Actually makes more sense with 2$, as there will be many more cumulative purchases before the price reaches its eventual peak. Bit like penny auctions.
I feel that it should simply reset after X days without any takers, thereby reflecting the market's ill-appetite for the increased price. Or perhaps the price should decrease by $2 each day without takers. Would be really interesting to then graph the price after several months, seeing where the market settled.
Sounds interesting but the problem then is that nobody will share it with friends. Since you gain an advantage by keeping it silent and take the low price offer when it resets. But I like the general thinking. Needs to be fleshed out.
How about a pressure system? Each purchase increases the price by $2, but each day that passes without a purchase lowers it by $2. Eventually it would reach some sort of equilibrium of how much people are willing to pay for a simple logo service, right? Cool idea though.
You could have each logo price decrease by $2 per day it remains unsold. The starting price would follow the current rules, increasing $2 for every sale.
Each logo should naturally go for a fair 'market' price (for that logo), and presumably will eventually be sold by the time it reaches $2. It prevents the service usage from leveling off as the price goes too high: at some point, it is cheaper to pay for a custom logo designed to spec.
Plus it increases traction, especially for designers that need logos for clients: now there's incentive to come visit the page occasionally even if you don't currently need a logo, because there might be a gem sitting there for a good price.
different organisation, same business model. That's just like saying that anybody who sells ads on their website is spamming HN because others have posted products that make money with ads.
I think you're doing yourself a disservice. I remember coming across your portfolio (and possibly even speaking with your team, I don't recall) when I was looking to get a new logo made for a client. Now, if I'm ever in that situation again, how will you ever convince me to pay market rate for a logo when I know you've been doing them for $2, $4, $6, etc?
In other words, you're lowering the perceived value of your work.
Appreciate the thought. Here's how I look at it: our core service offers a bunch of different perks that this experimental service doesnt include like: more revisions, faster delivery etc. so when you are in a rush or want to bounce back and forth ideas, this service isnt the way to go.
Appreciate the thought. Here's how I look at it: our core service offers a bunch of different perks that this experimental service doesnt include like: more revisions, faster delivery etc. so when you are in a rush or want to bounce back and forth ideas, this service isnt the way to go.
Megabus famously offers $1 fares for early bookers. Everyone knows that the true fare value is not $1. Plus, this logo product isn't on par with their regular service, which includes unlimited revisions and goes for $450 - $650.
Megabus still does something like this! For example, there are $5 tickets from Cincinnati to Chicago right now if you're willing to book about a month out.
The website looks terrible on Ultra Widescreen monitors. Maybe try it on two monitors and span the browser window over both? I think you got something wrong on styling.
I like this idea -- it allows the seller to find an optimal price through what's basically an auction process. The early buyers get a "good" deal, and when sales level off, they can roll back the pricing a few dollars and know they've found their optimal market position.
Inspired? it's a copy of logo.pizza! this article isn't really relevant. It seems like logodust's "open source logos" just stopped being released over time, and instead they are focusing on pure commercial activities.
it's not a copy. logo.pizza offered premade logos. here you have a briefing after purchase and you get a custom made one.
however, i dislike this kind of "services". it does not reflect the real value and work behind a logo. therefor future customer will have a distoreted idea on what a logo is worth.
I'm curious here, how long do you typically spend on one of these logos?
My partner spent several years working as a freelance designer and typically a logo was a fairly lengthy process for a lot of businesses, and the bills would run up over $600-800 pretty quick + more $$ for assigning the copyright.
I'm not sure about your logo but the website is simply not that good. It takes quite a lot of time for me to load, its possible that its my network ( i live in Australia, we have horrible internet ) but the site should be as fast as possible regardless of where the person is located and many other more heavier websites are loading faster for me so this is an issue with your site.
The scroll bar is also broken, and the loading icon/indicator doesn't load for quite a bit of time so i never know whether the site is even loading, and if i should wait.
I would suggest taking a look at this issue just so its more available.
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http://logo.pizza/
Logodust/Metafizzy strike me as being on kinda the same page re: trying to give good things to the community at a low or 0 price point.
Does the price ever stop increasing or go down? Is this meant to be a temporary operation?
Each logo should naturally go for a fair 'market' price (for that logo), and presumably will eventually be sold by the time it reaches $2. It prevents the service usage from leveling off as the price goes too high: at some point, it is cheaper to pay for a custom logo designed to spec.
Plus it increases traction, especially for designers that need logos for clients: now there's incentive to come visit the page occasionally even if you don't currently need a logo, because there might be a gem sitting there for a good price.
Logos aren't being sold for anywhere close to $2, which is what a reasonable person would think before clicking.
It's more like "$2 incremental pricing logo project", though I admit it trades terseness for accuracy.
EDIT: Here's the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12488149
This was, as noted by the poster, inspired by the post I linked to.
Stand by my position this is spam.
I personally enjoyed this link.
In other words, you're lowering the perceived value of your work.
It's a solid marketing play.
http://i.imgur.com/hoyFicn.jpg
I would be tempted to hit it at this price, but want something I can get out into iOS and Android icon easily.
however, i dislike this kind of "services". it does not reflect the real value and work behind a logo. therefor future customer will have a distoreted idea on what a logo is worth.
My partner spent several years working as a freelance designer and typically a logo was a fairly lengthy process for a lot of businesses, and the bills would run up over $600-800 pretty quick + more $$ for assigning the copyright.
The scroll bar is also broken, and the loading icon/indicator doesn't load for quite a bit of time so i never know whether the site is even loading, and if i should wait.
I would suggest taking a look at this issue just so its more available.