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Ask HN: How to price my startup's product?

My startup will provide a ticket shop for a band, an event organizer or a congress. Current competitors charge 7% (excl. PayPal fees) or at least 1$ provision per sold ticket. This is way to expensive for small clubs as the whole entertainment industry is broke at the moment.

So how do you think should I place my fee? Go for a dumping price? Hide my actual fee by adding it to the final ticket price or be offensive and clear what it will cost at the end?

( 4 comments | 7 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: How to price my startup's product? by threebutton on Friday January 21, 2011 @09:48AM (#2127470)
Be way up front with it. Priced correctly, that could even be a selling point, like overstock.com's shipping... "Any ticket, only $2.95 fee".
Re:Ask HN: How to price my startup's product? by revorad on Friday January 21, 2011 @10:11AM (#2127535)
Instead of acting like an affiliate, buy in bulk for cheap and sell for a markup.

Don't charge "processing" or delivery fees.

Make your site superfast.

Re:Ask HN: How to price my startup's product? by kenkyhuang on Friday January 21, 2011 @04:10PM (#2128901)
Definitely do not hide the fee. I hate it when companies do that - moreover, it may not be legal to not disclose...
Re:Ask HN: How to price my startup's product? by jpiasetz on Friday January 21, 2011 @07:37PM (#2129514)
Why not test it some how. Ask people how likely they are to use again with two different fees.