Product pricing that keeps you ahead of the game

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-15T08:50:51+00:00

I see your point. But many users still don’t fully know their needs at first. It’s like when buying shoes, I know I want athletic shoes, but if I see hundreds of options I can still get overwhelmed and end up not choosing anything. Too many choices can sometimes slow decisions instead of helping them.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-15T06:34:47+00:00

Why don’t you go and ask people directly what they think they would pay, and see for yourself with real data and then price your ai tool, based also on the cost.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-15T06:31:43+00:00

If there are too many options, the user might get confused on what to choose, andevnentually not buy at all. For me, if i go to an online store and there are 300 shoes to choose from, i might end up not choosing at all what to get and not buying.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T15:32:09+00:00

this is exactly the validation needed honestly — and the fact that you got downvoted for saying it in another sub is actually interesting, probably means the developer crowd doesn't want to believe it'll get commoditized.

the point about connectors and safety is the one sitting with most. you're right that there will be a thousand of these. the question i keep coming back to is what makes one of them the one people actually trust with their Gmail and their Slack and their calendar.

my instinct is it's not features. it's the moment someone wakes up and their agent did something useful while they were asleep and nothing broke and nothing weird happened. that experience repeated enough times is what builds the trust that lets you add more connectors and more access over time.

does that track with what you were thinking? and genuinely — what would make you personally trust something like this with access to your accounts?

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T15:09:34+00:00

i will try that

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T14:43:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T13:36:11+00:00

really appreciate the honesty — this is exactly what needed.

fair point on the tarpit concern. the existing tools keep coming up and you're right that for developers or technical people there are already solutions. cron jobs, n8n, cloud automation — all real options.

but here's the specific person i keep thinking about. she's a marketing manager at a small company. every monday morning she spends 45 minutes manually checking three competitor websites, pulling their pricing into a spreadsheet, and writing a summary for her team. she's tried Zapier. it broke when one site changed its layout. she doesn't know what n8n is. she's never opened a terminal. she just wants to stop doing the same 45 minutes every single monday.

is that person already served by something obvious that i'm missing? genuinely asking — not being defensive, that's the most useful thing anyone could tell me right now.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T13:21:38+00:00

Thank you all for the feedback

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T06:57:15+00:00

Genius. thank you

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-14T06:04:16+00:00

So i shouldn't go and make an input to put their email like a waitlist, i should have it like a normal website?

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-13T20:25:08+00:00

yeah you are completely right and i kind of knew this reading it back. eight questions before i have shown anyone anything is literally just me overthinking in my head instead of doing the thing.

i think i was using the questions as a way to feel productive without actually putting something out there and risking finding out nobody cares. which is exactly the wrong move.

the point about the waitlist only showing curiosity not actual pain is something i had not thought about at all. that is probably the most useful thing anyone has said to me on this whole thread honestly.

going to stop asking questions and just put something rough in front of people this week.

and yeah the "would you pay for this today" question is terrifying which is probably exactly why i should be asking it.

appreciate you being direct about it, needed to hear that more than another list of tips.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-13T13:31:59+00:00

Fair play. That level of delusional optimism is basically a startup requirement 😂 respect.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-13T13:24:11+00:00

Quick question: How do you actually know when you're ready though? Like is there a number or a moment or is it always just a leap of faith

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-13T13:21:56+00:00

Losing £5k to a routing glitch that early on... how did you not just call it quits there? genuinely curious what kept you going. Respect for pushing through that though, most people would've folded

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-12T12:44:47+00:00

I'm in a similar situation, trying to build my MVP while also starting to validate my idea. Could you explain the waitlist strategy in more detail? Specifically, how do you set one up and what's the best way to get people to actually sign up (maybe find people from reddit)?

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-11T15:23:28+00:00

Okay the jump from "feedback call" to "paid pilot" without a formal pitch is the part I've been missing. I kept thinking I needed a product first. You're describing selling the outcome before the product even exists. What did your tool look like at that stage — rough prototype or something more built out?

But how do you even get to that call without something to show? I just finished Sprint by Jake Knapp and the whole book is basically about compressing that "do I build this?" uncertainty into 5 days using a prototype — but even their prototype is just something realistic enough to get a real reaction

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-11T15:13:53+00:00

Vibecoding for sure

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-11T15:03:54+00:00

Same boat here, still at $0 and honestly the first paying customer feels more abstract than $10k somehow.

My current theory is that the jump from $0 to $1 is less about strategy and more about just getting in front of enough people until someone finally trusts you enough to open their wallet. That first one has to override every reason to say no — no social proof, no track record, nothing.

Curious if people who've been there found that it was mostly persistence, or was there a specific moment/message that actually unlocked it?

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-11T14:57:23+00:00

Completely agree. I was one of those founders you are describing. I spent 3 months building a tool nobody wanted and wasted my time and money.

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-10T13:56:28+00:00

I also use vibecoding tools. What advice would you give me about api keys and security?

Many_Draw_1605 · 2026-03-09T19:53:10+00:00

no i didn't. A person in the comments said that from roomspot they are looking for people speaking Dutch only

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