Schrijver Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I hope it won't cost more than $250 ~ $350 and that would be a large amount for a hobby or fan site. I deperately waiting the estimated price. If it's too expensive I will have to use something else. And can move on.
Management Matt Posted December 14, 2005 Management Posted December 14, 2005 I suggest that you reserve judgement on the price until it's been announced. :) I'm not going to speculate on the cost because any hint either way (+$1000 or -$300) is going to set up a price point in your mind that you'll compare the final price to. We know that our target audience aren't going to pay over the odds for the product and we don't for a second assume that we're going to get away with charging $8000. We're going to charge a realistic and fair price for a good solid project. We're confident that the price will be in reach for most website owners and we're looking at different licensing options to make this possible without removing features or selling different versions of the product.
lupin84 Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 Well like you said, estimating a price will only lead us to draw comparrisons when the final price is announced. However when you start saying things like you'll have competitive prices and compare it to CMS products that are worth about $8000, you can't blame us for assuming this isn't going to this side of $300.I hope it won't cost more than $250 ~ $350 and that would be a large amount for a hobby or fan site. Yeah that's all I'm really trying to say. People who run these kind of sites (myself included) just won't have much more than that to spend. So if it's a product compeating with software worth 8 grand I'd just like to know. So I don't get too excited about it. I love how IPD is looking and it would be perfect for my site, that said I think a 4 week holiday in Australia would be perfect for me and I can't afford that either. You know? But it sounds like they're working on ways for it to be accessible for everyone so fingers crossed.
robirming Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 All is of course realative when it comes to these things, but to me that would put it in 100-150 $/year price range. At least it sounds like the price I'm hoping for, to be able to afford IPD, is still not impossible. o:) I have a backup plan in case things doesn't turn out the way I'm hoping for. But I'd like to stick with IPS, so I'm still keeping my fingers crossed...
marcele Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 Believe me I'm sure its going to be priced reasonably. The days when companies could charge $8000 for a cms are over. There is way too much competition now..(with even some new very good open source cms's finally done right) Personally I expect it to be in the 199-300 range.
Wilko Posted December 14, 2005 Posted December 14, 2005 I honestly believe IPS charging thousands would be disastrous. No offense to IPS but I don't believe they would be able to pull in the Corporations willing to pay that price for their product. It simply wouldn't sell. If they priced it in our affordable ranges then they would make far more money than pricing it at $5000.
Testing123 Posted December 22, 2005 Posted December 22, 2005 Just curious if IP Dynamic will have a way to implement forms (eg, gather user info, answers to yes/no or multiple choice questions, text input, store and retrieve via database and/or email, etc.). Thanks...
Next Posted December 29, 2005 Posted December 29, 2005 This looks amazing and I cannot wait, keep up the good work Matt and I hope its affordable for me, I have fan sites too and I know theres a large number of them who would want yours over another because of IPB's success. Anywho, good luck. :)
Charlie__ Posted December 30, 2005 Posted December 30, 2005 I've been waiting for this product for years, but over the years I've developed other ways to accomplish some of the things Dynamic would do. I'd still like to use it, but at this point I'd probably only be willing to pay $99 - $129
Next Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Something else I think you should think about Matt is that you will have a large number of people wanting to buy it. You could either look at it two ways: Charge a large sum ($xxx+) = Have a small people buy it Charge a small sum ($xx-$xxx) = Have a lot of people buy it It would probably ballance out, but wouldn't you rather have more customers, than less? Let that settle.
FCB-Mo Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 is the IPB admin panel gonna be redesigned so that it looks like the IPD and IP Nexus panel? cos it looks bloody amaizin'
.John. Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 is the IPB admin panel gonna be redesigned so that it looks like the IPD and IP Nexus panel? cos it looks bloody amaizin' Yes, it will be :) The default skin AND AdminCP will both be getting a makeover...
robirming Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 is the IPB admin panel gonna be redesigned so that it looks like the IPD and IP Nexus panel? cos it looks bloody amaizin' Most of all I hope to see something similar for My Controls, to clean up the the current "messy" look. Using tabs to separate things and make things easier on the eyes.
Brandon C Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 Something else I think you should think about Matt is that you will have a large number of people wanting to buy it. You could either look at it two ways: Charge a large sum ($xxx+) = Have a small people buy it Charge a small sum ($xx-$xxx) = Have a lot of people buy it It would probably ballance out, but wouldn't you rather have more customers, than less? Let that settle. I agree, if you charge less you will end up receiving more profit, but if you end up charging more, you will receive less profit.
Management Matt Posted December 31, 2005 Management Posted December 31, 2005 If you charge a lot but get less customers then you have the same amount of income at a much greater profit margin with far less customers to support - so using that logic, the 'best' situation would be to have less customers paying more. :) However, that's not the business model we're going for...
Brandon C Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 However, that's not the business model we're going for... That's good to hear. :) :thumbsup:
elj Posted December 31, 2005 Posted December 31, 2005 I got scared when I saw $8000. I think anything above $500 would mark most non-profit sites out, and I'm sure you know this - that description wouldn't stay there if the product wasn't suitable for all types of users.
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