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I messaged John on Twitter after he reached out to his followers about Indie apps. Happy to see my app has made the list! For anyone wondering, it's called Sni

I messaged John on Twitter after he reached out to his followers about Indie apps. Happy to see my app has made the list! For anyone wondering, it's called Snipline (https://snipline.io https://snipline.io). It has very few users, but the people that do use it tend to reach out to me and it's really nice to see the value that they get out of it.

josephwegner 7y ago
Dude, Snipline looks _awesome_. This would be mega useful for me, and pretty much everyone on my team. The only thing holding me back from committing is the recurring subscription... $9/yr isn't really a lot, but I'm always hesitant to sign up for recurring things because of the likely chance I stop using it but forget the subscription. I much prefer Alfred/Dash style pricing, where I pay approximately once per year for a new "version". Two questions to that point: 1. Are you open to letting people pay once, without setting up a subscription? More of a year-long license model? 2. Do you have any infrastructure setup for teams? I could much easier justify putting this on my AMEX and allowing my entire team access.
- dhosek 7y ago
  Apple does a good job of alerting you when a subscription is about to renew and you can cancel the subscription but continue using the service before the subscription term ends.
  - josephwegner 7y ago
    But this isn't an iOS app...
    - dhosek 7y ago
      Silly me, I'd assumed it came through the Mac App store.
- mitch-snipline 7y ago
  Thanks! I decided on a subscription to help support the server costs and continue development. I do appreciate that not everyone likes subscriptions and I think that has hindered traction somewhat. I send out automated emails a week before renewals to remind people about the subscription, and of course I'm happy to refund anyone that mistakenly rolls over. > 1. Are you open to letting people pay once, without setting up a subscription? More of a year-long license model? I'd love to do this but both my infrastucture and payment system aren't really set up to do so. I'm more likely to do a limited run one time cost (Pay once and access forever), but I haven't fully decided on that yet. > 2. Do you have any infrastructure setup for teams? I could much easier justify putting this on my AMEX and allowing my entire team access. Not currently but I do have some ideas in the works. Either sharing snippets between users, or a public directory where the community can share useful snippets. A team subscription also does sound like a good idea, I'll mull it over :). For now, since it's all synced to the server, your team could all log in with the same account and share access. Not ideal, but it is a work-around!
  - josephwegner 7y ago
    Yeah, the team sharing stuff (kinda like 1Password vaults) would make this an absolute buy for my team. I manage a technical support team, and we have a _ton_ of CLI commands that we toss around. Part of onboarding is giving people a giant `.bash_aliases` file and a knowledge base article they can read to understand them all. Having that native and searchable would be amazing. Either way, I've submitted this for a security review (I work at a BigCo, so red tape...). We'll see!
    - soneca 7y ago
      It's very odd for me to conciliate that you work on a big enough company to have red tape and that you are worried about accidental renew of nine dollars per year. Do you think a one-time license with the price of $1,000 would be an easier sell within your company?
      - josephwegner 7y ago

josephwegner 7y ago

Dude, Snipline looks _awesome_. This would be mega useful for me, and pretty much everyone on my team. The only thing holding me back from committing is the recurring subscription... $9/yr isn't really a lot, but I'm always hesitant to sign up for recurring things because of the likely chance I stop using it but forget the subscription. I much prefer Alfred/Dash style pricing, where I pay approximately once per year for a new "version". Two questions to that point: 1. Are you open to letting people pay once, without setting up a subscription? More of a year-long license model? 2. Do you have any infrastructure setup for teams? I could much easier justify putting this on my AMEX and allowing my entire team access.

dhosek 7y ago
Apple does a good job of alerting you when a subscription is about to renew and you can cancel the subscription but continue using the service before the subscription term ends.
- josephwegner 7y ago
  But this isn't an iOS app...
  - dhosek 7y ago
    Silly me, I'd assumed it came through the Mac App store.
mitch-snipline 7y ago
Thanks! I decided on a subscription to help support the server costs and continue development. I do appreciate that not everyone likes subscriptions and I think that has hindered traction somewhat. I send out automated emails a week before renewals to remind people about the subscription, and of course I'm happy to refund anyone that mistakenly rolls over. > 1. Are you open to letting people pay once, without setting up a subscription? More of a year-long license model? I'd love to do this but both my infrastucture and payment system aren't really set up to do so. I'm more likely to do a limited run one time cost (Pay once and access forever), but I haven't fully decided on that yet. > 2. Do you have any infrastructure setup for teams? I could much easier justify putting this on my AMEX and allowing my entire team access. Not currently but I do have some ideas in the works. Either sharing snippets between users, or a public directory where the community can share useful snippets. A team subscription also does sound like a good idea, I'll mull it over :). For now, since it's all synced to the server, your team could all log in with the same account and share access. Not ideal, but it is a work-around!
- josephwegner 7y ago
  Yeah, the team sharing stuff (kinda like 1Password vaults) would make this an absolute buy for my team. I manage a technical support team, and we have a _ton_ of CLI commands that we toss around. Part of onboarding is giving people a giant `.bash_aliases` file and a knowledge base article they can read to understand them all. Having that native and searchable would be amazing. Either way, I've submitted this for a security review (I work at a BigCo, so red tape...). We'll see!
  - soneca 7y ago
    It's very odd for me to conciliate that you work on a big enough company to have red tape and that you are worried about accidental renew of nine dollars per year. Do you think a one-time license with the price of $1,000 would be an easier sell within your company?
    - josephwegner 7y ago