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New Store Feature: Content Sets

MikeKobb

MikeKobb

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Greetings all!

We're pleased to announce a new feature on our movie store. We are now able to offer sets of movies and TV shows. These sets allow you to purchase multiple items for a single purchase price. In honor of May the 4th, we are launching several great Disney and Marvel content sets, including The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Set. You can find the new sets here.

Sets will be supported by the movie store on the web, as well as in the mobile applications. Web support is live today. iOS is coming later this week, and Android support is complete and working its way through the release process. If you click a link to a set on a mobile app that doesn't support sets yet, it will either open the link in your browser, or it might display an error message. Look for version 1.13 of the mobile apps to confirm that your app can view & purchase sets.

A couple of things to know:
  • In general, buying a set will be less expensive than buying all of the movies/seasons individually.
  • The store will always charge you the most favorable price. If, for example, you already own several of the movies in the set, then "completing your set" by buying the remaining titles individually might cost less. The same might be true if you have upgrade or disc-to-digital offers for some or all of the movies in the set. In these cases, the store will automatically charge you the lower price.
We're very excited to launch this new way to buy great movies on Kaleidescape.
 
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Oh, I should add: content sets are always at the highest available quality. i.e., there's no option to buy all the movies in HD or SD if they're available in 4K. When you purchase a set, you can of course still download available lower quality versions if needed to support your players, and the store's usual automatic logic applies here.
 
Yeah, that's the case for me with these as well. It should be great for new(er) customers, though, and there are definitely more to come!
 
MikeKobb said:
Greetings all!

We're pleased to announce a new feature on our movie store. We are now able to offer sets of movies and TV shows. These sets allow you to purchase multiple items for a single purchase price. In honor of May the 4th, we are launching several great Disney and Marvel content sets, including The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Set. You can find the new sets here.

Sets will be supported by the movie store on the web, as well as in the mobile applications. Web support is live today. iOS is coming later this week, and Android support is complete and working its way through the release process. If you click a link to a set on a mobile app that doesn't support sets yet, it will either open the link in your browser, or it might display an error message. Look for version 1.13 of the mobile apps to confirm that your app can view & purchase sets.

A couple of things to know:
  • In general, buying a set will be less expensive than buying all of the movies/seasons individually.
  • The store will always charge you the most favorable price. If, for example, you already own several of the movies in the set, then "completing your set" by buying the remaining titles individually might cost less. The same might be true if you have upgrade or disc-to-digital offers for some or all of the movies in the set. In these cases, the store will automatically charge you the lower price.
We're very excited to launch this new way to buy great movies on Kaleidescape.
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This is a great new feature. So if I own three of the nine Star Wars films, and if I buy the set, will it only charge me for the 6 remaining films, or charge the full set price?
 
Like you @Vodder, I already have all the titles- so could someone who doesn't, post the price of these "sets". Logging out and viewing the "sets"only gives the original individual title price and not the special price.
 
ironcross said:
Sets pricing for historical reference...

Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Set ($84.99)

Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Avengers 4-Movie Set ($39.99)

Avengers 4-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Black Panther 2-Movie Set ($24.99)

Black Panther 2-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Captain America 3-Movie Set ($29.99)

Captain America 3-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Guardians of the Galaxy 2-Movie Set ($19.99)

Guardians of the Galaxy 2-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Iron Man 3-Movie Set

Iron Man 3-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com

Thor 4-Movie Set ($44.99)

Thor 4-Movie Set

www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com
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Here's a post by @ironcross which - with the exception of Iron Man provides the set costs - thanks.
 
Great idea especially for newbies as I was a year ago. Still feel a newbie TBH but have accumulated all of those on offer os far - but looking forward to other sets in the future.
 
MikeKobb said:
Greetings all!
  • In general, buying a set will be less expensive than buying all of the movies/seasons individually.
  • The store will always charge you the most favorable price. If, for example, you already own several of the movies in the set, then "completing your set" by buying the remaining titles individually might cost less. The same might be true if you have upgrade or disc-to-digital offers for some or all of the movies in the set. In these cases, the store will automatically charge you the lower price.
We're very excited to launch this new way to buy great movies on Kaleidescape.
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To clarify, there is no pro-rating a price if you already own some of the titles, correct? If buying the complete set is still cheaper than buying the remaining titles individually, it will give the set price, not a slightly lower set price?
 
thrillcat said:
To clarify, there is no pro-rating a price if you already own some of the titles, correct? If buying the complete set is still cheaper than buying the remaining titles individually, it will give the set price, not a slightly lower set price?
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Very interested in the above question, as I've apparently managed to buy one single movie of at least four of the MCU sets. What about adding the ability to include other movies from related sets (i.e other MCU sets) to fill the quota, or something in that direction?

Regardless, thumbs up for adding sets to the store!
 
leo9000 said:
This is a great new feature. So if I own three of the nine Star Wars films, and if I buy the set, will it only charge me for the 6 remaining films, or charge the full set price?
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If buying the full set is less expensive than buying the 6 remaining films individually, you'll be charged the set price. If buying the remaining films individually is less expensive (e.g., if you had a bunch of upgrade or disc-to-digital offers), the store will automatically sell you the individual movies instead, and so you'll be charged the price of the individual films.

You can think of these sets as similar to individual movies -- they are offered by the content licensors, and they have a price that is set by the licensor. They can even be on sale. We're just adding a layer of extra protection so that you don't inadvertently purchase the more expensive option.

Incidentally, speaking of the ability to have sets on sale, they are! The Star Wars and Marvel sets are being offered this week at a discounted price as part of launching the new feature. Even without the discount, they’ll still be less expensive than buying everything individually, but if you’re thinking of buying them, now’s a good time!
 
MikeKobb said:
Greetings all!

We're pleased to announce a new feature on our movie store. We are now able to offer sets of movies and TV shows. These sets allow you to purchase multiple items for a single purchase price. In honor of May the 4th, we are launching several great Disney and Marvel content sets, including The Skywalker Saga 9-Movie Set. You can find the new sets here.

Sets will be supported by the movie store on the web, as well as in the mobile applications. Web support is live today. iOS is coming later this week, and Android support is complete and working its way through the release process. If you click a link to a set on a mobile app that doesn't support sets yet, it will either open the link in your browser, or it might display an error message. Look for version 1.13 of the mobile apps to confirm that your app can view & purchase sets.

A couple of things to know:
  • In general, buying a set will be less expensive than buying all of the movies/seasons individually.
  • The store will always charge you the most favorable price. If, for example, you already own several of the movies in the set, then "completing your set" by buying the remaining titles individually might cost less. The same might be true if you have upgrade or disc-to-digital offers for some or all of the movies in the set. In these cases, the store will automatically charge you the lower price.
We're very excited to launch this new way to buy great movies on Kaleidescape.
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I look forward to the James Bond set.
 
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