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Comment #8346030
some people just need it for one time job others more regular. I guess for one time usage I should charge and for regular users require a credit card...but they will cancel it and …
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Comment #8346027
you mean like charge a $1 for 2 day trial of unlimited use? or give 14 day trial before card is charged.
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Ask HN: What could be putting limit on user engagement?
My SaaS product extracts data from pdf files. Free trial gets users 10 free extractions. Paying users get 100 jobs. User logs into dashboard, uploads pdf, and downloads the extract…
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Comment #8342842
This feels like the scene in Godfather where Michael Corleone walks into the restaurant washroom, comes out with a gun and gets his vengeance.
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Comment #8342616
I always thought that it was more generic tool since it's made for people who wants a tool to extract data from pdf files. But maybe that itself ends up being a niche.
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Comment #8342611
Thank you, I will try it, such a good idea, like the manual conversion idea from above.
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Comment #8342609
Current user base is widely distributed there's no strong user base from one industry although real estate is a possibility. Selling to that niche means I would need to create a se…
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Comment #8342601
It costs $30/month for about 40 conversions. I didn't indicate that some data can't be extracted. I will add that warning in the dashboard. The manual labor is interesting but it w…
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Comment #8342596
Running the service costs $100 / month. But me having to work on it full time for free. Successful number of jobs is around 70~80%. sometimes bad extraction is also caused by the u…
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Ask HN: How can I save my failing product?
Background: My product extracts data from pdf files. Free users get 8 free jobs. Paying users get 40 jobs. Each job is a data extraction from a pdf file. Problem: User engagement t…
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Comment #8339487
is this better than the terrassect OCR?