The fundamental product I wanted to build is done, so it basically runs itself while I do business development and sales. Eventually I'll need to dive back into the code to add more features I have on the roadmap, but I work best when I "switch modes" for spans of several weeks at a time so it may be a while. :)
The current revenue is about $250/mo. I've been trying to focus more on agencies with many clients and offering them custom-branded whitelabel emails reports for their customers. Making some progress on that end.
At the same time, as you can tell, I kind of have a habit of doing other random projects on the side, so things take longer than they should. :)
thats really cool. My first thought was that it could be useful for people like you with several side projects that they dont really spend a lot of time actively maintaining, to get 'at a glance' stats to see that things are ticking over. To that end, you could consider a multi ___domain plan, $18 for 3 domains or something.
I love projects like this, particularly because although the income seems modest, I frequently live in developing countries for long stretches, where $250/month trickling in pretty much pays for the necessities.
You're absolutely right about the pricing. Right now it's still in the "throw a number down on the front page and see if it sticks" stage of pricing. I'm still banging my head against the wall to find a better pricing scheme, but it will likely be similar to what you mentioned.
Here, I'll write it down just so I can get it out of my head. :)
* Hobby: $4/mo (paid yearly), limited to 1 site and 1 recipient
It's a lot of plans but maybe the two-bucket separation would be manageable. Or maybe I need to do a more fluid $4-5/mo/custom-branded site plan, but pay-per-use plans typically doesn't perform as well for non-developers.
The fundamental product I wanted to build is done, so it basically runs itself while I do business development and sales. Eventually I'll need to dive back into the code to add more features I have on the roadmap, but I work best when I "switch modes" for spans of several weeks at a time so it may be a while. :)
The current revenue is about $250/mo. I've been trying to focus more on agencies with many clients and offering them custom-branded whitelabel emails reports for their customers. Making some progress on that end.
At the same time, as you can tell, I kind of have a habit of doing other random projects on the side, so things take longer than they should. :)