What Happened to Xara/Magix Online Content?

[Red14]

Sure, but what about that absurd pricing? Im coming from 39 or 59 bucks a year for updates to this????? 199 sounds (and feels) like a scam!

[handrawn]

It's web designer which I do not use it myself but if, as I suspect, it is 'the same as' designer, then there would be nothing in this update for anyone who already has the current magix version, in my case designer pro 19.0.0.642

anyone who has a magix version has to face up to the fact that their update service is dead, once run out there will be no more template/OCC updates

to move forward you have now to buy from xara - as xara appear to be pitching 19.0.2 at new customers the price probably reflects that - it is not an upgrade, at the sake of repeating myself, they are no more for version 19

now that might change, but currently the only other option is to go pro+ that is, subscription

a bummer for some, true, but it is a commercial descision by the company; nothing we can do here - you could contact them direct via chat...

[Red14]

I bought always Magix (for paying with my EU debit card account), but downloaded the web designer software always from xara.com site as Magix did not have english language version, just eu languages like french, german or dutch....
That worked brilliant, the xara variant always accepted my serial number, dunno if xara OR magix supplied the software updates but now we all are put on a crossways, and a huge price increase whatever we decide.
(only option is to sit out an obsolete version with OCC backups until one is ready for another brand of designre software.

[handrawn]

what you could do is buy the pro+ for a year; you will get template updates and blocks but after a year you will need to resubscribe to keep the program; it might give you a breathing space to migrate, and maybe xara will have reintroduced updates to version 19, although what works in pro+ may not in 19

if you go here https://www.xara.com/welcome/

and scroll down to: GET YOUR DISCOUNT NOW you may get a discount for this...