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       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.
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         | 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.
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             | We do get emails asking for discounts but I personally feel
             | that it is unfair to the previous buyers.
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             | But I am keeping an open mind about it. Is there reliable
             | way to charge people in other countries different price?
        
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