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Just signed up and am finishing the integration. One thing though: I don't think 30 requests is enough in the free plan, there are many features to be tried out

Just signed up and am finishing the integration. One thing though: I don't think 30 requests is enough in the free plan, there are many features to be tried out. After reaching the limit, I'm still not confident that I should commit to your service. Maybe you could shove a watermark in there after the 30 free requests? Just so that people can keep testing out different templates, colour combinations, dimensions, stuff like that. Our designer wants to play around with the template creator now but I had to create some throwaway accounts for him to do so. Congratz on your journey, you're in a market that has been barely explored, so much potential.

chrisdirkis 6y ago
I do not think that a watermark would be a good idea, though I understand the desire for an expanded free plan. The example I have in mind is the Unity game engine, where free users have a splash screen in their exported games. Since most users who aren't paying are also not making great games, Unity's name and reputation is now attached to solely those bad games. Similarly with the generated images, adding a watermark to (some of the) free ones will mean that the images you have your name on are the ones that are being generated by users who aren't paying; either because they're not making enough to justify it, or they're making bad content that you don't really want to be the main thing with your name on it out there.
- fookyong 6y ago
  Absolutely spot on analysis :) For people who are on the trial and need more quota, I simply tell them they are welcome to create 2nd, 3rd etc accounts. I have no issue with that. "How much free quota" to give is a question with no right answer. So instead of forever trying to tweak that number, I have left it at an amount that seems to be working and I don't increase it for anyone (I have not even built in the ability to extend a free trial).
  - marcusstenbeck 6y ago
    If you ever change it a very restrictive rate-limit could work too. It might be annoying to maintain or combine with the existing credit system tho. On the other hand, people creating multiple accounts to test things out is a very nice indicator of interest.
- eliseumds 6y ago
  Oh, that makes sense, I'll keep that in mind next time, thanks.

chrisdirkis 6y ago

I do not think that a watermark would be a good idea, though I understand the desire for an expanded free plan. The example I have in mind is the Unity game engine, where free users have a splash screen in their exported games. Since most users who aren't paying are also not making great games, Unity's name and reputation is now attached to solely those bad games. Similarly with the generated images, adding a watermark to (some of the) free ones will mean that the images you have your name on are the ones that are being generated by users who aren't paying; either because they're not making enough to justify it, or they're making bad content that you don't really want to be the main thing with your name on it out there.

fookyong 6y ago
Absolutely spot on analysis :) For people who are on the trial and need more quota, I simply tell them they are welcome to create 2nd, 3rd etc accounts. I have no issue with that. "How much free quota" to give is a question with no right answer. So instead of forever trying to tweak that number, I have left it at an amount that seems to be working and I don't increase it for anyone (I have not even built in the ability to extend a free trial).
- marcusstenbeck 6y ago
  If you ever change it a very restrictive rate-limit could work too. It might be annoying to maintain or combine with the existing credit system tho. On the other hand, people creating multiple accounts to test things out is a very nice indicator of interest.
eliseumds 6y ago
Oh, that makes sense, I'll keep that in mind next time, thanks.