I know this is clearly a sales question so I apologize in advance. But filling out the sales form online to contact sales multiple times has yielded no responses over the last couple months. And I’m at my deadline for this even being a feasible option anymore so here I am. I am looking to purchase imagery for multiple AOI’s around a few hundred km2. I don’t need every image ever created as typically only 0-2 images per year have any value based on cloud coverage and tide heights and within the last 12 months. I’ve previously used a third party platform and paid per km but Planet no longer resells through them. 

I signed up for the free explorer trial and I can see the images I would like to purchase but the option is greyed out. I signed up for a paid monthlyaccount and the option is still greyed out for purchase. Looking at the pricing for US images I’m at the $30k+ a year plan? Given how few images actually have value for me I just thought I’d get a gut check before going in a different route. At that price point I’ve been able to get sub 1m pixel images for cheaper. Any salesmen able to chime in if I’m misunderstanding things?

This is for a marine navigation platform that utilizes low tide images in a few small dynamic areas to see how the terrain has changed year over year. 

Thanks,
Chris