Re:How I’ve Attracted the First 500 Paid Users for My SaaS
by r3bl on Monday October 15, 2018 @12:55PM
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I'm one of those 500 paid users (renewed my yearly subscription a few days ago), so here's my arguing why:
- It's arguably the only Markdown editor dedicated to note keeping that looks even remotely modern on Ubuntu.
- Its mobile support is decent and gets the job done.
- The developer is very responsive. I can't contribute to the code directly, but my name has appeared on a changelog multiple times because I suggested features / reported problems. Unlike an open source project, this one has a person dedicated to it full time whose goal is to keep me happy as a subscriber. Issues I raise don't tend to be open for months or years with no end, they tend to be fixed within a month or so.
- Its plugins are easy to install. Similarly to Atom, I'm only "ipm install <plugin>" away from having a plugin.
- I find GTD features (notebooks, tags, to-do lists) to be nice to have, even though I don't rely on them extensively.
- I can create a public link for a note and share it with whoever.
- In case shit hits the fan, you can back up the data to a local folder and sync it using whatever.
If I was relying on macOS or Windows, I would have probably found something else.
Standard Notes, as the only decent competitor, is out of the question for me since I would have to use a third-party cloud instead of my own Nextcloud install for the backups.
Main con I could think of: I manually have to download deb packages with every update like I'm some sort of a Windows user.
- It's arguably the only Markdown editor dedicated to note keeping that looks even remotely modern on Ubuntu.
- Its mobile support is decent and gets the job done.
- The developer is very responsive. I can't contribute to the code directly, but my name has appeared on a changelog multiple times because I suggested features / reported problems. Unlike an open source project, this one has a person dedicated to it full time whose goal is to keep me happy as a subscriber. Issues I raise don't tend to be open for months or years with no end, they tend to be fixed within a month or so.
- Its plugins are easy to install. Similarly to Atom, I'm only "ipm install <plugin>" away from having a plugin.
- I find GTD features (notebooks, tags, to-do lists) to be nice to have, even though I don't rely on them extensively.
- I can create a public link for a note and share it with whoever.
- In case shit hits the fan, you can back up the data to a local folder and sync it using whatever.
If I was relying on macOS or Windows, I would have probably found something else.
Standard Notes, as the only decent competitor, is out of the question for me since I would have to use a third-party cloud instead of my own Nextcloud install for the backups.
Main con I could think of: I manually have to download deb packages with every update like I'm some sort of a Windows user.
In fact, here's a note I've created a year ago comparing the various options that were at my disposal a year ago when I was making this decision: https://community.inkdrop.info/note/f607a6970af9e4b40795ec5b...