Optionally perpetual or subscription, niche software, B2B, more expensive than mass market / commodity software. Nonstop lying / scamming behavior.

You get funny things that happen like when a rep from a company will call you and warn you not to do a deal with another rep from the same company, then 2 hours later we get a call from the other rep.

I’m eventually going to go subscription only, people from Asia tend to really hate that and refuse to pay for subscriptions but we make so little money from them that it’s not worth catering to them, we’re better off dropping that entire region.

That sounds very draining.

Since I'm selling a low-ticket ($19) self-serve product with zero sales calls, I'm hoping i don't face this.

But I hear you loud and clear - if I ever move upmarket to enterprise contracts, I'll consider this!