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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).
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I like your current prices. When I consider subscribing to something (rarely) I have to weigh something like a $10 / month cost heavily because I can only have a few of those total. But if the service is significantly lower ($1, $2.50 in your case) it's a no brainer. $5 would be in the middle somewhere as definitely easier to accept than $10. It seems obvious that as a user I would like low prices, but at the risk of…
> But if the service is significantly lower ($1, $2.50 in your case) it's a no brainer. I think this rational is okay for selling things like a coffee or a mobile game but not for a service. If you're thinking of pricing this low, you really have to start targeting users that value what you're selling more or expand the product to solve more valuable pain points. If you've got a niche product, you're unlikely to sell…
Each additional customer costs 0 more (since its software), and it’s a side project, so maximizing revenue isn’t necessarily the OP’s chief objective. He made a cool thing, and people like it!
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#84It'd be more newsworthy if they were like half organic, half machine. Cyborgs are an up and coming niche market!
Kidding aside, congratulations, that's impressive!
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#85Earlier 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).
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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.
I know that sometimes companies create multiple SKUs of products to get around certain restrictions. For example, if the Coca-Cola in Poland is only sold in Poland, and is different from what's sold in France (let's pretend your flag is on the can) - then they're technically "different products" and don't have to follow the same regulations.
I know the WD easy stores sold at best buy are best buy specific so that they don't have to price match them with competitors, even though what the competitors sell have identical internals.
Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month
#87Earlier 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).
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#88Can I show off a bit about my project too? We make a huge database of user manuals you can check it here https://manualsbrain.com/en/
No issues with copyright and such?
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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.
I'm real good at speaking common American English and I don't agree. The word means non-professional. So you don't do it for a living. Which is directly factually a description of what's happening here. In some contexts is could be negative, because the concept of a non professional doing the thing is scary. Like there's nothing positive about an amateur heart surgeon, or amateur parachute designer. But in the contex…
Amateur definition:
"sloppy, not professional looking." https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=amateur
"a person who is not skilled" https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/americ...
"one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amateur
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> But if the service is significantly lower ($1, $2.50 in your case) it's a no brainer. I think this rational is okay for selling things like a coffee or a mobile game but not for a service. If you're thinking of pricing this low, you really have to start targeting users that value what you're selling more or expand the product to solve more valuable pain points. If you've got a niche product, you're unlikely to sell…
Why aren’t those the customers you want? Each additional customer costs 0 more (since its software), and it’s a side project, so maximizing revenue isn’t necessarily the OP’s chief objective. He made a cool thing, and people like it!