"build something that scratches your own itch."
Awesome advice.
Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
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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.
As a native speaker of American English, I have to disagree. I acknowledge that it is often used pejoratively, but I hear it used neutrally more often than not.
Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please bear in mind that there is a regulation in EU that prices of the same product should not differ based on the country you are coming from (source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat... , "Price discrimination is not allowed" section).
In Poland almost everything is 1/3 of the price compared to the rest of the EU for the same "stuff", arguably most have Polish branding but there are common products(Nestle, Coca Cola, etc) that are significantly cheaper.
That's just different shops having different prices. The price discrimination that is banned would be like a shop near a border charging different prices to locals and border shoppers.
Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please bear in mind that there is a regulation in EU that prices of the same product should not differ based on the country you are coming from (source: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat... , "Price discrimination is not allowed" section).
does this apply to companies not based in the EU? I don't see how they could possibly enforce this.
Via the payment processor.
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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).
Really neat! Have you considered a cross platform framework like Flutter or React Native so you could deploy to both?
Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
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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).
What a coincidence, you're in the same small town as the company I work for! ;)
Great app btw and congratulations on last year's success :)
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#67That's so exciting and encouraging! Congratulations :)
Looking forward to your future update that says, "My SaaS paid for my yacht."
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#68Earlier 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).
Nice App! Love little niche Apps like this that work well for their sole task.
Shows there is a need for paid Apps!
Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
#69Congrats 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…
Amateur has no negative connotations to me (as a native English speaker from the Midwest US). It's comparable to "hobbyist" or "enthusiast", basically meaning "someone who can do X but doesn't get paid for it". I think a lot of people would be proud to be amateur musicians or amateur athletes, for example, and would have said that no (non-professional) customer would not want to be called an amateur. Just shows you h…
Agreed, "amateur" has pretty positive connotations for me in this context (native English speaker from New York).
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
The rule is against discriminating based on country of origin, not currency. While an EU citizen from a non-Euro country might prefer paying in their local currency, they should be able to choose to pay in Euros and get the same price as everyone else.
I don't understand, are you saying it only applies to Euros? I assumed (and understood from the link) that it applies to all EU member states, which presently includes the UK. Since the exchange rate fluctuates, there must be some margin of error allowed, otherwise it's almost impossible (and certainly more expensive) to implement with more than one currency.
As I understand them, if you accept Euros at all then you also have to accept them from customers in countries outside the Euro zone such as the UK. So if you try to discriminate against Brits by charging more in GBP than in EUR, they can bypass it by exchanging the money themselves.