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Ask HN: What would you pay $5/month for?

by pollilop on 1/28/16, 2:07 PM with 6 comments

I am a developer with 7 years of professional experience.

I have tried to develop different types of services and apps but had little success. Please share some of your ideas, it would help me out a lot.

Thanks

  • by brudgers on 1/28/16, 2:42 PM

    I think a better question is "What would you pay $10,000 per month for?"

    I mean, although I would pay $5 a month for a Lower Manhattan penthouse, a late model Dodge Charger, five pounds of ground beef, etc., there aren't many things that I think are both worth about $5 a month and are worth the overhead of paying someone to do it...well maybe Mad Magazine or something else content based.

    But that's not an app or service. And anyway, the last thing I would recommend as an MVP is an app because there is no control over customers or sales channel and no way to iterate quickly.

    I think this is a reasonable introduction to pricing: http://www.slideshare.net/omohout/lean-pricing-startups

    Good luck.

  • by skhatri11 on 1/28/16, 2:08 PM

    Have you tried making something that you (and your friends) would pay $5 / month for?

  • by sharemywin on 1/28/16, 3:12 PM

    seems like a lot of companies offer a free "limited" account at that level.

  • by sjs382 on 1/28/16, 3:25 PM

    What have you tried so far?