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Re:Ask HN: When to give up? by tixocloud on Friday November 22, 2013 @09:25AM (#6780836)
Here's my 2 cents and some thought questions that will hopefully help you find your way: You've received positive feedback from several people but are they your target market? Will they be the ones paying? It's also important to think about what value you're bringing to the table.

If you're targeting single-page apps, you'll have to seek those customers out. If you're targeting websites who want to get indexed on Google, SEO-related, etc, then your customer base will be bigger. Seek them out.

As a previous poster had already mentioned, if I'm competent enough to build a single-page app, I could easily manage my own redirects. Unless I have more than 100 single-page apps, then I might see value in your service.

Communicate what your value is to me and how you're saving/giving me money/time/something by taking money away from myself.

Re:Ask HN: When to give up? by ds_ on Friday November 22, 2013 @09:36AM (#6780908)
The feedback I got was mostly from other developers (perhaps not my target market). They actually suggested I target wordpress theme-makers and the like, potentially it could be marketed next to ajax-heavy themes for non-technical people.
Re:Ask HN: When to give up? by Sakes on Friday November 22, 2013 @10:48AM (#6781421)
Given the way one sets this up, I'd definitely say your target is developers. You can't use this if you are not technical.

More specifically though, your target is developers who are not familiar with seo, or developers who would like a quick solution for seo until they have time to address it in more detail later.

3.99 is a weird number for me. Just throws me off. I'd raise it to 4.99 or drop it to 1.99. Actually, just raise it to 4.99. If I'd pay 2, I'd pay 5.

Also, a case study would be a good idea, showing a specific example of how crawlspa has aided in indexing your single page site.

I really like the idea, have no use for it myself though.

Re:Ask HN: When to give up? by ds_ on Friday November 22, 2013 @11:11AM (#6781599)
> developers who would like a quick solution for seo until they have time to address it in more detail later"

Makes sense. I'd hope that the price is low enough that they decide it's not worth ever having their own setup.

> 3.99 is a weird number for me. Just throws me off. I'd raise it to 4.99

Thanks, advice taken. To any late-comers, please contact me by email if you're interested in a subscription at the previous price :)