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I agree. I want to keep styling simple, but backticks make sense. I'll have a look!

Nice yes I want to give some incentive to inviters as well. Giving free membership is a fun idea.

I also thought about money (e.g. 30% commission on all revenue from anyone you invite), swag (t-shirts, stickers, etc) or some website unlocks (streak fixes, etc)

Yes, interesting idea. I want to be careful letting random people in (even if they pay), but I can run it as an experiment

From the new onboarding flow:

Do you offer a lifetime membership?
Nope, we don't do lifetime deals. Here's why: we want to stay motivated to keep making WIP awesome for you. With a recurring fee, we're always on our toes, working to deliver value. It's our way of making sure we grow together!

Do you offer pricing power parity?
We've got one price for everyone, worldwide. Our community is mainly for folks earning their living online, where economic opportunities tend to level out globally. We get that this might not work for everyone, and that's okay! If our price doesn't fit your budget, there are other great communities out there that might be a better match for your situation.

Curious to hear what you think

There's a few products like this in the market. huntr.co is probably the most well known one. It's also something I've had on the back-burner for startup.jobs for a while

I think the issue with trying to sell it as a stand alone tool (versus being part of a job board for example), is that people actively looking for a job don't tend to have a lot of discretionary spending.

Yes, even people with high paying jobs do switch jobs, but typically because they get poached away or get a better offer through their network. So for those people a job application tracker isn't that relevant.

The real money is with the employers.

That's just my cynical take on this market, but I think rooted in logic.

I do like the simple UX. Makes a lot of sense. I can see the same setup being useful for many other use cases as well. So I'd suggest to try and get in the hand of job seekers first (maybe run some ads on job boards), but after that also pursue other markets where it's useful to collect leads from different sources, structuring it, and turning them into a pipeline. There's many possible use cases for that I think.

Bug. I don’t think we currently support videos on posts

I don't have one, but I would walk through your street, spot any (similar) house with a A/C unit, ring the door and ask them.

Been using it for almost 10 years I think. Can't say I notice any effects. Not even improved strength. But there's too many other variables to make a good comparison and so I just trust the science and people who are more aware of these types of effects.

Yes, for sure.

I once messed up in WIP where I send ALL users (including those who hadn't been active for years) an irrelevant email.

I wasn't sure whether to send a second email explaining and apologizing.

But then I realized that while for me it seems like a big fuckup, 1,000's of emails sent, for each individual recipient it was only ONE single irrelevant email. So it wasn't that bad.

I sent everyone a second email, explaining what happened and apologizing for it. To make it personal, I wrote on a piece of paper "I'm sorry!" and took a selfie with me. I included this photo in the apology email.

I got many replies to that second email. All positive. People appreciated the time I took to apologize in a personal way. The unintentional email lead to a bunch of people being reminded about WIP and they became active users again.

Some people even suggested I might have done it all on purpose (I didn't), to re-activate old accounts 😅

I just play it by ear. No deadlines or goals. I think every project is different.

Vision Directory's growth is largely dependent on the success of Apple Vision Pro and the number of apps being developed for it. Right now, that's lower than expected. So I don't spend a ton of time on developing the site. But I keep it running in the hope that Apple Vision Pro will gain popularity and so will the site.

As for ballpark metrics, you can look at industry CPM rates. For example, if your industry has a $5 CPM that means you can charge about $5 per 1,000 ad views. So if your site has 50,000 pageviews per month, you can expect a ballpark of $250/mo in advertising revenue if you were to show one ad and have an advertiser lined up for the full month.

It's not a perfect science, especially at lower numbers, but it gives you a ballpark for advertising revenue.

For other types of revenue is really depends on your unique situation.