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The author has not charged money for his app yet so while we know some users like the application, it doesn't tell if they are willing to pay for it. But my re
by igrekel 16y ago
The author has not charged money for his app yet so while we know some users like the application, it doesn't tell if they are willing to pay for it.
But my real point is that it depends on the type of users you have. I sell my web apps to towns and city administrations and also to some small businesses. At first we had a few clients for free, their employees didn't use the application much and we did get some feedback but not that much. The year after, we found clients (including one from our original free clients) who were willing to pay for the service (incomplete, buggy and all) and things changed a lot. These clients had much more users day to day using the system, they also provided much more frequent feedback.
If your client is an organization, the importance something has for them is very often tied to how much of their budget they dedicated to that something.
- ABrandt 16y agoThe author has not charged money for his app yet so while we know some users like the application, it doesn't tell if they are willing to pay for it. I agree that it depends on the customer whether you should charge right off the bat or not, but the article does indicate its a paid site now: "Then after two months of free – I turned the site paid." "Subsequently Pluggio retention rates of paid users are thorugh the roof – with the average paid user sticking around for six to nine months."
- igrekel 16y agoYou're right, how embarrassing. I read too quickly while doing something else and understood he had just turned the site to paid after two months.