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Ian Clark

I'm Ian, the pricing guy. Catch me writing about monetization @ Crescendo.

Monetization Strategy

How "Network Effects" change your pricing strategy

Aug 11, 2026

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6 min read

How "Network Effects" change your pricing strategy

Or why you can't sell discount fax machines

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Monetization Strategy

Underpricing can save you money

Aug 7, 2026

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4 min read

Underpricing can save you money

Economies of Scale: when having more customers will lower your costs

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Monetization Strategy

Should you underprice or overprice?

Aug 4, 2026

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5 min read

Should you underprice or overprice?

A introduction to monetization strategy

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Price Metric

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Your Trendy AI Pricing Model is Wrong

Jul 29, 2026

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3 min read

Your Trendy AI Pricing Model is Wrong

And by "wrong" we mean "misaligned to value and hard to explain"

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Price Structure

I asked AI to make volume tiers

May 1, 2026

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6 min read

I asked AI to make volume tiers

It did not do a good job

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Case Study

Clay Sacrificed Revenue on Purpose

Apr 14, 2026

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11 min read

Clay Sacrificed Revenue on Purpose

Part 3/3: When to simplify your packaging and lower your prices

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Case Study

Clay "commoditized their complement"

Apr 7, 2026

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12 min read

Clay "commoditized their complement"

Part 2/3: When to pass costs onto customers

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Case Study

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Clay Introduced a New Price Metric

Mar 26, 2026

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11 min read

Clay Introduced a New Price Metric

Part 1/3: Clay Case Study

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Promotion

When to Charge for a Proof of Concept

Feb 18, 2026

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9 min read

When to Charge for a Proof of Concept

Use "anti-promotions" to improve your sales efficiency

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

News

Backing the Next Wave of Growth

Sep 9, 2025

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3 min read

Backing the Next Wave of Growth

Our new model in action: Fyxer.ai Series B

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Rollout and Execution

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Should Sales Be In Charge of Pricing?

Sep 2, 2025

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9 min read

Should Sales Be In Charge of Pricing?

No.

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Rollout and Execution

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Cursor's Pricing Backlash

Aug 4, 2025

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10 min read

Cursor's Pricing Backlash

Dissecting a pricing rollout through the lens of best practices

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Optimizing Your Freemium Model

Jun 30, 2025

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9 min read

Optimizing Your Freemium Model

When and how to use a freemium promotion strategy

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Packaging

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How many customers should buy each plan?

Jun 17, 2025

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11 min read

How many customers should buy each plan?

How to rightsize your packaging

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Your ROI Doesn't Matter (as much as you think)

May 29, 2025

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10 min read

Your ROI Doesn't Matter (as much as you think)

Why focusing on proven returns is a losing game

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Your Competition Doesn't Matter (as much as you think)

May 20, 2025

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8 min read

Your Competition Doesn't Matter (as much as you think)

Why focusing on competitors is a losing game

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Your Costs Don't Matter (as much as you think)

May 13, 2025

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8 min read

Your Costs Don't Matter (as much as you think)

Why focusing on costs is a losing game

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Problem: Your Pricing Isn't Predictable

Mar 25, 2025

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8 min read

Problem: Your Pricing Isn't Predictable

How to fix price predictability without messing up your price metric

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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Your Pricing is Too Complicated

Mar 18, 2025

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9 min read

Your Pricing is Too Complicated

How to think about price structure from first principles

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Theory

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What psychics taught me about time-based pricing

Mar 10, 2025

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8 min read

What psychics taught me about time-based pricing

Using theory to set monthly and annual discounts

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Data Analysis

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Setting Monthly vs. Annual Prices

Mar 3, 2025

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8 min read

Setting Monthly vs. Annual Prices

How to use data to optimize pricing according to term length

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Price Level

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HOW TO: Set international prices

Jan 30, 2025

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7 min read

HOW TO: Set international prices

The easy, medium, and hard way to change dollars to euros

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Quant Studies

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When Transaction-Based Pricing Fails

Jan 7, 2025

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11 min read

When Transaction-Based Pricing Fails

How to pick the right price metric with quantitative research

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Customer Interviews

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Why outcomes-based pricing rarely works

Dec 20, 2024

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11 min read

Why outcomes-based pricing rarely works

How to pick the right price metric by talking to customers

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Data Analysis

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Is your data saying that you have a price metric problem?

Nov 20, 2024

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9 min read

Is your data saying that you have a price metric problem?

How to pick the right price metric by observing customer behavior

Ian Clark
Ian Clark
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