You're totally right and I apologize. There are parts of the world where $9 is more than the average person makes in a day... hell, there are parts of the world where $9 is more than the average person makes in a month. It's easy to forget that these places are actually on the internet today and businesses serving these markets might actually be reading this mailing list.
GAE used to be priced for the low-end. Now it's priced for the high-end. It's still cheap by US-startup standards, but I can see how that could be catastrophic if your customers are in Haiti, sub-Saharan Africa, or certain parts of India. Unfortunately I don't know the answer. Pricing internationally has always been hard because different countries have different price sensitivities. Back when I was serving porn we worked with a company called Local Billing which set up prices based on an index of what "a pizza and a beer" costs in the local currency. But that really only works for products with zero marginal cost of sales. I don't know if Google can or will help you, but all of the people I've met on the GAE team have been great folks. My advice is to reach out to one of them, explain your business, and ask if there is anything they can do for you. Maybe the answer is 'nothing', but it doesn't hurt to ask. As a fallback, Robert's suggestion about using namespaces is a good one. Jeff On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 5:13 AM, romesh soni <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all for your valuable comments. I liked the appstats stuff and > will use it. > > Hey Greg/Jeff, > > I know it sounds like a joke that a person is earning such a small amount > and is running a business. But that is the truth for us here. The market is > very small and clients are not willing to pay. Moreover, all php developers > here are charging the same amount and even I know that is not doing a > business. If I need to work for local clients,I need to have this rates, > otherwise I will not be able to survive here. I am just trying to make a few > clients here. I know how commercial apps are charged and in International > market what are all kinds of charges companies put in front of customers. > That is a big market there you guys are playing. And if you think that I > should focus on international clients then you see that what option I have - > sites like freelancer, vworker?? I guess you guys know what rates are their > so I do not need to discuss that. > > > Thanks > Romesh > > > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I generally share this opinion - seriously, if $9/mo is a problem, >> > you're not running a business. That's two lates (one in NYC). >> >> That would be "lattes". >> >> Jeff >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google App Engine" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
