Re:Ask HN: How do I sell my API?
by saradhi on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:24AM
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Here is how I did. I have published the service I built on HN & PH. It was only a demo page that did not need signup to try. I had the pricing section as well, but when the user clicks the "Pay" button - I displayed a pop-up "Contact <email> for the pricing. As an early user, we have a discount for you". I manually created and sent a PayPal invoice in response to the emails.
We integrated the PG only after 3 months when we received at least one email per day for an entire week. In between, we were quickly patching the servers when needed, listening to the paid customers and building features and making improvements.
Re:Ask HN: How do I sell my API?
by view on Monday October 11, 2021 @09:34AM
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How do you drive traffic to your page if publishing the service on HN & PH fails? I built https://moderationsystem.com for businesses that need content moderators and I'm currently trying to figure out the best method to acquire new users.
We integrated the PG only after 3 months when we received at least one email per day for an entire week. In between, we were quickly patching the servers when needed, listening to the paid customers and building features and making improvements.