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This is poor advice. Powering RSS-to-email is a losing proposition unless it's destined to bring more value than the FREE Feedburner. Also, forcing users to swi
by scottmagdalein 16y ago
This is poor advice. Powering RSS-to-email is a losing proposition unless it's destined to bring more value than the FREE Feedburner. Also, forcing users to switch from free to paid (or else) with 30 days' notice is a jerk move, especially with an RSS product.
Your product is promising, but isn't easily differentiated from Feedburner and thus it's difficult to charge anything for it. I'm surprised you have any paying customers actually.
However, if the guts of the application are as solid as they seem, then you have a gem on your hands that just needs the right business touch to position the product for the right market.
- aagha 16y agoYour first point is a valid one, but 700 people are using his product and not the free Feedburner for one reason or another. Re the 30 days, I meant it (and all the prices) as an example--I should have been clearer.
- happybuy 16y agoI think there is a market position for this service. If you are currently a non-savvy blogger, then the current feedburner homepage: http://feedburner.google.com/ http://feedburner.google.com/ is practically indecipherable and unlikely to result in a lot of conversions. I also believe that a smaller operator who concentrates on adding value to a product such as this would have a high chance of success versus Google where a product such as this can, and probably will, be easily lost in terms of internal development priorities and management attention.
- barmstrong 16y agoI agree it's not a super strong differentiator. But here are a few of the features it has over FeadBurner: http://feedmailpro.com/faqs/7 http://feedmailpro.com/faqs/7 Mainly I built this as a response to Aweber charging bloggers about $75 a month for a similar feature list.