krn · HackerTrans

> This isn’t just because you have a good FAQ, it’s because it’s relatively expensive.

As a B2C SaaS product it actually seems to be relatively cheap: 10,000+ paying users and 370,000€ in yearly revenue points to around 2.99€ / month and 29.99€ / year subscription fees – similar to Instapaper Premium[1].

[1] https://www.instapaper.com/premium

krn

7년 전discuss

> Are there?

The main alternative to Cursive in terms of user-friendliness is probably Calva[1], but it's not a standalone IDE.

[1] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=betterth...

krn

7년 전discuss

> I cannot believe that you make more from such a niche dev tool than your job at Google.

It's important to note, that there are markets where Google pays 70-90k / year[1].

[1] https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Berlin-Salaries-EI_I...

krn

7년 전discuss

> If you serve a niche, people talk.

Another thing probably is, that a subscription price of a niche product can be considerably higher than of a mainstream one?

For a single person, it must be much easier to support 1,000 users paying something like $25 / month than 5,000 users paying $5 / month.

krn

7년 전discuss

> This year, it's going to be around 370,000€ (and since I live in Germany, my income is in the top 0,5% or so).

Is your business focused on the German market or the US market? Or is it multi-lingual / international? What percentage of time is spent answering support requests?

> The subscription model helps you to stay afloat. People will pay for a product they use every day (and thus, derive value from every day).

Have you experimented with different pricing models? Is Duolingo / Tinder model (1 month / 6 months / 12 months) the best choice for B2C subscriptions without Spotify / Netflix-like licensing costs?

krn

7년 전discuss

> There is actually a lot of competition in the space.

Is there?

Expedia Group owns: Expedia, Ebookers, Orbitz, and Travelocity.

Booking Holdings owns: Priceline, Agoda, Kayak, Momondo, and Cheapflights.

Ctrip Group owns: Trip.com, and SkyScanner.

krn

7년 전discuss

If you looked at the tallest and the shortest nations in the world, you would see, that most of them are not ethnically diverse at all.

My point is, that the height of a person has nothing to do with the income, but rather with his anchestry.

And because the US is extremely etnically diverse, making any conclusions is pointless.

krn

7년 전discuss

Netherlands is an exception. Most of the countries in the top 10 are extremely ethnically homogenous, and it has nothing to do with income. Montenegro (#2) is one of the poorest, and Norway (#4) is one of the richest.

krn

7년 전discuss

Is immigration considered as a factor in such studies? Because many of the tallest nations in Europe are some of the least ethnically diverse.

Also, 4 out of 10 tallest nations in the world are from former Yugoslavia, which is one of the poorest regions of Europe[1].

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/the-tal...

krn

7년 전discuss

Bunq[1] is an alternative to Revolut with a banking license in Netherlands. I personally don't trust N26 from the technical point of view[2], and Monzo is available to the UK residents only.

[1] https://www.bunq.com/

[2] https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7969-shut_up_and_take_my_money

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