17 February 2010 2 Comments

Xero is free – for a short while

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Looks like users who have previously signed-up to play with Xero on a free trial will have received this email this morning.  Clearly, the marketing ploy is to prompt fence-sitters to make the switch before the start of their new financial year, which for most businesses begins 1st April.

The offer has 43 days to run, so represents a saving of about £26 for a business using Xero’s “Medium” plan.  Is this enough of an incentive?  Personally, I am not convinced but it is a clever way of getting into the inboxes of prospects without looking spammy.

2 Responses to “Xero is free – for a short while”

  1. Stuart Jones 17 February 2010 at 12:21 pm #

    I’d like to see it available to accountants so we can say to clients “Try it until the end of March for free”. Post January 31st is a good time for us to be proactive.

  2. Adrian Pearson 17 February 2010 at 12:44 pm #

    Hi Stuart, yes I agree. Maybe Xero missed a trick there.