Why does this cost so much and why don't you offer a monthly subscription.
If you just add a 10$ a month option most people will just shrug it off even if they never touch the site again. But you start at 108 for the year. That's charge back territory.
If I just forget about this after the free trial but see a 108$ mystery charge I'm asking questions.
I'm a lifetime user that bought back on the first HN announcement.
It has been worth every dollar! They added custom taxes with auto import for various countries and they have been clearing out suggestions over the years.
I'm very proud of this HN solo founder. Borderline jealous that they were able to have the discipline and commitment to continue doing this.
Funny enough, "pricing too low" is still a common piece of feedback I get as well.
I wonder if the fact that there are now voices on both sides could indicate that it's finally in the right territory. Or perhaps that there should be additional tiers. Just not sure how best to carve up the feature set in that latter case.
My friends love giving this "value" based on need and benefit example.
The obvious counter example is water. We need it to survive, often. Yet it's basically free. So don't tell me you can just charge based on how important and useful something is.
That's an unfair extreme; there are huge ethical issues attached to the core basics needed for survival. A personal financial simulator has none of those.
(Also, water is definitely not free unless you’re literally collecting rain or going down to the river yourself. And even that has costs associated with it.)
Water is basically free. The cost is basically the cost to transport, stock, and process your sale. You can get water for $1 at a gas station, which means they are charging you basically zero markup for the fact that it is a life saving high value product.
I have tons of friends that tell me to price my saas through the roof because "look at the value!!!" ignoring that there are alternatives to it that are basically free, like a piece of paper.
If you just add a 10$ a month option most people will just shrug it off even if they never touch the site again. But you start at 108 for the year. That's charge back territory.
If I just forget about this after the free trial but see a 108$ mystery charge I'm asking questions.