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In reviewing the posts about razor-thin margins, issues with pay and longevity it got me thinking on ways that Paizo could get more of my cash on things I want, things I see missing, and items I'd have a no-brainer buy. Ideally these would coincide with increased payment to the creatives and team that make the games we all enjoy happen.
Obviously I don't know all of Paizo and their business structure. This is just me as a fan trying to provide feedback of things I'd want. Would love if others would chime in!
Low-effort / High Return
Token Packs for Bestiary 1-3 for VTT.
Why is this not available and for multiple formats such as Roll20, Foundry, Fantasy Grounds on YOUR site so I can buy directly from you?
Even if we don't have an integration, a simple folder with properly labelled files that can be manually imported to anything you want. This is an instant buy and I'd pay at least the Bestiary PDF cost to just get this, even better with an official Foundry module to have it. This one seems like the biggest no-brainer to me. Perpetual need for online DM's who would be more than willing to pay for this for the time it would save.
Token Packs for Adventure Paths
In the similar vein, every adventure path has a Pawn set you can buy physically, why is this not something done for digital? This is another One-and-done type thing that virutal games will buy over and over. Doesn't need to be anything more than the pawns and art which can be imported to your VTT of your choice. You can keep all the profit this way.
PDF-only subscription
Why is there no option for me as a customer to do a PDF only type subscription at a discount of PDF only price?
I did read the FAQ and post from...2011? Post (oh god this was a decade ago)
Can you really say this is still true with shipping costs exploding any longer though? How much is a print sub vs a pdf sub with the costs right now? I'm sure the FAQ post could still be true but things have sure changed recently.
I love the books but honestly I don't want or can't keep them in my house any longer. I typically just buy the PDF adventures as they catch my eye. If you offered this I might consider to subscribe to get them, especially if given earlier than street dates.
Higher Effort or more involvement
Promote Pathbuilder and similar tools as much as you can if you wont have a solution of your own. There is nothing that sells your game better than these tools. Pathbuilder is an amazing tool, it is an absolutely incredible piece of software and should be mentioned all the time by your company in partnership.
Have a character vault type thing for Society where we can actually have our character that has an import function in to various VTT (if they allow it). Expand on digital gaming or do something so the character you have is easily portable to encourage play.
Monetize Nethys site in different ways. Access to certain things, lore, one-time fee to see the latest items on it. There are ways to improve this for people who are willing to pay for additional services.
Proper digital maps / sell your HQ maps in digitial space on your site.
There is constant grumbling about the maps set for print vs set for VTT. Sell special ones for VTT for a premium that have proper spacing and resolution. People will buy it.