Your pricing page isn't a price list.
It's a path. And most founders design it backwards.
Here's what I mean:
A pricing page with 3 plans has one job:
make the middle plan feel like the obvious choice.
That only works when the ladder makes sense.
→ $29 → $59 → $99: the middle feels safe. Most pick it.
→ $29 → $299 → $899: the middle feels like a different product. Most freeze.
When the jump is 10x, buyers don't upgrade.
They stop and ask, "Wait, what am I actually comparing?"
And a confused buyer never buys. They "come back later."
The design rule:
Each tier should feel like the next step.
Not a different staircase.
Founders: what's the gap between your first and second plan?
Your pricing page isn't a price list.
It's a path. And most founders design it backwards.
Here's what I mean:
A pricing page with 3 plans has one job:
make the middle plan feel like the obvious choice.
That only works when the ladder makes sense.
→ $29 → $59 → $99: the middle feels safe. Most pick it.
→ $29 → $299 → $899: the middle feels like a different product. Most freeze.
When the jump is 10x, buyers don't upgrade.
They stop and ask, "Wait, what am I actually comparing?"
And a confused buyer never buys. They "come back later."
The design rule:
Each tier should feel like the next step.
Not a different staircase.
Founders: what's the gap between your first and second plan?