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Neat. But the "x spots left at this price" fake urgency nonsense is off putting.

No, it's not fake. we offer unlimited license for personal & commercial use for both individuals and teams at $49 instead of $100 for the first 200 people only. Now, we have 173 spots left. check our Gumroad page ==> http://gum.co/f50/f50

Right, so an artificial fake limit on pricing due to "scarcity". Just set a price, and be done with it. Introducing a sense of urgency for a set of landing pages is nonsense, this isn't tickets to Roger Waters.

We can't offer our package at this price and license for a huge number of people. We have some goals to reach 200 sales as soon as possible, so we had to offer this in an urgent manner.

I think OP means it’s a fake or arbitrary sense of scarcity. If you have a goal in mind like a kickstarter campaign then it might be better to say it. For example. Pricing 49 for the first 200 people because I can quit my day job and go full time on this XYZ project. The audience has a purpose other than their own fear of missing out. Maybe think of the user here...

I’m afraid of XYZ so I’ll buy now

.vs

I’d really love to support this guy so I’ll buy now

Now long term which customer mindset is really going to make you successful?

Hope it helps! Nice product

Thank you, this is really a good idea that didn't come to my mind. I've just started my journey as a maker and I will make sure to show my more details next time. Now I can't do updates to not break anything.

Find someone who can help you with devops so that you're not afraid to make updates!

I would take the parent post's suggestion about pricing. Other than that, this project looks awesome. Keep going!

Thank you very much We are learning more from you guys. Thank you for all such great feedback. We will always try to provide the best and do what is always necessary.

Welcome to all marketing. How is this any different from any retailer having a sale? Lowering prices for an arbitrary period of time.

What do you not like about it? I mean, it's not great, but saying "We'll give the first 200 people half-off" seems fine to me.

I am glad you like it!

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