Title: Avoid
Last modified: December 14, 2023

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# Avoid

 *  [meandering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pataphor/)
 * (@pataphor)
 * [2 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-84/)
 * First of all, there’s no way to find out how much the premium version costs unless
   you schedule a meeting with their VP. When we emailed their assistant to confirm
   the meeting time, the assistant never even bothered to respond, the result of
   which we waited for an initial meeting that did not happen. The second time we
   were more fortunate, but that’s where the real issues begin. The first-tier premium
   version itself is overpriced at $1,300 a year, with limitations on number of 
   events and the ability of people to pay for advertising. Now, onto the plug-in
   itself. The events are hosted on Time.ly’s servers, which may result in your 
   events being held hostage, as other reviewers have pointed out. However, the 
   core issues have to do with functionality. Specific events are rendered via pop-
   ups, rather than distinct pages — again because you are essentially embedding
   a widget in events from THEIR website, not yours. In addition to this having 
   NO SEO value (since specific events cannot be indexed), the tendency of a user
   is to use hit back button to get out of an event, which results in the user being
   taken to the website page BEFORE the calendar, which is a frustrating UX. (The
   pop-ups also had issues rendering on mobile, which is a serious issue. This is
   probably the result of substandard coding, such as the absolute positioning used
   in the free version.) Finally, communication with their team was frustratingly
   slow, with responses often taking a day or more. If this is the level of service
   they offer in pre-sales, one can only imagine how slow it will be once you are
   paying for something you cannot even back out of.
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [meandering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pataphor/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [meandering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pataphor/).
    -  This topic was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by [meandering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pataphor/).

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 *  [mapsmarketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mapsmarketing/)
 * (@mapsmarketing)
 * [2 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/avoid-84/#post-17706269)
 * Thank you [@meandering](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meandering/) for 
   this review.

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