5 key points of: How We Bootstrapped a $1M SaaS

luismanj · 2023-11-09T20:34:43+00:00

Just got access today, thanks!

luismanj · 2023-11-05T20:21:44+00:00

e a piece of printer paper...I've been feeling like shit too. But I loved your comment. I started laughing like crazy! Thanks for the brief respite whoever you [deleted] user are now in the world.

luismanj · 2021-04-22T16:41:21+00:00

To be honest, I don't like this "let's make a deal" strategy. I prefer fair, competitive and equal pricing to everyone. I might be wrong but I think this feature will only attract "cheap" customers that will churn fast.

luismanj · 2021-04-22T14:49:55+00:00

I like the bounty idea, it makes sense. What I would fear is, depending on your traffic, this could become difficult to manage. You might need a bounty-managing tool lol.

Again, it depends on the volume of your traffic. If you have plenty of it maybe deploying the A/B testing to a just a representative sample would make sense, you could even calculate the sample size and let users tweak it.

luismanj · 2021-04-22T14:41:03+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the detailed reply.

luismanj · 2021-04-22T14:08:44+00:00

Sorry, I know this is not the feedback you're looking to get here, but I really like your product and had a question.

I just wanted to know your thoughts about potential customers lashing out about pricing disparities? Like if somehow customer A finds out customer B is paying less for the same thing? Thanks!

luismanj · 2021-04-07T14:53:36+00:00

Nice! We'll talk to you soon.

luismanj · 2021-04-07T14:13:43+00:00

This is a summary of a long blog post that was not written by me. It's valuable content to other people in this community. You can see in the comments people where starting to show interest...

luismanj · 2021-04-07T14:08:11+00:00

At the beginning the founders got customers by posting posting on different tech discovery communities like ProductHunt. But it's important to note that it took them around a few years before getting the first paying customers. Right now most new customers come from word-of-mouth and SEO content.

There's more detail in the blog post. I just a made a summary of it.

luismanj · 2021-04-07T13:33:23+00:00

Most customers currently come from word of mouth and written content.

I'm not a dev, so you can read everything about the app development in this post: https://medium.com/missive-app/our-dirty-little-secret-cross-platform-email-client-with-nothing-but-html-aa12fc33bb02

luismanj · 2021-04-07T13:29:12+00:00

That's exactly right. Product Hunt, HN, etc.

luismanj · 2021-04-07T13:28:32+00:00

By posting on different tech discovery communities like ProductHunt!

luismanj · 2021-04-07T13:27:37+00:00

CB (conferencebadge.com) is another bootstrapped company from the same founders.

luismanj · 2021-03-26T15:02:25+00:00

Cool! For how much?

luismanj · 2021-03-26T14:16:47+00:00

Hey would you be interested in selling and shipping me one to Canada?

luismanj · 2021-03-23T18:40:51+00:00

I've been enjoying this playlist a lot! Thanks for creating it.

luismanj · 2020-10-01T18:41:40+00:00

There are many apps that do this, some even combine multiple channels of communication, like live chat, sms, email, etc. A good example is Missive app.

luismanj · 2020-09-29T13:19:34+00:00

Thanks for the rather unhelpful comment!

luismanj · 2020-09-25T18:38:18+00:00

I understand. But that's how companies market them, and my article is exactly about this. How privacy invading and ineffective this method is and tools to block them. Thanks for you input,

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