I think free tier is smart to begin with, it’s better to have some subsidized free users to try your product, and allow you to iterate.
I wonder if the pricing is too cheap. And as much as possible, you should aim for recurring revenue. If you wanna keep it cheap, I’d do $5 / month. For an app like that, it’s an easy sell. I’d pay $5 thinking that if I don’t like it, I’ll cancel and that’s ok.
But you don’t have to be cheap! You could easily try $19 / month for a service like yours (or at the very least $10/month).
A model I really like (and would make sense when you reconsider the free tier) is a $1 trial. Geonode.com, which I used recently does exactly that, and I was sold. Give people 5 or 10 credits for trial at $1. Make the trial auto-renew after 7 days or something like that, renews at the new price of $10 or $19/month.
Other than pricing, I think the idea is awesome, I have writers block myself and that why I don’t write! Your product makes me want to start writing again.
Good luck man!
Good suggestions, I'll definitely look into raising the prices. Right now I only have 1 user that's not me and my wife tho 😂
At the moment I'm still gathering early feedback so I haven't started promoting it, but in the next few days I'm starting that too.
Never done marketing before, but the first few things I'm planning to try are posting on X build in public community, and finding some writing communities on Reddit to see if there's an angle there. I keep seeing on X that marketing apps via short form videos go really well on tiktok and instagram, so that could be a good channel too.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions how to promote, as I'm a total noob on that front. And congrats to your successful exit!
I think free tier is smart to begin with, it’s better to have some subsidized free users to try your product, and allow you to iterate.
I wonder if the pricing is too cheap. And as much as possible, you should aim for recurring revenue. If you wanna keep it cheap, I’d do $5 / month. For an app like that, it’s an easy sell. I’d pay $5 thinking that if I don’t like it, I’ll cancel and that’s ok.
But you don’t have to be cheap! You could easily try $19 / month for a service like yours (or at the very least $10/month).
A model I really like (and would make sense when you reconsider the free tier) is a $1 trial. Geonode.com, which I used recently does exactly that, and I was sold. Give people 5 or 10 credits for trial at $1. Make the trial auto-renew after 7 days or something like that, renews at the new price of $10 or $19/month.
Other than pricing, I think the idea is awesome, I have writers block myself and that why I don’t write! Your product makes me want to start writing again.
Good luck man!
Thanks a lot for the feedback, Micha!
Good suggestions, I'll definitely look into raising the prices. Right now I only have 1 user that's not me and my wife tho 😂
At the moment I'm still gathering early feedback so I haven't started promoting it, but in the next few days I'm starting that too.
Never done marketing before, but the first few things I'm planning to try are posting on X build in public community, and finding some writing communities on Reddit to see if there's an angle there. I keep seeing on X that marketing apps via short form videos go really well on tiktok and instagram, so that could be a good channel too.
Please let me know if you have any suggestions how to promote, as I'm a total noob on that front. And congrats to your successful exit!