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Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Re: Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Post by davmar »

pkrein wrote: post #12
rmac wrote: post #9

Why drop the .io and spend cash on the .com?I'd guess it was somewhere in the 10k-60k range... Does the tld really matter? My hunch is that .io is perceived as a toy product TLD and .com is where 'real' business is done? This kind of sentiment sucks though because other startups probably see it as well and will needlessly shell out cash for a .com.

your hunch is correct. as engineers we're attached to .io ourselves, but outside the developer community .io invites confusion -- as we grow, .com is simpler. we spent 10.5k :)

wow wow great price.

Re: Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Post by beachstartup »

look_at_me_ wrote: post #40
beachstartup wrote: post #38

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uh, i disagree. strongly. if you are incorporating their product into commercial projects of your own, how in the world do you come to the conclusion that it should be free? to segment: raise your prices according to the utility your product provides. make money. this kind of product is changing the way enterprise software is built and sold and viewed at large. i will gladly pay good money to a dozen small saas start…

No need to ask, your local super market or big box store probably already has a freemium model -- samples ( http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/parenting/2010/08... ) I do, however, whole hardheartedly agree with you sentiment about relying upon free services or saas.

yeah i guess i thought too quick on the supermarket. but a closer analogy would be eating an entire meal of samples every single day.

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Post by andreash »

pkrein wrote: post #33
andreash wrote: post #22

Congrats Peter! I've been using segment.io with many projects and clients since 2012, and I'm superhappy. Peter also helped me alot. My only concerns are: 1. That they will continue to raise prices like many other in the SaaS-space, without grandfathering excisting user/customers. 2. That they will keep limiting certain integrations to their premium plans. This prevents me from integrating with them for new "pet"-pro…

Thanks Andreas! 1. Yep we've grandfathered all the old customers as we've updated pricing, they keep their old pricing. 2. We're thinking about ways to handle this, and may have some updates soon. There's actually a low API call threshold (5k api calls I believe) where we just won't bother you about payment no matter what integrations you're using.

1. Nice, I think we all agree it's the best solution to give something back to the early-adoptors.

2. Good. There are just so many useful tools for a MVP-projects in your Startup-plan (and some in the Project-plan). You should move most, if not all of them to the Developer-plan. I just think it makes really sense for you to go for the Mixpanel and Stripe-approach of getting as many web products tighly integrated with you at the earliest time possible (at the MVP-stage).

Maybe it makes sense to limit integration in the short term (forces some people to go premium), but I think it'll be better for you in the long term to lower the bar of integrating with you. My experience is that once integrated with you, there is no turning back:)

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Post by KaoruAoiShiho »

beachstartup wrote: post #42
look_at_me_ wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No need to ask, your local super market or big box store probably already has a freemium model -- samples ( http://imgs.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/parenting/2010/08... ) I do, however, whole hardheartedly agree with you sentiment about relying upon free services or saas.

yeah i guess i thought too quick on the supermarket. but a closer analogy would be eating an entire meal of samples every single day.

Retailers are often freemium btw. They have 0 margins on many items and make money on others. That's why best buy pushes warranties etc.

Re: Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Post by beachstartup »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #47
beachstartup wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah i guess i thought too quick on the supermarket. but a closer analogy would be eating an entire meal of samples every single day.

Retailers are often freemium btw. They have 0 margins on many items and make money on others. That's why best buy pushes warranties etc.

freemium doesn't mean no margin on the cost. it means no cost to the customer.

Re: Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Post by crucialfelix »

ryanSrich wrote: post #34
crucialfelix wrote: post #27

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also .io will seem pretty dated in a few years. its okay for conferences and dev related things, but I wouldn't start a business on it now.

It depends. For new tech startups it's becoming the standard and until your market expands beyond tech I feel like .io is fine.

regardless, it will sound outdated in a few years. its not based on what is currently fashionable.

its not a name you should give your company if you want to last say 10 or 50 years

in germany there are all these companies called 24 like http://www.immobilienscout24.de/ because back in the 90s this was the trendy german website thing. now it just sounds silly

Re: Segment (YC S11) Raises $15 Million Series A

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Post by crucialfelix »

crucialfelix wrote: post #49
ryanSrich wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends. For new tech startups it's becoming the standard and until your market expands beyond tech I feel like .io is fine.

regardless, it will sound outdated in a few years. its not based on what is currently fashionable. its not a name you should give your company if you want to last say 10 or 50 years in germany there are all these companies called 24 like http://www.immobilienscout24.de/ because back in the 90s this was the trendy german website thing. now it just sounds silly

just in case it isn't clear: the 24 means "open 24 hours a day" - which is pretty exciting in a country where supermarkets are closed on sundays
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