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by tootall 4151 days ago
Thank you very much for your answer! To address your points:

- I'm not doing a preliminary marketing research because, in the worst case, me being the only user of the service would be enough, since it's a real problem that I'm facing

- Pricing: I was totally guessing, it would not be an application the user would have to interact a lot with and there will just be a fairly low amount of background jobs, so I don't see the pricing go much higher than that, but then again, me being the only user of the service and using it as a portfolio project would be already a great goal

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Be realistic with yourself.

Are you doing this for income or to scratch an itch?

Charging 0.99 for something is WAY to low to even break even once you factor in tax, operating costs, marketing costs and support.

Thank you for your suggestion.

As I said in the previous comment, it doesn't really matter, since I want to solve the problem primarily for me by minimizing the costs, so my current problem is adopting the best technology, marketing is orthogonal for the time being.

The difference in .99 and 4.99 is--non-existent, really, for the vast majority of end-users.

If it's useful enough for you to spend all your time building it, and I'm in the same position as you, it's probably worth $20/month, but it's most definitely worth $5/month.

Not trying to harp on this part of the thread, but it's the overwhelming theme of your responses for a reason.