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Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

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Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#71

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Really like that, cool idea. Come launch it in London? We paid £135 (EACH) for that service the last time I rented a flat here.

Hey iamwithnail! Let me know if you're looking for a gig: Rentify is always hiring bright people who dislike the industry.

Sure, email in your profile?

Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#73

Sadly, no. Neither http://reminderhero.com or http://surveylitics.com are profitable. And that's not because of high costs - it's because of a lack of sales and customers :) I think I need more appealing landing pages and better web design in general.

I took a quick look at reminderhero, and don't think your issue is visual appeal. It isn't blatantly obvious from your landing page how the app works. Do you talk to it? Text and/or email it? I know there is mention in one place that you can send an email, but that doesn't ring out loud and clear, that it applies to all uses. I would recommend adding a simple diagram of input to output in layman's terms, or a short video, or at least say "talk" or "text" on "email" in, get whatever out.

Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#74

It's too early to tell for me. My mvp proof-of-concept was front page on HN and has had a ton of signups, but the manual payment process I'm using really sucks and no one has actually paid yet. I'm currently writing the automated backend to enforce payment (along with some improvements), and then we'll see how much revenue it brings in. http://www.manualviableproduct.com

Signed up. Funny that your manual payment process sucks, considering its the manual vp.

May I suggest a 7 or 14 day trial, then prompting people to pay once they're invested in your site?

I don't want to pay without trying :/ but might be lazy in 14 days and let a few automatic payments slip through the cracks to your service.

Re: Poll: Is your startup or side project profitable?

#76

It's too early to tell for me. My mvp proof-of-concept was front page on HN and has had a ton of signups, but the manual payment process I'm using really sucks and no one has actually paid yet. I'm currently writing the automated backend to enforce payment (along with some improvements), and then we'll see how much revenue it brings in. http://www.manualviableproduct.com

Signed up. Funny that your manual payment process sucks, considering its the manual vp. May I suggest a 7 or 14 day trial, then prompting people to pay once they're invested in your site? I don't want to pay without trying :/ but might be lazy in 14 days and let a few automatic payments slip through the cracks to your service.

Yea that's something I'd like to add in the future for sure. Right now I'm just letting Stripe do the free trial for me.
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