I know that my FREE plugins i dont focus tons of time on, they are more of a gap filler when i have nothing to do i will update them, or if its a functionality issue i will do so right away. But they do get less time than paid plugins.

David - each developer has their own process by which they decide on final price.  I will have to let SD reply to your post as its his plugin in referrence. 

Folks, i made a commitment to you all years ago that i would cap my plugin prices at no more than $30, and i do plan to keep that commitment to you going forward.  Its just challenging sometimes to see expensive plugins $50 - $75 - $99 selling all the time with what seems to be no issue at all.    

Maybe competition is the answer?  Not to be cut throat because im not, but good competition is healthy for any market.  

That's right Dave, competition is the answer, better developers making better plugins with better faster support make Oxwall Store a better place.

David, you are getting what you pay for, if you want or need a cheap plugin without support, without more free features, without good TOS, and without compatibility with mobile and next Oxwall versions, then maybe my plugins are not for you.

I'm making Good Quality Plugins, and all my work worth the price.

You can see what you are getting for the $20 USD here

https://developers.oxwall.com/forum/topic/51444?page=1#post-198598

If you have any other question, please feel free to ask anything.

Senior Developer

If we start developing current similar plugins to compete with each other, there is a certain developer that can (i dont know if they will or not but they can) as they have done before, offer their plugins for free.  This is because they have a primary successfull income stream already set up.  The plugins for them are just a secondary income stream.

So if we push the competitive thing too hard we could be shooting ourselves in the foot by having to eventually make everything free.  I have to make something doing this, i am disabled and this is my only source of income at the moment. Even as little as i make its something to be able to justify doing all the work. 

So do we take that chance at forcing the issue or do we just keep the status quo and not tread on each other idea wise.  I know that competition can be very healthy but i am worried about the actions of others who might take it too seriously.  

David, I disagree with you, you only need a shitty views counter and I get it, my plugin is more than that, it is simply not for you. I invite you to make your own 12 lines plugin that does the same than mine and put it for free in the store. (Competition is good, remember?)

Dave there is already a plugin in the store that does exactly what is doing my plugin, the price is higher, the customers complains for the lack of response from the developer and it looks like the plugin doesn't work anymore.
I'm not making the same plugins that you are doing and that is never my intention, so you are safe on that, I'm just remaking old dead plugins with better support and more features, the plugins that the people really need.
People keep asking for someone who solve all the issues with puru's plugins, so, if there is no competition, they will be in their own, and that's not good for oxwall.There is this "Patreon" thing, that you can get money from people that like your work and want to support you, maybe you need to take a look at it.

If there is other developers that can make the same plugin's I did for a better price, better support, more features and fulfill all the requirements, then where are they? we need such plugins right now, not tomorrow. For me it is ok. As I already told to David, if he need a shitty plugin then he need to wait until someone else make that shitty plugin with shitty TOS, shitty support, and buy it for a shitty price.

You are buying all the extra features that I'm going to add in the future (I already told you that but it seems that you don't care). If in a next oxwall version my plugin stop working, I will keep updating it, the mobile version is different than the normal version (you can ask to dave if you want to).

Maybe you as a web developer should make all your work for free to all your customer's, charge $0 and give them free support all the time. That´s cool right?

There is no excuses here, you need a 5 dollars or free plugin, this plugin is not for you. I'm not changing the price.

Thank you, have a good day.

My concern (to clarify) was that lets say that we start hitting the high priced plugins to give them some competition and make a plugin that has similar functions but for a lessor price.   That developer (again the one you know of that does plugins as a second income) could drop all their plugins to free (or close to it) because they really dont need the income from that part of their business.  

That means that as developers we have a choice, we can maintain our prices and see what happens with sales or we can make them free too. I cant offer all of my plugins for free.  I wish i could and if i were financially able to i would certainly entertain that idea.  

Yes i agree SD that customer loyalty goes beyond price, if they like you, like your work, get along with you, respect you, then yes they will buy from you regardless what else is happing in the marketplace.   This is true in car sales, insurance sales, any kind of sales actually.  

However i dont know how true that is in this kind of market, i would like to think it was true with all the wonderful comments i have received.  But i have also experienced other markets such as this "type" where customers can be swayed for a tiny fraction of a dollar.  Maybe after a few more years of doing this i can be able to determine the true loyalty factor here in this specialized market. 

Sorry i was not clear before, but i really was not thinking of you when i said that :)