Pricing .NET components?

[Clearcode]

OK - so the VB.Net printer monitor component (http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Download/PrintQueueWatch.htm) is pretty much finished so I was wondering what kind of price is realistic to charge for this kind of thing?

[Manish Malik]

Have you checked up www.activex.com -- for a listing of commercial controls available? I would suggest searching for similar directories of commercial components and guaging yourself how useful would your tool be for developers / how much would developers be willing to pay for it,etc.

[Clearcode]

There's an ActiveX control on ComponentSource for $175 that does pretty much what my .Net add-in does so I reckon I could price my yoke at about half that...once it's out of Beta test.

[Clearcode]

PrintWatchComponent (http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Download/PrintQueueWatch/index.htm) will set you back EUR 50 for a single developer license and EUR 350 for a site license (with source code). Thanks for your input..

[Clearcode]

In case anyone is interested, version 1.1 (the first "Release" build ) was posted today. Numerous bug fixes and enhanced operation.

[Clearcode]

New release up tonight...Thanks