I agree. I should have added the caveat that "if an investor or if a customer knew how you were handling this aspect of your business".

Fact of the matter is that customers and investors only see these kinds of expenses in very summary form if at all. So it's generally impossible for them to make a decision based on this kind of information.

On the other hand the total expense picture is always a factor in pricing and investment decisions and this one would play a small part in that.

However, a manager that was spending $1,000 for a launch page he/she could have deployed for free or maybe even $5 a month that manager is probably having problems with other aspects of expense management and this would show up in the final pricing and investment picture.