Re:Notifo (YC W10) Will be Shutting Down
by jwr on Friday September 09, 2011 @05:38AM
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I've been using Notifo for almost a year now (I think) and I always liked everything about it except the fact that it was free. I couldn't see how the company stands to make money without charging users.
So I always suspected this moment would come and I always wondered — why not simply charge people? I would have gladly paid, say, $20 a year — just for the limited amount of notifications I receive. It's a valuable service that appeals to an audience that values their time. Sure, you can hack your own notification system, but why bother if someone already did it for you?
I use Notifo with github, my monitoring systems, my backup systems and a bunch of other things. Again, charge me on the order of $20-$30 a year, and I'll pay.
Re:Notifo (YC W10) Will be Shutting Down
by mibbit on Friday September 09, 2011 @06:39AM
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I think the problem was they couldn't find enough people who wanted to use it for free, to bother trying to charge some of them with a premium package.
So I always suspected this moment would come and I always wondered — why not simply charge people? I would have gladly paid, say, $20 a year — just for the limited amount of notifications I receive. It's a valuable service that appeals to an audience that values their time. Sure, you can hack your own notification system, but why bother if someone already did it for you?
I use Notifo with github, my monitoring systems, my backup systems and a bunch of other things. Again, charge me on the order of $20-$30 a year, and I'll pay.