[HN Gopher] Show HN: Wrote book that builds a SaaS boilerplate. ... ___________________________________________________________________ Show HN: Wrote book that builds a SaaS boilerplate. Save weeks on side projects Author : tima101 Score : 18 points Date : 2020-08-15 20:53 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (builderbook.org) (TXT) w3m dump (builderbook.org) | compscistd wrote: | Small nitpick, but the hamburger menu bar on the top right is | unresponsive on Safari (iPhone 11 Pro iOS 13.6) | qwerty456127 wrote: | Perhaps it's a great book but the price is crazy. | henryaj wrote: | $99 is absolutely not crazy, especially if it really does save | weeks of time (as billed). | tima101 wrote: | Co-author here. We find it to be ok price for us. | | - Quantitative evidence, we have over 150+ pre-orders in the | last 3 month which is more than good for us. No advertising, no | social media. We sold first book 700 times. So that's 100-120 | people out of 700 who pre-ordered second book. | | - Qualitative evidence. We have way more polite customers after | raising price in the past ($49 -> $99) for our first book. More | polite emails, more feedback and less emails asking for | support. | | EDIT: My co-author says that we have evidence that higher | percentage of people who bought the book at higher price point | actually read it. | | PS: Price will go to $199 on Sunday midnight PST, that's when | pre-order period ends. | searchableguy wrote: | I don't think there is any problem with the pricing but OP's | point might be valid for people who live in low income | countries where the cost of the book is equivalent to a month | of salary. | | Steam and other platforms employ prices based on purchasing | power of the buyer which I think is good but also require | more work which might not be worth it for smaller teams. | tima101 wrote: | We haven't implemented any discount system from the | beginning. We are only two and we do books only part-time. | | We do get emails asking for discounts but I personally feel | that it is unfair to the previous buyers. | | But I am keeping an open mind about it. Is there reliable | way to charge people in other countries different price? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-08-15 23:01 UTC)