Xero is the provider of New Zealand's online accountancy Saas - software as a service - platform for business accounting at Xero.com. It was founded by Rod Drury and Hamish Edwards three years ago, launched to coincide with an IPO on the sharemarket and recently received a large keystone investment from MYOB founder Craig Winkler. The company is an exporter and provides services into the US, UK and Australia as well as here at home. This conversation with Xero has been prompted by changes to our pricing plan structures. Details of the packages have been blogged by Rod Drury.Basically, whereas in the past Xero has simply had a one size fits all pricing point of $49 per month. From October 11 the company will be offering Small ($29 per month), Medium ($49 per month) and Large ($64 per month) plans. Large is for businesses who need features such as multicurrency conversion. Small is for businesses such as freelancers and small property investors who have a small number of transactions per month. Medium is the same as what is offered at present.This move just confirms something Rod hinted at some time ago here in the Geekzone forums - something many have requested over time.We are particularly interested in picking up from the last discussion and talk to the Geekzone community (which appears to include among it a fair number of contractors and freelancers) about the Small plan. Are you presently using spreadsheets to do your accounts? Is this new pricing point attractive to you? What are your options today? In this conversation in Geekzone we will be joined by Andrew Butel (Xero Product Manager) and Helen Matterson (Xero Communications Manager) and most likely Rod Drury (Xero CEO and fellow Geekzone member) himself. On Thursday the company will be releasing some new numbers to the sharemarket and the spokespeople will be able to talk about those also.
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