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I have a couple of websites but one primary email account. So when I tried to add the second site I got this message: "We only allow one monitoring per email."
by niks 17y ago
I have a couple of websites but one primary email account. So when I tried to add the second site I got this message: "We only allow one monitoring per email."
Is there a specific reason for that? I'd like for all my sites to come to one email since its the only one I check regularly.
Other than that I really like it. Super simple and easy to use. good stuff.
- peoplerock 17y agoOnly one email acct? They're free at so many places. I have several (to go with different identities) that all fwd to one location. So for this app I would use * mysite1.com@mymaindomain.com -> to mymaindomain@gmail.com * mysite2.com@mymaindomain.com -> to mymaindomain@gmail.com * mymaindomain@mymaindomain.com -> to mymaindomain@gmail.com
- niks 17y agotrue, but I think you missed the my point. Because the site is so easy to use don't make me do all this work to use something so simple. just enable multiple sites / email and i'll be happy as a user because it solves my need in 2 steps.
- chanux 17y agomyemail+mysite1wasitup@gmail.com works :)
- jmonegro 17y agoIf you're on gmail, you can place a dot on any part of the username, and it will redirect to your account. For example, johndoe@gmail.com john.doe@gmail.com j.ohndoe@gmail.ccom etc. all go to the original johndoe@gmail.com, but pretty much every website will interpret them as different emails.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y ago+1 for multiple sites per email. Otherwise, looks cool!
- uggedal 17y agoThanks for the feedback. I just pushed a change which ups the limit to 10 monitorings per email address. I'm a bit hesitant to having no limit at all due to the ease of abuse. After all, I do have to pay for the BW out of my own pocket.
- jmonegro 17y agoProvided that you can guarantee reliability, charge a buck a site (forever, for a year, a month... figure it out). Maybe offer the first few sites for free so people try out the service. I'd pay a buck a site Check out AreMySitesUp.com (and other competitors) and their pricing, and offer something more competitive price-wise.
- uggedal 17y agoI'll see how far the free model takes me. If the monthly server costs starts to take away a considerable chunk of my salary I'll probably consider taking payments from the most active users. As you've alluded to this marked is swamped with competition. Usability, pricing, and features are the only attack vectors as I see it.
- niks 17y agosweet.. 10 is a good number. Its also a number you can use to turn this into a business. If you ever ditch the freemium model, say first 3 sites are free and the rest you charge for. This will please the common joe schmoes like myself who have a couple of sites but might not want to pay (my uptime isn't super critical...yet). Secondly it'll show other business who have 5+ servers (like we do at work) that you're taking it seriously. And more importantly it'll bring in money for you to cover the costs and maybe turn it a real business. Pingdom has other features that they charge for so it might be worthwhile looking there...if you ever want to run it as a business. I know on your site it says this was a past time project and maybe you'd prefer to keep it just that...which is totally cool
- uggedal 17y agoFirst of all I don't think this will become a Pingdom clone/killer. Ease of use, simple, and unobtrusive are values that I will continue to value when deciding on where to take the project. If I do decide to take money for premium features (more monitorings, higher monitoring frequency, history/statistics) I think I will do so with the hope of getting enough subscriptions to cover the server costs. If it provides more revenue than that I could see myself providing SMS notices to non-paying and paying users alike.