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Thank you, unfortunately, almost zero.

hu3 1y ago
Thanks for sharing. Still valuable for me in any interview if someone says they kept a service up for 11 years. Shows determination.
- bdcravens 1y ago
  Or stubborness :-)
redox99 1y ago
It's weird you show the price in some currency I don't even know what it is (even if it says 10 dollars small next to it). Just show and charge 10 USD. You can localize that other currency (Rubles?) if GeoIP matches.
- necovek 1y ago
  It's possible the local legislation disallows charging in non-local currency. Eg. can you charge in rubles in USA?
  - eli 1y ago
    Sure, you could charge in hotdogs if you wanted to.
    - suralind 1y ago
      I laughed, thank you for this.
    - necovek 1y ago
      I wonder where's the Bank of Hotdogs based in the US? :) The point is that you need a bank to accept a payment in foreign currency and debit it into your account.
  - btilly 1y ago
    The problem with charging in rubles in the USA isn't the currency, it is that a person who transacts in rubles likely lives in Russia. And, thanks to the Ukraine invasion, the USA has sanctions that make paying someone in Russia rather difficult.
    - tracker1 1y ago
      I was somewhat curious about that myself... if someone in the US even could pay for this site/app.
gregsadetsky 1y ago
hey, not to give you "armchair" advice, but I feel like a tool that's existed for 11 years and has 11k daily users is a super serious achievement. I'd vicariously love for you to be able to make some/more revenue with this! +1 on @redox99's comment that charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier. I also would think that renewal should actually be on by default, not off - if people want the service and/or to support you, having auto renewal off is more of a hassle for them (the customers who want to pay you!) as they'd have to have to... re-enable their service? every 30-90 days? and another point I wanted to bring up is that it feels to me like a small text-based advertisement from ethicalads.io (the folks behind the ads on Read the Docs sites) or carbonads.net (btw I have no affiliation to either) could definitely... bring in some not-bad revenue pretty much immediately? again, huge congrats on your project and I truly wish you'll be able to find some path to monetization. cheers!
- sqliteonline 1y ago
  Thank you. I have been considering various monetization approaches, evaluating their convenience and potential demand. Unfortunately, certain external factors currently prevent me from implementing everything as I would like. However, I still have several ideas that I hope will be engaging, in demand, and easy to pay for.
  - blockonomics_co 1y ago
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- alexchamberlain 1y ago
  > charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier As a Brit, I'd rather GBP... Isn't this comment a form of US defaultism?
  - gregsadetsky 1y ago
    for sure, my point was that usd would already be "better" (more common) than rubles - but yes, 'localized' currencies would be great too (although setting up "adaptive pricing" is a task in itself). baby steps :-)
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hu3 1y ago

Thanks for sharing. Still valuable for me in any interview if someone says they kept a service up for 11 years. Shows determination.

bdcravens 1y ago
Or stubborness :-)

redox99 1y ago

It's weird you show the price in some currency I don't even know what it is (even if it says 10 dollars small next to it). Just show and charge 10 USD. You can localize that other currency (Rubles?) if GeoIP matches.

necovek 1y ago
It's possible the local legislation disallows charging in non-local currency. Eg. can you charge in rubles in USA?
- eli 1y ago
  Sure, you could charge in hotdogs if you wanted to.
  - suralind 1y ago
    I laughed, thank you for this.
  - necovek 1y ago
    I wonder where's the Bank of Hotdogs based in the US? :) The point is that you need a bank to accept a payment in foreign currency and debit it into your account.
- btilly 1y ago
  The problem with charging in rubles in the USA isn't the currency, it is that a person who transacts in rubles likely lives in Russia. And, thanks to the Ukraine invasion, the USA has sanctions that make paying someone in Russia rather difficult.
  - tracker1 1y ago
    I was somewhat curious about that myself... if someone in the US even could pay for this site/app.

gregsadetsky 1y ago

hey, not to give you "armchair" advice, but I feel like a tool that's existed for 11 years and has 11k daily users is a super serious achievement. I'd vicariously love for you to be able to make some/more revenue with this! +1 on @redox99's comment that charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier. I also would think that renewal should actually be on by default, not off - if people want the service and/or to support you, having auto renewal off is more of a hassle for them (the customers who want to pay you!) as they'd have to have to... re-enable their service? every 30-90 days? and another point I wanted to bring up is that it feels to me like a small text-based advertisement from ethicalads.io (the folks behind the ads on Read the Docs sites) or carbonads.net (btw I have no affiliation to either) could definitely... bring in some not-bad revenue pretty much immediately? again, huge congrats on your project and I truly wish you'll be able to find some path to monetization. cheers!

sqliteonline 1y ago
Thank you. I have been considering various monetization approaches, evaluating their convenience and potential demand. Unfortunately, certain external factors currently prevent me from implementing everything as I would like. However, I still have several ideas that I hope will be engaging, in demand, and easy to pay for.
- blockonomics_co 1y ago
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alexchamberlain 1y ago
> charging in rubles is most probably confusing, and that a flat $10 usd/month would be easier As a Brit, I'd rather GBP... Isn't this comment a form of US defaultism?
- gregsadetsky 1y ago
  for sure, my point was that usd would already be "better" (more common) than rubles - but yes, 'localized' currencies would be great too (although setting up "adaptive pricing" is a task in itself). baby steps :-)

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