to have quizzes, courses, landing pages, and a simple process to add content for the blog. Man this TT has become shitty on all fronts. I regret buying their builder idea, I was using a normal Wordpress blog before and it took me forever to learn to use their soft as I´m non non-tech guy. This TT has made this journey a living hell for me to be honest.
Feel free to get in touch with me via the BMA site. I could either help you do this, or at least just point out your shortest path forward. Sounds like you have a few months to get it switched over.
Thanks I will
@@BlogMarketingAcademy
may want to take down the video you did recommending them because I almost made the mistake. Im glad I did a bit more looking around.
Good point. Don't think I'll take it down, but I think linking to this update makes sense.
@@BlogMarketingAcademy Maybe adding a banner that says UPDATE , then whatever you want to say. I did think about it after replying and thought you may want to leave the review for those that will still want Thrive as it is informative, but also tell them what they don't know on THAT video somehow that is obvious.
I agree, too.
I was about to do the Thrive Suite... but thank you for the warning. $599 is pretty ridiculous annually.
mine renewed at 229 but I get all the suits with the academy etc.
Shane built an awesome company that I was eagerly proud recommending their suite of software, but boy oh boy, he destryed the it on his way out. What a tragedy!
Shane wrote a blog post detailing that Thrive was acquired and how it was in safe hands. I disagreed and said so in my comment at the time. Sadly, I'm afraid to say that I was write.
It wasn't to predict if you're a follower of the new parent company, Awesomemotive.
Awesomemotive buys softwares and jack up prices and kills them.
I was disappointed that Shane went this route without regard to his subscribers who stood by him when Thrive Suite nothing to celebrate.
Yeah. I'm not mad at Shane. I totally understand how an entrepreneur eventually needs to take an exit and move on.
Also, I don't think Awesome Motive "kills" products. They're a competent company. My beef with them is more about their marketing tactics.
@@BlogMarketingAcademy I am actually mad at him. Because it was personal, I really liked him and wanted to support him. I reported bugs, I supported his other projects because I liked him as a person, I believed his ideology. And he screwed me and you over. Sorry but this was dick move. I am canceling my subscription - and not because I just found out about him selling the company - rather because Thrive gradually began to suck. Full of bugs, non existing support, ridiculous pricing.. it all came down to a realisation "hmm.. can't believe I am gonna say it but, THRIVE SUCKS and I should cancel subscription". Then I went on did some diggin' and found Shane sold it. Now it all made sense.
I was so pissed when this happened. I want to leave but my entire site runs on thrive and I don't know of a suite that can do the same much less a way to migrate easily.
Can you do a video on thrive alternatives, moving to Kadence etc.
The site would need to be re-built, essentially. So, it doesn't really matter which tool you switch to. It will be work either way.
I liked Shane a lot (Thrive Themes co-founder), and I've liked Thrive Themes. Was an early user. Got locked into a $120/yr membership. But now that I'm trying to upgrade from an old Thrive theme (Focus) to Thrive Builder/Shapeshifter I was slapped in the face with a big problem that tech support is vague about -- how to transition more than 1,000 Thrive shortcodes I used to make more than 800 blog posts in Focus to Builder. It appears I'd have to do this manually, which is a non-starter. That said, I'd face the same issue if I moved from Thrive to something like Kadence. Very frustrated! Any suggestions, David?
Unfortunately, no. You could run a search/replace to remove shortcodes. But, the only way to make them function the same way is to have the code in place to power them.
Which lms plugin is best for online courses with multiple features? And the ones suitable woth oceanwp
Dunno. Comes down to preference. Learndash is the one I have the most experience with, tho.
WOW good thing I saw your video I was just about to purchase Thrive Apprentice. What is Kadence exactly?
Kadence is a theme as well as a plugin for blocks to build your site with. Essentially, a site builder that works with Gutenberg.
@@BlogMarketingAcademy oh I see. A bit too complicated for me lol. Can you recommend another. Thanks so much for your prompt reply
@@edgi55 what do you think about blocksy and brizy for affiliate sales?
Wowwww.... Thanks for this video Man... It's a life saver
You talked about converting a website out of thrive... Do you mind doing a video that teaches how to do that...
It is a hard thing to show in a video because every site is so different. Basically, tho, I just take the site into staging. Install the new theme (Kadence, in my case). Activate it and deactivate the Thrive stuff. Then start re-building the site so it looks more or less like it did before.
@@BlogMarketingAcademy okay... Thanks Man
Hehehe thumbs up bubble popping thanks to the new mac os update. 😂
Yeah, I need to figure out how to turn that damn thing off.
@@BlogMarketingAcademy open up quick time Start new movie recordi. And at the top a coloured box pops up with a video camera or a person in the taskbar. Then make "Reactions" turn grey.
lol... I thought David put it there on purpose for some unknown reason!!!!
I only caught this video by chance. So glad I did. Thanks for that update David. I have been intending to move away from Thrive ever since it was taken over but I had no idea about the price increases and disablements. Something else on the urgent to do list now.
To be fair, I'm pretty sure your existing subscription is locked in and won't go up. That doubled price is likely just for the new people. But still...
@@BlogMarketingAcademy As you commented, I also don't like the way the company is now operating, even their emails are somehow unpleasant. The software has transitioned from what I originally liked which was the marketing features side of it, into a membership focused product plus I now use an all in one platform so those features are redundant anyway. Updates are lacking on what I use and the whole operation seems bent on reducing value. Even the affiliate program has changed significantly. Redesign due before my renewal happens.