The abrupt transition from $0 to $9 does seem a bit odd... is this just to work around the deficiencies in Google Checkout that produce the current $0.01 bills?
Jeff 2011/5/18 Luís Marques <luismarq...@gmail.com>: > One problem people seem to have with the new pricing is the sudden > transition between 0$ and 9$. > The change to "max(9$, used billable quota)" from the earlier "$9 + > used billable quota" is nice, but still makes the gap somewhat > jarring. > I was thinking, can't there be a middle ground between: > > 1) small fixed quotas, min $0, max 0$ > 2) very large fixed quotas, min 9$, max unlimited$ > > What is the rationale for the $9? To recoup the losses from the $0 > loss leader? To support the cost of the free quota that paid apps > receive (e.g. 24 free IHs)? To provide guarantees for serious apps? > (how so?). > > Consider offering a billing class which doesn't need to be > particularly generous regarding fixed quotas, but is more elastic than > "max $0 billable quota". That would allow for, say, a web service > which has very low traffic but needs 600 MB of HR storage. > > BTW: looking at the price of reserved front-end instances, if one had > to allocate all of the provided free front-end instances, that would > cost 0.05$ * 24h * 30d = 36$ per month. So the 9$ now seems cheap. But > why bundle all that and charge the 9$? You are offering 720 free > monthly instance hours. Many people won't be needing that, just the > elasticity that comes with billing. So just let people buy a whatever > amount they need. Some will need less, and will pay less. Others will > buy more and pay proportionally. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
