Ellington certainly has more features than Big Medium. But wow... do you think over 100 times as many?
Jeff Croft links to Ellington, a new content management system that he helped to create for newspapers and entertainment sites. The price tag is $15,000 for news sites, and $10,000 for entertainment sites. Compare to Big Medium at $129.
Software pricing is a strange and mysterious universe. Jeff is a great designer, Django is a capable platform, and Ellington certainly has more features than Big Medium. But wow... do you think over 100 times as many?
According to Jeff, though, sales are doing well, and they're hiring more developers at World.com, the company behind Ellington. It's big in Kansas: Ellington powers lawrence.com, LJWorld.com and KUSports.com.
Fifteen. Thousand. Dollars. *cough*. It's a different class of product, sure, but it certainly occurs to me that I probably charge too little for Big Medium.
Then again, maybe not. A big motivation behind what I do is to make my stuff available and accessible to the little guy, and that means keeping the price low, even below its value.
Cogitation required. More thoughts on Big Medium's pricing to come.