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Totally agree - I think the main issue with Kagi is that although they have clearly built out the service and are offering it for free at the moment, their prem
by Closi 4y ago
Totally agree - I think the main issue with Kagi is that although they have clearly built out the service and are offering it for free at the moment, their premise that people will actually micropay for a search hasn't been tested yet.
It's easy to get users if you offer a paid service for free, but much more difficult to get people to pay for it.
(They have done surveys where people have said they would pay, but this is different to actually putting their credit card in and putting their money where their mouths are!)
- Semaphor 4y agoTo be fair, me and a bunch of other people are wondering why we still can’t pay ;) I’m perfectly happy with it and what I’d get for my $10-$20.
- Closi 4y agoHehe, I don't doubt that you will pay :) I just also think there will be a non-zero proportion of people who absolutely promise and intend to pay, then won't put their credit card details in. I also think there is a non-zero proportion of people who will search differently/less when every search costs them money!
- ajmurmann 4y agoI'm getting tired of all these monthly subscriptions that cost me $7-20 no matter of usage. Premium podcasts feet's, video streaming, Spotify. It's becoming a very real cost and mentally I'm bucketing it all together. Are others not getting subscription fatigue? Edit: similarity, when I'm building a side project now O avoid everything with a fixed cost as much as possible. $5/month for a relational DB? nope, let's see how I can store data and only pay for storage and access.
- Semaphor 4y agoYour other option for Kagi will be to pay-per-use (with pre-paid credits). I don’t have that many subscriptions, so I’m not getting any fatigue ;)