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Old 06-22-2013, 09:22 AM  
sarettah
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Originally Posted by signupdamnit View Post
It depends on the competition and the availability. It used to be easy to sell a $39.95 monthly paysite membership which would rebill on average three times in certain niches. Now that is harder because it's available for free with other free options all over the internet and in the top of Google. The same goes for scripts too. Why would you set a price of $25 and sell 1,000 copies if you could set the price at $900 and sell 950 copies still? You have to find the maximization point. Because competition is low the maximization point is probably pretty high right now.
Just reinforces this:

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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
Developers are typically not "businessmen", they are developers. That is their focus. They don't do the marketing, sales, and everything else that is needed to sell a script successfully at profit. They focus on creating great projects and staying up with the latest technology.
Which pretty much describes me perfectly ;p

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