{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Money | Posts IndieHackers", "home_page_url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world", "description": "This is an unofficial feed of indiehackers.com", "items": [ { "content_html": "
I'm currently working on an email marketing-related digital product (premium database/directory) and I thought a one-time payment made sense.
\nBut since I plan on keep updating it, I've planned to increase price every time I hit a certain content volume.
\nWhat do you think about this strategy? Does it make sense?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/998cc7f7a4", "title": "Lifetime deals pricing", "date_modified": "2024-02-28T10:53:31.198Z", "author": { "name": "davidemails" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm looking for some honest feedback on my pricing page. Can you give it a roasting? Anything unclear? What changes would you recommend?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9c507e3de6", "title": "What do you think of our pricing page?", "date_modified": "2024-02-12T11:12:03.127Z", "author": { "name": "tradao004" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I haven't personally used Chargebee, but I've only heard positive things.
\nBasically it acts as a load balancer and spreads out your subscriptions across different payment gateways in the back end.
\nSo instead of putting all your subscribers on Stripe or PayPal, it puts some of them on 2Checkout and Authorize.net as well.
\nIt's very unlikely that all your payment gateways will ban you at once.
\nIf you're serious about building a robust and sustainable business online, platform diversification is a must.
\nGoing all-in on anything is hardly necessary and rarely smart, so do it right from the start.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4bdb021573", "title": "An underrated solopreneur life hack", "date_modified": "2024-02-07T04:16:44.344Z", "author": { "name": "simplisticallysimple" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Day to day, it's cheap. But he says the equipment was a really big investment initially. He has three bikes. One was only €200 — he uses that for commuting to reduce his risk when leaving it outside. But the other two were €2k and €5k, for rough paths and races, respectively. And then there's all the other equipment that is worth close to €1.5k.
\nIt's a small price to pay.
\n💰 "Sports always have a positive impact on the body and mind, but cycling is the only activity that allows me to completely clear my head. When I'm on the bike, I think about NOTHING except the road and my heart rate. It's really something very special to me!" —Thomas
\nThomas doesn't go out to eat much. He prefers cooking. He says it saves him a ton of money — he picked it up when he was low on cash — and he really enjoys it.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8f3746f56a", "title": "\"Money is both the most important and the least important thing in the world.\"", "date_modified": "2024-01-03T16:13:28.348Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Please note that the above are opinions. This is meant for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be financial advice.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2a7180e9f5", "title": "\"Money is only useful if you don't have it.\"", "date_modified": "2023-12-07T13:00:08.105Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "And then there's the most important financial tool of all: money.
\n💰 "Money is a tool, not your lifeblood. Don't get emotionally attached to it just because of the effort it took to make it." —Calin
\nYou can follow Calin's journey on LinkedIn and X, or check out contrast.studio.
\nPlease note that the above are opinions. This is meant for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be financial advice.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/db0baf5404", "title": "\"Money is a tool. It is not your lifeblood.\"", "date_modified": "2023-11-30T17:30:30.469Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "His name is Solvo, and if you want, you can use it for your own calculus here:
\nhttps://chat.openai.com/g/g-ZK8zdSiQT-solvo
\nIf you want to adjust your discount rate, just ask the chat to change the rate. It makes it quite easy to see how money spent is worth so much more than money invested.
\nAnyway, enjoy. Let me know if you have questions, or suggestions, or whatever. Have a great weekend!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1fd844c408", "title": "What is the true cost of those Black Friday \"deals\"?", "date_modified": "2023-11-25T19:47:40.227Z", "author": { "name": "kirill" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "\n💰 "With this, the budgeting is essentially "forced" because I only get $300 in my personal card a week. That's all. If I spend it all, it will get declined until the next Friday when I get the next $300. Same principles for groceries and dates. Savings is at a different bank so it's not so easy to do a quick transfer if the Central Bank is running low." —Verdi
\nVerdi has big ambitions money-wise, but he also has his reservations.
\n💰 "Having lots of money is actually a very difficult position to be in. It requires more discipline to be a good steward of those funds. It also exposes you to a greater level of temptation that reveals the ugliest part of your character." —Verdi
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/eae1582f76", "title": "\"Don't be cheap with your business. Spend as much as you can as quickly as you can.\"", "date_modified": "2023-11-15T16:04:14.867Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "As a designer himself, he's outsourcing development for Kyugo, and that costs him $1200/mo, which isn't bad.
\nAs for his personal costs:
\nSo he's totally self-funded, thanks to his design agency. He's not opposed to investment. In fact, he was looking for an angel investor in the beginning, but the terms he received were unrealistic — the investor insisted that he relocate to another country and bring on a co-founder.
\n💰 "My main goal was to put the idea out there. Make it happen, make it a reality. So I was ok with “burning” money on it, just to make it happen. I set a budget that I would allow myself to lose in order to release Kyugo." —Tom
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/545bf4d9e9", "title": "Happily burning money to make his product a reality", "date_modified": "2023-10-25T15:14:30.864Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Simply tweeting about his progress has brought in more conversions (though fewer impressions) than his ads. And it doesn't cost a dime.
\nYou can find Martin at martinlasek.com or check out WishKit.
\nPlease note that the above are opinions. This is meant for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be financial advice.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ec647d9503", "title": "\"All I need is a dry place, a laptop, and the internet to be happy.\"", "date_modified": "2023-10-18T14:55:46.228Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Remember the outdoor experiences that changed things for him? There was a company that organized kayaking trips and it was pricey, but he really wanted to do it so he did. Not only did it get him out of a rut, but it was the highlight of his year.
\n💰 "Life shouldn’t be about suffering. If you know buying something will make you happy, just buy it. It keeps your motivation high and helps you enjoy life." —Alexander
\nSo he doesn't budget every dollar or track his spending granularly. He only has a vague idea of how much he should be spending.
\nInstead, he has multiple "backup reserves" for when things go wrong.
\nHe has $15k that keeps in his savings that he only uses in case of an emergency. Another backup is liquidating his stocks. He admits it's not an ideal backup, but it's there if he needs it.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d489e290a8", "title": "\"If I don’t see any promise after a year, I'm going back to a 9-5.\"", "date_modified": "2023-10-11T14:57:28.124Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Please note that the above are opinions. It is meant for information purposes only. It is not intended to be financial advice.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0ffe1e8d1f", "title": "Getting by on $100 MRR: A peek at an indie hacker's finances.", "date_modified": "2023-10-04T14:44:27.337Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "He doesn't have any debt and pays off his credit cards in full every month. He also pays them off early if he notices that the balance is over a couple of thousand dollars in total.
\nKeeping them near a zero balance and paying them off monthly decreases credit utilization and boosts his credit score, which gives him more leeway if he ever chooses to get a loan.
\nBen keeps business and personal funds separate for legal liability reasons, as well as to make accounting easier.
\nHe formed a holding company as an LLC which is ideal for him because he's experimenting with several business ideas and LLC paperwork is costly (in more than money). When a new product is expected to make money in the near future, he sets up a DBA (doing business as) under the LLC.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9bc028d226", "title": "Betting everything on a single investment and building 12 products in 12 months: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-09-20T16:50:44.890Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey,\nSo since I don't live in one of the bigger western countries, I don't have access to Stripe. I've been looking at alternatives for our www.Networkingbuddy.com service and looked into 2Checkout.com. They rejected us after 2 weeks of nonsensical back and forth. So we've moved on.
\nAnyone has had good experiences with other payment platforms (not Stripe or 2Checkout) that they can share? We're applying to Paddle.com now. I think part of it is that we need to do some work to communicate our value prop better on the site though. Any feedback welcome.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d728c0e671", "title": "Rejected from 2Checkout!", "date_modified": "2023-09-19T21:31:32.318Z", "author": { "name": "ryFurness" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "You can find Frank on Twitter and LinkedIn, or check out Salesforge.ai.
\nPlease note that the above are opinions. It is meant for information purposes only. It is not intended to be financial advice.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2cbe9b07f2", "title": "Losing all his crypto and going all-in on a pre-launch product: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-09-13T15:00:16.539Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "His dad saves money. He buys the cheapest toilet paper and canned tuna that he can find. But he'll splurge on dinner out.
\nHis mom doesn't really care about money. If she goes into a store, she'll probably come out with some random thing.
\nAnd somehow it works, though... probably because they keep their finances separate.
\nAngus identifies more with his dad's spending habits, as there isn't much that he wants to buy. And he's no stranger to cheap canned tuna.
\nYou can find Angus on Twitter and check out Bank Statement Converter.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/6e0626a497", "title": "Hitting $10k MRR on autopilot and buying a house with cold hard cash: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-09-06T16:43:11.174Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "His main advice for fellow indie hackers?
\n💰 "Do not use credit cards to pay for your business unless you are 110% sure." —Andris
\nHe used credit cards for a business once. It failed. Luckily, his limits weren't very high, so he was able to pay it off in a little under a year. But he knows of founders who weren't so lucky — some even had to move to a new country to find pay that could cover their debts.
\nYou can find Andris on twitter and Github, or check out EmailEngine.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e9e22aaae3", "title": "Leaving his venture-backed startup to go full time on a bootstrapped side hustle: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-08-24T15:28:54.242Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "💰 "Keep things lean as all be, and focus on getting revenue before you spend on a fancy website. Build content marketing around your core avatar." —Javier
\nJavier uses the Personal Capital app for budgeting.
\nYou can find Javier on LinkedIn, or check out Brandlyft, LeadDragon, White Label Chat GPT-3, and Formwise.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/72d64da321", "title": "From scarcity mindset to building an agency and three profitable SaaS products: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-08-17T17:27:57.204Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Jevon is building a following in the personal finance/real estate space. You can find him on Twitter @jevon800.
\nAnd if you'd like to be featured as a guest in a future interview for this series, let me know in the comments!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fd584bfdbe", "title": "From hemorrhaging money as a full-time indie hacker to side-hustling: A peek at an indie hacker's finances", "date_modified": "2023-08-01T14:09:03.805Z", "author": { "name": "IndieJames" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "What are people's thoughts on starting with finding problems worth x amount to a client?
\nI was working out that you need to generate this amount of value per month to get to $100m in ARR
\n1,000 Enterprise customers:\nPrice per month: $8,333\nValue: $27,777 - $41,665\n10,000 Medium-sized companies:\nPrice per month: $833\nValue: $2,777 - $4,165\n100,000 Small businesses:\nPrice per month: $83\nValue: $277 - $415\n1m Consumers or “prosumers”:\nPrice per month: $8.33\nValue: $27.77 - $41.65
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/31558d1182", "title": "I worked out how much value you need to create per customer to get to $100m in ARR", "date_modified": "2023-05-21T15:48:01.381Z", "author": { "name": "Johnsoni" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm looking to connect with fellow IndieHackers who are actively considering their SaaS pricing strategies or have experience with regular testing. If you're willing to share your experiences or discuss pricing experiments, please feel free to DM me! I'm excited to learn from you and explore different perspectives.
\nFeel free to throw in any tips, advice, or resources you've found helpful in your journey on the thread too.!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/a0cfad8e18", "title": "Seeking Advice & Insights: SaaS Pricing Strategies & Experiments", "date_modified": "2023-05-17T16:18:52.495Z", "author": { "name": "Johnsoni" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "For more detail: https://medium.com/@universTh32x21/the-mind-blowing-facts-about-income-levels-that-may-change-your-life-forever-df46c567ad1b
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dbf65e9609", "title": "The Mind-Blowing Facts About Income Levels That May Change Your Life Forever", "date_modified": "2023-05-05T10:02:57.837Z", "author": { "name": "darianstone1" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "And why? 😊
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e4daaf68ce", "title": "Would you rather have $10k MRR or $100k in sales today?", "date_modified": "2023-04-30T17:58:46.699Z", "author": { "name": "rosiesherry" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I recently came across a great blog post about "pricing page driven development" that I think could be super helpful for those of you figuring out your pricing model.
\nThe post talks about creating a pricing model that's easy for users to understand by working backwards from a clear pricing page. They give a behind-the-scenes look at how their startup has updated their pricing page over time to boost conversion rates and LTV.
\nYou can check out the blog post here: https://buttondown.email/blog/pricing-page-driven-development
\nIf you're currently working on a pricing model for your product, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Did you start by envisioning your ideal pricing page, or did you approach it differently?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/c15a4624d5", "title": "Creating a pricing model by working backwards", "date_modified": "2023-03-30T17:55:59.165Z", "author": { "name": "malenaohl" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fecceb228b", "title": "The Battle of the Sales, Net Sales vs Revenue Sales", "date_modified": "2023-02-27T01:56:02.876Z", "author": { "name": "Churnfree1" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Many leading classified portals provide options to users to generate money. If you are an individual, you can make use of the platform for promoting your product or services and get genuine reach that will result in better lead generation. Read the blog to know more.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9fa5dca635", "title": "How to make money on classified websites?", "date_modified": "2023-02-25T13:05:49.254Z", "author": { "name": "Monica_Jessi" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm proud to say that our product has helped countless startups. Our low-cost, professionally designed templates are easy to edit, making it simple for even the most inexperienced users to create a visually appealing presentation. Our templates have saved startups both time and money, enabling them to focus on what really matters - growing their business.
\nView full product catalog - https://airpitch.gumroad.com/
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9f24d2b573", "title": "Free Pitch deck templates, company profile templates, and financial model templates. Premium templates are available at up to 60% Off.", "date_modified": "2023-02-24T06:09:40.930Z", "author": { "name": "farhatjamil" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I told my parents recently that I don't want to go to college. Instead, I want to work on building a business. I figure that if I spend the next four years building and launching products instead of taking notes in boring lectures, I'll be rich! 🤩
\nAt the same time, my uncle keeps telling me that getting some experience under my belt will make it more likely that I succeed as an entrepreneur.
\nWhat do you think? Do I have to pay my dues and slog in menial positions as a student or employee before earning my freedom or can I hightail it straight to the Land Where Money Grows on Trees??
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/84d75dafbc", "title": "Living with the 'rents and hacking instead of college. Who's with me?", "date_modified": "2023-02-22T22:23:59.545Z", "author": { "name": "sylvan" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Would it be better to consider a fully transparent product which everyone can use and choose their own plan, or is there merit to a more customized and tailored onboarding flow/customer sales journey?
\nFor context, pending more customer validation but I think a reasonable price point would be between $1000-$1500/mo paid annually. Would the best route for this to be gated, or something open to the public?
\nIf there's not enough information to support the question, let me know and I'd be happy to provide more context. Thanks a ton for your insights/suggestions in advance
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/89dda04fc9", "title": "[B2B] Fully open or closed behind demo?", "date_modified": "2023-01-03T03:02:27.588Z", "author": { "name": "indiekam" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Thanks everyone!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/c0086b13c8", "title": "How long of a free trial is enough?", "date_modified": "2022-12-29T16:20:19.071Z", "author": { "name": "mikeneedle" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Some platforms are creator friendly while others are developer friendly. Which platform is built for indie hackers to scale profitably as they grow.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ba41985176", "title": "Which platform do you use to collect payments?", "date_modified": "2022-12-19T07:48:39.671Z", "author": { "name": "anksncode" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I often find myself “inventing” something and discovering it already exists. But for this pricing model, I don’t know how to search if it’s a thing.
\nPricing model:
\nIncremental pricing, based on the number of users.\nFor example, the price starts at $10 and increases by $5 for every 10 customers.
\nFor recurring payments:
\nSame thing, but if someone stops paying, others move on the list.\nFor example, If I'm the 11th customer, I'm paying $15 per month. When someone who signed up before me leaves, I become 10th on the list and pay $10 from then on.
\nIs it even possible to do something like this?
\nI'm thinking a lot about this pricing model. I would love to go into more details, but wanted to check first if it already exists 😇
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/31e7322ae3", "title": "Is this pricing model a thing?", "date_modified": "2022-12-01T17:02:06.800Z", "author": { "name": "IvanOkupio" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey hackers!
\nI've had a few companies ask for better insight and transparency over their banks’ and payment provider payment fees.
\nI’d love to get your feedback on a new tool we’ve built to help with that: Fee Calculator (rebanknow.com/fee-calculator). It’s still an MVP, and your input will drive the next iteration of this!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9e2444a745", "title": "How much is your business paying in bank/payment fees?", "date_modified": "2022-11-29T13:34:13.634Z", "author": { "name": "smoses" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey guys,
\nWhat do indie hackers use for payments? \nStripe / Square / Paypal / etc?
\nAnd in your own personal experience, what's the easiest to use? :)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/b821819864", "title": "How do you handle payments?", "date_modified": "2022-11-29T04:41:16.269Z", "author": { "name": "andrew__" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "That said, if anybody wanted to give me a big pile of money, I would take it! 😂
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5a106e5387", "title": "Money and fame don't equal happiness (duh?)", "date_modified": "2022-11-25T21:20:10.976Z", "author": { "name": "dking" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Here’s what that pricing looks like on the site👇🏽
\n\nWhat do you think?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/bda5234669", "title": "How we decided to go with 100% productized pricing", "date_modified": "2022-11-16T17:42:58.383Z", "author": { "name": "sophia_oneal" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hello everyone,
\nI am presently developing a technology startup and was wondering how I might get a grant in Canada as a software startup.
\nWhere should I submit my application?\nCan you provide me that helpful tip?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/43eb18dc35", "title": "How can I get a grant for my tech startup?", "date_modified": "2022-11-08T20:05:05.061Z", "author": { "name": "Daniel_A" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hi, am shakil. I will try to keep this question simple.
\nI haven’t registered a business. No VAT or company registration.
\nI am working on an app, TradePlan.io , is there any service provider that lets me accept payment to my personal account. Once things work out, I will for sure register the needed stuff.
\nFYI, I am based in India. So if there are any India based indie hacker who had used any payment gateway to measure the initial traction before they registered there startup, do let me know.
\nThat said, any global solution is also acceptable. Thanks.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/6b1673c8c0", "title": "Accepting payment as a individual in SaaS app", "date_modified": "2022-10-22T23:11:36.599Z", "author": { "name": "shaqqs" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I am an Indian indie hacker. I am just getting started with micro-saas primarily targeting the US market. I am wondering if I can accept payments in USD as an individual or if I need to register as a company.
\n(I tried Stripe, but to accept payments in USD, they expect me to be registered)
\nDo other fellow Indian indie hackers have any recommendations and if I need to register, can you recommend how should I go about doing it so that it is easy on cost and compliance?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/87867502b0", "title": "Indian Indie Hackers - how do you accept payments in USD?", "date_modified": "2022-10-18T11:36:07.926Z", "author": { "name": "apicproducts" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "In light of the above, it's hard to see the new $2,500 misinformation fine as an error — this is a direction PayPal has been taking for years, and they have grown more aggressive about it in recent months. Researcher Stefan Patatu also uncovered evidence from archive.org that the AUP was not published in error.
\nPayPal shares were down as much as 6% the Monday after the announcement, the stock is down over 60% on the year.
\nWhat do you think — was it an honest mistake, or a guilty retraction? Feel free to comment or vote in the poll below :)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f68b753259", "title": "PayPal's $2,500 misinformation fine was no mistake", "date_modified": "2022-10-10T17:06:55.061Z", "author": { "name": "vipgraphics" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "\nHappy Friday everyone!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/05d2f7d8f1", "title": "When you find out the price of something after you’ve entered the funnel", "date_modified": "2022-09-30T17:40:18.893Z", "author": { "name": "rosiesherry" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "My current option is to work part-time to refill my oxygen bank, so I can explore low oxygen areas without the potential risk of dying.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ea70ae6588", "title": "A part-time job as a viable option to continue creating", "date_modified": "2022-09-18T11:18:03.124Z", "author": { "name": "DmytroKrasun" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Do you allow PayPal payments in your apps?
\nIf so, what percentage of users choose PayPal over other payment methods e.g. credit cards?
\nI see there are some negative opinions about PayPal, what do Indie Makers think about it?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f687dea8b9", "title": "PayPal vs credit cards", "date_modified": "2022-08-28T15:12:42.720Z", "author": { "name": "przybytniewski" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I am trying to help my nutritionist in order to create an app cheaper that can manage clients - reports , and insights about objectives about each patient goals at a lower cost . the application mostly will be able to each patient add measures , diets , and notes , and plus align to a nutritionist knowledge . my problem is what kind of business model can we adopt ? I want to give a free access , and a modern way to gyms , nutritionist , and much more manage their patients goals. however server costs , domain , development costs aren't free , but I want to at least make a cash flow loop even if I don't earn money . the application can be in two forms ( web or mobile ( android , ios ) where personal trainers , nutritionists , and patients can share a common goal without charge money for
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0bc8bca5ec", "title": "how do I generate revenue in a fitness app?", "date_modified": "2022-08-27T20:15:22.120Z", "author": { "name": "blackleitus" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Jobs aren't as "stable" as people think.
\nYou can be fired without notice pretty much whenever.
\nOnce you have paying customers you are in control of a much more stable income source.
\nIt's the starting out that's risky.
\nWhat path do you choose?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/98097318b5", "title": "Jobs are too risky. Take the safe path and start a startup.", "date_modified": "2022-08-23T10:51:19.195Z", "author": { "name": "AntCas" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/a48dfa279b", "title": "Save money: replace your email SAAS with free services 💸", "date_modified": "2022-07-15T23:53:20.519Z", "author": { "name": "higgins" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "We talk about Most Popular Freelancing Platform in this Article and We will cover everything for instance Niches & Categories Available to Work Online, How to Start, Proofs of How Much People are Earning, Tips & Tricks to grow on this Freelancing Platform. Read the Full Article.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/58f7eaaa26", "title": "How to Make Money Online through Fiverr", "date_modified": "2022-07-12T09:42:18.495Z", "author": { "name": "mweducator" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/322f78f4a6", "title": "Free trials with or without credit card info?", "date_modified": "2022-07-05T16:04:28.766Z", "author": { "name": "gourave" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I have been working on iweydii app, an app where you can buy and sell used items by chatting with sellers, who simply have to take a picture to list the product in the app.
\nWe wanted to price the list items as packages for example. $10 for 12 posts in the app. Also when a user posts the item they can boost the item to be on top of the page which is another package $1.99 a day. How do we convince sellers to pay to list their items? Or should we ask to post the item for free and later focus on selling him to boost the item? Thanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ee3a75bbdc", "title": "How to decide the pricing of a C2C business app?", "date_modified": "2022-06-29T00:11:04.781Z", "author": { "name": "Taabo" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "As others have pointed out, better way is to default it to USD and provide an option (for people like me) to convert it to local currency.
\nAnd Just like that my two month of time is saved by creating a service like this that no one will use. Thank you Indie Hacker community ❤️ .
\nUPDATE 2: changed the title.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/a46a4f487b", "title": "Experimenting with /pricing?", "date_modified": "2022-06-20T15:06:29.560Z", "author": { "name": "prakashn" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I got to 7k MRR in less than a YEAR!! Biggest learning: Dont give out free trials!
\nStartup: https://founderscafe.io
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0ddadda5db", "title": "Don't give out free trials!", "date_modified": "2022-06-11T00:06:38.364Z", "author": { "name": "gay" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1c48c4274d", "title": "How to decide the pricing of a SaaS product?", "date_modified": "2022-06-08T10:04:05.651Z", "author": { "name": "Saas_Enthusiast" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hello everyone,
\nI've recently launched the beta version of UI Coach 2.0 which is a platform that helps you practice UI design with features like:\n💡 Project ideas\n🎨 Color palettes\n✒️ Font pairings\nand a huge curated list of award-winning and nominated website designs you can browse to get inspired\nhttps://www.uicoach.io\nI currently have around 1k daily active users and I'm working on growing that but I'm quite lost on how to monetize it, I'd love to keep it free because I want people from less privileged countries to be able to use it without worrying about a paywall, any suggestions?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1ba7270d3a", "title": "How can I monetize UI Coach", "date_modified": "2022-06-01T06:34:55.650Z", "author": { "name": "Nero_ceo" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "More and more business models get invented, seemingly, every year. Or a startup popularizes some kind of old biz model.
\nAds and Adtech still dominate online digital space. And it seems are invading into new areas more and more. I myself in the past 10 years have worked in television, influencer marketing, and newsletter advertising.
\nI'm noticing more and more ads, in everything. In every space. Beyond banner ads too. Branded content, influencer content, native ads, etc.
\nIt just seems like the future holds more ads in more places, than today.
\nI want to ask you. I want to see beyond my bubble.
\nDo you think there will be more ads or less ads in the future?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/c7ded45a27", "title": "Will there be more or fewer ads in our future?", "date_modified": "2022-05-28T15:15:59.460Z", "author": { "name": "kamphey" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Not sure. It may be a real problem yet to be explored.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/331108d4ab", "title": "What about Purchasing Power Parity pricing (aka Localized pricing)?", "date_modified": "2022-05-19T16:21:41.058Z", "author": { "name": "geojacobm6" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "It's nice to read about those psychological tactics like applying the Decoy Effect but curious to see some real-life examples in action.
\nWhat is the rationale for how you guys charge?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/db76a9f187", "title": "Link to your pricing page and tell us about your pricing strategy", "date_modified": "2022-05-18T09:46:21.301Z", "author": { "name": "AliMese" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "💸 Revenue - shows troubles with accounts receivable \n💰 Cost of goods sold - shows troubles with inventory \n🧾 Other expenses - shows troubles with other payables
\nOnce you have that, you can start designing a strategy to speed up your cash conversion cycle. If successful, your cash flow can be consistently positive and give you proper financial freedom. On that note: Ready, set, go, let the cash flow! 🤑
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/188cfa967c", "title": "Are You Managing Cash Or Is Cash Managing You?", "date_modified": "2022-05-11T18:54:10.478Z", "author": { "name": "LineSophie" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "About a year and a half ago, I launched the beta of my first SaaS application, which is a hospital management software. However, now that I want to publicly launch it, I'm stuck at pricing. I'm not sure how much to charge, what would be a fair price. I'm thinking of a per user per month pricing model. If you're someone in the medicare industry, what do you think would be a fair price.
\nFor your reference, here are some of the features that are currently available:
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/86bdbe1489", "title": "I made my SaaS but I'm stuck at pricing", "date_modified": "2022-05-07T13:54:07.171Z", "author": { "name": "infraredCoding" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "The bottom line with JustLikeAPI’s pricing is that due to the nature of the tasks it performs, every client receives a custom offer. With this type of pricing model, it’s very important to be as transparent with your clients as possible. This means letting them know what the offer is based on, and how different matters that we have to consider contribute to the final offer. This creates a sense of trust between us and the clients and enables us to form and nurture long-term relationships.
\nThere’s one underlying factor that is common for all three services of ours, and you may have already noticed it. It’s that when deciding on pricing, we always start with what we know & with what we can predict/control. In the case of BotMeNot – there’s actually not much that we can predict.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8765d6c840", "title": "How I decided on three different pricing models for my three projects", "date_modified": "2022-04-27T16:07:04.968Z", "author": { "name": "mkrunic" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey does anyone have an example for a product offering both 1 time and recurring pricing models? Like if it was Netflix, they may charge $2 / movie but also have a $15 / month plan? Curious if its too confusing for the end user
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ca3593c455", "title": "Mixing one time and recurring pricing?", "date_modified": "2022-04-23T06:09:28.729Z", "author": { "name": "graemefunke" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "You work on your thing. You don't know when you'll reach a point where it makes you enough $ to sustain yourself. How are you sustaining yourself in the meanwhile?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/9124a1d8c0", "title": "How are you sustaining yourself?", "date_modified": "2022-04-18T15:13:55.373Z", "author": { "name": "heyomark" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "But the indie startup economy is growing with likely hundreds of thousands of small software and internet businesses operating around the globe, looking to leave a mark.\n\nEver-growing communities like Indie Hackers and Product Hunt are living proof that new startups and founders are working away at innovative ideas everyday - most of whom do not even consider Venture Capital funding anymore.
\nAnd now the founders of the startups can choose whichever path suits them and their ambitions best, be it bootstrapping, VC funding and everything in between.
\nRead more here: Bootstrapping, Venture Capital and the space in the middle\n
\nAlso, check out our partial acquisition marketplace
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dfe7721d72", "title": "Bootstrapping, Venture Capital and the space in the middle", "date_modified": "2022-04-12T10:59:48.128Z", "author": { "name": "jpdavidpeters" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Yes, I know I should be testing pricing to see what works. But I want to know - where did you start? How did you go about figuring out that first pricing to try? I asked a bunch of parents I know, they all tell me this is fair pricing (especially the lifetime one if it is given as a gift to other new parents), but I'm still skeptical - I want to hear your strategies.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e991668189", "title": "Is a $250 lifetime subscription too much? Too little? How did you land on your pricing?", "date_modified": "2022-04-07T13:19:29.257Z", "author": { "name": "vukradic" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "You're an indie hacker and have spare $1000 to invest. How would you do it?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/08f2a9d475", "title": "How would you invest $1000?", "date_modified": "2022-04-03T18:06:25.534Z", "author": { "name": "molly8or" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I was hoping to get some inspiration from the community. Please share a link to your pricing page and tell us about your strategy. I encourage you to elaborate on what's been working and what hasn't and what you've learned so far!
\n🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/d34356f3e9", "title": "What does your pricing page look like?", "date_modified": "2022-03-25T23:12:22.414Z", "author": { "name": "nomnomnomad" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Android:\nhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simfolio.app
\nThank you!! 🚀
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/18da21cdd8", "title": "Do you know your future net worth? What app do you use to help you with this?", "date_modified": "2022-03-23T14:43:08.886Z", "author": { "name": "wisanishilumani" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "What’s your preferred way to accept payments online and why?
\nDo you use Stripe for its huge number of features or Paddle because it handles your taxes? Do you prefer a platform like Gumroad or Shopify to take payments? Do your customers prefer PayPal or is crypto more their thing?
\nAnd what do you sell? (SaaS, digital products, physical products...)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/94f6cfa0b8", "title": "How do you accept online payments?", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T14:16:58.484Z", "author": { "name": "samlevy" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Heya!
\nImagine you were going to start a side-hustle today to make money and potentially quit your job in the future.
\nCurious to hear your thoughts on this! I'm thinking about starting a new side-hustle, and the ones I've done previously were not too successful financially. So I'd love to hear how other people would go about it and learn from you.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/56577f2573", "title": "How would you start a side-hustle?", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T14:08:33.783Z", "author": { "name": "Matthias_" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Recently, some initiatives are coming up to help people that don’t necessarily have an income to qualify for a mortgage. For bitcoin owners, the startup Ledn can help you get a mortgage if you have a bitcoin portfolio, so more and more solutions are getting built to solve this problem.
\nThis post is part of an article I published on Medium. Check it out to read more about investing on the stock market as a founder, planning your retirement and learning about other founders opinion on the subject.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/38883df92a", "title": "Handling personal finances as a founder is hard, here are some tips", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T12:10:24.534Z", "author": { "name": "Fearofsnakes" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Ads here
", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/fdd04866ca", "title": "Rough week! $409 vs $2.7K one month ago 😣", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T10:38:21.297Z", "author": { "name": "michaelforrest" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "This week we're approaching a big milestone for Compound Journal – 100 downloads!
\nCompound Journal is an end-of-day daily journaling app that's designed to mirror what a conversation between two people might look like.
\n"How was your day?"
\n"What did you do today?"
\nThen followed by a prompt that ask you to reflect back on your day.
\nThis project has been a lot of fun to work on. Of course, completely bootstrapped up to this point with zero dollars spent on any marketing or services.
\nUp to this point the only money that we have spent has been on the landing page hosting costs.
\nIf people are interested I can outline our tech stack and how we have managed to get this project off the ground with spending almost next to $0.00
\nIf you'd like check out the app feel free to download it and start a free trial! The yearly subscription is only $19.99 (monthly is $2.99).
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/e2700bd611", "title": "Approaching 100 downloads! 🎉💜", "date_modified": "2022-03-22T02:53:07.407Z", "author": { "name": "blakeawood" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I developed a SaaS product, DomainProactive, for security monitoring.
\nI have had it running for a while now with some initial customers using a placeholder price of $5/month.
\nI am changing this to a tiered price model (at least two tiers) where the higher priced tiers increase the count and frequency of the security tests. I intend to offer a 10% discount for annual subscriptions.
\nI am interested in your thoughts regarding how many tiers I should have and what they should be priced at or how I would determine a good pricing model. I am also wondering about your thoughts on charging a penny or a dollar less than some ideal price (e.g. $59 instead of $60).
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/614e380600", "title": "Pricing a SaaS product?", "date_modified": "2022-03-20T17:52:26.164Z", "author": { "name": "GeneMcCulley" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "You're supposed to charge more, right?? 😂
\nShare your project and your pricing and let's see whether people think you should be charging more!
\nAfter you tell us about your project, be sure to drop into someone else's comment and leave some feedback!
\nThanks, everyone! 🙏🏻
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/8a9f4bf353", "title": "Share your project if you charge less than $10", "date_modified": "2022-03-17T21:18:13.408Z", "author": { "name": "dking" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Remember: "Price is just a tool to materialize value"
\nAlways go with annual contracts /subscriptions🎆\n• Annuals see oh so much lower Churn!\n• 1️⃣ purchasing decision per year vs. 12
\n"Freemium is a Samurai sword: unless you’re a master at using it, you can cut your arm off"\n• Don't do Freemium until you get the value metric right\n• Freemium is an acquisition model, NOT part of your pricing!
\nHow to Freemium:\n⛔Set the limits from early-on\n🙈Monitor your product usage and test changes to make users convert\n🎁 Offer free trial for your paid plans \n📢Notify users about limits and offer seamless upgrade \n💸Identify hot users- let Sales team work
\nIs Freemium for you? 🤔\nIf you know the answer to those questions, then YES!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/37ef8abc1c", "title": "Pricing an internet product, aaagh🙄... Here's what I've learned", "date_modified": "2022-03-17T20:12:01.430Z", "author": { "name": "Kod" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Seeing around 1/3 of SaaS products hide their pricing and ask to "contact them" for more information.
\nWhat's been your experiencing with hiding/displaying your pricing?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/03450535ab", "title": "Should you hide your pricing?", "date_modified": "2022-03-17T10:30:52.730Z", "author": { "name": "zerotousers" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I'm interested in using a per-seat billing model for a project built around teams, but I've never built or really used a per-seat model before. In Stripe's example here: https://stripe.com/docs/billing/subscriptions/per-seat they have the team owner manually choose how many seats they want to subscribe to. Presumably then the team owner could invite that many users to their team.
\nI'm wondering if that is the normal flow, or is it typically done where you can invite as many people as you want, and as they join the team your seat quantity is raised automatically. So if I invite 10 people I'm being billed for 10 people, without having to go to my billing page and manually raise my seats to 10.
\nI just want to follow expectations for how businesses are used to doing this.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f03764e8f1", "title": "Per-seat billing, add users to bill automatically or make owner manually add seats?", "date_modified": "2022-03-15T18:57:02.250Z", "author": { "name": "Harrjm" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hey folks, my name is Gab and I'm the cofounder of Allswealth, a financial planner for Canadians. I'm currently writing an article about personal finances for founders and I believe it would be great to get the input of some of you.
\nI'm not sure if Indie Hacker put rel="dofollow" on their links but I'm planning to link back to your website on the article.
\nI'm looking for the following information:\n-Your best advice for founders regarding money management/personal finances?\n-A mistake you did that they should not repeat.\n-Why personal finance is important and how that helped you?\n-Your name, your work title, and your website.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/aaade54ad6", "title": "I'm writing an article about personal finances as a founder/entrepreneur. Wanna share your story?", "date_modified": "2022-03-12T15:00:38.955Z", "author": { "name": "Fearofsnakes" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "11 Best Ecommerce Payment Processing Tools
\nLooking for reliable payment processing software for your online store? Check out our list of the 10 best eCommerce payment processing tools.\nDepending on where your business is located, the products you sell, and your gross margins, one or more of these options might be a good fit.
\nhttps://databox.com/best-ecommerce-payment-processing-tools
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/081f433b6a", "title": "Check Out", "date_modified": "2022-03-09T05:54:19.580Z", "author": { "name": "ashok83" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "When it comes to sharing financial data I tend to be quite conservative, but in the end I decided to apply for the grant. I'm not too optimistic about my chances given that we are still 1-3 months before seeing significant revenue from any of our first two SaaS apps, but who knows.
\nI don't know a lot of fellow bootstrappers but the few I do know had not heard of this grant. As such I thought I would dedicate my first Indie Hackers post about this initiatives. I hope other Indie Hackers are successful in their application.
\nGood luck!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/91758f7f39", "title": "GrooveHQ's no-strings-attached $1MM grant for entrepreneurs", "date_modified": "2022-03-08T22:14:44.119Z", "author": { "name": "Reginald_O" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Internationalisation is often a Serie B-C problem for startups (if we talk in terms of funding size), it's really rare you encounter these kind of problems in your indiehacking journey and you shouldn't put too much time covering this too early, but if you're willing to, here is a simple way 😉.
\nIf you liked this post, you can follow me on Twitter or IH 😊
\n\n\nThis is an extraction of my answer to @yousaiditchewie 's original post.
\n
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/15ed628a43", "title": "Best practices for international subscriptions", "date_modified": "2022-03-03T07:45:41.239Z", "author": { "name": "axelvaindal" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I’ve noticed that the majority of my failed transactions are from international customers.
\nI’m order to try and retain their business I want to equip my subscriptions to accommodate international currencies. The problem is, I don’t see a way to “automatically” accept in any supported currency.
\nWhat are best practices for Stripe subscriptions with many different currencies? Do I need to make a new product for each currency, then make a new sales page for each currency?
\nI know this has to be a problem someone here has solved. Any help is appreciated!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7f52bf88b5", "title": "Best practices for Stripe international subscriptions?", "date_modified": "2022-03-02T14:11:50.393Z", "author": { "name": "yousaiditchewie" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Hi all! I'd love to gather some different perspectives / wisdom from this community on how you all have approached your pricing & packaging strategy for new SaaS businesses.
\nWhat was the primary goal / outcome you were solving for with your pricing & packaging at this initial stage of your business, and why?
\nI've worked in a number of different contexts — brand new businesses, growth stage startups, and established enterprises — but am curious about learning from others' approaches and experiences as well. Thanks!
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5dde49c2c3", "title": "SaaS pricing priorities?", "date_modified": "2022-02-25T21:12:18.870Z", "author": { "name": "kkilat" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "It doesn’t matter if you pick up a non-committing monthly customer or an all-in yearly customer, offering both options increases the likelihood of a conversion. When you offer a couple of months for free on the annual plan, you also guide those that can afford that option toward a longer lifetime value with your business.
\nWhat has been your experience with monthly and yearly subscriptions?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/98946622a1", "title": "Why offer both monthly and yearly subscription options", "date_modified": "2022-02-23T08:39:46.039Z", "author": { "name": "graphicscove" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "A friend of mine was suggesting to charge something like 39.99€ per single ad...
\nOpen to change prices and to more ideas, but what do you think could be the right model? Single ad pricing or block pricing?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/235981c248", "title": "How to price a newsletter sponsorship?", "date_modified": "2022-02-22T07:39:34.765Z", "author": { "name": "napolux" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I've heard wildly different estimates this year on what indie hackers are paying to file their taxes so I decided to get scientific about it and run a survey.
\nI'll send the results to anyone who fills out this form.
\nFind out if you're overpaying or not:
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/760eec4296", "title": "How much do you pay to file your taxes?", "date_modified": "2022-02-21T21:41:11.960Z", "author": { "name": "AntCas" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "ie. pay the normal monthly rate but if you make it to 10 months then the next 2 are free. In the same way coffee shops do.
\nI was thinking this could be an interesting pricing model as it allows users to still get the "annual" discount but pay monthly.
\nAlso monthly pricing forces you to provide value the whole time. If someone churns after 6 months it is useful information. But if they already paid and just stop using the product you don't really know until the annual renewal comes up which delays that feedback loop.
\nHas anyone seen or used this pricing model and have any thoughts?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/94abf8ef9e", "title": "Buy 10 Months Get 2 Free?", "date_modified": "2022-02-20T03:40:51.905Z", "author": { "name": "drie" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "The advice I've heard is 'always charge more'. Sounds simple, yet I know that many IHers struggle to figure out their pricing.
\nSo tell us:
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dcd0d886d1", "title": "How did you set your pricing?", "date_modified": "2022-02-17T19:16:32.664Z", "author": { "name": "brandonHacker" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I recently read Joel Spolsky's excellent blog on pricing and it got me thinking about the demand curve and customer segmentation.
\nI think most of our paying customers would have happily paid double. What about you?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f31f17822a", "title": "Charge rich customers more", "date_modified": "2022-02-17T08:33:41.498Z", "author": { "name": "matthew_reid" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Do you have any thoughts on which would be better? Or any better ideas in general?
\nthanks
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f265592dbf", "title": "Free trial based on use limit or time limit?", "date_modified": "2022-02-16T20:48:27.716Z", "author": { "name": "toddhoffious" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "I know I’m not the only one. Recent studies show:
\n\n\nNearly half (47%) of U.S. consumers say they’re frustrated by the growing number of subscriptions and services (source)
\n
Please, let me be your customer. I love and support many apps. Just stop with the subscriptions.
\nP.S.\nAs an indiehacker, I totally see why subscriptions are appealing. But, see if there’s a compromise out there with your customers. Understand their perspective, and you’ll make better products too. I invite you to join me in the comments section.
\nEDIT: Great comments! Loving the discussion. I’ll respond to everyone this evening.\nEDIT 2: Thanks everyone! We have more than a hundred comments and votes in the poll. I read a lot of great insights and learned a lot.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/dae7cd307c", "title": "I have subscription fatigue", "date_modified": "2022-02-14T05:26:30.676Z", "author": { "name": "fromtheexchange" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Did you get less people converting to paying users? Did your conversion rate increase/decrease?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/f0d285d566", "title": "What happened after you increased your prices?", "date_modified": "2022-02-10T11:50:47.855Z", "author": { "name": "heyomark" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "If we have even an iota of purchase intent, putting down your credit card to get month-long free access is a no-brainer.
\nWhat I like about CC-upfront trials is that -- apart from its much higher conversion rate -- it adds to your MRR right away, you know there's an impending invoice coming your way, assuming they don't churn.
\nIf your value proposition is strong enough, potential customers will not be put away by the credit card requirement, and you're also more likely to attract serious buyers instead of freeloaders.
\nHow do you run your free trials?
\nCredit card upfront, no credit card upfront, low-cost free trial (e.g. $1), no free trial, or a combination thereof?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/4d49353477", "title": "To ask for credit card upfront or not: why not both?", "date_modified": "2022-02-09T12:10:14.001Z", "author": { "name": "simplisticallysimple" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "\nRevenue went up 20%. Users started talking to me, even if they weren't converting to paid. I began to understand who my users were and what they wanted from me, and what would make them convert.
\nI cannot recommend CC gating your free trials enough. It puts everything into neat little compartments. People signing up? Good, they're finding you. Putting their CC down for a trial? Good, you have a compelling value prop. Converting from trial? Good, you delivered on that prop.
\nI wanted to wait until my product was "in a better position." It is now in a better position, only because I asked for CC up front. Don't make the mistakes I made. If you're struggling to get traction, try this for a month. If you're not really getting customers anyways, what do you have to lose?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ec400440da", "title": "Asking for credit cards upfront changed my business", "date_modified": "2022-02-07T20:49:08.430Z", "author": { "name": "royledoyle" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Let's say a corporation is buying SaaS software for the whole department of 4 000 employees. The subscription is priced $1 for user/month. So it is $4 000 monthly or $48 000 annually. Is the corporation paying all this money by credit card?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/2869f5df01", "title": "How are corporations paying for SaaS?", "date_modified": "2022-01-31T23:06:44.457Z", "author": { "name": "dangervest" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Taxes trouble many SaaS founders across the globe and not without a reason!
\nIt's a tedious and very frustrating process\nthat requires anything that a start-up opposes to:
\nWanna learn how to handle Taxes properly in your SaaS business? \nWanna 10x certain processes, without trial and error?
\nLearn everything you will ever need for your SaaS Taxes here
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/3a72962944", "title": "SaaS Taxes: Anything you will ever need to know", "date_modified": "2022-01-27T14:55:02.416Z", "author": { "name": "Kod" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "There are two things you need to do before pricing:
\nUser Segment. You need to figure out who your users are. What is their goal by using your product? How much are they willing to pay for it? How much is the CAC? What's their LTV?
\nValued Features. You need to figure out the key features they want, this would help you design the pricing tier.
\nPS: Make sure to grow with your users, the more value they receive, the more money you earn.
\nHappy to hear what's your thought.
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/5a18c96af2", "title": "Two things you need to do before pricing", "date_modified": "2022-01-26T07:33:55.432Z", "author": { "name": "Daniel_Chen" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "It's still early days for Twylu and we're thinking about ditching the trial. Twylu is a tool that automates a lot of the internal linking audit and recommendations process. The current 30 day trial only lets you test with 500 URLs but if your site is much bigger than that, it may not give the best examples. We then thought about bringing the trial down to 14 days, giving access to the full URL allowance and requiring card details (to push people to try it within the trial period). Trouble with that is if they have the full URL allowance and only have 1 website, they may use it as much as they can during the trial and then cancel.
\nWe're now thinking, let's just ditch the trial. What's people's thoughts/experience with this? Maybe we could help conversions by offering a demo (before or after sign up)?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/7a42b0bb20", "title": "Thoughts on trials?", "date_modified": "2022-01-25T13:55:14.936Z", "author": { "name": "martinhayman" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "My product https://renderchallenge.com/ is basically a database of render challenges that I curate on a weekly basis. So far it has been minimal effort (<2 hours per week), but I want to invest more time into monetizing it soon.
\nI'm still in that early growth phase where I'm trying to build up an audience, but I've added a BuyMeACoffee link to the site to see if anyone finds enough value to consider donating.
\nI'm wondering if this is even worth my time, or should I focus on just offering this service for Free and maybe look into other monetization ideas like:
\nI don't want to cheapen my product, but I also don't want to spend too much time working for free on things.
\nWhat should I do?
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/1db80cc0f0", "title": "Has BuyMeACoffee worked for anyone?", "date_modified": "2022-01-23T17:49:32.241Z", "author": { "name": "umariomaker" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Solution: Testing and analyze customer data is the only reliable way to know which is right for you. Model a few different pricing strategies and don’t be afraid to be flexible.
\n🙏🏽Wow, still here! Thank you for that🙏🏽\nIf interested in pricing, I’d love to share some more. I can roast your pricing too!
\nI post one tip per day on Twitter. (Following back🤞🏾)
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/ec7546d77d", "title": "Your SaaS Pricing is wrong!", "date_modified": "2022-01-22T12:28:50.317Z", "author": { "name": "Kod" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] }, { "content_html": "Is 1:10:25 the right ratio? Does ongoing access to your paid up version alleviate the need for a one-time price?
\n[1] https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/9705/
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", "url": "https://feed.indiehackers.world/post/0125ba612d", "title": "B2C SaaS, anyone doing a 1-time charge?", "date_modified": "2022-01-21T20:11:28.480Z", "author": { "name": "tconfrey" }, "tags": [ "Money" ] } ] }