caffeinatedwes

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by caffeinatedwes 7y ago
Microverse | Remote only | Full time Microverse is a global, distributed school for software developers that doesn't charge students anything until they get hired. The company is backed by Y Combinator and other top tier investors from
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Microverse, the global school for software development(producthunt.com)
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Thomas Edison was bad at billing customers. You don’t have to be(hackernoon.com)
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Why every startup should think about cost-plus pricing(getcheddar.com)
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
I was going to provide feedback on your pricing, but it looks like you haven't published it to your site yet. If you're in the process of creating your launch price, I'd recommend checking out this free email series. It'
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
What type of features are you looking for? You might want to check out Cheddar's API. https://www.getcheddar.com
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
To add to the list of another non-open source billing solution: Cheddar, https://getcheddar.com . I mentioned it earlier, but another disclaimer: I work there.
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Cheddar, a billing company. I think it's crazy that everyone writes and maintains their own billing solutions too. I think people build their own billing solution because for a long time, there wasn't one wel
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
Have you heard of Cheddar? It's a usage-based billing API that does almost everything you're talking about, minus the 2FA. That might have to be an external service, but if you're interested, I can double check. https:/
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by caffeinatedwes 8y ago
Looks cool! What was the impetus for this?
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
Recurring invoices aren't affected, so no $1 charge. I forget where that was mentioned.
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
Rob and Mike of Startups For The Rest of Us recently published an awesome podcast on the topic of struggles and challenges of building a billing system. The good stuff is between 15:00-35:00. http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
Usage-based and metered billing? Yep, that's what we do at Cheddar. https://gtchdr.com/2sEFDAf
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
Cheddar's billing API has an open-source Ruby wrapper that might be helpful for integrating billing into your product. Cheddar: https://gtchdr.com/2BvZQuF Ruby wrapper: https://gtchdr.com/2Bw0k3X
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
I haven't used it before, but it sounds like Gumroad is your best choice. Is there any reason you're hesitant to try it? If you decide to do a server implementation, you might be able to make the billing implementation simpler by
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
I'm curious--what is your main reason for not launching your plugin through a SaaS model?
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by caffeinatedwes 9y ago
Tomasz Tunguz wrote a nice piece about the 2-part tariff: http://tomtunguz.com/three-part-tariffs/ Actually, he mentions that academics argue that 3-part tariffs may be the most optimal. From his article: "Linear