Comments on: I Don’t Buy Games That Cost 99¢ But I could Buy One For 0.99 Dollars

By: Juuso

Juuso — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:42:53 +0000

Hah hah. Made my day! :)

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:48:12 +0000

You didn’t steal it, you duplicated it, it’s not theft ;-p

By: Juuso

Juuso — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:01:43 +0000

@Jake: yeh, stole the color from some other site. I’m one happy thief.

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:59:45 +0000

@Juuso: That yellow is much better.

By: Juuso

Juuso — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:45:13 +0000

Indinera: have you tested selling that $15 game for $14.99?

By: Indinera

Indinera — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:40:55 +0000

It may work, it probably does work, and I am even following the trend now, but to be honest I priced one game $15 and all the others $xx.99 and the $15 seemed and still seems to sell just as well as the others.

By: Dave Gilbert

Dave Gilbert — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:40:53 +0000

When I first started selling my games and wanted to sell my first one for $15, everyone told me to drop it to $14.99. When I asked them why, the response was “It just works.” So… I did. And it seems to be working.

By: Felicia Lynn

Felicia Lynn — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:28:13 +0000

Absolutely. Completely a marketing tool that companies use. Studies have actually shown that we’re favorable to odd numbers (ie 4.99 as a opposed to 5) because we actually believe we’re saving money. I know, it’s really only a penny, but people seem favor these types of prices; hence why companies continue to use them.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:03:26 +0000

My problem is that everything online is invariably not in my currency, and so I think “oh, it’s only $20″ before I think “oh, it’s $20 US which is ~$40 in my currency” Usually I remember to think at least :)

By: Jake Birkett

Jake Birkett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:34:33 +0000

Plus the fact that 1000 points costs MORE than $10, so when you see 1200 points you almost think “oh only $12″ but that’s not correct because it’s more like $16 after tax in Canada.