Pricing or no pricing from the beginning?

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Hey everyone,

I'm working on a SaaS tailored for the developers (https://webhks.com) and although I have the product itself in place, I'm struggling with promotion and pricing.

First and foremost - do you think it's important to have the pricing set up right from the beginning?

My idea was to get back to this question once I have at least some active users that would validate the idea, but at the same time I can totally see how missing pricing can spook customers

Dmitrii Petrov · Accepted Answer

@divine_rivers1 Thanks!

Ava Brooks · Answer

We went freemium from the start, wanted to get people in the door first. Could argue both ways though.

Divine Rivers · Answer

Charge from the very beginning, unless there is true value in building a loyal user base like Adobe Photoshop did.

It's the only way to know if you're building something valuable or something worth paying for. Otherwise, it's just a theory, and your idea is not truly validated.

We are launching our marketplace for sign-ups come July 17th and the plan is to charge when we launch on PH in the Fall our full functional marketplace. Follow for updates on our launch happening in 5 days since as first-time founders we are eager for the learnings and feedback.

Pricing or no pricing from the beginning?

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