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Scale Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, writes about SaaS metrics, open source, build systems, and cloud investing.
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IsaacSchlueter · 2022-11-02
> Might be wrong, but brief review of this appears to show the “thesis” of PriceOps is yield-based metered feature pricing
The "thesis" of PriceOps is less "you must have metered feature pricing", and more "you should design your infrastructure so that you can learn from and adjust pricing in the future". In other words, expect that your product, customers, and landscape will change, and understand that the pricing scheme (ie, what you charge for, how much you charge, and how you bundle prices into a packaged plan) will almost certainly need to change as well.
> Do you have an related research to link to?
Here's a selection of links to check out if you're interested in learning more about this subject. I haven't carefully reviewed each one of these to make sure they're 100% what you're asking for, but they're all things I've read and found helpful studying this topic, and many have links to more research and primary sources. Hope you find it helpful :)
On unlocking growth with pricing:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/11/turn-your-startups-pricing-strategy-…
https://www.nfx.com/post/the-hidden-world-of-pricing
https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/saas-pricing-strategy
https://www.bvp.com/atlas/why-pricing-deserves-as-much-iteration-as-pr…
More from BVP, this pricing course is amazing btw, I highly recommend checking it…
erik-archer · 2019-11-05
Hi, we've published the full article on our blog as well: https://www.scalevp.com/blog/investing-in-the-cloud-from-gold-rush-to-…