Re:Show HN: FastComments
by codegeek on Saturday February 01, 2020 @12:22PM
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Looks good but need to rethink pricing. For a small blog, it says you won't pay more than $71 a month. That means I COULD end up paying $71 for a small blog. That's very expensive for a commenting system. Yes I understand that it is ads free and all but this pricing overestimates how much people really dislike ads.
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Yep, going to redo that. Would you pay $4.99 for a small blog, vs free Disqus and deal with ads?
I am not looking for a solution right now but if I did, Yes I think a small charge of few bucks a month may work. The problem is that most small blogs don't really need heavy commenting and when they do, they can get away with free comments from WordPress or even disqus.
You need to think about the value proposition of why someone wants to PAY for a commenting system. It may not always be "I hate ads". I would say find people who run blogs with comments and start talking to them.
Exactly. That's why I'm adding lots of features a default WP install won't have. I should probably also support export/import from WP...
I also plan to write a WP plugin.
Edit - yes the 1:1 reaching out will happen soon. I suck at sales, and it's super hard not to just focus on writing code. But I will do it!