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Yes. Definitely pre-sell. Not only does this fund your development efforts, it is the ultimate validation that you have actually come up with a product that peo
by trapexit 13y ago
Yes. Definitely pre-sell. Not only does this fund your development efforts, it is the ultimate validation that you have actually come up with a product that people want to buy. There's a big difference between people saying they would buy something--and actually pulling out a credit card.
Offer your "charter members" 10% or 20% off for life in exchange for a 3 or 6 month prepay. Reverse the risk by guaranteeing their money back if they don't love it.
If you can't get clients to pre-pay, then your offer is not compelling enough.
- poppysan 13y agoI think he means dev services, not necessarily a product. It's still a good idea, but you must be one hell of a salesman or have some folks who truly believe in you.
- trapexit 13y agoOh, yeah, I misunderstood. I thought he was taking a course on how to build web apps in Rails so he could create his own product, not work for other people. Pre-selling a contract software development service when you haven't yet learned how to do it is going to be a lot more of a challenge. Much easier (and much more lucrative) to pre-sell a product and then pay someone else to build it.