selling software: 1month free trial or "buy first then try"?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by atvking, Jan 6, 2010.

  1. #1
    my software is very unique its a very unsaturated niche market so there is no real competition...the price is 25$...i have 2 ways to go as i see it:

    1) give it as a one month free trial kind of thing
    the pros: people are more willing to try if they dont have to pay first
    the cons: some will not buy or decide they dont need it after all

    2) make them pay and then try
    the pros: some people will buy that dont need it or dont like it or wont use it (but they dont know it without the 1 month free trial)
    the cons: "pay first" will turn some people away and make them not even try it

    now on option 2 i wold offer a money back guarantee no questions thing so this would be a plus...

    what do you think? which way would you go and why? thanks for any input.
     
    atvking, Jan 6, 2010 IP
  2. Michael Adul'Ali

    Michael Adul'Ali Peon

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    I would suggest a 7 day or 14 day trial for $1. That seems to work very well.


    Michael

    PS. What does your software do?
     
    Michael Adul'Ali, Jan 6, 2010 IP
  3. elliots

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    I agree. Also you should avoid free trials in my opinion because more people will torrent it and hack it to avoid detection and protection. (if they have it for a month, they can hack it pretty easy)
     
    elliots, Jan 7, 2010 IP
  4. atvking

    atvking Active Member

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    hmm ok thanks for the advice ill try and sell it this way and see how it goes...
     
    atvking, Jan 10, 2010 IP
  5. chandan123

    chandan123 Prominent Member

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    make a trial version and disable some features ( like saving to file , limiting number of usages etc ) thats why u can make paid version is best ;)
     
    chandan123, Jan 10, 2010 IP
  6. Kalyse

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    Can you just host it and provide a trial version so they can see it in work?
     
    Kalyse, Jan 10, 2010 IP