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How do you arrive at the pricing model for this? $100 per month $300 per month? How is that justified? Also how do you win against competitors? Is this project

How do you arrive at the pricing model for this? $100 per month $300 per month? How is that justified? Also how do you win against competitors? Is this project something that couldn't be duplicated in a week or so? No disrespect intended, maybe there is more to it that I'm seeing.

RushPL 10y ago
Let me start by saying that the free trial is perfectly functional and you can use the product totally for free and you are welcome to! The pricing for individuals is gonna be published soon along with the SaaS product. It's probably gonna be something like $10/mo but still couple more features need to be built to justify that (like permanent links which content can be edited) As for the $100/mo - we do have business/enterprise customers who find lots of value in it. I guess the price has been initially verified by the market so should I justify it? I guess I can justify the price by saying that the project has taken numerous hours of engineering, testing and experimenting. I think this is natural in pricing models that bigger customers pay more. If you can do the same in a week than good for you. Peace and take care :)
- RushPL 10y ago
  Also, if this product can save more than 3 engineering hours per month for your whole company than I'd say the self-hosted product is totally worth it. Simple math. :)
  - bbcbasic 10y ago
    If only companies thought that way. It's all about budgets.
- mgkimsal 10y ago
  how much time you put in to it really doesn't matter. the 'justification' is people paying for it. if they find value, they pay, there's the justification.
- WhitneyLand 10y ago
  Sorry I wasn't questioning your ethics. I meant how do you justify the strategy that it will be a successful business model, or what was your thought process in coming to that price. I absolutely support you charging as much as people will pay! It sounds like you have already started to prove the model. Wish you success.
rgrieselhuber 10y ago
I like it when developers charge real money for the products they build. Are there competitors that do this in the same way?
antisthenes 10y ago
To take the capitalist/libertarian side of things, which I rarely do: feel free to make a clone of it and charge $99/month? Generally, you can charge whatever you want in capitalism so the pricing structure is justified apriori until it fails. *Clarification: in the software market, which is generally very low barrier to entry (provided you already have programming knowledge)

RushPL 10y ago

Let me start by saying that the free trial is perfectly functional and you can use the product totally for free and you are welcome to! The pricing for individuals is gonna be published soon along with the SaaS product. It's probably gonna be something like $10/mo but still couple more features need to be built to justify that (like permanent links which content can be edited) As for the $100/mo - we do have business/enterprise customers who find lots of value in it. I guess the price has been initially verified by the market so should I justify it? I guess I can justify the price by saying that the project has taken numerous hours of engineering, testing and experimenting. I think this is natural in pricing models that bigger customers pay more. If you can do the same in a week than good for you. Peace and take care :)

RushPL 10y ago
Also, if this product can save more than 3 engineering hours per month for your whole company than I'd say the self-hosted product is totally worth it. Simple math. :)
- bbcbasic 10y ago
  If only companies thought that way. It's all about budgets.
mgkimsal 10y ago
how much time you put in to it really doesn't matter. the 'justification' is people paying for it. if they find value, they pay, there's the justification.
WhitneyLand 10y ago
Sorry I wasn't questioning your ethics. I meant how do you justify the strategy that it will be a successful business model, or what was your thought process in coming to that price. I absolutely support you charging as much as people will pay! It sounds like you have already started to prove the model. Wish you success.

rgrieselhuber 10y ago

I like it when developers charge real money for the products they build. Are there competitors that do this in the same way?

antisthenes 10y ago

To take the capitalist/libertarian side of things, which I rarely do: feel free to make a clone of it and charge $99/month? Generally, you can charge whatever you want in capitalism so the pricing structure is justified apriori until it fails. *Clarification: in the software market, which is generally very low barrier to entry (provided you already have programming knowledge)