Re:Show HN: I built a free forms service for static websites
by cweagans on Friday May 29, 2020 @03:02PM
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I understand why one wouldn't necessarily target users who just need a contact form for noncommercial use. However, you could have a business product that allows for team access to forms + support that offsets the cost of the super low cost personal accounts that can't share forms or form results or use support. The actual computational resources required by personal users is likely to be minuscule, especially for something as simple as a form to email service.
> It’s not worth building a business for unprofitable customers in general.
I mean, Uber seems to be doing reasonably well.
It’s not worth building a business for unprofitable customers in general. A forms service falls into the general case because a million customers is a highly unlikely. It’s also likely to require an undesirable business model. For example $10/site/year is going to be too dear for people with multiple hobby sites if $100/year is too dear.