In addition to the beta launch of the added tiers, Twitch said that subscription gifting is also in the works.
The added tiers could easily become a viable source of increased revenue for Twitch, given that third-party reports have shown that longtime fans are already inclined to spend more money supporting their favorite creators compared with newcomers.
But, in recent decades, adding tiers of conveniences touted by the vendors' television/radio/print advertisements has rarely mentioned the downsides.
Others that started out as paying subscription services have felt pressure to add free tiers, and research increasingly shows that the youngest listeners simply go to YouTube.
This comes on the heels of Airbnb's announcement in February to add new tiers and types of lodging to the platform, including boutique hotels and B&Bs.
Yes, CloudUp will add premium tiers, but it remains to be seen whether the more casual, file-sharing crowd it's going after is going to be regularly uploading more than 1,000 files.
Down the road, Totango plans to scale its platform to address the entire customer lifecycle, and will add pricing tiers, but at this point is primarily focused on optimizing the way sales teams, specifically, are interacting with their customers.
You want to add more tiers, add 1×14″ + 1×16″ cake boards.
Dissenting lawmakers complained that the new office would simply add another tier of bureaucrats to an already congested roster.
