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How much to charge for your Web App?

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The great thing about working in an Internet start-up is the learning we get to do every single day of our lives. We don’t always know the right answers to every question we face, but the very nature of the Web lets us try out new ideas and quickly adapt them to achieve the best results for our online businesses.

This is an experiment that someone ran to test out a pay what you want plan. It has a few conclusions to back up some of the other resources previously mentioned here (and oddly enough, includes them as citations). Makes me wonder if a premium product pricing is perhaps a good strategy.

Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words – #StartupTriplets

Startup Triplets: Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words
  1. Watch your cash.
  2. Pick founders carefully.
  3. Hire generalists early.
  4. Hire specialists later.

This is a good list of idioms that anyone in a startup can use (and should use).

Usability Testing Tips – Be a Good Turk Boss – Mechanical Turk Tips

The Faces of Mechanical Turk

 

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Earlier I wrote about my impressions using Mechanical Turk to run the Feedback Army Usability Testing Service. Here I write about my favorite part, dealing with the workers and taking care of them.

What to Pay on Mechanical Turk

What you pay will affect the turn around time of responses and to some extent their quality. Some people won’t even bother if the pay is too low. I found people will review websites for $0.25-$0.30 but I changed the pay to $0.45-$0.50 and stuck with it.

This is a good summary to help get you started with using Mechanical Turk effectively for user testing your site or app. I’m interested in trying this out, has anyone here tried this?