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Looks pretty nice, nice and simple. I didn't sign up because I am not managing people's vacations, but I definitely would if I were that person where I work. Value proposition is immediately obvious. Great name too

If you're serious about making money off of this, though, I'd highly recommend some form of per-seat pricing.

Per-seat pricing aligns the usefulness of the app with how much people are paying. Would you really want (for example) a 100 person team to be only giving you 15 pounds a month for what is probably _days_ of saved administrative time per year? Off the top of my head $15/user/year seems like a good price to deal with vacationing. Though ideally that number is MAX_NUMBER_YOU_CAN_CONVINCE_PEOPLE_TO_CHARGE/user/year

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I did think about per user pricing but a flat price seems so much more appealing than competitors in the market. You are right though, size of the market likely isn't that big. Thank you for your feedback.

>>You are right though, size of the market likely isn't that big

Why do you think that?

yearly pricing seems more appealing than monthly, because there may be no months with vacations scheduled, and it might appear that you're paying "for nothing", but there will very likely not be an entire year with no vacations.

$15 feels sort of like the upper end of the price range, unless there's some integration with a payroll service.

I'd encourage considering a flat rate for small companies - $99/year for up to 12 employees, or something like that.

I agree with the bundling. It's essentially per-user pricing, but it's an easier pill to swallow. The pitch becomes something like "Simple pricing that doesn't break your budget".

My reasoning for the $15 was that that's a fully loaded hour at a bit more than minimum wage. I think it's a good reference point for thinking about how much a company might save with the tool. Though for just vacations you're maybe saving less than an hour.

really depends on your definition of 'small team'. Companies small enough that you might be targeting probably aren't thinking about loaded labor cost per hour on folks taking vacations and such.

Also, the issue is how much impact is this going to have on the person arranging vacation time, vs the person taking it.

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