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Fair. I want people to download and not think immediately about price. It's not cheap. I see your point and you might be right. But it's not an entirely uncommon/bad pattern. I had a/b tested it a while back.

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I'd like to note that an a/b-test saying it's more profitable doesn't mean you should automatically follow it.

A random example: The people who don't download your software because they can't find the price might think very negatively about your product.

> A random example: The people who don't download your software because they can't find the price might think very negatively about your product.

If that doesn't hurt your profit, shouldn't you still do it?

But how do you measure that it doesn't hurt your profit? Conversion rate may go up, but if those not buying because they felt lured with a lower price, through negative mouth-to-mouth advertising, make fewer new potential customers visit your site in a few months time, profit could eventually go down.

Negative mouth to mouth because you had to go to the store to see the price options? There are two, fwiw. Lots of people pick the lifetime upgrade option.

Looks like a nice product, but $50 for a single user is quite steep, IMHO.

What would you pay?

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