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But it seems strange that they are completely ignoring the small business market altogether. I'm pretty sure it would be easier to sell 15x$10 subscriptions rat
by hopeless 16y ago
But it seems strange that they are completely ignoring the small business market altogether. I'm pretty sure it would be easier to sell 15x$10 subscriptions rather than 1 $149 subscription, which is probably going to involve at least a phone call if not a face-to-face meeting.
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- ig1 16y ago$149 is still well below the phone call level. As a rule of thumb if it can be put on a corporate credit card without pre-approval it doesn't need a human contact to sell it.
- mrkurt 16y agoI don't find it strange. $10 accounts won't have 1/10th the support burden as $149 accounts. Setting a high minimum pricing bar for customers vastly improves the support a company can provide. $150/mo isn't that much, really, I doubt many of their customers require a face to face meeting. I suspect many never even call. I wouldn't.
- webwright 16y agoThere is SMALL business and NEW business. SMALL (web-centric) businesses might have a staff of 5 and a $50,000 or more in monthly obligations (payroll, rent, etc). NEW businesses have no payroll and hope someday to make meaningful revenue with a web site. 90%+ of them will die. It's not oozing with charity, but I don't blame them for punting the new business sector, even though it might earn some wrath from neophytes on Hacker News.