[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-24 Thread Michael Imstepf
Thanks everyone for their advice, very helpful. On Feb 16, 2:58 pm, Michael Imstepf wrote: > Hi all, > > Yesterday we launched Teacher Time (http://app.teachertime.com.au), a > platform for teachers to save and share resources. A school asked us > today about ourpricing, something we haven't fina

[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-19 Thread Bartek
Hi Michael, congrats on the launch! Cheers, Bartek On Feb 16, 2:58 pm, Michael Imstepf wrote: > Hi all, > > Yesterday we launched Teacher Time (http://app.teachertime.com.au), a > platform for teachers to save and share resources. A school asked us > today about our pricing, something we haven't

[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-17 Thread Just A Guy Trying to Get By
I come from a different background but this seems to be a classic pricing problem, the easiest way is not to talk to customers but to look at competitors. Competitors should be defined as what your customers would be using if not your product. In short, how is your product better than let us say a

[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-16 Thread Vinko Grgic
Hey Michael (& team), I read a fantastic blog post from Buffer app a few weeks back about testing an idea to creating paying customers... http://blog.bufferapp.com/idea-to-paying-customers-in-7-weeks-how-we-did-it I think this might help with finding ways to price for your customers. Vinko c...@

[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-16 Thread John Frost
Are you dealing with the government or private schools or both? It is more difficult getting government to pay for services than private. Do teachers or the schools/universities pay? One recommendation when dealing with pricing is to: 1) speak to your customers (who fit your criteria) - ask them

[SiliconBeach] Re: Pricing for SaaS

2012-02-15 Thread Rob Shea
Whatever the market will bear... as long as it covers expenses of course. How do you know? Ask them! Maybe you could set-up a free trial with a survey that included various feedback fishing, including budget questions. I think you'll find a huge divide between public and private schools as well