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Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Depends on
1.Efforts for implementation
2.If you are implementing as project then price should be more depend on point 1
3.IF you are implementing as product then it depends on your market penetrating strategy which covers point 1 as well as marketing ,support . it also requires consideration in making enhancement in product as per its market type
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It all depends on tons of factors:
1. how many time you've spent doing it.
2. how many units you expect to sell.
3. how many maintenance you expect that will need to give.
4. the basic cost of your company per year.
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A good way to start (probably) would be to see how your competitors are billing it and try to see how many of your previous "expects" would be acceptable.
Typically you will have to set a sales target...
Cross fingers and good luck!
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The time you have spent on writing an application doesn't make much difference. You can invest little money and come up with a selling application. Read about how Microsoft started...
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Like mine, your answer is not complete:
I'm working in the automation world, programming robots, CNC, PLC... to get machines work.
In my case the time it takes to make an app is one of the most important factors.
If one cpian asks that here I understand he/she is at least a small company, I don't know how many small companies become as big as Microsoft, but probably billing depending the amount of hours won't be a bad idea.
In the other hand, if you are in the mobile app industry then you have to play with the number of apps you plan to sell and find another way to count the money the app should cost...
So it is not easy to give a proper answer without clarifying the sector the OP works for.
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Its a matter of demand as well
- Michael Haephrati מיכאל האפרתי
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Michael Haephrati wrote: Read about how Microsoft started
Unfortunately, you are comparing apples and oranges here. When Microsoft launched, there weren't many companies doing what they did. Compare that with the market now, and it becomes apparent that you have to spend a lot more time investing in your software than they did because you have to have a differentiator.
The key question you have to ask yourself is "if I were a customer, why would I choose my product over X" with X being your competition. You must be able to define clear reasons; after all, these are the things you are going to market your product with. Then you enter the cycle of trying to keep one step ahead of X, but that's a whole different story.
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I completely agree with you, just keep in mind that sometime you can do great things with little money and vice versa.
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I agree
- Michael Haephrati מיכאל האפרתי
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You do realise the messages you're replying to are five years old, right?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You can search about similar apps and their prices and comparing features of both.
also it is important you notice to other important factors like Country you live, currently market situation and others.
Regard
-Amir Mohammad NAsrollahi
/* LIFE RUNS ON CODE */
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Costing a software product is also based on strategy. You can send it for lesser price at the beginning. So that more users can use your software and once the user base grows you can increase the price. You can read a case study and get some idea from it.
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