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I don't think there is any problem with the pricing but OP's point might be valid for people who live in low income countries where the cost of the book is equi

I don't think there is any problem with the pricing but OP's point might be valid for people who live in low income countries where the cost of the book is equivalent to a month of salary. Steam and other platforms employ prices based on purchasing power of the buyer which I think is good but also require more work which might not be worth it for smaller teams.

tima101 6y ago
We haven't implemented any discount system from the beginning. We are only two and we do books only part-time. We do get emails asking for discounts but I personally feel that it is unfair to the previous buyers. But I am keeping an open mind about it. Is there reliable way to charge people in other countries different price?
- edoceo 6y ago
  One time discount links is what I use for special pricing. I validate request, make and send.
  - qwerty456127 6y ago
    This seems kind of irrational: the time and effort you spend validating every request personally probably costs more than the actual giveaway.
    - edoceo 6y ago
      For me it rarely comes up. When it does I've already spent at least 60 minutes with my prospect and I respond with "no" and move on. Some folks are persistent and maybe, case by brief case, I pick. Sometime I choose to give a deal to a person for my own reasons, so my one-off pay portal is used there as well. Or one-off a client for additional money. It took less than an hour to build, years ago, the functionally it's a one off invoice just tightly integrated with my business and optimised to two inputs. #bpaftw
- rafaelm 6y ago
  As one person living in one of those countries with greatly reduced purchase power, I really appreciate the way Wes Bos[1] has done it for his courses (I've bought a couple of them). He's got an episode on his podcast on how he implemented it [2]. It does sound like some work and I'm not saying you should discount or give away your work though. [1]https://wesbos.com/ https://wesbos.com/ [2] https://syntax.fm/show/233/hasty-treat-purchasing-power-parity https://syntax.fm/show/233/hasty-treat-purchasing-power-pari...

tima101 6y ago

We haven't implemented any discount system from the beginning. We are only two and we do books only part-time. We do get emails asking for discounts but I personally feel that it is unfair to the previous buyers. But I am keeping an open mind about it. Is there reliable way to charge people in other countries different price?

edoceo 6y ago
One time discount links is what I use for special pricing. I validate request, make and send.
- qwerty456127 6y ago
  This seems kind of irrational: the time and effort you spend validating every request personally probably costs more than the actual giveaway.
  - edoceo 6y ago
    For me it rarely comes up. When it does I've already spent at least 60 minutes with my prospect and I respond with "no" and move on. Some folks are persistent and maybe, case by brief case, I pick. Sometime I choose to give a deal to a person for my own reasons, so my one-off pay portal is used there as well. Or one-off a client for additional money. It took less than an hour to build, years ago, the functionally it's a one off invoice just tightly integrated with my business and optimised to two inputs. #bpaftw
rafaelm 6y ago
As one person living in one of those countries with greatly reduced purchase power, I really appreciate the way Wes Bos[1] has done it for his courses (I've bought a couple of them). He's got an episode on his podcast on how he implemented it [2]. It does sound like some work and I'm not saying you should discount or give away your work though. [1]https://wesbos.com/ https://wesbos.com/ [2] https://syntax.fm/show/233/hasty-treat-purchasing-power-parity https://syntax.fm/show/233/hasty-treat-purchasing-power-pari...