pzizz loves students - does it show?

OK, this is to all the students out there! We love you! :-)

Three simple facts:

1) It's crucial that you get enough rest, not only to be able to cope with all the parties studying that you have to deal with, but also to maximize your study time party time! (Yes, life can be confusing sometimes!)

2) If you agree with 1) above, and you're interested in looking after yourself, pzizz will almost certainly become your NBF (New Best Friend).

Let's face it, the alternatives include: popping Pro+, chugging coffee, chewing on candy or any of the other regular "pick me ups" - ouch!

3) Whatever your thoughts on 1) and 2) above, one thing's for sure - at $39.95, pzizz is not priced for students...

In the past we've given 50% discounts to students who requested it, but this doesn't seem pro-active enough.

So... I was thinking of making the price much more affordable and offering a 75% discount...

How does $9.95 sound?

Basically, everyone logging on to pzizz.com from a domain ending in ".edu" or ".ac.uk" will automatically have the discount applied to their purchase - easy, right?

In addition, anyone filling out a form on the new student page on our website and supplying us with an email address that ends in ".edu" or ".ac.uk" will be emailed a promotional code that has the same effect - so you don't have to be logged in on your school / university server to get it...

But the big question is : Does a 75% discount give you enough love?

I didn't think so - so I thought that I'd set up a student affiliate scheme so that if you refer other friends who come and purchase using the student discount and your affiliate ID, you can get a $5 commission on every one of their purchases... Can you feel the love now? ;-)

Just two referrals would result in you getting pzizz for free ($0.05 profit, actually!) - and each and every one after that would earn you an extra $5!

This is how I see it:

1) It's a fun way for you to help yourself to some extra cash...

2) By introducing them to a great bit of software you can really help your friends to get the most out of their time at school / college / university...

3) (And, obviously, you'll really help me to spread the word about pzizz!!!)

But that's just what I think...

More importantly, what do YOU think?

Comments

[Greg]

I came to your site to tell you that pzizz just gave me some much needed energy before a big exam when I saw this blog post. I hope the student discount transfers to the 2.0 version, as I received my license from the MyDreamApp voting.

[Anthony Heald]

I'm really impressed by Pzizz and your attempts to make it much more widely available. Since I first came across it a couple of months ago, I've been using the 'free' energizer nap, and a sleep-nap I managed to record before the free trial expired.

Since then I've been on the prowl for freebies or discount codes, but I missed the dreamapp giveaway :(

Anyhow, your student giveaway is great: except I'm not a student. If I were a higher education lecturer I guess I'd be OK, cos I could use an ac.uk email address.

As it is I'm just a lowly secondary school teacher, who's started working part-time to redress work-life balance by caring for my 17 month old daughter when I'm not at work (and taken a massive pay-drop to do so).

She still usually wakes in the night and it's me who gets up to her, so I'm often whacked in school. The energiser nap helps with that. I can even use it with my eyes closed in the staff room for 20 mins. And lately I've been working till 1 or 2 am most nights writing references for my students' university applications. By that time I'm wound up and overtired, so the sleep nap helps. But I'm getting bored of the same one over and again.

Anyhow, you suggest that $39.95 isn't priced for students. Well, many of my students will spend more than that on booze on their Thursday night student-night out, then come and have their 'power nap' with their head on the desk in my lesson next morning! Seriously, I reckon most of my students have more disposable income than I do. They nearly all have part-time jobs, many of them receive a government Education Maintenance Allowance, and unlike me they don't have a huge mortgage round their neck and three kids to raise.

So, in an act of shameless grovelling, can I beg for a teacher discount, too? Maybe less easy to police than your .edu or ac.uk method, particularly since our schools don't universally use the 'sch.uk' domain (my wife's school does, but as you can see, mine has opted for .org.uk), but then where would those partying students be if they hadn't had teachers like me burning the candle at both ends to prepare their lessons, mark their work, and help prepare their university applications? ;)