Product Management playbook/Module 8 · Launch

Day 74 / 100 · Launch · Switching costs

Better isn’t enough.

Customers compare your product with the cost of changing, not just with their current tool. Lower that cost and better can finally win.

Money

Exit fees, new hardware, overlapping contracts.

Time

Setup, migration, retraining staff.

Risk

Downtime, lost numbers, “what if it fails?”

Habit

Familiar workflows and relationships.

Lower the wall they have to climb.