[BrianAnderson]

I am really struggling with some of the comments on TC. Maybe I am naive, but $50 is a drop in the bucket for the amount of time padpressed could save you plus the increase of your brand affinity.

Given I am going to be launching a start-up soon that is a lot more expensive than $50, wondering what the communities thoughts are.

Does the HN community feel $50 is too high, too low, or just right for padpressed?

[bjplink]

Considering most of the people who bother to comment on a TechCrunch article are just trolling for backlinks I wouldn't let what they say bother you too much.

Also, I think TC readers are notoriously poor performers when it comes to actionable signups/registrations/purchases of the things they're so quick to comment on. I'm not sure their thoughts on pricing are worth much.

[jasonlbaptiste]

Yeah, the overly one sided (good or bad) comments on TC or the net in general don't hold much weight.

Our thought on initial pricing was this: People pay for Wordpress themes AND plugins. This is somewhere in the middle. Woothemes charges $70 no problem, wptouch pro is $30, and other advanced plugins can cost $100. Let's start with $50. It's less than WooThemes, but more than wptouch pro.

[BrianAnderson]

Good to hear that I wasn't alone in that thinking!

I would be an interesting experiment in pricing. All things "iPhone" get premium priced (except the amount a user is willing to pay for the app), so I wonder if it could be priced higher, or if since the iPad distribution is much lower, it will result in a lower price point.

Of course it is always easier to wonder when it is not your product that is being impacted :)

[brianbreslin]

I see this as being comparable to a premium theme price, those run $50-75 from woothemes or wherever. If you're serious about your blog, and a big ipad user or have heavy ipad traffic, its nothing.

that being said, i think we'll see a LOT more premium plugins and themes for sale soon for wordpress.