Slowly Coins – International Pricing Survey
And it all started with a conversation
...which is how some excellent ideas for Blog posts come to fruition. We had a user post a snapshot of the coveted 'First Bucket of Gold' SLOWLY stamp, which they had just conquered.
Free Coins, but at a price in effort required
One coin at a time, by watching the Video Ads, they built up that huge balance. I estimate it would take a dedicated user about 20 working days to get that; in my own experience, when I used to have Slowly running along on my mobile, along with a Timer set to 15 minute intervals. A popular Blog post explains that well.
When the timer buzzed, I picked up the phone and pushed a few buttons, placed it aside while the ad played. Collected the coin and restarted the timer. The mandatory 15 minute interval to see a new ad means you could get close to 4 coins per hour, so in 7 to 8 hours you could reach 25 to 30 coins.
But 500 Coins and a MONTH of this is hard core dedication, lol... 😜👍🙂
But wait – how much would 500 Slowly Coins cost ?
Commenting in that topic, the question of the Slowly Coin pricing in different countries came up – one user mentioned a surprisingly LOW price for 500 coins in Sri Lanka.
This discussion was located in this topic. 8 Canadian Dollars for 500 coins there is a 20% discount, compared to my local pricing. 🙄😜
So the idea came up, and I started a new topic on our sub-Reddit – Requesting people to contribute their local coin pricing, so we could see an international snapshot. The text below is copied from that topic, edited for style and formatting.
Hello friends,
Good morning, and I would like to request a favour from anyone in the group who might be able to help. We have a discussion thread on the subreddit where the subject of Slowly Coin pricing came up.
And it appears it might be varying, between countries – not a standard price in USD which gets converted to the local currencies, but possibly accounting for some of the income disparity between continents, zones, etc.
Like the costs for hair transplant in different countries – hugely different, as reported.
See the full size image here.
Even a simple coffee VARIES amazingly
Look at a detailed Starbucks Coffee pricing comparison report. Or this other one, from Bangkok Post, Thailand, showing this neat graphic :
...which I found VERY surprising and informative. 🙄🙂
** A Request
I am comparing the local price for a standard 500 Slowly Coins pack, which is a good size for value purchase. It costs 9.99, or 10 CAD here in Canada, and it is 8 USD on the southern neighbours (US). At current exchange rates, that is basically the same in CAD (9.86 or so).
I need price points elsewhere — could you gather any that you have access to? South America, Asia, Africa, any particular country you can get this information is valuable.
I am afraid I will NOT get a reply from Slowly Communications support team if I ask them; as they have not responded my last email, with a simple question, sent October 1st.
They do have a bit of inconsistency on how they respond to user communications, sadly – I have been treated professionally and received prompt answers in many cases in the past, but I have also been left out without even an acknowledgement ( something like 'Thank you for contacting us. We are quite busy at the moment but your message is important to us. We will get back to you on this soon...' would work nicely )
Thank you in advance for any Data you can offer.
Yann2.
Reference Point – Canadian Coin Costs
As our reference, the 500 Coins pack is 10 CAD, or 8.09 USD. exchange source here
** Price Points Data – thanks to our Sub-Reddit users
I just received some information and will be adding it here as more arrives. Thank you to all that commented and posted their local prices.
European Union – Spain Coins Prices
500 Coins costing 8 Euros, at todays exchange that is 11.47 CAD or 9.27 USD. Exchange source here.
Other users have replied and confirmed that 8 Euros is the price for 500 coins in Portugal, Netherlands, Germany and Italy as well. So, we can assume that is the standard Euro Zone price.
UK Coin Prices
UK price is £6.99 GBP for 500 coins on Android app. Can check website later
500 Coins costing £6.99 GBP - so it's 11.91 CAD or 9.62 USD. exchange source here. (Both prices about 19 % higher than North American ones)
Sweden Coin Prices
Android: 80 kr (SEK) which roughly equates to 9,29 USD Web Client: 100 kr (11,61 USD), but the base price is 80 kr, which is identical to the Android app.
500 Coins are 80 Krona, SEK. That is 11.50 CAD or 9.28 USD. exchange source here. You might get a hefty 23% VAT tax on top, as reported on Web client purchases.
Czechia Coin Prices
Czechia Apple Appstore, 500 Coins are 200 CZK, which is 11.30 CAD or 9.13 USD. exchange source here .
Their Android Play Market, 500 Coins are 210 CZK, 5 % higher, which is 11.85 CAD or 9.59 USD. exchange source here.
Poland Coin Prices
500 coins: 33,99 PLN (~8,64 USD),
800 coins: 52,99 PLN (~13,48 USD).
As posted here, these are Android app prices.
500 Coins are 34 Zloty, or PLN, which is 10.70 CAD or 8.64 USD. exchange source here
Romania Coin Prices
I just checked for Romania! Checked on both Android and iOS, and I thought the prices will be the same, but there is a difference! On Android, the price of 500 coins is 35.99 RON (which is 8.43 USD), and on iOS it's 39.99 RON (9.37 USD).
Android, 500 Coins are 36 RON, which is 10.45 CAD or 8.43 USD. exchange source here
iOS device users, 500 Coins are 40 RON (10 % MORE), in other coins 11.61 CAD or 9.37 USD. exchange source here
Russia Coin Prices
In Russia, 500 coins = 749 RUB on IOS (or 708 RUB on the web), it’s about 10 USD
Russian Web Client price is 708 Rubles, or 12.40 CAD, or 10 USD exchange source here
The Apple iOS uses pay 5 % more -– 749 Rubles, or 13.08 CAD, or 10.55 USD exchange source here
Lebanon Coin Prices
Lebanon: 7.46 USD is the cost of the 500 coins package
As reported here in the comments. 500 Coins for 9.24 CAD or 7.46 USD. exchange source here
Saudi Arabia Coin Prices
In Saudi Arabia they cost 28.99 SAR (7.73 USD), I have the android app. The same applies to Web Client.
Android and Web – 500 Coins are 29 Riyal SAR, which is same as 9.58 CAD or 7.73 USD. exchange source here
Sri Lanka Coin Prices
In the Sri Lanka Coin market, the 500 Coins pack is 1,300 Rupees, which is 7.96 CAD or 6.44 USD. exchange source here and a nicely 20% discounted cost...
Indian Coin Prices
With thanks to /u/averageineverythin who shared those below.
India 500 coins – 8.66 USD /650 INR(Indian Rupees) 800 coins – 12.66 USD /950 INR
So the 500 Coins pack is 650 Rupees, which is 10.71 CAD, or 8.66 USD. exchange source here.
Surprisingly, this is HIGHER than both the US and CA markets, about 7% higher.
Vietnam Coin Prices
In Vietnam, 500 Slowly Coins = 173 000 VND on Android apk (or 179 000 VND on the web), that's about 7.6 USD.
So the local rate for 500 Coins is 173,000 Dong VND - which is 9.34 CAD or 7.61 USD. exchange source here.
Curiously, their local Web Client cost is HIGHER, which seems unusual.
Taiwan Coin Prices
At Taiwan, 500point is equal to 240NTD, if converted to us dollars in current rate it's approximately 8.6 us dollars
For Android users, 500 Coins are 240 NTD, which is 10.62 CAD or 8.57 USD. exchange source here
Japan Coin Prices
In Japan, it’s roughly ¥1,100 which equates to around 9.62 USD for 500 coins. It’s a bit more expensive at ¥1,200 on the web client. (Apple iOS store)
iOS App Store, 500 Coins are 1,100 Yen JPY— so, 11.92 CAD and 9.62 USD. exchange source here
New Zealand Coin Prices
In New Zealand, 13 NZD.
500 Coins are 13 NZD, which is 11.39 CAD or 9.19 USD. exchange source here
Malaysia Coin Prices
Android Play Market, 500 Coins are 31 MRY, Malaysian Ringgit – coming to 9.22 CAD or 7.46 USD. exchange source here.
Apple Appstore there, 500 Coins are 34.90 MRY, which is 10.38 CAD or 8.40 USD exchange source here. ( iOS users are charged 12.5 % more )
Their local Web Client prices are the same as the Apple iOS ones, unlike here in CA where we have ours matching the Android one (and iOS users pay 10% more).
Brazil Coin Prices
Brazil (Android App and Web Client) – Currency: BRL
50 coins: R$ 3.79, 100 coins: R$ 6.99, 150 coins: R$ 10.99, 200 coins: R$ 12.99, 500 coins: R$ 27.99 , 800 coins: R$ 41.99
A detailed snapshot of the Brazilian market, thank you.
500 Coins basket is 28 Reais BRL - and those are 6.37 CAD or 5.14 USD. exchange source here.
And it seems one of the LOWEST prices we have seen so far. Viva! ✨🌟👍
South Africa Coin Prices
500 SLOWLY Coins = 99.99 ZAR 🇿🇦 (South Africa)
So, 500 Coins are 100 Rand - or 8.46 CAD or 6.83 USD. exchange source here.
The Two Major App Stores also differ
...as a good friend reminded me via private message.
Yes, it's true - and I have written a nice post here, now in my Blog about it.
Apple has HIGHER prices in general, as they charge developers a higher commission. But the Play Market is not far behind – those two Oligopolies do charge around 30 % of the item's value for anything sold via their channels.
I have mentioned this and recommend that people buy from the SLOWLY WEB CLIENT - for stamps, coins or even the PLUS! service subscriptions. The company gets a net 30% extra in funds if you do so, that is VERY significant.
Czequia App Store pricing data
Thanks to S., who shared these App store prices for comparison :
Apple Appstore, 500 Coins are 200 CZK, which is 11.30 CAD or 9.13 USD. exchange source here .
Android Play Market, 500 Coins are 210 CZK, 5 % higher, which is 11.85 CAD or 9.59 USD. exchange source here.
In both cases, as also mentioned by another user, their local costs are higher than North American ones. About 12% higher than CA.
Canadian App Store Prices ?
Apple AppStore charges 10.99 CAD for 500 Coins. The Play Market cost, via the Slowly Android app, is 9.99 CAD, which is identical to their Web Client pricing show above.
This confirms Apple users tend to pay higher prices -– 10 % Higher in Canada than an Android or Web user.
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