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Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#21

Why only $30 for the Pro plan?

It was $50, it was $7.

I've done a bunch of experimentation of price points over the years and the setup now converts by far the best. Started seeing conversions shoot up instantly upon deploying the latest pricing.

Prior to this setup it was $10, $25 and $50. No-one took out pro.

When I changed to $10, $20 and $30 it all changed. Now the majority of my paying customers are on the $20 and $30 plans.

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#22

Congrats, it looks great! How did you get the testimonials? Reach out to "power users" (based on usages numbers)? Or did you specifically recruit artists to your platform?

Yeah, I think one of the things I do that - perhaps - many people don't, is that I email everyone who signs up. or at least I did for a long long time. Not sustainable anymore. Now I email everyone who takes a paid plan. But yeah to answer your questions I just email everyone like a human being. Not like some marketer gasbag. I build relationships, make sure I'm on point when someone has an issue, and then just ask t…

Theres many tools out there that will handle the follow up marketing part for you. Most will offer powerful workflow tools based on conditions etc.

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you worked on this while employed without getting a waiver their lawyers might beg to differ in the UK pretty much every contract I’ve seen has “we own all your discoveries unless stated otherwise” clause in it.

What happens if you worked at a project before you joined a company (e.g. a website or an app) which also contributes to your income? And what if you actually hire people to work on it for the time after you join the other company?

Sorry I'm not entirely clear what you mean. However I try not to weigh myself down with "What ifs" as a general life rule.

Where does it end?

What if your parents never met?

Please don't read this as facetious, I'm not meaning to be.

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, I think one of the things I do that - perhaps - many people don't, is that I email everyone who signs up. or at least I did for a long long time. Not sustainable anymore. Now I email everyone who takes a paid plan. But yeah to answer your questions I just email everyone like a human being. Not like some marketer gasbag. I build relationships, make sure I'm on point when someone has an issue, and then just ask t…

Theres many tools out there that will handle the follow up marketing part for you. Most will offer powerful workflow tools based on conditions etc.

I do utilise such tools but I 100% advocate for being a human being and just speaking to people.

Customers really appreciate it. I guess its not for everyone, and it's not infinitely scaleable but it is highly valuable in the early stages.

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#28
Congratulations! It's honestly very encouraging to read about it taking so long. Usually you hear about these 3-month projects that hit 1k MRR like it's the most normal thing in the world.

It might be a bit egoistical, but this makes me feel better about my project going at a snail's pace (after 6 months I have something barely resembling an MVP).

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#29
Congrats! I've never been great in the business & marketing side on my case for my side-project, are you coming from a developer background?

It's not been completely a waste of time on my case at least though, I learned new tech stuff and it's a great addition on my CV.

Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue

#30

Congratulations! It's honestly very encouraging to read about it taking so long. Usually you hear about these 3-month projects that hit 1k MRR like it's the most normal thing in the world. It might be a bit egoistical, but this makes me feel better about my project going at a snail's pace (after 6 months I have something barely resembling an MVP).

No, I see those stories in the same way that I see stories about people winning the lottery; it can happen, but it probably won't.

Growing slowly has aided me hugely in being able to refine and optimise as I went. If I had the money to throw at marketing 2 years ago, to get loads of eyeballs on the site, it would have failed. Because the product wasn't ready then. It's been 2 years of listening to feedback and making incremental changes that has allowed me to really start growing revenue this year.

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