Introducing The BIWS Platinum Annual Plan for 1 Year of Access

The short answer is:

1) A lower fee for a 1-year access period makes the courses more accessible for students who only need them for 1 – 2 years. Our courses are geared toward preparation for interviews, internships, and full-time jobs, so most people do not need to use them for 5 – 10 years.

2) Our business model has changed, and we’re now producing new courses each year. So, it makes more sense to charge an annual rate for these new additions instead of continually increasing the price on a single package.

3) This 1-year plan only applies to the Platinum package for everything on the site. You can still purchase individual courses separately via one-time payments.

The obvious answer is that you’ll pay less if you only need course access for 1 – 2 years.

Also, if you sign up for the 1-year plan, you will receive free access to new courses released within your membership period.

Finally, this 1-year plan is appropriate if you need “a little bit of everything,” such as simple case studies across all the courses, but you don’t need to go in-depth into any area.

No. This 1-year plan is only for the Platinum package for everything on the site.

The courses cost more when purchased individually, but you’re also not limited to a 1-year access period, so the trade-offs are clear.

The difference is that if you use installments for the one-time purchase option, once the installments are finished, you don’t pay anything else, and you retain access to the course afterward.

On the other hand, with the 1-year plan, you pay for access to the existing library and the new courses that get released, but your access period ends after 1 year.

No. We have hundreds of free YouTube videos and Knowledge Base articles, so you should be able to get a sense of the courses from these samples.

We also offer a 90-day money-back guarantee, so there is no risk if you evaluate the courses within this time frame and decide they’re not for you.

It’s still a 90-day money-back guarantee. Take 90 days to evaluate the courses and see if they match your requirements and learning style. If they do, great.

If not, you can cancel your plan within 90 days and get a refund.

No. The rules have always been one account per user.

We monitor all site logins and periodically flag accounts with suspicious activity (full login activity is recorded for each account).

If an employee leaves and you continue to pay for the 1-year plan for multiple years, yes, you can transfer an account to a new employee, so that one person uses it in Year 1 and another person uses it in Year 2 (for example).

However, multiple employees cannot use a single account at the same time – it’s still one account per user.

We plan to add ~20 to 30 hours of new training each year.

These might be in the form of new, separate courses or revisions/updates of existing courses. It could also be something like a course split and additions to the new, spun-off courses.

No. It depends on the interest in different topics and whether existing training needs updates or new versions.

Also, some new courses might be shorter (5 – 10 hours), while others might be longer (15 – 20 hours); it depends on the topic and the pricing.

We don’t like to “guarantee” or “promise” specific courses because plans change, and there is already a lot of content in our existing library (equivalent to several levels of the CFA).

First, there is already a ton of material on the site (300+ hours of training). It’s on par with studying for ~2 levels of the CFA.

This 1-year fee covers not just the content but also full support, including answers to technical and career questions.

Second, this price represents the approximate price of 1 – 2 new courses, so it is reasonable for the new additions over a year.

That said, no, it is not a great deal if you’re signing up just to get new courses.

If you expect to need new courses sporadically, it makes more sense to purchase them individually.

No. As stated above, it’s intended to make the existing training more accessible to a broader audience.

We expect that ~99% of students and professionals will use the 1-year plan for 1 year and then leave.

We also expect that most users will continue to purchase the courses individually.

Yes. The upgrade price is based on the one-time fee for the Platinum package minus the 1-year plan fees you have paid so far.

Obviously, this makes the most sense if you decide to upgrade in Year 1 or 2 of your membership.

It depends on how much interest there is. This is a new offering, so we don’t yet have a great way to gauge demand.

Our general plan is to create new case studies and content for as long as it is useful to do so.

You can keep the Excel files, guides, and case studies you have downloaded, but you will lose access to the videos and certification quizzes.

If your plan expires, you will not be able to ask additional questions, but you can purchase the plan again or purchase a different product to regain support.

The pricing is unlikely to remain the same forever. Inflation alone means the prices will likely increase over the long term, such as a 10 or 15-year period.

More broadly, as we continue to add more content to the site, the prices are likely to go up.

But, again, we will continue to make individual courses available for purchase separately.