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1) But they supported this before on GAE. GAE had 'spending limits'. 2) Also if they are able to figure out when you've hit your daily free quota and cut you off almost immediately…

Personally, I don't think this is a good enough reason. Worst case, if I experience an unplanned shut down, I will increase my spending limit. Removing the feature entirely because…

Google has alert thresholds (you set it up under your Budget). But practically speaking, an alert is not enough - what if you are unavailable to get the alert, it comes in the midd…

If you're on App Engine, we did an article about that https://retailingplatform.com/blog/how-to-control-costs-on-a...

We use SendGrid. I first used them on a project I hosted on GAE which needed transaction emails and GAE recommended them (there was a free tier for GAE Apps). We are planning on sw…

To get an idea off the ground, I use Google App Engine (GAE) with Python, Google's Datastore, Flask, Bootstrap. It works, doesn't cost much and removes a lot of complexity. GAE's o…

1) Pick a problem, look at existing solutions and think if it's possible to slim any of them down (to the basics) and charge a lower fee for it. An analogy would be that people onl…

RetailingPlatform - https://retailingplatform.com An alternative to Shopify for 1) People who don't need all the features of Shopify and are more budget conscious 2) People from de…

>>> don't ask users for information that you don't need. Agree. This is especially important today where information is being traded without user's knowledge. Asking for informatio…

>>> What’s the worst thing a spammer can do if they sign up? Depends on your size and resources. Imagine you're basically scrappy with a very small and tight budget and still tryin…

In B2B, it could be that the person who wants to try out the service is an employee of a company. He/She needs to first test the service before trying to convince their manager (or…