Idea for Another Income Stream

[hispeed]

The OFF Teams is doing a great job with customer service, patches, the whole nine yards.

I recommend setting up the support regimen as a subscription service. Perhaps $25 a year get you more and sooner than a single purchase. The initial purchase can be thought of as income related to the R&D, while the subscription service is for the sustainment of the product.

In this way you can have the benefit of initial sales, but also a residual income stream. It also might allow fro a reconsideration of the steep $50 pricing which will prevent a lot of folks from taking the dive.

 

[Parky]

Thanks,

Having sort of a rough day at work. Needed a bit of a chuckle......

 

[Siggi]

The OFF Teams is doing a great job with customer service, patches, the whole nine yards.

I recommend setting up the support regimen as a subscription service. Perhaps $25 a year get you more and sooner than a single purchase. The initial purchase can be thought of as income related to the R&D, while the subscription service is for the sustainment of the product.

In this way you can have the benefit of initial sales, but also a residual income stream. It also might allow fro a reconsideration of the steep $50 pricing which will prevent a lot of folks from taking the dive.

So, £53 for the game and £25pa to have it supported. Or £1 for the game and £25pa for support. Or any other combination of a pie cut into two pieces.

How about the whole pie, for a fixed price (one that doesn't blow socks off).

Sell one hundred pies for £50 each or one thousand pies for £10 each (where the cost of producing each pie is the same nominal amount).

Volume is where it's at, unless you're deliberately targeting an elite market where exclusivity is part of the product's perceived value.