[ocdtrekkie]

One thing I'd express, is many people launch cool things without a monetization plan, become popular largely because their free, and then lose everything they built when they realize to monetize effectively they have to "alter the deal".

Beware of Vadering your project: Figure out what you can charge for early, and never offer it for free.

[fiveSpeedManual]

Duly noted, this was an eye-opener. I suppose I should prioritize this while I still have time.

Time to step away from the keyboard and think about the business side of this project.

Oh, I did add a "BuyMeCoffee" button on the About page, but its more of a donation. - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/imRohan

[conductr]

I’d say don’t over think it and don’t quit your day job. But I also assume you’re not pouring money into this. Stay free as long as you can, it gives you data so build out some usage stats, talk to the highest volume users. Figure out what threshold they become willing to pay and how much. Then, ask them to pay because they might have just lied to you.

[fiveSpeedManual]

Haha, yeah I'm definitely not quitting my day job over this, and you're right about the costs as well - Pantry is fairly cheap to maintain.

I might keep it as a free service for the time being and do some research to see if there's value in a paid tier. Thanks!