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Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by globalrev »

Not to be negative but they have existed for 3 years and that is all they have produced? Maybe I missed something when I tried it a couple of months ago but it seemed more like something that had been around for 3 weeks. I really wanted something like it but for sure there wasn't much to it. Some simple drag and drop features but nothing that let a noob create a cool webpage by just dragging and dropping.

Did I manage to miss the point?

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by shafqat »

blurry wrote: post #8

I just spent a good fifteen minutes trying to find out how much Weebly charges for the pro accounts and I still don't know. What is it with websites hiding their pricing? Argh.

I agree, it's not easy to find. I had to log into my account, and was then offered the choice to upgrade.

FYI, its 3.99 a month.

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by fallentimes »

globalrev wrote: post #9

Not to be negative but they have existed for 3 years and that is all they have produced? Maybe I missed something when I tried it a couple of months ago but it seemed more like something that had been around for 3 weeks. I really wanted something like it but for sure there wasn't much to it. Some simple drag and drop features but nothing that let a noob create a cool webpage by just dragging and dropping. Did I manag…

Most people in the world are n00bs.

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by fallentimes »

globalrev wrote: post #11

Not to be negative but they have existed for 3 years and that is all they have produced? Maybe I missed something when I tried it a couple of months ago but it seemed more like something that had been around for 3 weeks. I really wanted something like it but for sure there wasn't much to it. Some simple drag and drop features but nothing that let a noob create a cool webpage by just dragging and dropping. Did I manag…

Why did you post this 3 times? Are you a HN noob? :)

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by albertcardona »

shafqat wrote: post #12
blurry wrote: post #8

I just spent a good fifteen minutes trying to find out how much Weebly charges for the pro accounts and I still don't know. What is it with websites hiding their pricing? Argh.

I agree, it's not easy to find. I had to log into my account, and was then offered the choice to upgrade. FYI, its 3.99 a month.

So weebly also uses a deceptive pricing scheme ... exactly how are 3.99 different than 4?

Does anybody have hard data on market consequences of pricing to round numbers?

And why should one price near $4? If it was in Europe, it would be 4 euro instead?

Why 3.99 and not 3.56, since credit card payments don't care anyway?

In any case, congrats to weebly whose profitability enables this discussion.

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by cabalamat »

blurry wrote: post #8

I just spent a good fifteen minutes trying to find out how much Weebly charges for the pro accounts and I still don't know. What is it with websites hiding their pricing? Argh.

I find it annoying too. Websites should realise that users don't mind them making money -- in fact most users want their web hosts to be financially secure, as that means they'll continue to provide the service -- and that users know that websites need to make money, from advertising, or subscription fees or some other method.

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by peakok »

globalrev wrote: post #9

Not to be negative but they have existed for 3 years and that is all they have produced? Maybe I missed something when I tried it a couple of months ago but it seemed more like something that had been around for 3 weeks. I really wanted something like it but for sure there wasn't much to it. Some simple drag and drop features but nothing that let a noob create a cool webpage by just dragging and dropping. Did I manag…

1 million users. Profitable.

Re: Weebly (YC winter 07) scores 1 million users, reaches profitability

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Post by Mistone »

congrats to the weebly crew, this is an awesome product, I recently used it to help my mom setup a simple website and within a few minutes we were adding content and photos, no dumb server to deal with and no constant barrage of new versions to worry about. It was way easier than wordpress and fit the need perfectly. its dope to hear about small startups, building incremental value and reaching key milestones, far more interesting than another huge VC funding round for a company with no business model.
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