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> $10 one time purchase Author of a $10 one time purchase app here. People have been acclimatized to paying rent on apps for so long that I routinely get email
by woadwarrior01 2y ago
> $10 one time purchase
Author of a $10 one time purchase app here. People have been acclimatized to paying rent on apps for so long that I routinely get emails asking for a cheaper monthly option, because $10 is too steep. :)
- dmurray 2y agoThere's a business idea: let users buy apps that cost $10 for say $2/month, 3 months minimum. Eat the risk of users cancelling, make bank on the large minority who end up paying 50 times. Add some dark patterns and confusing language to keep your margins up. Liberally claim fraud for apps where users consistently pay $6 but you're out $10. If you could execute this technically it's clearly a billion-dollar idea, but maybe the only people with the right connections to do it are Apple and Google.
- thih9 2y agoA reverse might also work: a platform that provides a prepaid plan in a transparent way. Let the user pay for three months in advance. Cut off the service afterwards if they don't pay for the fourth month. Bonus: provide a one-time purchase option too.
- nkrisc 2y agoAdd a $3.99/mo recurring subscription option.