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📣 pingananth

Does PPP (Parity Pricing) work for one-time digital products?


Does PPP (Parity Pricing) work for one-time digital products?


  👤 pingananth Accepted Answer ✓
I sell a niche educational tool for technical leads($19 one-time access).

I get decent traffic from India/Southeast Asia, but 0 sales.

I’ve read conflicting advice:

The "SaaS" View: Don't lower prices; filter for high-value customers.

The "Game/Ebook" View: Lower prices significantly (60%+) to match local purchasing power, because zero marginal cost = free money.

Since my product has no server upkeep (it's just a Next.js app), I just enabled aggressive PPP.

Has anyone here successfully monetized a one-time purchase dev tool in India? Or is the "Free or Nothing" culture too strong?