Forum: Bryce


Subject: Brycers, I need your opinion and advices

pidjy opened this issue on May 19, 2005 ยท 36 posts


Claymor posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 11:04 AM

I agree with those commenting on splitting the items into individually available models. There are several in there that I would purchase immediately as stand alones but would think twice about if I had to pay more for the full package. I think that leaves you with three packaging options: 1. Sell it only as a bundle...fewer transactions but more money per transaction. 2. Sell each piece individually OR all as a bundle...probably results in a very high number of transactions. 3. Make a few available individually, perhaps one from sci fi, one from terrain or buildings, one from texture/mat, maybe even one free...this would get people hooked and make them more willing to (and perhaps more anxious to)purchase the full package on CD. Based on what we know of your skills I think you could probably very easily get DAZ to broker these in which ever packaging option you choose. I don't know anything about their merchant agreement but taking that route would probably expose your models to a wider audience. As to pricing...I think we've all seen content CD's of this quality range into the multiple hundreds of dollars. 2, 3, 4 even $500...but how many of us would pay THAT much? I love several of the models and would love to have them but at that cost it would be prohibitive. Pricing really becomes an emotional issue because only you know how much work and attention to detail went into each model. Some modelers are driven by a desire to make money while others are more driven by wanting to see their models used in renders. Perhaps choose three possible prices for a bundeled CD and ask again, "Would you but these at price A? at price B? at price C?" It would only be a thumb in the wind but it is a better measure than just the open ended question, "How much should I charge?" The other thing to consider is that with the new releases of Bryce there is probably a growing community of brand new Bryce users....(most of whom are probably easiest reached through DAZ) Bearing that in mind, if you made one or two of these models available at a reasonable price and included a "making of" tutorial you could really drive a lot of interest towards looking at a bundled CD. So there is my first 2 cents down payment... Sorry...I guess I have my marketing hat on this morning.