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by evermike 1y ago
You mean 2% conversion from free to paid, or from trial to free? In our main project, we usually see around 4–5% conversion from trial to paid. But here it’s different, people have been using the product for a long time, everything works we
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by evermike 1y ago
And there’s another interesting argument I hear from time to time: people tell me they use Google for free, or for much less, and it gives them way more. Maybe the big companies are partly to blame for shaping the kind of mindset users have
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by evermike 1y ago
By the way, we’ve only had a single chargeback so far — which was surprising in itself. And our churn rate is around 6.5%, which is actually pretty solid for a product like this and for this kind of audience.
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by evermike 1y ago
Yes, we do have a yearly plan — and it was a real surprise to see how often people choose it. After so many refused to pay $10 monthly, I assumed the annual plan would barely get any traction. But it turns out that’s not the case at all. Th
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by evermike 1y ago
To be honest I did - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikekulakov_two-years-ago-we-...
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by evermike 1y ago
Ha, of course, it could have turned out differently. As of today, most paying customers are those who registered after we removed "free" plan, not long-time users. My reflection is that no matter how much I tried to rationalize it
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What 30k Free Users Taught Me About Charging $10/Month
25 points by evermike 1y ago|30 comments
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by evermike 1y ago
Also in early 2024 Bending Spoons acquired the IP of Mosaic Group, which owned Apalon Apps. The buyer did not need either the Mosaic Group or the Apalon teams, both were laid off
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by evermike 1y ago
You are welcome.
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by evermike 1y ago
Let me try to share my story briefly. None of my ventures ever came with guarantees. I started out working in an IT company, growing quickly in both salary and career, but I didn’t stay long — I soon decided to start something of my own. I
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by evermike 1y ago
Oh, that’s a very good and difficult question. I’ve broken down many times myself and still go through tough periods. Maybe over time you just grow a bit thicker-skinned. But I can really imagine how hard it feels when you’re just starting
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Bootstrapping vs. Venture: Lessons from My Journey(medium.com)
2 points by evermike 1y ago|6 comments
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by evermike 7y ago
Tried already and got the following reply: ``` Hello, Thank you for reaching out to us. I understand that it is taking awhile for the review to be completed and approved. Please note that both new item submissions as well as updates to exis
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Ask HN: Chrome Extension Is 'Pending Review' for 7 Days
7 points by evermike 7y ago|6 comments
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by evermike 7y ago
Hello everyone, My name is Mike. I’m building a SaaS company (CEO/Co-f). We are small, fully bootstrapped, profitable, didn’t take VC money. Very often, during interviews and in discussions, people ask me “What’s my attitude to overtim
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Is It Expected to Work Overtime in a Startup?(medium.com)
2 points by evermike 7y ago|1 comments
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Solid GIFs Made by Non-Designer in Under 5 Minutes(medium.com)
1 points by evermike 7y ago|0 comments
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Advice on How to Grow Your SaaS to $130K MRR and Further(hackernoon.com)
4 points by evermike 8y ago|0 comments
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IT Business in Belarus: Salaries, Taxes, Venture Capital and Legendary “Exits”(medium.com)
1 points by evermike 8y ago|0 comments
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How We Got Featured on HN and Medium, 46K Views and Why Сontent Is King(medium.com)
1 points by evermike 8y ago|0 comments
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by evermike 8y ago
Thanks, will try. Meanwhile, I found this - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...
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by evermike 8y ago
Sorry, such a discussion is not very interesting for me. I think you have a distorted opinion about our country. Read about the "Belarus Hi Tech Park" initiative and conditions for IT companies. A very serious and important work h
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by evermike 8y ago
I did all of this (except HTML/CSS coding). But it wasn't accomplished in one day. There were several rounds of improvements.
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by evermike 8y ago
Thanks! ;)
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by evermike 8y ago
We tried a variety of resources. For example this - https://betalist.com/ We were listed here before even had a product. Collected mailing list. After public release, this service brought us about (I don't remember exa
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by evermike 8y ago
Hard to say. Most likely the result would be the same, but more expensive. We have good technical people here in Belarus. But we have other problems. It’s almost impossible to find good Sales or Marketing talents here. I think it's due
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by evermike 8y ago
Looks like it doesn't work. Or I'm doing something wrong :(
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by evermike 8y ago
We did not try their PPC listing. Just keeping our profile up-to-date and ask our customers to share their experience about us there. I cannot measure impact directly, but I think it worth my time to maintain a good looking profile at a res
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by evermike 8y ago
No problem. I'm glad if you found something useful for your business in our experience.
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by evermike 8y ago
Moreover, Apple is deprecating legacy Safari Extensions now and pushing developers to transition to Safari App Extensions – which are offered through traditional Mac apps via the Mac App Store. More here - https://9to5mac.com&#x2

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