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Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by hvar90 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:25PM (#17864940)
yes, i will think how to monetize do you have tips to have the same monetization like whatsapp on early days? is there a tool or software to monetize easily?
Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by hluska on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:36PM (#17865383)
toomuchtodo gave you some excellent advice:

Have you considered charging a dollar annually (like WhatsApp previously did) and seeing if current users will pay? If you’re out of funds, and have no seed round lined up, why not attempt to monetize immediately?

Also, have you explored if Amazon has any accelerator programs you’d qualify for to get some AWS credits to tide you over (paging jeffbarr).

$1 per year might not completely solve your cash flow problems, but it will bring some money in and give you some powerful evidence to help with your fundraising.

Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by hvar90 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:51PM (#17865458)
Amazon has accelerators programs I have one right now I was accepted to Startup school of YCombinator, but the credits are only 1000 that is enough only for 2 month I need at least one year to grow a lot and to get investment from a venture capital fund So, I will try to charge 1 or 2 dollar maybe by month , so I could pay the servers
Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by hluska on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @07:42AM (#17867430)
It's your startup so do what you think is best, but at $1 - $2 a month, you'll lose a massive number of users. Then, I don't know if your app will be worth $1 - $2 a month (or a year).

How can you save money on hosting?

Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:31PM (#17870489)
OP could move from AWS to bare metal, and trade some resiliency for runway.
Re:Ask HN: Actively looking for co-founders for my growing s... by hluska on Thursday August 30, 2018 @04:15PM (#17880323)
That's a good idea. I bet that OP could save quite a bit running something on bare metal. And, if they are looking to extend their runway, maybe a specific ask like "Can anyone hook me up with $x months on $provider?" would have more luck than a generic 'looking for co-founders.'