What the Heck to Charge for This?

Edrof

Edrof

Edrof

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This should probably be in the Jobs forum but I'd like a larger blanket of opinions. I've developed a really good CV template through lots and lots of research. It's perfectly written and presents the candidate's information in the most psychologically desirable way to recruiters. I've also written a guide about how to fill in the template and why things are laid out as they are.

It's pretty ace and now a national recruitment agency has asked me if they can use it and I don't know what to charge.

  1. Sell the whole thing as a one-off package for a lump sum? (If so, what sort of figures are we talking?)
  2. Sell it for a smaller lump sum and then lease it each year? (Again, figures?)
  3. Other.

I honestly have no experience at all in this so if anyone has bought packages like this at their work, or even sold their own thing please advise!
 
Well i can't really comment on price for this but i can give you an educated guess. A company tried to sell us some software that you keyed in orders for and it displayed them in an appealing way & had a few features such as filtering for priority / required shipping dates. They had sold this software to many places and were asking for £15,000. ( i know )

Given this we didn't buy it. But i would certainly advise you don't massively undersell it. Try being cheeky and ask for £3-5k if you find that it sells or they say they arent interested, ask them what they would be interested in.

I would also then be getting on the blower with every other recruitment agency you can find.
 
Ask them if they want exclusive ownership, or a lease on its usage, suggest to them other agencies are interested in your template on an exclusive basis and you are tendering bids as such.

Dont forget, agency work is a multi billion industry, if you have something that good it will put them ahead of the competition, they will pay for it happily.
 
Leasing definitely seems a bad idea - these kind of places will generally just rip it off the moment they have their hands on it then try and wash their hands of any obligations at the first chance they get.
 
Edrof said:
This should probably be in the Jobs forum but I'd like a larger blanket of opinions. I've developed a really good CV template through lots and lots of research. It's perfectly written and presents the candidate's information in the most psychologically desirable way to recruiters. I've also written a guide about how to fill in the template and why things are laid out as they are.

It's pretty ace and now a national recruitment agency has asked me if they can use it and I don't know what to charge.

  1. Sell the whole thing as a one-off package for a lump sum? (If so, what sort of figures are we talking?)
  2. Sell it for a smaller lump sum and then lease it each year? (Again, figures?)
  3. Other.

I honestly have no experience at all in this so if anyone has bought packages like this at their work, or even sold their own thing please advise!
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Your a published author aren't you or is that someone else I'm thinking of? Will offer you a slightly stronger position on copyright but due to the nature of the template, sell the license outright but retain the right for personal use.
 
Thank you all. I would prefer a lease but I think a lump sum seems to be the way to go. I still have no idea at all what a starting figure would be. :(

Rroff said:
Leasing definitely seems a bad idea - these kind of places will generally just rip it off the moment they have their hands on it then try and wash their hands of any obligations at the first chance they get.
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My thoughts, too.

Dis86 said:
Send me it and I'll tell you how much it's worth!
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Only if you're a Nigerian prince.

PapaLazaru said:
How did they get hold of it? Have you put it up online already?
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Through an existing contract.
 
randomshenans said:
Pay per use would be a good licensing model to use. Even at 50p per use, it would soon rack up over the time.
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Extremely hard to administer for them and relies on trust.

I would ask them how much they would want to pay for exclusive use? £5k seems very reasonable as no doubt they will get their moneys worth!
 
Once you have a figure in mind ask them what they were considering before you go back to them with yours. You never know, they may offer more than you were going to ask. So get them to blink first.
 
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