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Ask HN: What would you charge for a PHP A/B testing license?

3 points by briancray ↗ HN
I have released a PHP-based A/B testing app called phpA/B that's free for personal use, but I'd like to do a paid commercial license.

What do you think would be appropriate pricing/licensing options?

See the app at http://phpabtest.com

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JangoSteve
Perhaps you should A/B test a few different price points.

On a serious note, are you thinking a one-time unlimited use fee or a recurring monthly or yearly rate? Also, I noticed on the "Begin Testing" page that you require Google Analytics for it to work. Have you considered using the Analytics API so the user doesn't have to deal with a separate interface to set it up?

briancray
Is charging monthly for a license that you download a common practice? Obviously, a recurring pricing structure would be my preference if that's realistic. My initial idea was a yearly license.

On the Analytics API front, I have plans to use the API for a SaaS model later on, but right now I wanted to give developers a tool for running flexible but simple server side tests.

JangoSteve
Perhaps you could charge a one-time fee for the download, and then charge an additional recurring rate for the convenience of using the online interface when you develop that in the future.