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I run https://pageflows.com https://pageflows.com and have been living off it full time for a little over a year. The business makes a bit more than what I was
by khuknows 7y ago
I run https://pageflows.com https://pageflows.com and have been living off it full time for a little over a year.
The business makes a bit more than what I was earning a few years ago as a junior developer in London, so it's not a huge amount of money, but it's enough.
It's a fairly boring business to run and not as predictable or sexy as some sort of micro saas, but it's I'm happy with how things have been so far. Happy to answer any questions you have.
- sejtnjir 7y agoNeat! What's your business model?
- khuknows 7y agoI literally just switched to a very limited freemium model yesterday (just trialling it for now), but before then it was just pay to access. It's $39 per quarter or $99 per year for access to all the content. Quite a low priced product with decently high churn, so I've been trying to find ways to increase the value.
- deevus 7y agoBonjoro is great for reducing churn. https://www.bonjoro.com https://www.bonjoro.com Check out how Matt Ragland from ConvertKit uses it here: https://www.bonjoro.com/uses https://www.bonjoro.com/uses Disclaimer: I'm the CTO
- khuknows 7y agoBonjoro is such an awesome idea! I was aware of it, but never thought to actually try it out myself. I'll look into it!
- taneq 7y agoHonest question, doesn't this creep people out? I mean, I'm obviously not the target market but I find it awkward enough when sites pop up those "Hi I'm <name>, how can I help you?" chat windows even though I know they're just a script. I can't imagine how I'd feel if I'd bought something a while back from a site and I got a personalized video from the person running it. (Then again I did buy a Klein bottle a few years back and it came with basically a photo commentary of it being shipped and that was absolutely awesome, so...)
- Freeboots 7y agoSo, how exactly does this work? You get a notification that a customer has triggered your bonjoro, and then you record a video and send it to them via email?
- deevus 7y agoGenerally it works like this - Discrete event (new signup, product purchased, new blog subscriber etc) - Task is created in Bonjoro - Bonjoro user records a video and it is sent to the person who caused the event
- Havoc 7y agoHigher pricing than i would have guessed. But I guess it solves a professional pain point so worth it
- khuknows 7y agoWhat would your guess have been?
- Havoc 7y agoProbably around 60% of that. But as I said if professionals are willing to happy then no point in being shy on pricing
- khuknows 7y agoI was just curious to know your number - it's an interesting data point. I have experimented with pricing, but not enough, so it's something I have to do at some point.
- icebraining 7y agoSeems cheap for a business case. Even when I worked in a low-wage EU country, that would easily fit into my training budget.
- agopaul 7y agoNice project! I keep onboarding screenshots for most Sass/web apps I use to get inspiration later for my own projects so I definitely find this very useful (bookmarked!). How do you monetize the project? I can't see any paid plans in the public website
- khuknows 7y agoI've commended to a response below with the business model, but yeah I've just started trialling a freemium model yesterday so need to update the rest of the site with clearer pricing plans etc. Until yesterday there was no freemium access, it was just paid up-front to access all the content. $39 per quarter or $99 per year. Your use case is kinda where the idea came from, most product people do something similar. The hard part is adding enough relevant content on Page Flows for enough people!
- edraferi 7y agoMaybe allow & incentivize people to add their own videos? Eg you get a month free for every high-quality flow video.
- leowoo91 7y agoVery interesting idea, I didn't notice kind of need for designers until now. When I code for a game, I also check for other games, it might be too opinionated but they also have some common experience at their navigation and I find it quite helpful.
- khuknows 7y agoYeah I certainly think there's room for something similar for the gaming world, especially as some gaming categories are so competitive.
- stanislavb 7y agoNice one. It's on SaaSHub, you should verify it https://www.saashub.com/page-flows https://www.saashub.com/page-flows. Do you know who are your top competitors?
- pc86 7y agoWhat benefit does verifying it provide to the business owner?
- 44Aman 7y agoThis is great! I assume most of your customers will be businesses, so why not offer a bulk "@domain" subscription for $999 (lifetime) so that anyone in the business can use it without restriction. Restrict the other packages to personal use and you should be able to drive up your income.
- khuknows 7y agoMost customers are indeed businesses. Great shout on some sort of team/business plan - it's on my to-do list!
- sagarpatil 7y agoSounds like a neat idea. How do you acquire customers?
- khuknows 7y agoThanks! I started a related newsletter a few years ago that has good reach (https://uimovement.com https://uimovement.com) and that drives some traffic. SEO is also a decent source, plus some content marketing and word of mouth. I've recently started experimenting with ways to grow the traffic above the base level, but it's slow going tbh.
- rehman 7y agoIs this line whatfix.com?