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by toomuchtodo 2851 days ago
Have you considered charging a dollar annually (like WhatsApp previously did) and seeing if current users will pay? If you’re out of funds, and have no seed round lined up, why not attempt to monetize immediately?

Also, have you explored if Amazon has any accelerator programs you’d qualify for to get some AWS credits to tide you over (paging jeffbarr).
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marketgod 2851 days ago
The issue with charging early is you might lose that explosive growth.
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hvar90 2851 days ago
if i can not get funds so i will monetize my app but i want to try first to get funds and to hire more people and to work together
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hluska 2851 days ago
How long can you survive without funds? If your app dies, all your growth will be wasted.

Edit - I checked out your app and saw that you had to disable some features. If I were in your shoes, I would pull a Whatsapp and monetize immediately. As it stands, you don't have any power and major power imbalances tend not to work out in the founder's favour.

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hvar90 2851 days ago
yes, i will think how to monetize do you have tips to have the same monetization like whatsapp on early days? is there a tool or software to monetize easily?
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hluska 2851 days ago
toomuchtodo gave you some excellent advice:

Have you considered charging a dollar annually (like WhatsApp previously did) and seeing if current users will pay? If you’re out of funds, and have no seed round lined up, why not attempt to monetize immediately?

Also, have you explored if Amazon has any accelerator programs you’d qualify for to get some AWS credits to tide you over (paging jeffbarr).

$1 per year might not completely solve your cash flow problems, but it will bring some money in and give you some powerful evidence to help with your fundraising.

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hvar90 2851 days ago
Amazon has accelerators programs I have one right now I was accepted to Startup school of YCombinator, but the credits are only 1000 that is enough only for 2 month I need at least one year to grow a lot and to get investment from a venture capital fund So, I will try to charge 1 or 2 dollar maybe by month , so I could pay the servers
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hluska 2850 days ago
It's your startup so do what you think is best, but at $1 - $2 a month, you'll lose a massive number of users. Then, I don't know if your app will be worth $1 - $2 a month (or a year).

How can you save money on hosting?

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