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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3181 - Q&A: “Should my first info product be $30 or $300?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Should you launch your first info product at a budget price or aim for a premium market? Today we unpack perceived value, buyer psychology, and the hidden costs of “cheap” customers—so you can price with confidence.

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0:00.0

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0:05.8

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0:11.1

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0:19.9

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0:22.7

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0:27.4

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0:32.3

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0:36.2

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0:46.5

Lemonada.

1:00.5

We talk from time to time about pricing. How do you price a new product or service? It's really important to get it right. There's usually a range of appropriate prices. And that range can often be

1:06.4

quite broad. Today we've got an extreme example of that. Somebody is launching a new information product,

1:12.9

and they're trying to figure out, should I sell this for $30 or $300? And you might think, well,

1:18.7

that's absurd. Like, surely it has to be one of the other or it has to be close to one of those

1:22.8

numbers. But the whole thing is, like we're going to talk about perceived value, biore

1:26.9

psychology.

1:28.2

There really are different markets for different price points.

1:31.5

So you have to think about that as part of pricing.

1:33.9

It's not just about the product or service.

1:35.9

It's also about, like, who do I want to attract?

1:39.1

So the lower number isn't always best, but the higher number also isn't best.

1:42.6

So it can be tricky.

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