Hello,
I originally posted in r/Unity3D but was pointed here for help:
I developed software that creates live content similar to the Ai Spongebob project from YouTube months ago (but not SpongeBob). I developed it over a couple of months and streamed it a bit
The project is basically an AI-powered content creator that can interact with a live chat. It uses Unity and utilizes chatgpt as well as some text to speech libraries. I think it's neat, but I'm not really here to show it off
My issue is: I have someone interested in purchasing the project/code from me to use as their own, but I have no idea how to price it. Most pricing guides for software recommend comparing it to its competition but I'm not sure what to compare it to here. I've also seen people recommend selling project based on how long the project took to make
I've been looking at how much people ask to develop websites, for instance. Where simple websites with a few pages go for around $1.5k, and sites with more complex features going from $6k to others well over $10k+
I've tried getting the client to name a price but they seem to be waiting for me to name a price first. I'm too scared to say a number either too low or high ball
Can anyone help me with this? To throw out the number I was thinking to get the conversation going, I was thinking of around $10k? Sometimes that sounds too low but others too high
Thanks
The project sounds relatively unique (not many like this are being sold), and you completed it in 2 months, then the alternative for the buyer is to hire someone else to complete it in two months. With $100k average annual engineering salary that would take them $17k. If you add cost of hiring and freelancer premium, it might be $25k. And that would take a risk of the project not getting completed, or ending up just poorly done, plus just waiting additional ~2-3 months. So it would make sense for them to buy a ready & working thing for $30k if they are not in a hurry and for $60k+ if they are. These numbers go down proportionally if engineer salaries are lower around the buyer
That said, I agree you should just give a starting number and state that you’re open to negotiate. But I think you should start with $30k or even $60k if you get a signal that the buyer can afford it, is surrounded by highly paid engineers and has a good idea of what they are going to get from it (as opposed to casually asking)
Thank you for your in depth response. I have sent my initial proposal. Will update the thread with good new hopefully!