Show HN: Your Twitter mentions and DMs in an email on a schedule that suits you

Re:Show HN: Your Twitter mentions and DMs in an email on a s... by bangda on Monday March 13, 2017 @02:13AM (#13855610)

I like the idea but i think you can do better with a different revenue model. I think you should go for a yearly subscription model. That way users can pay a very small amount yearly and if you hang in there for very long, you will be in benefit .If you shut down early , users wont be pissed off.

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Re:Show HN: Your Twitter mentions and DMs in an email on a s... by IanCal on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:17AM (#13856317)

I think this is a good idea. Also, I'm not sure I'm particularly sensitive to a price difference between $5/year and $5 once. Particularly since we're talking about a tech thing that could fade from relevance a few years from now.

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Re:Show HN: Your Twitter mentions and DMs in an email on a s... by benhowdle on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:42AM (#13856421)

Very true. I figured it was a low enough fee that if Twitter cut me off/it became irrelevant, it's not the biggest loss for the paying user (obviously sucks, but didn't feel it warranted yearly subscriptions)

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Re:Show HN: Your Twitter mentions and DMs in an email on a s... by IanCal on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @04:59AM (#13866030)

I think that's fair, I just also think that the price to me feels about the same ($5/year or $5 for some unknown number of years), and would give you some ongoing money rather than a block at once then regular maintenance, while at the same time limiting the runway you'd need to give people while still fully providing them with the service they paid for / you could always refund the last year and it wouldn't wipe out everything.

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