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Re: [PanoToolsNG] Virtual Tour Pricing

Sometime around 6/7/09 (at 21:28 +0100) Robert Slade said:

>last week I discovered a VT photographer only an hour away
>from me who charges less than £50 UKP per VT. That's about 25% of my
>"cheap" rate. How can I compete with that?

You can't and you don't. As you say, that is
ridiculous. There's no way that is going to lead
to a good-quality result.

k



Mon Jul 6, 2009 8:40 pm

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Perhaps an emotive subject ... but I am interested in what people are charging for 360x180 virtual tours. Do you charge a fixed fee, or quote per individual...
Robert Slade
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Jul 3, 2009
6:29 pm

It depends! Any and all of the reasons stated. I try to be flexible since solid pricing doesn't really work since it really depends on the job and the amount...
Robert Fisher
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Jul 3, 2009
8:27 pm

Hi Robert, Thanks for the reply. I absolutely agree with you, the price should depend on the type of job, and the value of the product to the client. I was...
Robert Slade
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Jul 6, 2009
8:29 pm

... You can't and you don't. As you say, that is ridiculous. There's no way that is going to lead to a good-quality result. k...
Keith Martin
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Jul 6, 2009
8:43 pm

This discussion will never end, because there are to many "easy doing" tools that makes everybody create a virtual tour. Quality is only one answer to that. ...
ptgroup
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Jul 6, 2009
9:11 pm

I wouldn't worry about it! Nobody can run a business working for as little as that, so they won't be around for long. If they are doing it on weekends then...
peterstephensphotogra...
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Jul 6, 2009
9:23 pm

... Rule #1: Avoid realtors. They are cheap - price is the only thing that matters to them. Rule #2: If you must break rule #1, then about the only way to...
dtonnes
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Jul 6, 2009
11:14 pm

Any "per pano" pricing absolutely must be accompanied by the right to bill for out-of-pocket expenses (return travel/meal costs and overnight accommodation if...
Roger D. Williams
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Jul 7, 2009
1:47 am

Robert, Your post is well, wonderful.. I mean that. But your after what I'll refer to as a Walmart answer ( the cheapest price or the price ...whatever...)...
Jim Bechtel
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Jul 6, 2009
11:01 pm

Thanks Jim (and others) for the really useful advice. I wasn't advocating competing on price with the "cheap" guys, just looking for ideas about what to say...
Robert Slade
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Jul 8, 2009
10:59 am

I think these are pretty good sugestions.. My last post was a bit rough possibly ..sorry.. Not sure I'd want to deal with number 2 here..though.. I think in...
mrjimbo
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Jul 6, 2009
11:50 pm

... What, do *more* photos? That'd be *more* work for an outfit that can't pay properly in the first place... k...
Keith Martin
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Jul 7, 2009
12:33 am

K It simply about possibility that's all.. If you follow the real-estate business and I do. It's a mess.. Staff has been cut, some have shut down , some have...
mrjimbo
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Jul 7, 2009
1:54 am

Yes sir Roger, Looks like you got it figured out .....:-))) it's simply business right? jimbo ... From: Roger D. Williams To: PanoToolsNG@yahoogroups.com ...
mrjimbo
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Jul 7, 2009
1:58 am

... Hi Robert, A while back I decided to go for a set price list rather than the 'see what the client can pay' route. I wanted to work for smaller companies...
Marcus Hamilton
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Jul 8, 2009
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