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Yes, whenever I try to buy something if you hide the price behind a sales call, I'll just assume it's some absurd amount of money. There's no reason to do this,
by offtop5 5y ago
Yes, whenever I try to buy something if you hide the price behind a sales call, I'll just assume it's some absurd amount of money. There's no reason to do this, have pricing front and center and be honest about it. My dream service would say something like $10 a month flat rate hosting, and in bold print underneath say it's not a promo rate. I think digitalocean does this
- brobdingnagians 5y agoSame, if I have a choice between a service that shows the price and one that doesn't show the price, I tend to prefer the one that shows the price with the assumption that the one without the price is probably only catering to very large businesses and/or is trying to price gouge me for whatever they can get, which doesn't sit well with me.
- selykg 5y agoYup. I had to call iStockPhoto about pricing and the entire thing soured me so bad on it that I basically told them I was out. I shouldn't have to call to get a price. It wasn't even my money and the company would've paid it just the same. But the principle of the matter is that if you want to piss customers off, hiding information is a clear way to do so.
- yunohn 5y agoThis is not what the article is talking about, at all. This is a completely different concept, of showing the input costs for FMCG goods.
- Normal_gaussian 5y agoThis is not what the article is about. The article is about disclosing cost and profit alongside price.
- okl 5y agoHiding the price also makes the whole purchase process more costly (time intensive) for the buyer and it prevents impulse buying.
- sodality2 5y agoThis is regarding costs to produce items, not prices.
- suprfsat 5y agoClicking the link to read the article is absolutely free, give it a try.