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Following the example of Sidekiq (with Sidekiq Pro), I'm in the process of launching a commercial offering for Kiba ETL (OSS Ruby ETL framework - http://www.kib
by thibaut_barrere 9y ago
Following the example of Sidekiq (with Sidekiq Pro), I'm in the process of launching a commercial offering for Kiba ETL (OSS Ruby ETL framework - http://www.kiba-etl.org http://www.kiba-etl.org), dubbed "Kiba Pro".
My take on this is that more developers could try to follow that path, but we lack a bit of guidance (I'm lucky Mike Perham provided some useful insights to guide me actually) to reduce the anxiety & uncertainty associated with such launches.
The hurdles can be numerous & blocking:
- IP - making sure your consulting contracts are IP-safe
- Proper pricing (how do you segment your offer? how to avoid pricing "ceiling" effect etc)
- Distribution (e.g. I'm using http://packagecloud.io http://packagecloud.io for our "paid gem")
- Proper custom ToS
- Product related theory such as "how to create leads channels" etc
- Billing & invoicing
- etc
Personally, I've decided not to attempt to "monetize" the OSS part, but rather launch a paid counterpart covering more advanced uses or built-in components.
- siscia 9y agoI am in the process of doing something similar with rediSQL [https://github.com/RedBeardLab/rediSQL https://github.com/RedBeardLab/rediSQL]. I would love any further feedback you can share.
- thibaut_barrere 9y agoI will definitely share more in a future blog post (subscribe at http://thibautbarrere.com http://thibautbarrere.com). Emailing you to make sure you have the information.
- siscia 9y agoGreat, thanks :)
- deedubaya 9y agoThis is a process nearly every Enterprise oriented SaaS, a lot of which are built with Ruby/Rails. I think there is a lot of room for this to take off for you! http://www.kiba-etl.org/ http://www.kiba-etl.org/ could use some work in stating the business problem and how Kiba can ease the pain of growing your own ETL. If you're not sure what an ETL is (or what problem they solve), the landing page provides 0 justification into reading more.
- thibaut_barrere 9y agoThanks! Yes I feel there is something that deserves to be done here. This is some great feedback - and yes, a new landing page is definitely planned!