Re:Ask HN: Payment processing for micro SaaS outside USA?
by bruce511 on Monday November 25, 2024 @11:17PM
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Completely off topic, but developing products for developers (especially subscriptions) is difficult.
I say this as someone who has been selling to developers for 30 years as one of my core functions.
It's hard to sell to a group who premise their buying with "I could knock this up in a weekend , and do it better." Not to mention all the developers who have no work to do so code "alternatives" to Show HN.
I survived by finding an incredibly tiny niche - really a tiny niche in a tiny niche - plus doing a lot of other work while building a brand. My advice is - there are easier groups to sell to.
I say this as someone who has been selling to developers for 30 years as one of my core functions.
It's hard to sell to a group who premise their buying with "I could knock this up in a weekend , and do it better." Not to mention all the developers who have no work to do so code "alternatives" to Show HN.
I survived by finding an incredibly tiny niche - really a tiny niche in a tiny niche - plus doing a lot of other work while building a brand. My advice is - there are easier groups to sell to.