Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel

Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by kossnocorp on Thursday July 26, 2018 @10:51AM (#17617923)

@robjan thanks! I have a free plan that must satisfy most of the users. Regarding the price, I understand 200 sounds like a lot. But look it's just €17 per month. For me, it's a reasonable price for a blog platform that updates in nearly real time, provides with free SSL and boosts SEO. I'm an indie dev living in Europe and can't cut the price leveraging the network effect. I have to pay rent and for the infrastructure.

In the future, I'm going to add more cool stuff like AMP, RSS (also podcasts), comments using Telegram login, cross-posting to Twitter and things like that. So I probably will even increase the price or introduce plans limited by features.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by yroc92 on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:33PM (#17618737)

Whatever you do, don't take pricing advice from Hacker News! Keep doing what works for you.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by kossnocorp on Saturday July 28, 2018 @05:52AM (#17632434)

Bless you!

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by iamdave on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:48PM (#17618855)

I have to pay rent and for the infrastructure.

And at the end of the day, this is why IMO you shouldn't have to justify your pricing to anyone who isn't already a-or ready to commit to becoming a paying customer. It's their feedback that ultimately matters to your ability to pay rent and keep this service going.

Keep doing what you're doing-as a part-time community manager who operates in the Crypto space (a community that has almost thoroughly and entirely embraced Telegram), this kind of product I can forsee will go a great way towards creating community/customer support portals for developers and enthusiasts of coin n.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by kossnocorp on Saturday July 28, 2018 @05:58AM (#17632448)

> And at the end of the day, this is why IMO you shouldn't have to justify your pricing to anyone who isn't already a-or ready to commit to becoming a paying customer. It's their feedback that ultimately matters to your ability to pay rent and keep this service going.

Truth! I just try to explain why the price isn't that low as Netflix.

> Keep doing what you're doing-as a part-time community manager who operates in the Crypto space (a community that has almost thoroughly and entirely embraced Telegram), this kind of product I can forsee will go a great way towards creating community/customer support portals for developers and enthusiasts of coin n.

Bless you

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by vageli on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:17AM (#17618116)

I don't see how your infra could cost anywhere near that much. The blogs could be pushed to s3 for pennies, letsencrypt is free, you could probably leverage lambda for the API. Could you shed some more light on your costs?

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by badideaprojects on Thursday July 26, 2018 @11:22AM (#17618154)

I’m assuming the cost of themselves as a developer which seems perfectly reasonable.

How much would you charge per hour to develop a similar service and how long would it take you?

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by ljm on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:14PM (#17619551)

It's still a product once you account for overheads. 200€ a year isn't "pay my AWS bills for me and get my work for free...", it's "pay what I think this product is worth."

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by vageli on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:54PM (#17620399)

That's totally fair, but the parent mentioned infrastructure costs in response to their posted price. So I don't think bringing up the cost of infrastructure is a non-sequitor. OP could have said, "I think that's a fair price when you factor in the costs of operation, my time, and ongoing maintenance," but they didn't which is why I asked a more pointed question.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by Qworg on Thursday July 26, 2018 @12:13PM (#17618571)

I'm unsure of what your purpose is with this post - if you want to compete because you think it is a good business - costs << price - go for it.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by vageli on Thursday July 26, 2018 @03:50PM (#17620368)

I actually just might do that! Wanted to point out to other people who may have been thinking of taking this idea and undercutting on price that the infra most likely doesn't cost anywhere near as much. Given that "infrastructure costs" were cited as a reason for this specific price point, I don't think my comment was unreasonable.

Also, I am genuinely curious to know more about the OP's costs, which is why I asked them for more info.

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Re:Show HN: Telepost – Create a blog from a Telegram channel by kossnocorp on Saturday July 28, 2018 @06:16AM (#17632489)

I run Telepost on Google Cloud, it costs me $70/mo - http://i.ncrp.co/1H3g0k2V402e.

I also pay for the certificate, $100/year. Let's Encrypt is also used, but for custom domains.

But that's not the point. I don't explain price with infrastructure costs but rather explain why I can't be like Netflix and ask $10/mo. That was a mistake on my part to mention it at all.

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