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A few thoughts on making $$$. 1. SAAS - Set the bar low and features high -> $2/month gets you private lists, dedicated subdomain, etc. Make it so cheap that p

A few thoughts on making $$$. 1. SAAS - Set the bar low and features high -> $2/month gets you private lists, dedicated subdomain, etc. Make it so cheap that people just buy it/signup. Might want to focus on "prepay 6 months for $12" - so users don't feel locked in. etc. Have more features with the premium model like email notifications/alerts/bigger teams 2. Affiliate Ads - Focus on future partners/affiliates - think of your product as a gateway drug to a bigger platform for doing/development. Push affiliate products that are targeted towards developers as well as bigger products like asana or basecamp. Try other products that every person needs (dollarshaveclub/birchbox.com) 3. Kinda crazy but wonder if you could do something like http://www.launchbit.com http://www.launchbit.com - if users signup with email and leverage http://www.fullcontact.com/developer/ http://www.fullcontact.com/developer/ or https://www.rapleaf.com/ https://www.rapleaf.com/ you could break out users and serve up newsletters around productivity and do joint ventures with other companies to test drive their products. Since most likely your audiance will be startup/dev community. Anyway - just some thoughts

hgezim 14y ago
Very interesting ideas. I love it! I might try going after 1. at first and see where it goes. Anyone doing something similar and want to partner up with me? Maybe a complementary system, etc.
johnmurch 14y ago
I gotta throw out these 2 other ideas as they relate as I have some working code on a similar problem but focused around small groups and daily tasks. 1. Take a look at http://15five.com/ http://15five.com/ - Just 4 to 5 questions, 15mins - extremely valuable. The problem is status updates. A todo list can fit into this space nicely when you have many teams (e.g. enterprise) and all need a update/email for each weekly sprint. 2. Todo Tonight - Many developers/hackers/etc have day time jobs, but then spend another 3 to 5 hours each night hacking on something. To better focus on their time - rather than send crap to an email each day - why not have a task/todo that is nighly. Speeds up the process - focuses on a simpler achievable tasks (did you complete last night, add notes, urls,etc.) The idea is it's a holding place for "STUFF" it relates to what you are working on. Hit me up @johnmurch if you want to chat more

hgezim 14y ago

Very interesting ideas. I love it! I might try going after 1. at first and see where it goes. Anyone doing something similar and want to partner up with me? Maybe a complementary system, etc.

johnmurch 14y ago

I gotta throw out these 2 other ideas as they relate as I have some working code on a similar problem but focused around small groups and daily tasks. 1. Take a look at http://15five.com/ http://15five.com/ - Just 4 to 5 questions, 15mins - extremely valuable. The problem is status updates. A todo list can fit into this space nicely when you have many teams (e.g. enterprise) and all need a update/email for each weekly sprint. 2. Todo Tonight - Many developers/hackers/etc have day time jobs, but then spend another 3 to 5 hours each night hacking on something. To better focus on their time - rather than send crap to an email each day - why not have a task/todo that is nighly. Speeds up the process - focuses on a simpler achievable tasks (did you complete last night, add notes, urls,etc.) The idea is it's a holding place for "STUFF" it relates to what you are working on. Hit me up @johnmurch if you want to chat more