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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by awinder on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @01:08PM (#15594765)
7% on hosting revenue sounds like a great accomplishment but what's relatively a good ratio to look at?
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by brianwawok on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:07PM (#15595228)
So what is normal in the SaaS world? I am at 5% today, and I try but not focus on costs. Around 5% it seems hard to care TOO much...
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by leesalminen on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:20PM (#15595323)
We're at ~10% and are just starting to care. We're looking at some infrastructure changes to bring us closer to 4%.
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by brianwawok on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @02:55PM (#15595621)
Well it makes sense to care more as you grow for sure.

Shaving 6% off a 10k a month company is $600 which is nice but not a game changer. Shaving 6% off a $1 mil a month company is $60k a month, which is a nice bonus for someone...

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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by bkanber on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @04:41PM (#15596361)
Adding a data point: we're at 1.5% for 6 figure monthly revenue.
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by brianwawok on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:07PM (#15597857)
That seems very good. Are you on a popular cloud (AWS/GCE/Azure), colocated, or running your own servers?
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by bkanber on Saturday November 04, 2017 @11:33AM (#15625476)
AWS
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by junker37 on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:31PM (#15595866)
We're just over 2%, all in AWS costs.
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Re:Reaching $10k monthly revenue with WakaTime, my SaaS side... by brianwawok on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @08:07PM (#15597860)
What revenue range (5 fig, 6 fig?)
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