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Martijn Verbove
@marver777
Hey @marc,
Most of all, I feel that you and WIP deserve to be paid for all the work you do\have done — my personal experience is that I'm happy to pay $20/m.
I'd be happy to pay even more if there were online events/round-tables to meet more fellow makers.
In relation to your proposed idea this is what comes to mind:
Maybe a hybrid solution would work: you could allow paid members to invite who-ever they like, and those that are invited receive access for free.
Hope this is useful,
Thanks! Yes my hope is that WIP is well worth the $20/mo fee and fortunately that seems to be the case for many members.
However, it's still a big barrier for new people and makes it hard to get new people in. Hence the proposal of first getting (relevant) members through the door with a free plan, and once they are convinced of the value offer additional functionality and access with a paid membership.
What about only allowing paid members to give free invites?
If people really like the community, they'll want to invite their friends - and they'll need to upgrade.
In addition, you can also have several paid features, such as creating discussions, roasts, etc.
More or less, only private tasks and chat would be free; ex. they wouldn't be able to. post /done to the main wipchat but only to their account - they can, on the other hand, engage in chat/discussions/roasts.
Nice, yes these are some great suggestions for pro-only features 👍
The only thing I want to be careful with is making "invites" a perk of being a paying member. As then people might feel entitled to get them, whereas I'd like to keep the option to be selective about who get to invited other members.
But it's definitely something we can experiment with
@marc I would definitely pay for online events and round-tables for the opportunity to ask questions and pick the brain of people who are successful in their niche, in my view it's very motivating. I also love how you share actionable tips like where to host website and which libraries you use, this saves a lot of time and eliminates decision fatigue))
As for payment I am happy to pay, it is totally worth it and more! But for a person coming from a third world country it might be a bit expensive, especially for people who have potential, but are just starting their career? So, I think inviting people for free based on merit and their fit to the community would be great.
Thanks, yes we're currently excluding a lot of people from different parts of the world.
Part of my response has been that with remote work and the online gig economy, it's becoming a lot easier for any entrepreneurial person to earn some money to afford a $20/mo subscription (e.g. spending 1-2 hours a month on doing gigs on Upwork should cover it), but perhaps that's an overly optimistic view?
Either way, I think having a free-tier would definitely open up to a wider audience. And as long as we make sure we still curate for pasionate, positive and entrepeneurial people, then they should be a value-add to the community regardless of their current discretionary budget.
With regards to the online events, I'll be looking into hopin.com which @marver777 recommended to me a while ago.
What about only allowing paid members to give free invites?
If people really like the community, they'll want to invite their friends - and they'll need to upgrade.
In addition, you can also have several paid features, such as creating discussions, roasts, etc.
More or less, only private tasks and chat would be free; ex. they wouldn't be able to. post /done to the main wipchat but only to their account - they can, on the other hand, engage in chat/discussions/roasts.
Nice, yes these are some great suggestions for pro-only features 👍
The only thing I want to be careful with is making "invites" a perk of being a paying member. As then people might feel entitled to get them, whereas I'd like to keep the option to be selective about who get to invited other members.
But it's definitely something we can experiment with