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SaaS Pricing (2013)
- Crazyontap 9y agoWho is this guy. And why should i listen to his advice?
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- TAForObvReasons 9y ago"this guy" is @patio11: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=patio11 http://www.kalzumeus.com/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/
- rhizome 9y agoWhy did you create a new account just to say this?
- soneca 9y agoI would bet he does know who is this guy and is trying "to make a point". Obviously do not have much to say.
- anacleto 9y agoExactly.
- lewisl9029 9y agoWhy is everyone so quick to assume this post was made in malice? I suppose in the wrong tone it could be read as snark, but is it really so unthinkable that a new HN user might not know who patio11 is, and why listening to what he has to say is worthwhile?
- cookiecaper 9y agoYeah, the patio11 fervor has always been a little mysterious to me. I think he is a fine HN poster who has some helpful blog posts. That's all well and good, but it doesn't justify his celebrity status. It puts him in the category of like the upper 15% of HN posters (and yes, I know his karma). I think the fanfare is a little overdone. I assume that HN just thought it would be cool for "one of their own" to be raised to celebrity status and Patrick was right-place/right-time. And who can blame him for enjoying it?
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- goatherders 9y agoLol. Bitter much? Considering how much terrible advice is on this forum from people who wouldn't know the first thing about building a business, at least Patrick has a track record.
- cookiecaper 9y agoWhy would I be bitter? I have no personal animosity against Patrick. We don't compete in any meaningful way and I can only recall a few very limited interactions in the comment sections on HN. If anything, I feel a personal affinity for him, as I also ran a side business that ended up having a similar demographic to BCC (in a totally different sector). I have nothing against Patrick whatsoever and as I said, no one can blame him for taking advantage of the position that the social media gods awarded him. I just think he's overrated. I normally wouldn't comment just for that, but I guess I felt bad for the parent commenter taking all the heat, and wanted to let him know that he's not alone, and some of us are even willing to say it without using a throwaway. ;)
- goatherders 9y ago"I just think he's overrated" fair enough. I just think that a lot of HN folks drawn to business-oriented posts are trying to start something business oriented of their own. He has some useful things to say/write. Some of it good, some of it not. But usually interesting.
- shanecleveland 9y agoHis segment on pricing in a recent Indie Hackers podcast is worthwhile: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/013-patrick-mckenzie-of-appointment-reminder https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/013-patrick-mckenzie-of...
- dgut 9y agoFinally, a startup post on HN. Thank you.
- kmicklas 9y agoThis is Hacker News not Startup News.
- encoderer 9y agoMy experience building Cronitor is that it's very hard at "small business" scale to make money selling subscriptions for $10 a month. We cover this in our indie hackers interview, but we not only saw faster revenue growth after a ~3x price increase but also lower churn and fewer requests for discounts.
- coffee 9y agoWell worth mentioning the link to the Cronitor Indie Hackers Interview: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/cronitor https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/cronitor Love the thinking behind "why" they raised their prices and the results after doing so.
- kcorbitt 9y agoI wonder if that's because of the "small business" scale, or because you are in the B2B space, that expects higher prices? I'd be very curious to hear stories from people trying to build B2C products with a one/two person team charging $5-$10/mo, and how that worked out.
- encoderer 9y agoGreat point, I'm certainly oriented towards B2B by habit. There is definitely not a market for $50 a month personal SaaS products.