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My bank account is filled with SaaS products. Want to read the news, get a premium “bank” account, automate stuff, watch TV or movies, etc? pay up buddy. It’s o
by withinboredom 5y ago
My bank account is filled with SaaS products. Want to read the news, get a premium “bank” account, automate stuff, watch TV or movies, etc? pay up buddy. It’s only a few more of your dollars a month.
It’s at a point where most consumers have to decide between one SaaS or another; it muddles retention. A one-time payment business is better these days (or a hybrid) especially if you have a product consumers are willing to come back for.
- azalemeth 5y agoFor me, it's the same problems but the opposite conclusion -- unless you're my rent, utility bills, a handful of subscriptions to print magazines or professional bodies (or my mother), you will not get a subscription out of me. I will simply not do it. One-off payments are fine, but the expected cost of a subscription is huge over my lifetime and the value of your product probably isn't worth it.
- jstummbillig 5y agoThis sentiment is common enough that it spawned the "build a B2B saas" advice.
- pythonaut_16 5y agoB2B SaaS have a much clearer/easier value proposition than B2C. There's already a cash flow and profit motive in a business, so if a SaaS can demonstrate that it enables more value than it costs, there's a tangible advantage to paying for that service.
- alisonkisk 5y agoDo you have $10K in DVDs you will never watch again, like many renters do? You subscribe to your mother?