A few questions @ChrisHemphill1:
- When are you going to start counting “lifetime Forge revenue”? Is Forge revenue in 2025 and before already considered for the $1M bonus? Or will it start on 1 Jan 2026? If it starts before 2026, we will probably wait until Jan 2026 to move our Connect apps to Forge in order to utilize the full bonus.
- Have you considered that Forge is still far from having parity with Connect? What are we supposed to do with apps that have a few (or even just a single) Connect module that we’re unable to move to Forge on Jan 1 2026 because of Forge limitations? It’s going to be a tough decision between taking features away and giving up on the 4% (later 8%) revenue share difference.
- How do you justify raising the Forge revenue share, while at the same time charging for the pretty much mandatory move towards the Forge platform with Forge pricing?
- Can you share a longer-term vision how the revenue share is going to evolve in the future? It’s probably not going to stop being increased to 17% and we’ll have to expect further increases to 20-25% in the years to follow?
- What are we going to tell our customers if our apps will have more incidents on Forge than previously on Connect (search for Forge here vs. Connect)? Could you please release a blog post or other public document that summarizes all the different changes and incentives for partners regarding the move from Connect to Forge? That would make it easier for us to point out to our mutual customers why we’re making all of these changes and why there might be speed bumps along the way.
Thank you!