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You know, I came up with this idea ages ago, and did exactly nothing about it. I think it came about because I needed to mail a single letter and had no printer, no envelopes and no stamps ... surely there must be many more like me! Would I pay £1 ($1.60) to send a letter - probably - beats needing to buy a printer (ok, I can use the printer in work) find a stamp, take it to the post box etc. What about recorded deli…
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I'm with you, it's tough to make the numbers work unless you've got some serious volume. You'll notice that one-off letters are actually $3 each. You don't get the lower rates unless you commit to spending more... take a look at the pricing/signup link at the top. (Also, would love some feedback on this page...)
The idea of charging an up-front-buy-in is unusual, and I'm not sure why it makes any sense, except as an unusual way of helping you bootstrap this business. What about replacing the Lite plan with something that costs $25/mo and includes 15 letters (add'l $2) and the Pro with, say, $99/mo for 99 letters (add'l $1.50).
What you're proposing sounds a bit better (and helps me make more sense of the numbers), I'm going to put some thought into it this weekend.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the pricing models?
EDIT: I've switched the plans over to monthly instead. Will monitor signups over the next few days and see how that compares to the pre-paid stuff I had originally.
You know, I came up with this idea ages ago, and did exactly nothing about it. I think it came about because I needed to mail a single letter and had no printer, no envelopes and no stamps ... surely there must be many more like me! Would I pay £1 ($1.60) to send a letter - probably - beats needing to buy a printer (ok, I can use the printer in work) find a stamp, take it to the post box etc. What about recorded deli…
Question: If I let you pay $1.60/letter, how many would you actually send? :)
A bit of feedback:
- Sometimes, registration makes sense. In this case, it does. if I'm going to be a regular customer, why should I need to enter my address every time? (Not sure if you have an option - I looked around but couldn't find any).
- Letter templates would be nice. Just basic business letters, personal letters, even 2 or 3 options would be great.
- You can offer a selection of greeting cards. Season's around the corner - you could make a lot of money.
To quote your blog :" Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen. Good execution is rare." Nicely done.
I like this. A bit of feedback: - Sometimes, registration makes sense. In this case, it does. if I'm going to be a regular customer, why should I need to enter my address every time? (Not sure if you have an option - I looked around but couldn't find any). - Letter templates would be nice. Just basic business letters, personal letters, even 2 or 3 options would be great. - You can offer a selection of greeting cards.…
Change: Just address your envelope, write your letter, verify its appearance, then pay using your Paypal account. Add the words "electronically", or "via this website" or something like that. You have a bunch of '2' showing up all over the place. Mention that you don't retain the contents of the letter once printed (if you don't, and I hope you don't). Include a photo of a sample letter so people can see if the paper…
You should add a 'skypeout' like option to this where it works internationally. People in the country of destination would print out the items and mail them for the cost of a local stamp and get some compensation for their efforts. That way you can offer international 'real' snailmail for a tiny bit over the price of a local stamp.
You'll have to work out the privacy issue though.
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Question: If I let you pay $1.60/letter, how many would you actually send? :)
I don't need to send many letters ... I haven't sent one for about a year now. So for my annual letter sending needs I'd easily pay above the odds, being that I still don't own a printer or stamps! I bet there are many people like me, but I've no real data on that!