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Re:What 30k Free Users Taught Me About Charging $10/Month by jacknews on Friday September 12, 2025 @08:09AM (#45221260)
I think many people don't want to pay anything, but I think a part of that is that it's still just a big hassle to pay online, and that's doubly true if they have to get corporate approval or whatever.

It seems like a free trial period with clear pricing is the way to get paying customers, and any free plan needs to be monetized with ads or whatever.

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Re:What 30k Free Users Taught Me About Charging $10/Month by evermike on Saturday September 13, 2025 @01:43AM (#45229637)
In our case there are no big companies involved. And Stripe, which we use, makes the payment as simple as possible for the user. It feels more like plain unwillingness to pay anything at all.

Can't say anything RE advertising. Don't have experience. But I think you’d need an even bigger user base to make ads meaningful. And I’m not even sure Trello would allow it. I’ve never seen any other plugin do that. Do you have an example?

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