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I just got asked about a database program for pawnshops - they charge 3500 for the package and 700 a year for support.
by tedsbardella 15y ago
I just got asked about a database program for pawnshops - they charge 3500 for the package and 700 a year for support.
- raganwald 15y agoTwo things: Please understand that I'm talking about large trends here, and therefore when I say things like "nobody" I really mean fewer than 10,000,000 people," and so on and so forth. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html Also, I explicitly said "certain" B2B sales. Joel's conjectures about pricing and purchasing behaviour do not apply to everyone, just to those organizations that have a certain behaviour around making purchasing decisions.
- martianpenguin 15y agothey should probably charge more... every pawn shop I've been to is subject to different laws based on every level of government. any software would have to be highly specialized.
- kennywinker 15y agoAgreed! The world of POS and other small business database software is HUGE. The last non-coding job I had was working in retail and the boss had just laid down something like $25,000 for the worst point of sale system conceivable. Most of that was support, training, and installation.
- ericd 15y agoThat highlights a big issue, though - anything in that market will necessarily be a very high-touch sales process and therefore very expensive, unless it's absurdly easy to use and install. If you can solve that issue (Square seems to be having a crack at it), you'll probably be extremely successful.