egmike

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   by egmike 16y ago

   Just a thought, but maybe consider offering the ladies a bigger percentage? They're the ones doing the actual answering and you're taking 50%... Or, maybe increase the cost per question so that they get paid more (but still, you should prob
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Thanks for your response. I actually don't know how wealthy the group is/will be because I haven't actually figured out the target just yet. I have an idea of who the product will benefit, so I'll be trying to reach them and see how they li
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Thanks for that, they'll definitely be additional plans! :)
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   by egmike 16y ago

   It's more subtle than that: you need to discover what the current features are worth to people. You might be surprised to find that value is higher than what you would think, regardless of the number of features... As for the psychology of
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Also a very good point, thank you for that! :)
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Very good point, thank you. Yes, I'll definitely be testing the pricing, but since it's a new service I'm trying to avoid people not subscribing for silly reasons like "it's too cheap" or something.
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Annual subscriptions are a good idea, thank you, and thanks for the references.
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Thanks you two, that's good advice... and I'll definitely be offering multiple packages for premium usage. :)
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   by egmike 16y ago

   Thanks for your response. Hmm... see, I used to think starting with the higher price was better, but now I think it definitely depends on the feature set at the beginning. Right now I'm planning on launching it mainly as a Minimum Viable Pr
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    Ask HN: Is $2.95/month too cheap for a B2C SaaS?

    6 points by egmike 16y ago|17 comments
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    by egmike 16y ago

    Another option is Spreedly. They store the credit card information internally (they're DSS compliant), so that you can switch merchant accounts/gateways as needed. If you want to transfer out of Spreedly, they'll work with your new provider
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    by egmike 16y ago

    Good advice, thanks you two!
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    by egmike 16y ago

    Interesting. Any other recommendations on how to secure regex's that take in user input in Ruby/Rails?
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    Ask YC: Recommendations for a Canadian-accessible merchant account provider?

    2 points by egmike 16y ago|2 comments
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    by egmike 16y ago

    Interesting points. I'm leaning towards having PayPal as an option, but I don't think I'd use them as my main provider, at least not for long... Thank you both.
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    by egmike 16y ago

    It certainly does help, thank you Ramit. Have you done any split testing to see if your conversions increase with PayPal though? Any thoughts/data on having PayPal as a secondary payment option, for those who prefer it?
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    Ask HN: Why do 37signals and others not accept PayPal?

    14 points by egmike 16y ago|19 comments