Hale: Pricing Over $1,500 Requires Expanding to a Sales Team
Joshua Hale · ChatGPT Found His Hidden Negative Loops. It Shook Him for 2 Days · May 9, 2025 · at 23:48
Joshua Hale and Sean Weisbrot discuss pricing thresholds for solo digital product creators and online courses.
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“If you charge more than 1500 dollars, you're gonna need a sales team. So by just charging 1500 bucks, that's, you know, a sweet spot that people will be, like, willing to take a risk and invest into that without you getting bogged down with you know, needing to expand into a team.”
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