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Web Startups with a subscription based business model
Are there any founders here who are building Web Startups with a business model to sell subscriptions (or at least a free+premium model and not an advertising driven business model)?
* How difficult was is to acquire paying customers?
* What type of customers are these -- individuals or small
organizations?
* What kind of objections did you typically face before
they signed the check?
* And for the benefit of the startup community, can you
describe how you acquired these customers (i.e., personal
contacts, cold calling, selling at relevant trade shows, etc?).
- lbrandy 18y agoHere's another question: How do you handle billing?
- ddemchuk 18y agoI'm interested in all of those questions because I have two ideas for apps that are in the same market but one targets consumers and the other targets professionals...
- sebg 18y agoI found a web startup here on HN that is based on a subscription model :: https://www.timesvr.com/ https://www.timesvr.com/ . They were using PayPal subscription services when I joined and left. I am interested in these questions as well as security and data retention issues.