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Ian Clark

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

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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

+3

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

+1

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

+2

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

+1

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

+3

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

+1

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

+1

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

+1

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

Theory

+1

Subscription vs. Usage-Based Pricing

Nov 14, 2024

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7 min read

Subscription vs. Usage-Based Pricing

Should Spotify switch its price metric?

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Price Level

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Your Price* Doesn't Matter

Nov 7, 2024

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5 min read

Your Price* Doesn't Matter

*Price level, that is to say

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Product Packaging

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Introducing Crescendo Insights

Nov 1, 2024

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3 min read

Introducing Crescendo Insights

A weekly digest for all things monetization

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Operations

The Pricing Process

Jul 26, 2024

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4 min read

The Pricing Process

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Operations

10 Surprising Things I Learned After 75 Price Changes

Jul 15, 2024

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3 min read

10 Surprising Things I Learned After 75 Price Changes

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Customer Interviews

+1

HOW TO: Ask for a customer interview

Jul 15, 2024

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5 min read

HOW TO: Ask for a customer interview

Ian Clark
Ian Clark

Monetization Strategy

+1

How to Price Generative AI Products

Jul 8, 2024

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7 min read

How to Price Generative AI Products

In a marginal cost world, willingness to pay is king

Ian Clark
Ian Clark
Why I started Crescendo

Jul 1, 2024

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4 min read

Why I started Crescendo

Ian Clark
Ian Clark
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