the art of pricing
interesting pricing experiments, ideas, tools, and musings on how to get paid for your work/business/service/art/anything.
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the art of pricing
my friend just started working here. i've been thinking a lot about how subscription based pricing is unoptimal. curious to see how usage-based billing might work for sublime.
The most powerful and interesting media model will remain raising money from members who don’t just permit but insist that the product be given away for free.
Tim Carmody • Unlocking the commons
“WE HAVE TO PAY”
But what if we get to?
Imagine looking at the exchange of money as an alternative way to say things like:
Thank you!
Please keep going.
My life is better with this in it.
A signal of gratitude carries more weight than a forced action
Alex Tan • #076 Consider This!
Wow. @SubstackInc experimented with pricing, reducing it by 1 cent, so e.g. instead of $10/month, do $9.99/month.
The result?
A significant decrease for the pricing ending with .99. Which goes against conventional pricing wisdom!!
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Steve Jobs used this pricing strategy to sell 40 million iPads:
Price Anchoring.
What it is & how to use it: 🧵
“Good pricing is not about the price. It’s about getting in each customer’s shoes and knowing exactly how they derive value from your product.” - Ian Clark
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