Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish you'd done much earlier?

Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by oops on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @08:20AM (#30346010)

Really nice execution! How is it monetized though? I don't see any ads, only an "upsell" to a native app but it also appears to be free?

Edit: I see the ad sidebar now. FYI on my first visit I played for several minutes and this never opened

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by TimLeland on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:07AM (#30347390)

I wonder if the delay is intentional so users start paying and want to finish. If they saw ads, they may immediately leave. Also ads can slow down a website load times so the delay may be for SEO.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by holgersindbaek on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:47PM (#30353228)

It's intentional. The first 5 games are ad-free. Most of the ad-revenue are from people who stick, so I kind of try to give people the best experience the first 5 games.

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by dataexporter on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:02PM (#30377163)

Isn't that kind of like penalizing your regular - repeat customers?

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Re:Ask HN: What made your business take off that you wish yo... by bigprof on Sunday February 27, 2022 @07:18PM (#30494425)

Except they are not his "customers", they are his product :)

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