by karanveer on 6/7/24, 3:35 PM with 3 comments
I build a project that hosts your internet links but with a description, so each link has its own description for better guiding my audience and I've got a decent initial response from it.
However, I also love the current pricing structure as is at the moment because first, its in favour of the people using it, and second, this is a project that just was meant to help anyone in their initial struggling phase and that's why no enforced paywall.
The launch has gone good but from your experience, do you think this is a viable option of pricing?
What do you think?
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by wadadadad on 6/7/24, 4:28 PM
- I wasn't able to immediately understand what the point of the application from your description (both here and on the site itself). If I can't understand it immediately, it's unlikely I'm going to use it. Eventually I was able to understand (as best I could, I'm still not sure) that it's for sending other people a link to your profile, so you can show them a list of other websites related to you (with a description).
- The audience would have to be users with: more than one link they want to send (otherwise they would just communicate their own link directly); relatively low tech skills (or else they might just build their own website with similar functionality that they have complete control of); and people who feel a repository of links and descriptions to send to other people would be beneficial. This seems to me a very specific audience that I'm not sure is large enough to merit solving a problem for (if your goal is a sustainable company).
- I'm not sure of the cost-benefit of your application to the end users. I'm not the audience of your application, but this doesn't strike me as something I would use if I was in your target audience.
- What's your end goal? To make money, as you're asking about pricing structures? Then it's unlikely a dollar or a pay-what-you-can model is going to get you far. Users won't directly financially benefit from your service, so I don't see users thinking "I should pay that application back for the benefit it provides".
- Personally, the website is visually unappealing, which detracts from my hypothetical willingness to use it. I don't like the straight black background, and the content doesn't flow well on my desktop browser.
I hope this was helpful to you.
by karanveer on 6/7/24, 3:36 PM
I dont think there's a super huge market for this, but it came from personal need to have my links speak for me instead of me explaining everytime to click a particular link for this or that etc.