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Hi guys,
I've been training my problem-solving muscle a lot lately and I'm getting really good at it. I see problems everywhere and try to solve them with software - if possible.
The result: many satisfied users.
The problem: They are users, not customers.
It's mostly MVPs that I launch into the market. They solve a problem, usually a relatively small one. I then very quickly get into the mode of "It's nice that I'm solving this, but the benefit on a meta level is so small, I can't ask for anything." This means that I get satisfied users who are very happy about my solution, but they don't pay anything for it.
I have already worked with a paywall in the form of freemium as well as usage restrictions. Anything that could annoy users more and is always viewed as very skeptical. Especially if I integrate the paywall into a product that was previously free.
Now to my question:
What opportunities do you see for making money in the future with a SaaS product that already solves a small problem? Have you already had your own experiences here? I would be very happy to receive your feedback.
I'm currently brainstorming in this direction:
Free software with usage restrictions > email sign-up so you can use the software unlimitedly > user feedback for additional features > transition into freemium.
What I also thought about is a pure annual fee, which is very low because the benefit from my software is relatively low. But that means that no one can use my software beforehand - which I generally find to be a bad thing.
It would be very helpful for me to have good/best practices to go from soft validation to hard validation without the users being pissed off because I'm now integrating a paywall.
I've been training my problem-solving muscle a lot lately and I'm getting really good at it. I see problems everywhere and try to solve them with software - if possible.
The result: many satisfied users.
The problem: They are users, not customers.
It's mostly MVPs that I launch into the market. They solve a problem, usually a relatively small one. I then very quickly get into the mode of "It's nice that I'm solving this, but the benefit on a meta level is so small, I can't ask for anything." This means that I get satisfied users who are very happy about my solution, but they don't pay anything for it.
I have already worked with a paywall in the form of freemium as well as usage restrictions. Anything that could annoy users more and is always viewed as very skeptical. Especially if I integrate the paywall into a product that was previously free.
Now to my question:
What opportunities do you see for making money in the future with a SaaS product that already solves a small problem? Have you already had your own experiences here? I would be very happy to receive your feedback.
I'm currently brainstorming in this direction:
Free software with usage restrictions > email sign-up so you can use the software unlimitedly > user feedback for additional features > transition into freemium.
What I also thought about is a pure annual fee, which is very low because the benefit from my software is relatively low. But that means that no one can use my software beforehand - which I generally find to be a bad thing.
It would be very helpful for me to have good/best practices to go from soft validation to hard validation without the users being pissed off because I'm now integrating a paywall.
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