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I run a successful app with one time payment and I thought about turning it into subscription. Instead I decided to keep it a one time payment and then instead
by ThomPete 9y ago
I run a successful app with one time payment and I thought about turning it into subscription. Instead I decided to keep it a one time payment and then instead will be offering subscription add ons for extra services.
I hope that strikes a balance because I understand the issue from the customers side but also want to make a living out of it too.
- bitL 9y agoYou can do both; one time payment for a major version for individual users and subscription for businesses. Just don't do subscription-only please.
- danieldk 9y agoIndeed. Please do both! Microsoft has done this pretty well with Office. You can choose to get an Office 365 subscription or buy Office standalone. (Office 365 pricing is also extremely good for what you get, compared to most software subscriptions.)
- scarface74 9y agoSo what happens when your app isn't compatible with the newest OS version? Do you charge for the "feature" of compatibility or do you give it away for free? Maintenance of apps cost time and money. How do you recover those costs? I like the JetBrains "perpetual fallback" subscription model. After paying for a year, you get a perpetual license to the version that was current at the beginning of the 12 months plus all bug fixes for that version.