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How switching to in-app messages increased annual upgrades by 30%(baremetrics.com)
1 points by Shpigford 10y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 10y ago
Ah, man...I LOVED the old SP forums. I spent an absurd amount of time there back in the day. Seriously nostalgic.
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ConvertKit’s 3,000% revenue growth that nobody saw coming(medium.com)
1 points by Shpigford 10y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 10y ago
Thanks! Indeed, transparency doesn't guarantee profit. :) We'll be there soon, though.
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Is your startup really only doing $45,000 per month?(medium.com)
3 points by Shpigford 10y ago|2 comments
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by Shpigford 11y ago
As others said, those are pulled from the UI Faces API at random. No personal data is getting leaked. :)
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True Tales of Engineering Scaling: How apps scale in the real world(medium.com)
5 points by Shpigford 11y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 11y ago
While we're throwing out ways to solve CC declines with other solutions, Baremetrics actually has this very thing built in. :) https://baremetrics.com/dunning
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by Shpigford 11y ago
We don't hassle. You send an email saying "Hey, I want to cancel!" We respond with: "Bummer to hear, but happy to take care of that for you. Anything we could have done better?" Then that usually sparks a longer con
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by Shpigford 11y ago
@morgante Big surprise: Someone who's never tried it from a business perspective complains about it on Hacker News. :)
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by Shpigford 11y ago
Then you'll looovvveee this: https://demo.baremetrics.com and https://baremetrics.com/open :)
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by Shpigford 11y ago
At the crux of it is not allowing self-serve cancellation. I know, boo, hiss, burn us at the stake. ;) We wrote a little bit about that here: https://baremetrics.com/blog/how-we-reduced-churn But ultimately we exchange
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by Shpigford 11y ago
This. We could have spent an infinite amount of time making the system as robust as possible...and then burned to the ground b/c we ran out of money before we had customers. Or we could just ship something and adjust as quickly as poss
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by Shpigford 11y ago
Glad to hear at least one sentence was interesting. There are 83 sentences in the article for an Interesting Conversion Rate (ICR) of 1.205%. Not. Too. Shabby. :)
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by Shpigford 11y ago
Thanks! Quill Engage looks cool. Let me know if we can help with anything!
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by Shpigford 11y ago
I like the "wait in line" idea. :) Something for us to test down the road.
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by Shpigford 11y ago
Pre-existing and they left because of tech/service issues. We interview all outgoing customers. And I agree our lack of preparedness to scale was part of this, but it's shortsighted to only look at a simple conversation rate for d
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How our freemium plan failed(baremetrics.com)
218 points by Shpigford 11y ago|83 comments
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Build vs. Buy Calculator(baremetrics.com)
5 points by Shpigford 11y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 11y ago
http://bearmetrics.com :)
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by Shpigford 11y ago
Growing a beard is a difficult and treacherous road, regardless of gender. Beardmetrics makes it easier due to it's inherent social local global nature. It will make money by being free. Let me know if you have any questions about the
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Show HN: Beardmetrics – Social local global insights for your beard(beardmetrics.com)
22 points by Shpigford 11y ago|5 comments
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Step-by-Step: Creating amazing GIFs to announce new features(baremetrics.com)
6 points by Shpigford 11y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 12y ago
For the record, Baremetrics existed well before all of these. Launched November 2013. :)
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by Shpigford 12y ago
A little pro tip: use the up/down arrow keys to increment the numbers. Use shift + up/down to increment even more! Yay for more! ;) Also, something to keep in mind is that everyone talks about month-over-month growth _percentages_
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Forecast and predict your SaaS revenue with the Revenue Forecaster(forecast.baremetrics.io)
1 points by Shpigford 12y ago|0 comments
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by Shpigford 12y ago
No special deal, but you don't pay until you send out your first issue.
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Building a newsletter quickly: From 0 to 1,300 subscribers in 24 hours(medium.com)
2 points by Shpigford 12y ago|2 comments
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Bootstrapped to Funded: What's it like? Was it worth it? Should you do it?(baremetrics.io)
3 points by Shpigford 12y ago|0 comments
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How to Be Customer Support Employee #1(baremetrics.io)
3 points by Shpigford 12y ago|0 comments

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