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I don’t see what’s SAAS about a content subscription but yes, I prefer that. Reason being that I’m often unsure how deep I want to go in a subject, so putting

by biztos 4y ago

I don’t see what’s SAAS about a content subscription but yes, I prefer that. Reason being that I’m often unsure how deep I want to go in a subject, so putting up say $20/mo gives me the option of only spending $20 if during the first month I decide it’s not what I want. If you want to see a very good (IMO) implementation of this model, check out Ray Wenderlich. Lots of free stuff to show you the style. Then $20/mo or $40/mo for “pro.”

nickjj 4y ago
> I don’t see what’s SAAS about a content subscription but yes, I prefer that. Yeah that's a fair point. I boiled this down to paying per month or a 1 time purchase. It was coming from a more general angle where it could be content, a product / service or heated seats which when you think about it all have different tastes. Content and a service could be classified as different. For example I don't mind the idea of paying a one time fee for a photo editor but paying per month bothers me on principle because it doesn't feel justified, which is weird because in both cases you'd want or expect updates and if you're going down this rabbit hole of paying for 1 year's worth of updates this boils down to paying per month but on a different schedule with an added bonus of controlling if you want to pay for a major update or not. Thanks for the feedback! Ray's site looks like he has hundreds of courses available, does your answer change if there's "only" ~30 standalone videos (not courses) on a specific topic with intent that more are being delivered every week? I guess the question there is at which point do you deem the catalogue large enough to pay? With one time course you at least know what you see is what you get with a possibility of there being more added over time in the form of updates.
- biztos 4y ago
  Even Wenderlich started small! I’m backing someone on Patreon who has maybe a dozen videos out, but it’s a hard subject and I’m determined to learn it and she releases about one new video a week. The production quality isn’t very high but you can see she puts a lot of work into it, planning and transcripts and stuff. Teaching is hard! So yeah my advice is market test by asking people you know who know your subject, then yes put it out there with some free content and some paid monthly. Or just try Patreon if the audience is big enough.

by biztos 4y ago

nickjj 4y ago

> I don’t see what’s SAAS about a content subscription but yes, I prefer that. Yeah that's a fair point. I boiled this down to paying per month or a 1 time purchase. It was coming from a more general angle where it could be content, a product / service or heated seats which when you think about it all have different tastes. Content and a service could be classified as different. For example I don't mind the idea of paying a one time fee for a photo editor but paying per month bothers me on principle because it doesn't feel justified, which is weird because in both cases you'd want or expect updates and if you're going down this rabbit hole of paying for 1 year's worth of updates this boils down to paying per month but on a different schedule with an added bonus of controlling if you want to pay for a major update or not. Thanks for the feedback! Ray's site looks like he has hundreds of courses available, does your answer change if there's "only" ~30 standalone videos (not courses) on a specific topic with intent that more are being delivered every week? I guess the question there is at which point do you deem the catalogue large enough to pay? With one time course you at least know what you see is what you get with a possibility of there being more added over time in the form of updates.

biztos 4y ago
Even Wenderlich started small! I’m backing someone on Patreon who has maybe a dozen videos out, but it’s a hard subject and I’m determined to learn it and she releases about one new video a week. The production quality isn’t very high but you can see she puts a lot of work into it, planning and transcripts and stuff. Teaching is hard! So yeah my advice is market test by asking people you know who know your subject, then yes put it out there with some free content and some paid monthly. Or just try Patreon if the audience is big enough.