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Immediately turned off by the AppSumo lifetime deal. Seems to be where projects go to draw in a bit of cash before they fail or get sold off. Lifetime deals on
by esskay 4y ago
Immediately turned off by the AppSumo lifetime deal. Seems to be where projects go to draw in a bit of cash before they fail or get sold off.
Lifetime deals on products that have a real recurring lifetime cost rarely work out, and are an immediate red flag, especially for a new project.
- tonypham 4y agoBeing on AppSumo helps us gain initial traction and feedback to improve the product at a faster pace, since we're not VC-backed.
- 6stringmerc 4y agoFair trade off, I think perfect world best practices are nice, and so is finding free money on the ground. Both pretty infrequent day to day.
- algo_trader 4y agoAs a seller, how does AppSumo work? Is it just a notice board (like product hunt) where you get some exposure? Or do you pay for it (other than offering a bargain discount..)?
- tonypham 4y agoListing on AppSumo is free. They have two options: - Select: You have to apply to be chosen, they do all the marketing for you and cut 70% of revenue); - Marketplace listing: You do everything yourself and keep 70% of the revenue.
- omnimus 4y agoBetter uptime https://betterstack.com/better-uptime https://betterstack.com/better-uptime has done it and built amazing product using this initial money. It makes sense for small bootstrapped teams.
- tonypham 4y agoYeah, I read a ton of AppSumo launch case studies before I decided to run this campaign. It does help a lot.