Ask Joel Spolsky: Pricing – what changed?

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13 years ago

In 2004 you stated "I have certain competitors that [...] charge small customers per-user but then there's a "unlimited" license at a fixed price. This is nutty, because you're giving the biggest price break precisely to the largest customers, the ones who would be willing to pay you the most money."[1]

Today fogbugz has a "unlimited" license as well as substantially lower per user pricing if buying 150+ licenses.[2]

What changed?

[1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CamelsandRubberDuckies.html [2] https://shop.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/default.asp?sCategory=HOSTEDFB&sStep=stepEnterEmailAddress&fccmp=_buyfb (click the prepay radio button)

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