October 1, 2018

Need some help with defining pricing options for software development agency

Hey Indie Hackers,

I am pretty new here, love reading what you guys post and would like to ask for some help. I run a software agency https://codekeef.com/ and so far have been focusing on serving cannabis companies. Since it is very hard to market your services in the cannabis industry I want to move from helping only cannabis companies to helping startups/entrepreneurs in other industries.

My current pricing is based on the hourly rate and projects usually last years (nothing under a year), but since I would like to start serving startups, the project dev span might be a week, two, month etc..

Would you suggest me to create different pricing packages (MVP - $5K, Package 2 ($10K), Package 3(contact us) etc.. and show benefits with different packages) or should I stick to the hourly rate?

Also, what do you guys look for when you need someone else to create your software. Skills, price, location etc.. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thank you, guys!