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Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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post #11

Price goes up $40 per logo sold? So, after you sell 10 more logos, it'll be ($40*10) + $120(current price) = $520 per logo? Seems like a strange pricing strategy. I guess it increases the "buy it now" urge, but at some point it will kill sales. I guess when it stabilizes you can just say "ok, that's what people are willing to pay for these". So perhaps it's a good way to explore pricing...

Let's say he sells the first for $40, the second for $80 etc… The total he's trying to net is $40 * 50 (50 + 1) / 2 = $51.000 Not bad!

I think they'll have trouble selling logos for over 360 a piece though. At that point, they'll have only made $1800. Still, not a bad deal for the creator. I just don't think people will pay that much for off-the-shelf logos when sites like 99designs exist.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#52
post #38

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I don't know. I think the feeling of getting it cheaper if you jump on early outweighs it.

The early momentum is great, but the problem is sales will basically stop after the price hits a certain level.

Seems like a pretty good way of finding out an upper limit to a sustainable logo sales business. Increase prices until people stop buying, relaunch with logos a bit below that cost.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#53
post #33
post #3

This is a great idea! I'd actually sign up for a mailing list to get notified when new logos are added. I'm aware of products like fiverr and 99Designs, but I'm worried about sinking a bunch of money into them only to get crap back. I like being able to view the logos and simply browse without any commitment.

That's funny: from what I've heard the design community has been worried about these sites since the beginning because of the possibility of doing work that ends up not being bought.

Spec work. No one likes doing it. I'd much rather have a contract for my time and effort than sell logos like a sidewalk artist and hope you like them and are willing to part with $5.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

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After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

> I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. You failed at your research. In art, this is quite common. As an artist gains notoriety, their work goes up in price. How much do you think Picasso sold his early works for? How much do you think Picasso paintings are worth now? Also, Minecraft started out cheap and got more expensive over time.

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Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

Hey, we're chatting about it, right? Would a site with $100 logos make it to the front page of a highly trafficked site like this?

How much money is it worth to make the front page of HN one time?

That's actually an interesting question in its own right, now that I think about it...

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#57
post #40
post #3

This is a great idea! I'd actually sign up for a mailing list to get notified when new logos are added. I'm aware of products like fiverr and 99Designs, but I'm worried about sinking a bunch of money into them only to get crap back. I like being able to view the logos and simply browse without any commitment.

Wow. I've used Fiverr twice. I used the same guy to do a mobile app icon and a logo for a different business. He did amazing both times. Total out of pocket expense was $11 each. I got exactly what I wanted and it really really really looked amazing. I got the psd too. Best 20 bucks I ever spent.

Care to share the name of that guy?

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

> I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. You failed at your research. In art, this is quite common. As an artist gains notoriety, their work goes up in price. How much do you think Picasso sold his early works for? How much do you think Picasso paintings are worth now? Also, Minecraft started out cheap and got more expensive over time.

Google AdWords seems to work the same way too.

Re: Logo Pizza: Hot and ready logos for sale

#60
post #21

Wouldn't it make more sense that the price would go down as more are purchased, as the most popular logos are already taken? Is someone really going to pay $1000 for 'Mr. Grin'

After spending much time among entrepreneurs I find that there are very few with a "business" mind. Great idea, horrible model. This pricing model is so far out of left field that I had to do some research to see if it's ever been successful. It hasn't. Although https://github.com/metafizzy is kinda interesting (what this websites UI is based off of)

Some very smooth JavaScript UI widgets on their site too

http://metafizzy.co

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