Changelog

What's new, improved, and fixed in GenFlick.

April 18, 2026 — evening

Unit Economics Rebalance & New Tiers
  • NewPro plan: $200/mo, 2,400 credits (40% margin) — for power creators and freelancers
  • NewStudio plan: $1,000/mo, 14,000 credits (30% margin) — for agencies and teams
  • NewOverage billing: $0.10/credit (50% margin) auto-billed at month-end when subscribers exceed their plan allotment — never interrupts a generation
  • New/api/account/usage endpoint returns monthly credits used, remaining, overage, and rough margin diagnostic
  • New/how-credits-work page now explains the new tier ladder + overage mechanic with HowTo schema for rich snippets
  • ImprovedCredit cost map normalised so every credit reliably equals ~$0.05 in vendor compute spend across all 5 video providers — Veo 3.1 Fast went from 3 → 10 credits per 5s, fixing a silent margin loss on every Veo gen
  • ImprovedStarter plan rebranded from 'Creator $19.90 / 200 credits' (~50% margin) to 'Starter $19.90 / 160 credits' (60% margin) — same price, hits the founder-set margin floor
  • ImprovedCreator plan rebranded from 'Studio $49.90 / 600 credits' (~40% margin) to 'Creator $49.90 / 500 credits' (50% margin) — same price band, fixed margin
  • ImprovedPro Pack realigned from $99.90 / 2,000 credits (-0.1% margin — we lost a dime per pack sold) to $99.90 / 1,400 credits (30% margin) so packs and same-priced subs deliver identical per-credit value
  • ImprovedStripe products script (create-stripe-products-and-prices.mjs) provisions the new Pro $200 + Studio $1,000 prices and the metered overage Price ($0.10/credit)
  • Improved/pricing now shows all 4 paid tiers (was 2) with a Studio 'For Teams' badge, an inline overage explainer, and per-credit math under each plan
  • FixedFAQ updated with overage Q+A and the truthful credit-vendor-cost calibration story
  • ImprovedStripe products script now creates products under the canonical 'GenFlick' brand (matches deployed genflick.com / genflix.symplyai.io domains)

April 18, 2026

Credits UX & Account Dashboard
  • NewLive credit balance pill in the studio top bar — purple/amber/red color states with click-to-buy
  • NewIn-app credit purchase modal — top up without leaving your scene (same Stripe checkout, zero context loss)
  • NewPre-flight credit check on Approve & Animate — button auto-swaps to a contextual 'Get N credits to animate' CTA when you don't have enough
  • NewFirst-signup welcome credits nudge — one-shot toast confirming your 10 free credits and pointing at your first generation
  • NewSubscription renewal in-app toast — monthly Creator/Studio renewals announce themselves the next time you visit
  • New/account dashboard — profile, plan, billing portal, full transaction ledger, recent generations, danger-zone delete
  • New/how-credits-work explainer page with HowTo + FAQ structured data for richer search snippets
  • NewCredit balance row inside the avatar dropdown — at-a-glance read with one-click top-up
  • Improved/pricing now shows a personalized balance banner when you're signed in (turns amber when low, red when depleted)
  • Improved/pricing got a 'how buying credits works' three-step explainer + trust badges (Stripe secure, no card required, 7-day refund)
  • Improved/pricing now emits Product/Offer JSON-LD schema for rich pricing snippets in Google search
  • ImprovedAuto-refund on failed generations is now visible in the transaction ledger as a 'refund' row
  • ImprovedAfter every generation the credit pill optimistically decrements client-side, then reconciles with the server — instant feedback, server-authoritative truth
  • FixedFAQ no longer claims monthly subscription credits 'reset with your billing cycle' — they actually accumulate and never expire

April 2026

Spring 2026 Update
  • NewAdded /use-cases page with 6 ICP-targeted cards and example prompts
  • NewAdded /about page with AI models table and company info
  • NewAdded /affiliates page — 20% recurring commission program
  • New3 new blog posts: AI video generation guide, short film tutorial, model comparison
  • New4 comparison pages: vs Runway, vs Pika, vs Sora, vs HeyGen
  • NewPricing page FAQ section — 6 objection-handling questions
  • NewBlog email capture component for newsletter signups
  • ImprovedSitemap expanded from 10 to 21 pages for better Google crawling
  • ImprovedSocial proof section: defensible stats, six persona cards, SymplyAI portfolio strip, directory pills
  • ImprovedLanding page FAQ with 6 expandable questions
  • ImprovedGA4 events: sign_up, login (returning users), begin_checkout, video_generate, purchase — wired with UTM first-touch
  • ImprovedOrganization + BreadcrumbList JSON-LD across all content pages
  • ImprovedFooter contrast improved for WCAG AA compliance

March 2026

Launch
  • NewMulti-scene video studio with AI Director chat
  • New6 AI models: Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Wan 2.6, xAI Grok, Gemini Flash/Pro, Imagen 4
  • NewCredit-based pricing with 10 free credits on signup
  • NewStripe checkout with credit packs and subscriptions
  • NewGoogle OAuth sign-in via Better Auth
  • NewDynamic OG image generation for social sharing
  • NewCookie consent banner with GA4 consent mode
  • NewPrivacy policy and terms of service

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