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If you feel bad about raising your prices and don't think people will pay them, raise your prices to $X and then announce a special grand opening sale.
Go over to iStockPhoto, note what they charge for a picture of a smiling woman wearing a headset, then raise your prices. $12 is below the care threshold for employed professionals, which describes 100% of the people who will actually pay for this product rather than torrenting it. If you feel bad about raising your prices and don't think people will pay them, raise your prices to $X and then announce a special grand…
Also consider offering a bundle of all the styles at a small discount over buying them individually. Many people wanting only one or two styles may grab this instead to save them potentially having to go through the hassle of make a second purchase, especially if they're using company money.
I quit my job in tech support about 4 years ago. Since then, I've made at least 7 attempts at starting a bootstrapped business. My original idea was to build "a live-video youtube" but Justin.tv and uStream showed up just a few months after I got started, and the dream died. Since then, I've launched four search engines (two of which are keeping me ramen-profitable), a twitter app (wasted time), and a "viral" site ba…
Also, are you any good with gradients? I find these to be a real lifesaver, and would pay for something similar: http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/03/14/ultimate-web-20-gradi...