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Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff by iudqnolq on Friday January 17, 2020 @03:58PM (#22079227)
My point was it seems insane to me that the lifetime value of a customer who has billed something to a credit card would be over $120, especially in the space of Email as a Service. I would guess (without any knowledge) that it'd actually be closer to $12 because of all the people who try it out and then never continue.

They take in less than the referral payout in revenue for a customer who sends tens of thousands of emails a year for five years based on their pricing page.

Re:DigitalOcean is laying off staff by robryan on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:30PM (#22079573)
The big customers are probably so big that it makes the whole thing worth it.