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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by ssss11 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:46PM (#25585221)
I gotpartway through building a travel planning app a few years ago, and I had thought the best way could be to allow 3 trips to be planned, then your trial ends unless you subscribe. Or you could severely limit the functionality in a perpetually free version while the paid version has all the bells and whistles.

All the best for when travel is common again as I really like this idea and think there’s untapped potential.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by ganashaw on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:29PM (#25586344)
Yeah, the issue I see with something like that is that realistically, someone could easily take several years to take 3 trips.. seems a bit tricky to convert free customers to paying customers.

Thanks for the feedback and well wishes!

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