{"id":14,"date":"2009-10-23T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/how-to-price-your-software\/"},"modified":"2009-10-23T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T04:03:00","slug":"how-to-price-your-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debradalgleish.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/23\/how-to-price-your-software\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Price Your Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my Contextures site you can download my free pivot table add-in, <a title=\"PivotPower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.contextures.com\/xlPivotAddin.html\">PivotPower<\/a>. So far, I haven\u2019t created an Excel product for sale, but a few of my Excel colleagues have.<\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges is in setting a price for the software. How do you decide what to charge?<\/p>\n<p>To help you through the process, you can download a free pdf file of the book <a title=\"Don\u2019t Just Roll the Dice\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.businessofsoftware.org\/2009\/10\/dont-just-roll-the-dice-usefully-short-guide-to-software-pricing.html\">Don\u2019t Just Roll the Dice<\/a>, by Neil Davidson, of Red Gate Software. If you prefer a physical copy of the book, you can buy it on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my Contextures site you can download my free pivot table add-in, PivotPower. So far, I haven\u2019t created an Excel product for sale, but a few of my Excel colleagues have. One of the challenges is in setting a price for the software. How do you decide what to charge? 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