Amazon flipped a default and made me thousands of dollars

Post by eganist » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 1:20 PM UTC

hueving wrote: post #39

eganist wrote: post #37

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I appreciate this reply a bit more, though it's worth noting that this approach doesn't really scale all that well. As you add customers, you'll eventually be stretched thin as you try to cater to different needs (assuming that's your goal—it might not be!). Assuming you eventually bring on other technical folks, I'd argue that you'd want to prevent this same language and mentality from persisting as a part of compan…

>I appreciate this reply a bit more, though it's worth noting that this approach doesn't really scale all that well. That's OK for personal businesses. Not everything needs to be a billion dollar company.

Post by jsingleton » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 1:29 PM UTC

eganist wrote: post #37

jasonkester wrote: post #34

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Ah, but consider the support lag you get for most products, and the person from whom you receive a reply to your email (and their ability to actually do anything about your issue). So yeah, you might have to wait until the next day for a reply. But that reply will be to say that your issue has been fixed (by the guy who built the product) and that no further action is required on your part. People seem to like that.…

I appreciate this reply a bit more, though it's worth noting that this approach doesn't really scale all that well. As you add customers, you'll eventually be stretched thin as you try to cater to different needs (assuming that's your goal—it might not be!). Assuming you eventually bring on other technical folks, I'd argue that you'd want to prevent this same language and mentality from persisting as a part of compan…

Post by eganist » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 1:34 PM UTC

jsingleton wrote: post #43

eganist wrote: post #37

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I appreciate this reply a bit more, though it's worth noting that this approach doesn't really scale all that well. As you add customers, you'll eventually be stretched thin as you try to cater to different needs (assuming that's your goal—it might not be!). Assuming you eventually bring on other technical folks, I'd argue that you'd want to prevent this same language and mentality from persisting as a part of compan…

From the homepage: > We're the sort of enterprise that is often termed a "lifestyle business" by people who feel that a software company should involve Venture Capital, sixty hour weeks, and "disrupting things". I'm sure we'd be doing all sorts of that if we were in the Bay Area, but we're not.

Post by eriknstr » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 1:37 PM UTC

masklinn wrote: post #12

markwillis82 wrote: post #8

As a recently new customer to AWS. This service sounds really useful. Quite possibly one of the best pricing pages[1] I've seen in a while too. [1] https://www.s3stat.com/Pricing.aspx

It's a hilarious page, but I wouldn't call it "informatively" good, you can't easily eyeball the difference between the plans in the way the good ol' pricing grid would show.

Post by pc86 » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 1:45 PM UTC

jrochkind1 wrote: post #23

jasonkester wrote: post #19

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That hope did indeed exist, but it faded after a month or two when the first big accounts started to sign up. If you dig around enough you can find a version of that silly pricetag graphic on the server from when I hoped to cover those server expenses for $1/month. But you're right. Sense prevailed, and I eventually started charging money in exchange for goods and services.

I'm not sure the word 'hope' means what you think it means. Or, for that matter, that "need some help to cover our expenses" does. But I guess I shouldn't be surprised that "we're not really making money, we just need some help to cover our expenses" is good marketing, and I guess it's not a new technique. I'll have to remember to be more skeptical.