[supermw]

These things never work out well. Picking out options for an app the same way you'd pick options for an automobile implies the work is fairly well siloed and commoditized. So it should be cheap and fast, but then the price and timeline at the end is not what you expect, so you take your newly created list of requirements and go elsewhere. People going through these things want instant gratification.

It also implies that if you want something that does not fall neatly into the categories given then you're going to pay even more.

Giving estimates is just part of sales. If you're tired of it, then don't work sales.

Edit: Ok I decided I should probably give some constructive advice with every teardown I do, so here's a tip: If you really want to do things this way, instead of instantly giving a price at the end, create the illusion that the info will be sent to a human and you'll send a quote by email after they've had a chance to review. Then just set up a cron job to go through your list of emails at certain strategic times of the day and send personalized messages with the quoted price and time frame. This way you start a conversation with the potential client and keep them on the hook.

[rovr138]

Regarding the quote by email, that’s also one way to quickly loose people.

They give out a number and if you click the it’s too expensive option, then they tell you that it could be cut by up to 70% if you contact them. Not bad but maybe it could somehow be added to the page. Ideally with a big on info on why.

Right now it feels to me like they’re just quoting you high and then swapping that out for the real price they want to charge you. Usually when stuff like that happens, it’s still inflated.

That’s the feeling I got when I saw that.