> The fnf6_diamond_yearly_022025 SKU is particularly interesting.
It irks me when we use “SKU” for SaaS.
Does SaaS has a limited amount of stock of products?
Chess.com regional pricing: A case study
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't it the case that US prices are without sales tax, whereas all EU/UK prices are inclusive of tax by law?
Makes me wonder if the author tried different states/providences to see if they have multiple prices per country.
In the US at least sales tax is only going to show up on the final checkout page, so this dataset won't have it.
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#13> The fnf6_diamond_yearly_022025 SKU is particularly interesting. It irks me when we use “SKU” for SaaS. Does SaaS has a limited amount of stock of products?
it's just a primary key :)
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#14Fascinatingly deep study. It shows the hyperoptimization needed to build these businesses: from all the work needed to calibrate pricing for each country, to technical safeguards like the fingerprinting. A lot of work had to be done here.
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#15> It is the goal of every business to maximise profits. As a business, it is your responsibility to price your products in a way that will yield the most profit.
This is how the article starts, and it might be somewhat off-topic, but I disagree. Plenty of businesses (at least privately held ones) have the goal of simply making enough for the owners to get by. Not to optimize for the absolute maximum. And why should they be responsible to do so?
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#16It seems like the US has really cheap pricing compared to Western Europe, especially when you consider the poorer countries such as Portugal, Italy, Spain etc. I wonder if they can get away charging higher prices in these countries because chess is more popular there.
It looks worse than it is, because:
1. US prices don't include sales tax.
2. All prices are shown in USD, which has fallen ~12% in the last few months.
Adjust for both of these and Western Europe gets the plans for 20% cheaper.
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#17> It is the goal of every business to maximise profits. As a business, it is your responsibility to price your products in a way that will yield the most profit. This is how the article starts, and it might be somewhat off-topic, but I disagree. Plenty of businesses (at least privately held ones) have the goal of simply making enough for the owners to get by. Not to optimize for the absolute maximum. And why should t…
Agreed. Related: the widely held belief that a corporation's singular goal is to maximize shareholder value.
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#18Thank you for this. Have you heard about PPP (Purchasing Power Parity)? Some pages sell products -50% in Poland because we don't earn as much as in other countries.
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#19Chess.com is a scam anyway. Rather than comparing the price of Norwegian Chess.cok to Nigerian Chess.con you should be comparing to lichess.org. They have a better app and plenty of people to play with, without any paywalling or marketing or rent-seeking.
I subscribe to chess.com and they do support a large chess universe of videos and contests.
Still, lichess.org has my heart. It’s free and the user interface rocks.
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#20> It is the goal of every business to maximise profits. As a business, it is your responsibility to price your products in a way that will yield the most profit. This is how the article starts, and it might be somewhat off-topic, but I disagree. Plenty of businesses (at least privately held ones) have the goal of simply making enough for the owners to get by. Not to optimize for the absolute maximum. And why should t…
In short, the leadership team has a fiduciary responsibility to their investors. Privately held lifestyle businesses don't, at least not as much.