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Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by SECProto »

jjjensen90 wrote: post #38
disiplus wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

im not sure the "amateur" needs changing, it could be used to point more users to middle tier, we have something like that, where we call our first tier something that like that, and the second "smart" and people take the second one. also there is a decoy effect. we push our middle tier like that without "fake" most popular tier badge. we don't have a free tier.

Amateur, at least in common American English, is virtually never used in a positive or neutral sense. It should definitely be changed in anything marketing-related.

> Amateur, at least in common American English, is virtually never used in a positive or neutral sense.

"Amateur astronomy"[1] doesn't have negative connotations. And I don't think this is an exception that proves the rule - as a native speaker of North American English, amateur can have negative connotations, but that isn't the default.

That said, in this particular case, something like "hobbyist" might fit better.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by codetrotter »

adamwi wrote: post #50
yroc92 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance we could check it out?

https://m3u-editor.com/

This does not seem to be it. GP was talking about something to do with gardening.

Edit: I see, you linked without reading what we were talking about, so you linked to the thing OP made, not the thing GP made.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by lookdangerous »

bflesch wrote: post #31

Congrats for getting from zero to one! It seems like you have some product market fit, that's really great. As others have pointed out, I'd recommend: - please rename "amateur" to something more positive. no customer wants to be called an amateur - Increase prices for the pro tier - Improve your "pricing plan" page, take a look at other (more successful) SaaS products and change button labels accordingly. Just take t…

You could always go the 'dummies' route

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by mduerksen »

yroc92 wrote: post #49
mduerksen wrote: post #47

Pardon my complete speculation, but I bet your success factor is "I built ... my girlfriend a tool." My only successful product to this date is an app I built because my wife asked me to. It is in an non-technical domain which I knew nothing about. I thought it was rather non-promising, but, since it was a pet-peeve of hers, I gave it a try. It was an awesome (and very bonding) experience - she explained me the probl…

Any chance we could check it out?

Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992...

Suggestions are always welcome.

My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by wolco »

jjjensen90 wrote: post #38
disiplus wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

im not sure the "amateur" needs changing, it could be used to point more users to middle tier, we have something like that, where we call our first tier something that like that, and the second "smart" and people take the second one. also there is a decoy effect. we push our middle tier like that without "fake" most popular tier badge. we don't have a free tier.

Amateur, at least in common American English, is virtually never used in a positive or neutral sense. It should definitely be changed in anything marketing-related.

Amateur sports is pretty big and positive where professional sports has a slight taint.

But in this sense it might remove ceetain tiers (pro).

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by WA »

frits1993 wrote: post #10
tmartty wrote: post #9

Nice! Congrats! Pricing is pretty cheap imo, why don't you try doubling prices? You might double income just like that..

Cheap indeed it is, but I guess that matches the target audience. IPTV is relatively cheap, and the service my tool offers is really a bonus and not a must. More importantly, I don't think I would pay more than I am currently charging my users, so I think it's just fair. Also, I prefer a whole lot of small payments than a couple of big ones, and for now that seems to be going in the right direction.

I have an app that also went for $1 for a bit. People who are willing to pay $1 also pay $2.

If this was my app, I'd simplify the pricing a lot. Get rid of the free tier. People who aren't willing to pay for your service should go somewhere else. Instead, give people a free trial for 30 days or whatever.

I'd make it so:

$2 = mixture of your current Amateur + Pro, maybe call it "Basic"

$5 = "Pro" with all features

Simple is good. You don't need 4 tiers if your target audience is kinda price sensitive. 2 is enough.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by cdnthrowaway »

mduerksen wrote: post #55
yroc92 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance we could check it out?

Sure: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/veggie-garden-planner/id132992... Suggestions are always welcome. My friend is also working on an Android version, though it doesn't have feature parity (yet).

As a gardener myself... This looks super handy :)

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by stef25 »

Congratulations!

Two small comments

- Adjust your pricing. The difference between 1, 2.5 and 5$ is almost nothing. I'd suggest free - 5 - 20, or something along those lines. - The buttons in the screenshot below: the ones on the second row should have some spacing above them. It's a typical responsive layout thing.

https://m3u-editor.com/img-new/playlists.jpg

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