Is this pricing model a thing?
I often find myself “inventing” something and discovering it already exists. But for this pricing model, I don’t know how to search if it’s a thing.
Pricing model:
Incremental pricing, based on the number of users.
For example, the price starts at $10 and increases by $5 for every 10 customers.
For recurring payments:
Same thing, but if someone stops paying, others move on the list.
For example, If I'm the 11th customer, I'm paying $15 per month. When someone who signed up before me leaves, I become 10th on the list and pay $10 from then on.
Is it even possible to do something like this?
I'm thinking a lot about this pricing model. I would love to go into more details, but wanted to check first if it already exists 😇
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The pricing model you mentioned is very similar to a seat based pricing model in SaaS businesses.
I think the slight twist you're adding, where each user is independent and their price depends on how quickly they sign up, is something I haven't seen before in B2C applications.
In terms of feasibility, sure anything is possible, it could probably be a good way for a short term test to find the optimal price. If you're looking to keep this as a long term strategy my gut says it will quickly turn customers away if the value you're providing isn't enhanced by the number of customers you have.
Thank you so much! Very valuable insight.
I'll take a look at seat based pricing 😄