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Here's an interesting tidbit from my experience. My son was looking at purchasing a Udemy course. He was asking my advice about it as we chatted over the phon
by retro64 8y ago
Here's an interesting tidbit from my experience. My son was looking at purchasing a Udemy course. He was asking my advice about it as we chatted over the phone (he lives a short distance from me). I visited the site and found the course he was referring to. "Oh, the one for only $11.95?"
"No, it's $19.95"
After going back and forth for a moment we verified it was the same course, but for him it was offered at a higher price. He was using an Android phone to visit the site, and I was on a Linux box. He had never visited the site before searching for this course, and I had never heard of it.
The difference? Not exactly sure? Is it profiling based on OS? Doesn't seem likely. I suspect the price was based on cookie residue he picked up or profiling based on prior surfing. He had been searching the web for a while looking at similar products. Was his surfing behavior calculated into his price, scoring a more likely chance for him to purchase at a higher rate?
I have not yet found out (does anyone here have a reasonable explanation?), but it's a definite turn off to use any more of their products.
- Rotdhizon 8y agoSomeone linked an article elsewhere on this post and in that article it talks about how prices differ from mobile to PC for whatever shady reason.
- thomdailydingle 8y agoPretty simple - new users get a cheaper price. Mobile apps also won't match up, the prices are controlled by their own tier structures. e.g. $10.99 on a website might translate to 13 euros for a dude on the app in France.
- pritambaral 8y ago> He had never visited the site before searching for this course, and I had never heard of it.
- duxup 8y agoYeah I've seen that for sure. I'd be chatting with someone and be all "yeah it's 9.99" and they're "no it's 11 something".... same class, we each saw something different on different platforms.