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"Hackernews should have been the correct place for generic tech advise but we don't see questions of that nature here." In my experience HN isn't a great place
by pmorici 13y ago
"Hackernews should have been the correct place for generic tech advise but we don't see questions of that nature here."
In my experience HN isn't a great place to ask questions like that, at least not any more. I tried to post an "Ask HN" question about pricing hardware and working with re-sellers the other day. First, under a newly created account so I could share more details; that submission was immediately killed I assume as a preventative measure against spam. So then I posted a much more generic version asking the same question under my typical username it floated to the bottom of the new page w/o getting any votes or responses. So I went over to Quora posted the same thing anonymously and had a reasonable answer and pointers to things to read up on in a couple hours. I like HN and have been reading it regularly for years but it isn't a replacement for Quora
- yalogin 13y agoIts a shame. This is exactly the group of people that could guide you in the correct direction. But I guess that is a lot to share for companies. I for one would have loved to see answers to that question myself. Did you post it on Quora and did you get any responses there? If so can you paste the link here?
- pmorici 13y agoYes, http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-important-things-to-keep-in-mind-when-negotiating-relationships-with-re-sellers http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-important-things-to-keep-... The gist of the answer was your relationship with a reseller should be one of mutual respect and shared success and typical discounts to a reseller should in the 20-25% range on the low end for an established product and perhaps as high as 40% if the re-seller will invest a lot in marketing and commit to buying very large quantities upfront.
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