Re: CiderPress v3.0.0 released

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Paul Schlyter <pausch@saaf.se> wrote:
>> I don't have the actual $$ figure on hand, but it started at $19.95, dropped
>> to $8.95, then popped back up to $9.95.  For anyone thinking about doing
>> shareware, $9.95 turns into $9.36 for USA residents and $9.26 for others
>> if you go through PayPal.
> 
> So perhaps you received a total of $3700 for those who registered
> CiderPress.

The price didn't drop to $8.95 because it was selling like crazy. :-)

My initial thought was that, in a niche market, the difference between $10
and $20 wouldn't matter.  Turns out I was wrong -- I had a big surge in
sales after the price drop.

This was the 1.x version, which didn't yet support CF cards (the "killer
app" of the Apple II emulator utility world), but I think US$10 is in the
"impulse buy" range for shareware utilities, while US$20 is not.  I know
I've had similar reactions ("$30 for a CPU temperature monitor?!").

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