bigscrankus

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by bigscrankus 1y ago
Appreciate it! Apologies for sounding snarky; traveling and very jet lagged.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
The app has made 1.4 million dollars over 5 years. So a solid salary. Nothing near financial escape velocity, but I’m grateful for the freedom.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
I think SaaS definitely won, but I would love to hear this story updated for 2025. Desktop and web apps have a lot more in common than they did 16 years ago.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
I’m certainly open to charging more, but I operate in a price sensitive hobby market. If we do go for it, I’ll definitely try a higher price first. No harm in trying.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
That’s true; it could be the most valuable users that switch to the OTP if they aren’t getting value from the online features. It’s been a while since I’ve surveyed, but the last time we asked, only 40% of our surveyed userbase thought the
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
Yeah I think some limited testing is in order. Appreciate the insight.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
This is one concern I have: SaaS is actually a really simple business model. “Pay this month, use this month”. Introducing things like “pay one time for perpetual offline use and a year of upgrades from the date of purchase, OR pay this mon
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
Yes, you and many others remind me of this in my email inbox every day. It doesn’t change the fact that software is expensive to maintain and even relatively simple apps can cost millions of dollars in human-hours to support. SaaS is the sa
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
Yes, SaaS is nice and safe. I’ve run it as a SaaS for 4 years now. However, I wonder if I’m leaving money on the table by not offering other monetization options.
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
This is a benefit of our current SaaS-only model I tout to my community. But, most don’t care about such things. ;)
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by bigscrankus 1y ago
No; just the application itself. I’m not interested in running an open source project or teaching people how to run our server-side data sync stack. At ~$250, even just a tiny bit of high-expertise tech support for those users would put me
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Ask HN: Is offering a one-time payment stupid?
10 points by bigscrankus 1y ago|36 comments