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> I monitor a bunch of my hobby sites with StatusCake. They're great and I use the free plan but I'd like to pay a little for very simple monitoring. But the fi
by 0x457 4y ago
> I monitor a bunch of my hobby sites with StatusCake. They're great and I use the free plan but I'd like to pay a little for very simple monitoring. But the first paid plan is around $200 a year. But I don't need the premium plan, I just need the free plan, but paying, so I feel like I'm contributing to the business.
Odd mentality. You don't want to feel like a freeloader, but don't want to pay the asking price.
- satvikpendem 4y agoHence why they said they want to "pay a little." If this is a common objection to the price of a good in a market, and if someone else comes by offering a simpler product at, for example, half the price, they could take the market. This is an example of a low-cost pricing strategy: https://stratechery.com/concept/strategy/low-cost-strategy/ https://stratechery.com/concept/strategy/low-cost-strategy/
- petercooper 4y agoI know the ending to this story! The "someone else" comes along, gets a lot of buzz, attracts users, gets funded, then the investors say "you should be focusing on the enterprise market and increasing prices!" Then they become like the company they were trying to undercut and sell for $100m to RandomCorp.