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Pro users subsidise the free ones, unfortunately. Assuming a 1% conversion rate to pay server costs and 1-2 devs full time at 4 usd/pro user/month you need 2500
by albertgoeswoof 7y ago
Pro users subsidise the free ones, unfortunately. Assuming a 1% conversion rate to pay server costs and 1-2 devs full time at 4 usd/pro user/month you need 2500 pro users, which is 250,000 users.
That and people pay 4 bucks for a coke these days so it’s not really much. Also cPanel is most definitely an expert tool.
I might make it paid only soon and reduce the price but at present there’s not much option to get real feedback and user traction.
- criddell 7y agoOnce it's up and running, does it really take 2 full-time people to keep it running?
- prepend 7y agoThanks, this helps me understand and I appreciate you going into cost model for something that’s really up to you to decide. $4 is not very much, you’re right, but that doesn’t mean that it should be spent unwisely otherwise it adds up quickly. It seems unlikely that this would need a full time dev to operate and seems more like a “4 hour workweek” type business once it’s set up that would have pretty minimal maintenance, or a super bored developer waiting around for a bug to patch. Do you think you’ll drop the price once you no longer need a dev?