Re: Seems overpriced?
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:01 pm
Okay, thanks for the explanation, it seems it is out of the devs hands. Just a pity it is so much more expensive for EU customers.
And as a (insert OS here) user I couldn't care less about (insert other OS here). I also couldn't care less about (insert niche feature here) because I only (insert other niche thing there)setarip_old wrote:You should also keep in mind that (Whether YOU use them or not), MakeMKV works with multiple OSs, Windows, Linux and MAC ;>}
Exactly. Do you REALLLLLLY think most people using MakeMKV are just ripping legally purchased disks to their HTTPC for a fancy video jukebox? Most of them are using it to pirate RedBox, Netflix, and their friends and neighbors disks. Whether those folks are scumbags or not doesn't matter, it's whether or not some of them might pay for MakeMKV (and the movies themselves) if the prices were lower.mukiex wrote:Over-priced compared to what? Pirating AnyDVD? Downloading bootlegs?
Well, you're partly right. What MakeMKV really needs is price optimization. In other words, they need to get $80 from the folks willing to pay $80, and $5 from the folks willing to pay $5.Eric714 wrote:I think creators of MakeMKV should consider the marketing concept of price elasticity."
I think for all your "logical" verbage, you are missing one tiny point...... if Mike was interested in the money, he (I guess) would have made this an official release at least 2 years ago and made everyone pay for it.Zanthexter wrote:setarip_old wrote:You should also keep in mind that (Whether YOU use them or not), MakeMKV works with multiple OSs, Windows, Linux and MAC ;>}Well, you're partly right. What MakeMKV really needs is price optimization. In other words, they need to get $80 from the folks willing to pay $80, and $5 from the folks willing to pay $5.Eric714 wrote:I think creators of MakeMKV should consider the marketing concept of price elasticity."
Comcast and AT&T do that by offering different levels of service.
JC Penny and Staples do it by offering coupons and sales.
I think if MakeMKV had the equivelent of a "Black Friday Special" and maybe a less discounted "Summer Sale" they would take in more money than a constant high price. Folks that are more price sensative would would wait. Folks that are less would just pay up and be done with it.
To put it another way, if MakeMKV made the front page of SlickDeals.net with a $10 1 day sale, it'd likely rake in tens of thousands of dollars of otherwise lost revenue, possibly more given the millions of users on that site. The publicity sure wouldn't hurt either. At $50... nada from all those people...