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And now to the questions,
1. Should I launch it in this situation. I ws hoping to launch it after I had some more features. But I am already 15 days late, than the deadline I set for myself.
Why I want to launch it now:
Of course I want real users so that I can not just be coding in vaccum, but solving real problems of real people.(TM)
Why I should wait:
Umm, I do not want to screw the launch. First impresiosn are last impressions.
2. How should I advertise this:
Options:
Social media: Umm, IMO, this is not a low involvement app, and would require substantial pre sell, before people would like to use this. Plus social media wont really be the people I am tragetting.
Adwords: The current bid prices for "project management application" is in the ballpark of 5$ per click! Even if I can get an awesome convert ratio of 10%, the cost to acquire a cutomer would be 50$. Ouch!
Advertising on blogs which target this market. Ok I think I will try this.
3. What should I charge for this, and when should I start charging.
When:
I want to offer this for free for sometime(say three months), after that I want to charge for serious usage. But I do not want to give away a lot of hings for free, coz once I bring on a paid plan, there would be backlash, unless there is substantial value add. Also once you set a price, in people's mind you set an implicit value for the product. So keeping this free for a long time does not seem wise.
How much:
Cant really think of an answer to this, before I can think of an answer to "when".
[PS. Sorry about the formatting. I can never get the post to display nicely on news.YC]