Re:Show HN: IP Sidekick, geolocation API with additional met...
by nkkollaw on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:30PM
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Very cool.
I think 1 request per minute is way too low for any sort of usage, though. That made me dismiss the project immediately, ex. I won't even try it because I would never be able to use it in production anyway.
If I was you, I wouldn't offer a free tier at all if you can't handle a standard load (30,000/day+), and just offer a 14-day trial.
I would base tiers on the number of requests with a minimum of 30,000/day, but most importantly on the amount of data you receive: tier 1 only the country, tier 2 GMT offset and everything else.
I don't think it's a product that needs support, it's easy and once I set it up I'll never touch it again, so I would not pay premium for support.
I think 1 request per minute is way too low for any sort of usage, though. That made me dismiss the project immediately, ex. I won't even try it because I would never be able to use it in production anyway.
If I was you, I wouldn't offer a free tier at all if you can't handle a standard load (30,000/day+), and just offer a 14-day trial.
I would base tiers on the number of requests with a minimum of 30,000/day, but most importantly on the amount of data you receive: tier 1 only the country, tier 2 GMT offset and everything else.
I don't think it's a product that needs support, it's easy and once I set it up I'll never touch it again, so I would not pay premium for support.
Good luck, congrats on releasing!