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by mockingbirdy 2896 days ago
We build websites and I think this is a good idea because many people don't need more. But I'm unsure if people would buy it directly (and with the price tag your competition is very big - squarespace, jimdo, wix, even normal wordpress). Maybe there should be a focus on web agencies, designers and developers which indirectly sell this to their clients and save themselves money and effort. This also aligns more with your character (instead of selling directly to SMEs / very similar to B2C which can be unpleasant).

Seems to be a good product for a freemium model. It can be beneficial for your career to have something which has success (in the sense that you have a lot of users) instead of focussing to make some money out of it. This can accelerate your career faster than making 200-500 bucks a month through subscriptions.

edit: I would try to sell it for you (I'm buying/selling websites), but I think it could be hard to find a satisfying price point without any revenue proofs.

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I think the idea of selling to agencies etc is worth exploring (though take my experience for what it's worth).

The main thing I noticed when scrolling through the home page is that fifteen pounds a month seems like quite a lot. I was expecting it to be about a fiver. Given that your target market seems to be people who don't really want to have to bother with a website then it seems quite a high monthly fee.