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pricing a service

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:20 am
by rubberjohn
Hi,

Anyone who has developed a paid online service - how did you go about pricing it? Do you use a set formula for each service? Do you do it yourself or get an accountant to handle it?

Thanks

Re: pricing a service

Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:13 pm
by alex.barylski
Seems to me, a good way of doing it would be to find your closest competitors and average yourself somewhere in between. Price to low, and you seem cheap and desperate, price to high, and you better be offering extreme value added services or something, in between is always good. :)

Re: pricing a service

Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:28 pm
by Eran
I'd suggest you read the following article and also follow the links - http://gigaom.com/2009/09/13/what-we-ca ... engineers/

Re: pricing a service

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:24 am
by fcolor
The best is to calculate costs on monthly or annual basis (it depends how do you sell) as well as the desired profit margins. You also have to watch at the competition.

Re: pricing a service

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:19 pm
by Selkirk
THis one is a classic: Camels and Rubber Duckies.