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Re:Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online ... by uaas on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:02PM (#22444208)
I am in a similar situation, but we are already open for free (that is a must i think at first) I was thinking selling support, offering consulting with the setup etc. but what would be the strategy for having paid support and open github issues at the same time?
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Re:Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online ... by hopia on Friday February 28, 2020 @12:11PM (#22444278)
Yours is an open source project? The revenue logic there could be very different from a conventional web business.

I don't have any first hand experience with such a situation myself, but perhaps studying some successful cases could get you to the next step: https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-charging-money-fo...

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Re:Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online ... by sah2ed on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:31PM (#22445587)
If there's some element of open source in your business, you can start here [0] for various ideas on how to monetize.

0: https://github.com/nayafia/lemonade-stand#table-of-contents

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