Pricing questions are about the strategies, tactics, processes and decisions for directly monetizing products and services.
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What is a reasonable price for a developer?
I've been developing my own websites for a while, earning money by selling virtual items within games. Recetly I just got hired as a developer for the first time.
I've making minigames for them, and ...
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Pricing for Onshore/Offshore Product Development [closed]
I just opened a software solutions startup and I have questions about customer pricing. The business model is to use offshore engineers with a US project manager, as well as local engineers, with ...
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How can I price my SaaS app better?
This is what my current monthly pricing is:
$29 for up to 50 users
$149 for up to 150 users
$299 for up to 300 users
Pricing on request above 300 users
A few things to note:
This has to be a ...
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Acquiring a domain name that claims to be under construction [duplicate]
I am planning to launch a new SaaS product that nicely fits a catchy word. it would make a perfect brand name, but the domain name is already taken. the site claims to be under construction for at ...
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How much equity should I give up to the app developers?
I am in the process of designing a mobile app and i'm at the stage where I need to finalise the cost with the developers. They have sent me a quote which I believe to be quite high, however they have ...
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Pricing SAAS product for an on-customer-permises client
We are selling a Ruby on Rails application on a SAAS model.
The monthly fee is determined based on the number of operators and the number of projects each customer is using.
We have been approached ...
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Does it make sense to give the customer the option to either pay by the hour or a fixed rate?
I am a freelance software developer
My process of getting work is typically:
Find out about potential work through some channel (people I know, former employers, job postings etc.)
Set up a ...
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How can an independent sourcing agent charge his clients?
I know that a sourcing agent can charge his clients by hourly rate, but I don't think it is a wise strategy. If a sourcing agent charges a percentage of each order, then he has to be in the middle, ...
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Basic Pricing for a Healthcare SaaS startup
The product is a healthcare SaaS product which saves money for small clinics. Let's say we can get really confident estimates of how much money we're saving them each month, based on a pilot. Is there ...
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How to decide whether smartphone app should be free with ads or paid ($0.99) without ads?
Is there any data (such as from app downloads or consumer surveys) that would help a developer decide whether people (consumers) will be more likely to use (download/install) a smartphone app (iOS and ...
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Pricing for the first customer
We have a software that we use to service our customers. The software processes certain state regulation documentation for a specific industry. We are starting to market this product to our ...
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Is Revenue Management a good pricing strategy for services?
How practical is it to apply revenue management strategies (the pricing method of almost all airlines) for pricing services (like printing)?
To be more specific take the following example:
At a ...
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How to determine a pricing model for an electronic product?
I have an idea that I plan to develop into a product beta then boost with a crowdfunding platform.
I'm looking for a rough formula to develop my pricing model that will account for material cost, ...
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Is making a product free a valid sales strategy?
We have a product that is comparable in features and user experience to several competitors, however we are unable to gain any real market share, because the target market is relatively hard to reach, ...
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Determining the pricing of a cloud service intended for businesses
We will soon be meeting for the first time with several of our potential customers which are chain-stores to which we will be selling our service.
I don't want to uncover too much information about ...
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Looking for first customers; is it a good idea to offer our services completely for free?
We are going to creating a start up that offers services to biotechs; our deliverable is to discover bioactive compounds in a given biological context (such as pharma). We want to follow some of the ...
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Why don't usability testing companies succeed?
There seems to be a big demand for website feedback, usability and review services. However, companies that offer these services are not making much profit?
For example, Concept Feedback stopped ...
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How to display complex pricing in a friendly way
I'm launching an online service which is designed to bring together a lot of different services into one package, all manageable online.
The problem I've got is how to handle the pricing. The price ...
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Researching Competitors Prices
I am starting a company and don't have any major competitors other than one company (who has a similar product and a huge market-share). Sadly this company doesn't sell its product online, you have to ...
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How to come up with service packages and pricing?
I have a break fix IT company right now, but I'm trying to transition to a managed service provider role. I believe I have everything in place, but the one thing I just can't seem to wrap my arms ...
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Charging annually based on number of users. How to grant flexibility on the number of users?
We have a product that the customer pays based on the number of users. Suppose it costs 10$/mo/user and that the client has 10 users. That is, he pays 100$ per month for his 10 users. We want to offer ...
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What are things customers could do for a discount?
I have a friend who runs a business that decorates special events. He deals a lot with customers who's budget is much less than his normal prices, but he normally just gives them huge discounts ...
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Help Find Price of My Service
Hello this is my first post on this website. I am planning on starting a company here soon by I am having some troubles finding out how i should price partnership with my company. My company will ...
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How to evaluate my startup price? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do i determine a premoney valuation
How to evaluate my startup price especially at early stage to be able to choose between VCs offers
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Price quote inquiry - best way to answer and find more?
I just received an inquiry about a price quote for a large amount of Users for our Online Suggestion Box tool Vetter, from a local government employee. He simply asked for the quote, no other info.
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Selecting a Pricing structure-How to offer free membership?
We are nearing the launch of our website which is a wholesale marketplace and network, which hosts transactions between Buyers and Sellers. We are deciding between two offers for a period of free use ...
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Changing SaaS pricing model from 'per month' to 'technology fee' paid by end customer approach
We have a niche Saas product that is essentially a very specific ecommerce portal and management system to allow businesses to sell memberships to their customers. Currently, pricing is based on the ...
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What is the $ value of a new skill?
I'd like to offer business-skills seminars, as web video, and quantify their value - what are some ways to do that?
A few examples include:
Mastering this skill is worth $10,000+
Learning this same ...
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How do I estimate the cost of utilities for a 2500 sqft office?
I'm putting together a business plan for a startup, and I need to provide an estimate for utility costs. For my plan, this is an office of 12 employees with an average of 2 CPU's per workstation. ...
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Where can I find a list of pricing structure types?
Whenever people or businesses purchase services or products for a price, they do so using a pricing structure put in place by a business.
These pricing structures are really defined by the Terms Of ...
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How can a freelance developer price his/her work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I “make up” rates?
I am getting some opportunities as a freelance developer, and that is good. However, I am new at this and I am not sure how to ...
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Pricing using Westendorp's Price Sensitivity Meter
I have just read a study (german) that applied Van Westendorp's Price Sensitivity Meter to determine a reasonable price range for a SaaS offering. Specifically, the study tried to investigate the ...
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What kind of multiplier on when selling a database with resell rights?
We sell a database of companies in our sector for $0.05 a row without resell rights
A company that sells a similar database is looking to buy our database with resell rights, I am wondering what ...
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Moving customers from free to paid
I've got a subscription service with a free tier. Initially, the free tier was far too generous. We've since significantly lowered what that free tier provides. However, we had grandfathered in ...
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How much would you price a template-based simple lead-gen website?
I am about to launch a template-based lead-gen website service. The template is simple but looks professional. The service includes the website (with wysiwig editing), web forms and notifications of ...
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Pricing scheme for 2 types of companies
We have 2 potential types of companies we can work with:
Type A: major corporation; salesman / consultants that work for the head company
Type B: still a major corporation, but with branch offices ...
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Are Android users less likely than iPhone users to spend money on apps?
I've been told that Android users are less prone to download paid apps compared with iPhone/iOS users. Is this true?
I haven't yet researched this matter or found any useful statistics but since ...
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Which currency or currencies should I use to price my products?
I am preparing to sell software products to a global market. Customers will be companies of a technical or engineering nature. Cost of a license will be in the USD $500-$2000 range.
Which currency ...
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How do I determine the optimal price to maximize profit from a contest?
We are trying to setup a contest at my school where contestants have to pay to enter and compete. We have enough money to cover a grand prize, as well as other minor prizes. According to my naive ...
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Do my prices make me seem unprofessional? Should I even list them?
I started a small web development company with my friend.
When we talked about the services we were going to offer we obviously also had to talk about how much to charge for these services.
What we ...
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Am I ruining the industry?
I'm currently building/running a 'digital marketing agency' from home with my partner. We provide websites (business card sites, CMS-driven sites, e-commerce etc), hosting, email services right ...
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Methods of deciding on a day rate / hourly rate
This question is not asking "what should my rate be?"
I would like to some help understanding how to choose a rate. What are some successful methods that others have used in deciding what to charge ...
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Should I offer discount coupons for beta users when turning to paid service
This is bit generic question, however I would appreciate to hear different opinions.
I have developed a user based over the last couple of months for my online SAAS business. Now I am going to end ...
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How to initially price an app that uses backend services?
I want to sell my app as a one time purchase (not SaaS) but I also need my app to access backend services which end up costing me based on usage. How do I initially price my app without knowing ...
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Setting fixed prices on non fixed cost?
I'm wondering whether any of you use services from outside your country to provide a service inside your country. If so, how do you go about setting your prices? For example, if I had a website ...
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Offering bulk discounts on SaaS user subscription fees
Please note that I am specifically referring to SaaS providers that have adopted the traditional pricing model of charging per user per month, and have at some point considered offering pricing tiers ...
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What is the best pricing model for a service based on requests?
I have a product for monitoring specific areas of content within webpages and notifying the customer when changes occur to this content and what they are. (E.g. monitor the latest stories on a news ...
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$1 Per Download
What do you think of $1/download idea ? For example if you've designed wordpress theme its still basically free to use but to download it you would pay $1 for it. This eliminates the need for ...
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SaaS limitations for high-volume but low-profit organisations?
We are providing a SaaS Service (currently in open beta) and thinking about our pricing tiers. We want to offer plans that grow at the same pace that our customers businesses grow.
We are thus ...
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How do you bill for customisations in your SaaS offering?
We provide a customisable SaaS solution, and have adopted the classic billing model of a monthly user subscription fee. However some of our clients also require us to make customisations to their ...
