$2000/mo on a Mac app
is your app, desktop only? do you mind sharing what it does and how you market it?
How much money are you earning from your software products?
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#13Vector graphics app http://vectorpaint.yaks.co.nz Calculated revenue would be $200 a week selling a small upgrade but leave it free at the moment.
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#14- Just sold my wordpress plugin business for $4k.
- Run hosting company that just became slightly profitable.
~$110/mo fully passive affiliate commissions for referrals to recurring membership businesses.
- Looking to enter into personal development niche.
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#15Currently https://www.photographer.io is costing me about £100 a month to run, as its income is only via referrals to Digital Ocean until I add a subscription model. I've been holding off for a few months as I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete; at what point do other people feel happy charging users for their products?
I'm thinking of offering early adopters a significant discount for helping pay for the costs whilst the site develops, as it's nowhere near the point where I'd be happy charging a similar amount to Flickr/500px yet. However the popularity of the project has helped me out personally; I've been offered a number of jobs due to my increased visibility as a developer.
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#16Currently https://www.photographer.io is costing me about £100 a month to run, as its income is only via referrals to Digital Ocean until I add a subscription model. I've been holding off for a few months as I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete; at what point do other people feel happy charging users for their products? I'm thinking of offering early adopters a significant discou…
> I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete
If you're like me, you'll never feel like it's complete. But, is it useful?
I'd suggest charging now or very soon. Early adopters who are willing to use an incomplete service want that service to grow and be around. Charging them a nominal fee increases the changes of that happening.
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#17My side project http://www.browser-details.com is doing about $100/month right now. I haven't started to do any marketing yet as I want to give it a small makeover before.
It started as a tool for my company so I know there's a need for it - not sure yet how to best market it, though.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you share what kind of product this is?
It's a few products actually, mainly aimed at small businesses who need web software. My main product is http://paymentsplugin.com which gets most of the sales. I enjoy putting products together though, some hit, others miss. It's good practice on the sales and marketing side of things too as I'm mostly a developer.
Interesting product, how well is selling through envato working for you? I've looked at it before but the rates seemed a little too much for new members.
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#19Currently https://www.photographer.io is costing me about £100 a month to run, as its income is only via referrals to Digital Ocean until I add a subscription model. I've been holding off for a few months as I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete; at what point do other people feel happy charging users for their products? I'm thinking of offering early adopters a significant discou…
> I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete If you're like me, you'll never feel like it's complete. But, is it useful? I'd suggest charging now or very soon. Early adopters who are willing to use an incomplete service want that service to grow and be around. Charging them a nominal fee increases the changes of that happening.
I hope it's useful! It seems to have a small number of dedicated users right now, a number of whom have said they'd like to support the site. I think I'm going to aim to get subscriptions in within the next month.
I must admit that one reason why I've been putting it off is having to finish setting up the business side of things. I probably can't put off figuring out my accounting much longer :D
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#20Currently https://www.photographer.io is costing me about £100 a month to run, as its income is only via referrals to Digital Ocean until I add a subscription model. I've been holding off for a few months as I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete; at what point do other people feel happy charging users for their products? I'm thinking of offering early adopters a significant discou…
> I don't feel happy charging for something which I still feel is incomplete
It's not so much a question of what you feel happy charging for, as what your customers are happy paying for. The only way to find out is to add paid tiers and see what happens. You can always round out the feature set by adding additional 'premium' features to the paid tiers - free upgrades for paying customers!