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Ask HN: “Pay Whatever You Want" – has anyone tried?

1 pointsby weitingliu9 months ago
Has anyone ever tried the “Pay Whatever You Want” model, particularly for B2B products?<p>We are trying this experiment for Arc (global talent recruitment):<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;feed&#x2F;update&#x2F;urn:li:activity:7229846364510203905&#x2F;<p>So instead of requiring companies to pay 20% of salary as the placement fee, we allow clients to decide the amount they pay (hopefully) based on the perceived value they’d get after making the hire.<p>Interestingly, I decided to do this after my second 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat. I was deeply inspired by organizations that offer their services for free but accept voluntary payment or donation (if a non-profit) of any amount.<p>This was a decision based on intuition rather than detailed analysis. Now as we’re running this experiment, I’m curious if anyone has tried this before?<p>(I know Radiohead has done this decades again when MP3s were still novel)<p>Any insight + advice would be greatly appreciated Thank you!

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