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My market is private tennis clubs. I am currently offering a free, no obligation 1 month trial with no long-term contract. Each customer has their own domain n
by nicholasreed 16y ago
My market is private tennis clubs.
I am currently offering a free, no obligation 1 month trial with no long-term contract. Each customer has their own domain name and I customize each site to match their existing website's look and feel.
I show them testimonials from current customers, examples of how much time can be saved by moving from old systems (usually paper or an Excel spreadsheet) as well as dollar translations from time saved.
Once a customer signs up for the trial and begins using my system, they have already made the decision to keep it for years. The hardest part is having them make the jump, and the price keeps on showing up as the only obstacle. I've tried determining if it is a "fake no" and they have other reasons, but so far that honestly seems to be the only reason.
When you say way, way less, what would you expect for CPM? From reading around, a highly targeted audience (in my case, I know exactly what sort of income bracket, age, etc.) would have higher CPMs, up to $35. If I saw $5 CPMs I would be around $350, so I would need 3.5x the number of customers. I just don't know if $5 is even a number I would be close to reaching with my audience.
$50 a month should be a non-issue for my customers, even non-profit, member-owned ones.
- rudasn 16y agohave you considered offering a "pay as you go" package based on the clubs membership count? they pay a flat fee of X a month (or X-5% a year) and Y per member per month. This only makes sense if your program has something to do with the club's members (booking courts, managing renewals/subscriptions etc). btw, what sucks the most in tennis clubs is finding a court to play. it would be very cool to send a text and say "15:00 today" and receive back a text saying "Ok, booked" or "16:00 is better" or something like that; or "next free slot" and receive back "16:00, court 5. Book?".
- nicholasreed 16y agoIt does that and a lot more. We do base our pricing off a few club-size factors, with ~$300 per club being the low end. If they wanted to pass the price off to members, they would see rates rise $0.50 per person per month.