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Re:Show HN: I made a site where students can create and shar... by barry-cotter on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:09AM (#22946356)
> charging power-users (people with a lot of flashcards and notes) a small subscription fee of around 5-8$ a month

Don’t charge that little monthly. Maybe $30 a quarter for more than 5,000 text flash cards or $50 for that plus photos and videos. No one has yet made a success of flash cards with a real big company. Anki is one guy. Remembr.it focuses on Chinese vocabulary. Memrise needs to figure out a way to make real money because they took VC.

Good luck. Counting to $40,000 a year in $8 increments is really hard. Don’t handicap yourself by charging so little.

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where students can create and shar... by gavribirnbaum on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:14AM (#22946408)
That is true. Thank you. We want to empower ourselves enough to invest back into product and make it awesome.

Specially during Covid we need to figure out how to stay alive without necessarily fundraising.

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Re:Show HN: I made a site where students can create and shar... by e12e on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @11:43AM (#22946768)
Personally I strongly favour building a sustainable business - but surely you can raise funds despite (because of! Given your market) the crisis?
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