Anyone tested the two models? Which one has worked well for your project?
Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
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Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#2Not tested them both: I work with annual billing for my SaaS. The pricing page shows monthly prices, which works well for me. Customers buy a contract for a year which they can cancel at any moment. Obviously the remaining months within that contract year will not be refunded. Note that the SaaS is only 300 euros a year so your mileage may vary. (B2B market)
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#3monthly billing + annual fairly discounted billing without refund in case of cancellation.
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#4Annual billing works for my model because my users will not be making enough frequent purchases to justify a monthly fee (which is what I initially started with). I provide actionable information which they can use once, twice or more times a year.
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#5Annual billing works for my model because my users will not be making enough frequent purchases to justify a monthly fee (which is what I initially started with). I provide actionable information which they can use once, twice or more times a year.
Love to see how you present the pricing, have a link?
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#6There's quite a bit of relevant stuff in this talk by Jason Cohen -- 'Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business': https://vimeo.com/74338272
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#7We offer both, about 20% subscribe to annual plan.
It's pretty common for SaaS to offer a monthly plan and an annual plan for each tier that is 10 x Monthly cost so users get 2 months free paying annually.
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#8Annual billing works for my model because my users will not be making enough frequent purchases to justify a monthly fee (which is what I initially started with). I provide actionable information which they can use once, twice or more times a year.
Love to see how you present the pricing, have a link?
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#9annual billing, period. being able to access a year's worth of capital upfront will always be better (from the providers point-of-view)
Re: Ask HN: Annual or Monthly billing, which is better?
#10annual billing, period. being able to access a year's worth of capital upfront will always be better (from the providers point-of-view)
Could you expand on that?